Sentences with phrase «educational psychologists at»

Alberta's Continuing Professional Development Program is: based on adult educational philosophy and developed in consultation educational psychologists at the Centre for Educational Policy, University of Alberta — Dr. Frank Peters and Dr. Joe daCosta.

«Learning how to learn science text and to be strategic about science text is different from learning to read English literature or things of that sort,» says Kim Gomez, an educational psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles.

«I think it's a fantastic study,» says James Stigler, an educational psychologist at the University of California, Los Angeles, who was not involved in the work.

The panel's vice chair is Camilla Benbow, an educational psychologist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, who co-directs a longitudinal study of gifted math students.

Jon R. Star is a professor of education and educational psychologist at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

But for Associate Professor Meredith Rowe, an educational psychologist at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, the amount of words a child hears is just one factor, and not the most significant, in predicting future vocabulary growth.

Patricia Gandara, an educational psychologist at UCLA, said students in bilingual programs often go to schools with higher concentrations of poverty, which is linked to lower test scores.

Not exact matches

«If there are errors, help kids self - correct by asking them to explain their logic or to show you what source of information they used,» says educational psychologist Jennifer Little, PhD, creator of Parents Teach Kids (www.parentsteachkids.com), a collection of modules that show parents how to teach foundational learning skills at home.

This narrowing of the curriculum can have an effect on teachers» stress levels because it clashes with their beliefs, according to Brian Apter, chair of the division of educational and child psychologists at the British Psychological Society.

A study by educational psychologist Jana Mason at the University of Illinois found that nearly 50 percent of preschoolers from families receiving public assistance in Illinois had no alphabet materials in the home.

«Psychologists believe that our ability to read others supports one of our primary drives as human beings, the drive to relate to others and form social bonds,» says Gehlbach, an educational psychologist who is looking at ways to improve teaching and learning by enhancing SPT in the classroom.

An ELSA network is made up of specialist teaching assistants who have had additional training from educational psychologists to offer support to children at times of emotional distress, like a divorce.

Dr. John D. Rich Jr. is an educational psychologist, an associate professor of psychology at Delaware State University, and a father of two boys.

In response to the publication of the SEN Code of Practice for parliamentary approval by the Department for Education, the AEP has stressed that an uncertain funding future for the initial training of the educational psychology workforce and the ever increasing demand for educational psychologists» posts will mean that there will be an insufficient number of educational psychologists supporting local authorities and schools in future, which could put the wellbeing of vulnerable children and young people across the country at risk.

Heads only have one of two options: either they start cutting staff, or they start chopping at other services, such as librarians, educational psychologists or classroom resources.

Appropriate personnel at all schools received the same packet containing: IQ and achievement test results, supporting documentation from educational psychologists, and a cover letter describing a child functioning at the «profoundly gifted» level

When asked where he stood on his state's initiative to hold back third graders, educational psychologist David Berliner — the Regents Professor of Education at Arizona State University — was blunt in his assessment.

David C. Berliner is an educational psychologist and Regents» Professor Emeritus of Education at Arizona State University.

However, sometimes there needs to be a third party involved to resolve issues and the school's allocated educational psychologist is the ideal person to resolve issues and work out what's causing the behaviours that are leading to the child's difficulties at school.

Michael Emmons, PhD, (1938 - 2016), was a celebrated psychologist; consultant to educational, government, and business organizations; trainer of marriage and family counseling interns at California Polytechnic State University; and author or coauthor of seven books.

Dr. Blum's previous experience includes: Supervising Psychologist at the Institute for Girls» Development in Pasadena; Supervising Psychologist for Children's Hospital - Los Angeles; Staff Researcher at the UCLA Center for Adolescent Health Promotion; and Director of Education for the HiTOPS Teen Health Center in Princeton, NJ, where she designed educational programs for teens, parents, and teachers on healthy adolescent development.

At the Yellow Pages for Kids with Disabilities, you'll find listings for educational consultants, advocates, advisors, psychologists, diagnosticians, health care specialists, academic tutors, speech language therapists, and attorneys.