Education And Psychology

Student test scores are less central to principals’ human capital decision-making than teacher observation data. Read More

Vanderbilt education experts gathered for “Standards and Testing: What’s Missing from the Current Debate,” a panel discussion held March 9 at the downtown Nashville Public Library. Read More

Student and teacher mobility rates have improved since the ASD takeover, researchers say. Read More

A new brain imaging study challenges conventional wisdom about how and where in the brain the processing of visual orientation information first occurs. Read More

Vanderbilt education experts explain that screen time is not the enemy. The trick is picking the right apps. Read More

At first glance, the mobile Makerspace at Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt looks like an ordinary computer cart with a printer and storage bins. Read More

Vanderbilt's Laurie Cutting was one of a select group of experts in neuroscience, cognitive science, developmental psychology and other disciplines invited to take part in a White House Office of Science and Technology Policy workshop. Read More

Minor differences in language can have a large effect on how children think about learning materials, including the objects that make up a pattern. Read More

A new Vanderbilt study examined a national pay-for-performance program in Texas. Read More

Hillsboro High School senior Alex Jolly advanced to the semi-finals in the Intel Science Talent Search with his research project on cave drugs. Read More

Brain scans confirm significant differences in play behavior, brain activation patterns and stress levels in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) as compared with typically developing children. In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers at Vanderbilt University examined social play exchanges on multiple levels, revealing associations among brain… Read More

Vanderbilt's Hubert H. Humphrey Fellows are spending January focused on service work. Read More

A new two-year Vanderbilt study seeks to better understand students’ potential aversion to borrowing for college. Read More

Nine Vanderbilt faculty members were selected for inclusion in the 2015 Edu-Scholar Public Presence Rankings, which recognizes university-based academics who have contributed substantially to the national discourse on K-12 and higher education. Read More

Picking a needle out of a haystack might seem like the stuff of fairytales, but our brains can be electrically “tuned” to enable us to do a much better job of finding what we’re looking for. Read More

Vanderbilt research landed on several 'Education Week' year-end lists for 2014. Read More

New tools and resources will help principals maximize the powerful teacher effectiveness data available to them. Read More

Peabody's Melissa Gresalfi is co-author of a four-book series that provides a K-12 curricular toolkit for supporting systems thinking in the digital age. Read More

An extensive new study by two Vanderbilt University researchers challenges common assumptions about gun violence and mental illness that often emerge in the aftermath of mass shootings. Read More

The Tennessee STEM Innovation Network is demonstrating progress, according to a Vanderbilt research study. Read More