Dual language supports for dual language learners? Exploring preschool classroom instructional supports for DLLs' early learning outcomes

A Partika, AD Johnson, DA Phillips, G Luk… - Early Childhood …, 2021 - Elsevier
Dual language learners (DLLs)-children who are learning and develo** two languages-
are among the fastest growing groups of young children in the United States and currently …

[PDF][PDF] Theater improvisation promoting interpersonal confidence of student teachers: A controlled intervention study

S Seppänen, K Tiippana… - … Journal of Social & …, 2019 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
This study examined the effects of a theater-based improvisation method for promoting
student-teachers' self-rated social interaction competence. 39 undergraduate students …

Understanding Willingness to Cooperate With Police: Current Perceptions of Bias Matter, But So Does Hope in Future Police Procedural Justice

A Fine, A Cross, KL Blount-Hill - Justice Quarterly, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
To solve crime, police rely on the public's willingness to cooperate (WTC). While scholarship
has focused on how people's current perceptions of police might impact their WTC, it is likely …

Social support, spirituality, and executive functions: An event-related potential (ERP) study of neural mechanisms of cultural protective factors in American Indians (AIs) …

RA Wilhelm, BA McNaughton, MJ Demuth… - American …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
A resilience-based approach in American Indian (AI) communities focuses on inherent
sociocultural assets that may act as protective resilience buffers linked to mitigated mental …

Blending oxytocin and dopamine with everyday creativity

A Chong, S Tolomeo, Y **ong, D Angeles, M Cheung… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Converging evidence suggests that oxytocin (OT) is associated with creative thinking (CT)
and that release of OT depends on ADP ribosyl-cyclases (CD38 and CD157). Neural …

Differentiating between successful VC exit strategies: The influences of time-since-first-funding-received by the venture and strength of US VCs in cross-border …

KK Sinha, S Goel, N Nguyen - International Review of Financial Analysis, 2024 - Elsevier
In this study, we argue that successful exit outcomes (Trade Sales (TS) or IPO) from VCs'
cross-border investments are influenced by time-since-first-funding-received (TSFFR) by the …

Mothers' sleep deficits and cognitive performance: Moderation by stress and age

K Deater-Deckard, M Chary, ME McQuillan… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
There are well-known associations between stress, poor sleep, and cognitive deficits, but
little is known about their interactive effects, which the present study explored in a sample of …

[PDF][PDF] Validated Interpersonal Confidence Questıonnaire to Measure the Impact of Improvisation Training

S Seppänen, J Novák, T Toivanen… - … on Education and …, 2021 - researchportal.helsinki.fi
Theatre-based improvisation includes a model of constructive communication, which has
been applied to education, and in fields requiring interpersonal competencies. Here, we …

Performance of 8th-grade algebra I students assessed with and without the SPARK Testing Method

K Hageman - 2020 - search.proquest.com
The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of a novel research-supported testing
method called The SPARK (Spiraling Assessment to Reinforce Knowledge) Testing Method …

Consumption of fruits, vegetables, and nuts can be increased when multitasking with screen devices

AR McAlister, A Kononova - Health Communication, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Past research shows that people overconsume energy-dense, nutrient-poor (EDNP) foods
when they are not paying attention to environmental cues that encourage consumption. Very …