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EdCog Journal Club

Join the fascinating conversation about education and cognition research as we explore the impact it has on current teaching practices. This interactive bi-weekly event will allow you to engage in research content that will enhance your understanding and application of educational techniques.

All Winter 2025 journal club meetings will take place on Wednesdays from 10:00-11:00am EST, starting January 15th.

They will be facilitated by McCall MacBain Postdoctoral Fellows.

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Fall 2024 Schedule

Date	Article
September 11	Freeman, S., Eddy, S. L., McDonough, M., Smith, M. K., Okoroafor, N., Jordt, H., & Wenderoth, M. P. (2014). Active learning increases student performance in science, engineering, and mathematics. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences – PNAS, 111(23), 8410–8415.
September 25	Robinson, K. A., Lee, S. Y., Friedman, S., Christians, E., McKeague, M., Pavelka, L., & Sirjoosingh, P. (2022). “You know what, I can do this”: Heterogeneous joint trajectories of expectancy for success and attainment value in chemistry. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 69, 102055.
October 9	McDermott, K. B., Agarwal, P. K., D’Antonio, L., Roediger, H. L. III, & McDaniel, M. A. (2014). Both multiple-choice and short-answer quizzes enhance later exam performance in middle and high school classes. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 20(1), 3–21.
October 30	Brady, S. T., Hard, B. M., & Gross, J. J. (2018). Reappraising test anxiety increases academic performance of first-year college students. Journal of Educational Psychology, 110(3), 395.
November 13	Pan, S.C., Sana, F., Samani, J., Cooke, J., & Kim J.A. (2020) Learning from errors: students’ and instructors’ practices, attitudes, and beliefs. Memory, 28:9, 1105-1122.
November 27	Bozeman, R., Mallett, R. K., Mitchell, L., & Tindale, R. S. (2023). May we take the test as a group? Examining group processes and member learning in a collaborative testing environment. Active Learning in Higher Education, 0(0).

Winter 2025 Schedule

Date	Reading
January 15	Amer, A., Sidhu, G., & Srinivasan, S. (2023). A consideration of gradeless learning in higher education. International Journal of Pedagogy and Teacher Education., 7(1), 38-44.
January 29	Pierres, O., Christen, M., Schmitt-Koopmann, F. M., & Darvishy, A. (2024). Could the Use of AI in Higher Education Hinder Students With Disabilities? A Scoping Review. IEEE Access, 12, 27810–27828.
February 12	Zhao, W., He, L., Deng, W. et al. (2020). The effectiveness of the combined problem-based learning (PBL) and case-based learning (CBL) teaching method in the clinical practical teaching of thyroid disease. BMC Med Educ 20, 381.
March 5	Rivas, S. F., Saiz, C., & Ossa, C. (2022). Metacognitive Strategies and Development of Critical Thinking in Higher Education. Frontiers in Psychology, 13, 913219–913219.
March 19	Fritzsche, L. (2022). Integrating contemplative pedagogy and anti-oppressive pedagogy in geography higher education classrooms. Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 46(2), 167–184.
April 2	Sun, W., & Chao, M. (2024). Exploring the influence of excessive social media use on academic performance through media multitasking and attention problems: a three-dimension usage perspective. Education and Information Technologies, 29(18), 23981–24003.