@ALeighMP@Kennedy_School My dissertation chair also. Such a wonderful and caring person. Condolences to Jenny their son and the hundreds of students and colleagues who were better for knowing Sandy.
Thrilled to share the results from our latest field experiment @HarrisBIPLab@HarrisPolicy, now published in the Economics of Education Review. 1/
Boosting Parent-Child Math Engagement and Preschool Children's Math Sk... https://t.co/VMOVPeBBin
Have you ever wanted to be taken out of context by the right-wing media machine, so you can enjoy a barrage of threats and thoughtful hatemail?
Good news: I've learned enough over the past couple of weeks to provide this useful "how to" guide.
Congratulations to the recipients of our inaugural student award for excellence in field research administration! Proud you represent us at #uchicago and beyond. https://t.co/zlCvtI6TKn
In a recent article on @MIT news🗞, @JPAL_NA and @HarrisBIPLab announce their new partnership 🤝. @ariel_kalil and @themeeshiest discuss the new study, Learning Curiosity, on parent engagement and child development: https://t.co/Y69lAR4TEo
Can 'nudging' parents to read with their children reduce the quality of time spent reading?
A new RCT offers insights into the effects of reminders aimed at increasing parental reading time & child literacy skills.
@ariel_kalil, @Noahliuhx, Susan Mayer, @DerekRury, @RohenShah:
Happy holidays from the Behavioral Insights and Parenting Lab at the University of Chicago! I'm thrilled with the progress we've made in 2022; looking forward to all the discoveries that await us in the new year.
What strategies increase parental engagement in children’s early education? In one evaluation, @POreopoulos & @ariel_kalil found that tools like goal-setting, reminders, & social rewards more than doubled the time parents spent reading to their children. https://t.co/jvAnhUc3Ae
Standard Deviation is usually the first thing that freaks out most students when they start learning stats.
If you teach stats, I hope this video helps them understand (and chuckle a little) why it's important to go beyond the "average"!