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Dr. Jessica DeCuir-Gunby, University of Southern California

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jessica DeCuir-Gunby, a leading educational psychologist, holds the Robert A. Previously, she served as department head of the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences at NC State University. Previously, she served as department head of the Department of Teacher Education and Learning Sciences at NC State University.

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Searching for the Optimal Class Design to Maximize Learning

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Simply, it is the way it combines cognitive and educational psychologyhow people learnwith the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), which focuses on how educators study and improve their teaching to increase student learning (McKinney, 2007). Educational Psychology Review 31, (2): 261-292. Sweller, J.,

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Dr. Jessica T. DeCuir-Gunby Selected to Lead USC Race and Equity Center

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DeCuir-Gunby, a prominent educational psychologist and racial equity expert who is on the faculty at the USC Rossier School of Education, has been named the next executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center. She is also president of the educational psychology division of the American Psychological Association [APA].

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Community-Engaged Scholar Dr. DeLeon Gray Believes in the Value of Hyperlocal Work

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Dr. DeLeon Gray Gray is an associate professor of educational psychology and equity at North Carolina State University. It’s scholarship in a different form.” Gray says he felt pressure to produce another article when a friend came to him and said that the idea was not done because the scholarship was just one leg of the relay.

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The Lasso Way to Formative Assessment 

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But we also fell in love because we are educators who are passionate about assessment. Not only does the formula make for some emotional character arcs, but it also serves as an important reminder for all educators, namely, that assessment can be transformational. Studies in Higher Education , 47 (7), 1343-1356. Broadbent, J.,

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The Lasso Way to Formative Assessment 

Faculty Focus

But we also fell in love because we are educators who are passionate about assessment. Not only does the formula make for some emotional character arcs, but it also serves as an important reminder for all educators, namely, that assessment can be transformational. Studies in Higher Education , 47 (7), 1343-1356. Broadbent, J.,

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Searching for the Optimal Class Design to Maximize Learning

Faculty Focus

Simply, it is the way it combines cognitive and educational psychologyhow people learnwith the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL), which focuses on how educators study and improve their teaching to increase student learning (McKinney, 2007). Educational Psychology Review 31, (2): 261-292. Sweller, J.,