Educational Policy – PossibleThreat Articles

Schools have critical role to play in supporting adolescents fleeing armed conflict

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Child Development, Child Psychology, Conflict, Educational Policy, Educational Psychology, K-12 Education, Poverty and Learning, STEM Education

Education is known to be highly important for migrant children, yet relatively little is known about the diversity of associated school-based programs and their likely value in supporting the mental health of children. A scoping review was conducted of 20 school-based programs aimed at improving the mental health of adolescent forced migrants in high-income countries. Findings showed school-based interventions have great potential for preventing adverse mental health outcomes among children affected by conflict and displacement.

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A tale of two cities: Impact of reducing teens' access to flavored tobacco products

October 24, 2019 0 Comments Consumerism, Educational Policy, Lung Cancer, Public Health, Public Health Education, Smoking, STEM Education, Teen Health

Restricting youth access to flavored tobacco products holds the promise of reducing their overall tobacco use, according to a new study.

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Rethinking the role of technology in the classroom

October 22, 2019 0 Comments Child Psychology, Education and Employment, Educational Policy, Educational Psychology, K-12 Education, Literacy, Poverty and Learning, STEM Education

Introducing tablets and laptops to the classroom has certain educational virtues, according to one researcher, but her research suggests that tech has its limitations as well. A new study shows a decrease in academic motivation for students who participated in a technology-based intervention.

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Tackling inequality could save millions of children

October 17, 2019 0 Comments Children's Health, Diet and Weight Loss, Educational Policy, Health Policy, Poverty and Learning, Public Health, Public Health Education, Security and Defense

An unprecedented study mapping child deaths over almost two decades finds that nearly half of the 5.4 million under-5 deaths in 2017 can be attributed to differences in child death rates within and across countries.

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Society is rejecting facts; medical researchers can help

October 16, 2019 0 Comments Depression, Educational Policy, Health Policy, K-12 Education, Medical Education and Training, Public Health Education, Schizophrenia, Scientific Conduct, STEM Education

Anecdotes, fake news and social media have created a skeptical and misinformed public who is rejecting the facts. A commentary says that medical researchers must help the public understand the rigorous process of science and help them to discern an anecdote from peer-reviewed scientific results. The best way to do this? By continuing to ensure integrity, rigor, reproducibility and replication of their science and to earn the public's trust by being morally responsible and completely free of any influences.

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Beyond the 'replication crisis,' does research face an 'inference crisis'?

October 10, 2019 0 Comments Biometric, Consumer Electronics, Dementia, Educational Policy, Engineering, Memory, Psychology, Scientific Conduct, surveillance

For the past decade, social scientists have been unpacking a 'replication crisis' that has revealed how findings of an alarming number of scientific studies are difficult or impossible to repeat. Efforts are underway to improve the reliability of findings, but cognitive psychology researchers say that not enough attention has been paid to the validity of theoretical inferences made from research findings.

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New CEOs can raise their social game to keep their jobs

October 10, 2019 0 Comments Artificial intelligence, Computers and Internet, Education and Employment, Educational Policy, Information Technology, Markets and Finance, Scientific Conduct, STEM Education

A new study shows that two key factors can make freshly appointed CEOs more vulnerable and raise the odds they'll get fired. The job security of a new CEO tends to suffer when the stock market reacts badly or when the previous CEO stays on as board chair, according to the study. But the study found that the new CEO can overcome these challenges with what researchers call ''social influence behaviors.''

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Impact of police stops on youth's mental health

October 9, 2019 0 Comments Child Psychology, Depression, Educational Policy, Justice, Mental Health, PTSD, Security and Defense, surveillance

New research looks into the impact police stops have on the mental health of youth. Researchers reveal that youth experiencing intrusive police stops are at risk of heightened emotional distress. The researchers found that youth who were stopped more often by police officers were more likely to report emotional trauma.

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Economic impacts of colony collapse disorder

October 6, 2019 0 Comments Agriculture and Food, Economics, Educational Policy, Food and Agriculture, Industrial Relations, Internet, Markets and Finance, Math Puzzles, Mating and Breeding

BOZEMAN – The work of a Montana State University professor examining the economic impacts of colony collapse disorder among commercial honeybees was published in the <em>Journal of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists</em> last month.

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How to make online recommendations work better

October 3, 2019 0 Comments Consumer Behavior, Educational Policy, encryption, Gender Difference, Information Technology, Marijuana, Scientific Conduct, Spintronics Research, STEM Education

User-based framing is generally better than item-based framing at generating click-throughs, but there are specific situations in which user-based framing is no longer advantageous or even becomes disadvantageous.

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