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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. Naslund Chair in Curriculum and Teaching at the University of Southern California (USC). 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). Michael Kiener is a professor at Maryville University of St. Sweller, J.,

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He also will maintain his University Professor and Provost Professor appointments in the USC Rossier School of Education, Marshall School of Business, and Price School of Public Policy. She is also president of the educational psychology division of the American Psychological Association [APA]. “I Dr. Jessica T.

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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 began his academic career studying motivation in graduate school at The Ohio State University. He decided to do it anyway.

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The Lasso Way to Formative Assessment 

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Furthermore, accreditation bodies are looking at assessment to ensure colleges and universities are “living up to what they advertise.” Chris Hakala is the director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship at Springfield College. British Journal of Educational Psychology , 86 (4), 606-629.

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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). Michael Kiener is a professor at Maryville University of St. Sweller, J.,

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The Lasso Way to Formative Assessment 

Faculty Focus

Furthermore, accreditation bodies are looking at assessment to ensure colleges and universities are “living up to what they advertise.” Chris Hakala is the director of the Center for Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Scholarship at Springfield College. British Journal of Educational Psychology , 86 (4), 606-629.