Motivating students to engage in strategic learning

Understanding how people learn and apply their knowledge to novel situations has been a focus of cognitive science since the early 1900s. To capture this phenomenon, many theories of knowledge transfer have emerged, and most “suggest that the likelihood of transfer is dependent upon the likelihood of encountering a relevant bit of information or skill […]

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How can faculty search committees be more inclusive and equitable in their approaches?

The job market is a roller coaster experience. There are lows and highs, twists and turns. As an applicant, all you read about is how terrible it is and how lucky people were to get their positions. We can do so much better than that. I was expecting the worst from hearing about all those […]

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