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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 12h

congratulations!

Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 2d

Might also be good for people who are retired but who want to remain active/ connected.

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for this. As a former Hyde Parker, who spent many lovely hours at the Point over many years, I am grateful. And yes. The world could be like this. The world should be like this.

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Teruni Ahamat @teruniahamat.bsky.social · 6d

Excited to share my first PhD article, published in Scientific Data 👉 rdcu.be/eIRqD

We present the Shared Book Reading Corpus: 44 caregiver-infant dyads, 3 camera views (headcams + overview), speech transcriptions & developmental measures.

Access on Databrary for discovery & reuse! ✨

#OpenScience

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Taylor Odle @taylorodle.bsky.social · 7d

🍎🦡 I'm recruiting a PhD student in Ed Policy (fall '26) at @uwmadison.bsky.social! Come work with me on college access, admissions, & fin aid in our top-ranked, fully-funded program. I’m especially excited for this student to immediately join our direct admissions RCT team.

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 6d

Congratulations on your marriage!!
I am sorry it was immediately followed by job stress. all best wishes for a quick resolution!

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Carlton J. Fong @carltonfong.bsky.social · 7d

As co-chair of AERA's @srma-sig.bsky.social, I am pleased to announce our Fall 2025 webinar series focused on meta-analysis and systematic reviews!

On Friday (Oct 3), our first webinar will be given by James Pustejovsky @jepusto.bsky.social! 🎉

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 7d

New study on active learning! Elegant design with yoked control!

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

rdcu.be

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 7d

Congratulations, Sara! 💐

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 7d

Wait, isn't the guy on the left against "superficial individual expression"???

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 7d

Well deserved recognition! Congratulations!

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 8d

What?? It is open to all!

Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · 9d

Ohio State just advised all staff and students not to attend the SACNAS (Society for the advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) annual meeting of 6000+ scientists -- which is in Columbus, OH this year! -- saying it may be exclusionary, even though it is open to all.

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Robert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 9d

After DOGE came through and took a wrecking ball to the Institute of Education Sciences, there are a few green shoots returning. But the future of the agency is very much in limbo.

Education Department takes a preliminary step toward revamping its research and statistics arm

The public has until Oct. 15 to weigh in

hechingerreport.org

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Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social · 9d

A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.

Nick Fleisher @nickfleisher.bsky.social · 9d

30% drop year over year!

Amid visa restrictions, international freshmen enrollment plummets at UW-Madison

This year’s number of international freshmen is the lowest recorded since at least 2015.

www.jsonline.com

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 10d

very sad about this!

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Katie Langin @klangin.bsky.social · 12d

Today was a hard day for Ph.D. students who found out that they can no longer apply for NSF's prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program. "Devastating“ was how one student described it to me. #GradSchool #NSFGRFP

www.science.org/content/arti...

‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry

The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded

www.science.org

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 12d

Very disappointed on behalf of all the second-year graduate students (including one from my group) who could have applied last year, but who waited until this fall, based on the rule that you can only apply once!

Kosta Boskovic @kostaboskovic.bsky.social · 12d

Extremely disappointing decision from the NSF today to exclude second-year graduate students from eligibility for the GRFP. I and many other second-year grads purposely held off from applying in our first year to be able to do so now...

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Ira Hyman @irahyman.bsky.social · 13d

Today I started my grad cognition class for our masters program (we’re on a quarter system).

After introductions, I start with a brief historical consideration of cognitive psychology. I note that the Gestalt school was a cognitive approach based in Germany.

We then talked about what happened. 1/

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 14d

Thank you! super helpful!

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 14d

love that you made this connection!

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 14d

When people give directions, they sometimes reposition themselves -- for example, they may turn to face the direction they would be facing if actually following that path.... Anyone know of any research on this phenomenon? @noranewcombe.bsky.social

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UW-Madison Psychology @uwpsych.bsky.social · 15d

@uwpsych.bsky.social is proud to be ranked #19 overall and #8 among public universities in the 2025-2026 U.S. News and World Report’s Best Psychology Undergraduate Programs. This Top 20 ranking underscores our reputation as a leader in teaching and research. #OnWisconsin

go.wisc.edu/z344q1

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Lesley Bartlett @lesleybartlett.bsky.social · 18d

The Educational Policy Studies Department at UW-Madison is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor with a focus on climate, sustainability, and education. Please share with folks you think would be interested! #climatepolicy #edpolicy #EduSky jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant or Associate Professor in Educational Policy Studies - Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...

jobs.wisc.edu

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Martha W. Alibali @marthaalibali.bsky.social · 18d

Yes! I was surprised to see her so late in the season!

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Jen Golbeck @jengolbeck.bsky.social · 18d

I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

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