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Nora Newcombe @noranewcombe.bsky.social · 1d

Thrilled to see this paper out! It's the culmination of a project begun in the depths of the pandemic with Sabrina Karjack and @zoengo.bsky.social . We continue our exploration of how children generalize when their episodic memory is not yet mature.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The dependence of children’s generalization on episodic memory varies with age and level of abstraction - Nature Communications

Children’s ability to generalize from episodic memories varies by both age and the level of abstraction. Here, the authors show that lower level generalization increasingly depends on episodic memory with age, whereas higher level generalization shows no such relationship.

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Garvin Brod @garvinbrod.bsky.social · 7d

You can learn better by making your own predictions than by watching someone else's predictions, even if they are the same as yours. New computational approach to show the benefits of active/generative learning developed together with the fabulous @ebonawitz.bsky.social rdcu.be/eILdR

Do it yourself: discerning the effects of self-directed activity on conceptual learning

npj Science of Learning - Do it yourself: discerning the effects of self-directed activity on conceptual learning

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Garvin Brod @garvinbrod.bsky.social · Aug 19

Ahh, the internet.

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Garvin Brod @garvinbrod.bsky.social · Aug 19

An extra bonus is that the cover image is apparently not PG-approved.

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Garvin Brod @garvinbrod.bsky.social · Aug 19

I've always wanted to teach an intro to (psychological) research methods based on this book. Ian Hacking is simply an excellent explainer and the book covers a lot of ground, though it's not an intro to philosophy of science.

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Garvin Brod @garvinbrod.bsky.social · Apr 28

A core assumption of adaptive/personalized education is that different learners thrive under different instructional conditions. Leo Tetzlaff examined the expertise-reversal effect and found some support for this, but it's complicated (asymmetry, moderators) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A cornerstone of adaptivity – A meta-analysis of the expertise reversal effect

Different learners thrive under different instructional conditions, thus requiring adaptivity. Such differential effects became known as aptitude-trea…

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Kou Murayama @koumurayama.bsky.social · Mar 13

A new paper is out in @edpsychjournal.bsky.social with @luisevk.bsky.social! In educational psychology, motivation theories have not really changed since I was a ph. D. student (20y ago) and same theories are still dominant. Do you find it strange? If so, read it!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A critical analysis of the current motivation theories in educational psychology: Why the same theories continue to dominate

Although empirical research on motivation has been growing, one remarkable observation is that the same major theories continue to dominate the field, and the constellation of motivation theories h...

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Candice Odgers @candiceodgers.bsky.social · Mar 6

In case you needed more evidence that social media may not be the thing we should be obsessing about when it comes to wellbeing…another meta-analysis of experimental data showing no link.

Chris Ferguson @cjferguson1111.bsky.social · Mar 6

New meta-analysis of experiments of social media use reduction finds no evidence that reducing social media use improves mental wellness: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

I've only taken a quick look thus far but this replicates my own meta-analysis from last year. Always nice to see.

The effects of social media abstinence on affective well-being and life satisfaction: a systematic review and meta-analysis - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - The effects of social media abstinence on affective well-being and life satisfaction: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Garvin Brod @garvinbrod.bsky.social · Mar 6

Thank you, @amiyake.bsky.social

Akira Miyake @amiyake.bsky.social · Mar 6

This Breitwieser et al. article (from @garvinbrod.bsky.social's group) discusses & illustrates the benefits of mobile interventions for education (e.g., timely intervention, ecological validity, considering situational factors). Important for offering personalized interventions. tinyurl.com/4rras9k5

The first page of the Breitwiesser et al. (2024) npj Science of Learning article, entitled "Realizing the Potential of Mobile Interventions for Education."

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41539-024-00289-9

Here's the entire abstract:

Mobile devices are ubiquitous, but their potential for adaptive educational interventions remains largely untapped. We identify three key promises of mobile interventions for educational research and practice: 1) intervening when it is most beneficial (i.e., “just-in-time adaptivity”), 2) estimating causal effects of interventions in ecologically valid settings, 3) considering the impact of context on the effectiveness of interventions. We discuss the challenges and next steps to advance this field.

Figure 1: Schematic illustration of a hypothetical mobile intervention. A mobile intervention system consisting of a mobile app and a smartwatch that tracks various types of data and presents “just in time” prompts to regulate arousal levels with the goal of reducing multitasking behavior.

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moin syed @syeducation.bsky.social · Dec 18

Excellent post on the lack of empirical support for stereotype threat, from someone deeply involved in the research.

Also, importantly, "stereotype threat isn't real" != "stereotypes are not threatening." These are very different claims, but the former is often taken to mean the latter.

Michael Inzlicht @minzlicht.bsky.social · Dec 18

Stereotype threat: a once-dominant idea in social psychology that shaped how we think about identity and performance. But what happens when the evidence crumbles? A deep dive into the failed replications, the myths, and what it all means. Read my latest essay: open.substack.com/pub/michaeli...

Revisiting Stereotype Threat

A Reckoning for Social Psychology

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Amy Orben @orbenamy.bsky.social · Nov 18

We desperately need new ways to conceptualise social media's impact on the mind & brain. Formal computational modelling could be a way to do this. Georgia spent 2+ years of her PhD further developing this approach.

More details below, its worth a read ⬇️

Georgia Turner @georgiaturner.bsky.social · Nov 13

🚨New preprint 🚨

**A computational model of reward learning and habits on social media**

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We develop a computational reward learning model of real-world social media data, which infers the separate goal-directed and habitual cognitive processes driving posting...

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Dr. Kristy A. Robinson @krisarob.bsky.social · Nov 11

I'm so grateful to @jeffgreene.bsky.social for my experience being a part of this! I learned so much about theory development and about the editor role from working with the topical collection authors and from Jeff's truly excellent mentorship & collaboration. link.springer.com/collections/... 1/3

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · Nov 11

I'm thrilled to share this new article with @krisarob.bsky.social that provides commentary and reflections on the topical collection we guest edited for Educational Psychology Review on The Past, Present, and Future of Theory Development in Educational Psychology! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Bold, Humble, Collaborative, and Virtuous: The Future of Theory Development in Educational Psychology - Educational Psychology Review

Throughout 2023 and 2024, we served as co-guest editors of a topical collection in Educational Psychology Review on The Past, Present, and Future of Theory Development in Educational Psychology. In th...

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Garvin Brod @garvinbrod.bsky.social · Oct 21

Great idea! I haven't spotted @numcog.bsky.social, and I would love to be added myself 😊

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · Oct 18

I don't think anyone has started a Learning Scholars starter pack, so here we go! Let me know if you'd like to be added, removed, etc. Please share!
go.bsky.app/CBPm1dV

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Oliver Dickhäuser @odickhaeuser.bsky.social · Feb 5

Interesse an empirischer Bildungsforschung, Daten(management) und einer unbefristete E14-Stelle mit Dienstsitz Frankfurt?👇

Eine*n wissenschaftliche*n Mitarbeiter*in für die Koordination des Verbund Forschungsdaten Bildung ...

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Andreas Brandmaier @brandmaier.bsky.social · Feb 1

This is just a brief reminder that we have this nice Open Access quantitative methods journal running. There are no fees whatsoever. We'd be happy to receive your submission at QCMB: Quantitative and Computational Methods in Behavioral Sciences qcmb.psychopen.eu/index.php/qcmb

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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · Nov 9

IMBES 10 – 12 July 2024 in Leuven. Distinguished keynote speakers for this event, namely Stanislas Dehaene (Unicog, Paris), Jennie Grammer (University of California LA, US), and Duncan Astle (University of Cambridge, UK). imbes2024.org

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Jennie Grammer @grammer.bsky.social · Jan 18

Registration and submissions for the 2024 IMBES meeting are both open! You can register at the Early Bird rate until May 1st, 2024 (imbes2024.org/registration/). Abstract submission deadline is February 1st, 2024. Come join us in Leuven!

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Jeff Greene @jeffgreene.bsky.social · Jan 15

A hum-dinger of a Table of Contents for the latest issue of Educational Psychology Review. Articles on procrastination, active learning, learning with tech, retrieval practice, pretesting, and much more - oh my! #edusky #academicsky #PsychSciSky
link.springer.com/journal/1064...

Educational Psychology Review | Volume 35, issue 4

Volume 35, issue 4 articles listing for Educational Psychology Review

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Garvin Brod @garvinbrod.bsky.social · Dec 6

Yesterday we had a late visitor who looked suspiciously like you.

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Veronica Yan @veronicayan.bsky.social · Nov 28

🚨 New preprint with @schu.etze.co & @stephanyrea.bsky.social

In this paper, we lay out ways in which instructors might be able to support students' use of effective, but difficult, learning strategies both in and out of the classroom and directions for future research.

#psychscisky #edusky

PsyArXivBot @psyarxivbot.bsky.social · Nov 27

Becoming Better Learners, Becoming Better Teachers: Augmenting Learning via Cognitive and Motivational Theories: http://osf.io/jfpxh/

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Garvin Brod @garvinbrod.bsky.social · Nov 27

Sounds great, enjoy! Perhaps we can convince you to give a talk before or after the Strungman Forum next year. I will follow up.

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Garvin Brod @garvinbrod.bsky.social · Nov 27

Welcome to Frankfurt, Nora! Looks like you've landed right in the culinary center :) What are you doing here?

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Nivi Mani @nivimani.bsky.social · Nov 22

Been saving this for my first post here. As part of a new Research Training Group on Curiosity to be established at Göttingen (www.uni-goettingen.de/de/681631.html), we advertise a PhD position in developmental curiosity research in my group. More details here: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/document/...

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