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Marissa Renee Bamberger – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Belief in psychological misconceptions, especially those regarding brain function and learning (i.e., neuromyths), hinders students' decision-making and learning. This necessitates conceptual change. Using an experimental design, this dissertation examined whether a utility value instructional induction (UVII) facilitated conceptual change.…
Descriptors: Psychological Patterns, Misconceptions, Persuasive Discourse, Educational Practices
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Kelley, Paul; Lockley, Steven W.; Foster, Russell G.; Kelley, Jonathan – Learning, Media and Technology, 2015
Arne Duncan, US Secretary of State for Education, tweeted in 2013: "let teens sleep, start school later". This paper examines early starts and their negative consequences in the light of key research in the last 30 years in sleep medicine and circadian neuroscience. An overview of the circadian timing system in adolescence leading to…
Descriptors: Biology, Adolescents, Neurosciences, Neuropsychology