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School Violence Prevention: Teachers Establishing Relationships With Students Using Counseling Strategies, Adam M. Volungis, Katie Goodman

Psychology Department Faculty Works

Although youth violence rates continue to decrease in the United States, it remains the second leading cause of death for adolescents. Furthermore, school violence remains a sociocultural concern, especially due to increasing media attention. Research consistently indicates that preventing school violence involves measures that go beyond formal protocols. One factor that has emerged from this research is that the quality of relationships between students and teachers, commonly referred to as school connectedness, may have a significant role in preventing school violence. However, there is very little literature that addresses how mental health professionals, such as school counselors, can assist teachers …

Clickers Can Promote Fact Retention But Impede Conceptual Understanding: The Effect Of The Interaction Between Clicker Use And Pedagogy On Learning, Amy M. Shapiro, Judith Sims-Knight, Grant V. O'Rielly, Paul Capaldo, Teal Pedlow, Leamarie Gordon, Kristina Monteiro

Psychology Department Faculty Works

Highlights

• Two experiments explored the role of clickers on factual and conceptual learning.
• One course emphasized fact retention and the other emphasized conceptual understanding.
• Factual and conceptual clicker questions enhanced only fact learning in the didactic course.
• Factual questions impaired conceptual learning in the problem-oriented course.
• Clicker effects are mediated by pedagogy, learning strategy, and prior knowledge.