Graduate Student Corner
The TEP SIG welcomes graduate students
to join. We encourage graduate students
to become part of our
SIG and engage in the wealth of networking opportunities that we offer.
By contributing to the wiki and blog
you can meet other educational psychologists with similar interests. By submitting articles to the TEP online
journal and/or becoming a reviewer you can gain valuable experience that can help as you build your
career.
Call For Joint Projects
With AERA SIGS
The Teaching Educational Psychology SIG is
actively seeking input from the other
similar interest AERA SIGS
for possible joint projects, programs, publishing. Please email Dr. Henry G. Brzycki at hbrzycki@aol.com if
you are interested.
TEP Blog
The purpose of the TEP blog is to facilitate professional discussions among SIG members.
The hope is that
those who belong to the TEP SIG or those who are interested in topics related to Teaching Educational Psychology discussed
in this TEP newsletter or TEP wiki will contribute to the blog. If you have a good idea for
a topic that we could blog about, please
send email to: tepsig@gmail.com, and post away! Vist the TEP blog
at http://tepsig.blogspot.com.
TEP Online
Journal
New co-editors invite manuscript
submissions for Teaching Educational Psychology, the online
peer-reviewed journal of the Teaching
Educational Psychology
Special Interest Group. Co-editors M Cecil Smith and Nancy DeFrates-Densch, both of Northern
Illinois University, will begin
their 3-year term in August,
2012.
Feature-length manuscripts (qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods empirical research, literature reviews,
and data-supported reports on effective teaching
practices, or conceptual articles), reviews of scholarly
books related to the teaching
of educational psychology, and scholarly opinion pieces/commentaries are
especially welcomed. For submission prior to August 2012 please contact
the current editors, Sandy Deemer and Laurie Hanich at TEP@Millersville.edu. Editorial responsibilities are currently being transitioned
to the new team and will be completed by August 2012.
Individuals who would like to serve as manuscript reviewers should contact
M Cecil Smith at mcsmith@niu.edu. Please
send a copy of your vita and indicate specific areas of expertise.
Look for additional information regarding manuscript submission guidelines and upcoming
announcements regarding planned
themed issues on the TEP website at www.teachingeducpsych.org
TEP Wiki
The teaching ed psych wiki is a collection of materials helpful in teaching
introductory educational psychology in teacher education programs. It provides
a way for instructors of ed psych to share their best ideas and materials about their teaching.
You can find the teachingedpsych wiki
Page 5
Call For Newsletter
Submissions
This newsletter is brought to you by the TEP SIG leadership team and is meant to give you the most recent news and information from TEP SIG activities. Please consider
writing/submitting short news items
that may include: new developments in the field,
your teaching successes using a best practice,
career information (such as promotions
or new leadership appointments), and links
to useful websites,
etc. Contact: Gina
Mariano, TEP SIG Newsletter editor, gjmariano@troy.edu.
The goal is to produce a quarterly newsletter in June, September, December, and March that will highlight
the important contributions
each of our members make to the field of education
psychology.
Spotlight On Research In Educational Psychology
Anyone
interested in the stories of immigrant children and enhancing understanding within classrooms may want
to check out the following recently published works: Strickland, M. J. (2012).
Storylines: Listening to immigrant students, teachers, and cultural-bridge persons making sense of classroom
interactions. Middle Schools Research Journal. 7(2), 77-93.
Just released
by the Foundation for Child Development, with a wealth of demographic information and current insights: Hernandez, D.J. (2012).
Children in Immigrant
Families: Essential
to America's
Did You Know….
Working
memory training
may not be as helpful
as once thought for treating reading and language disorders.
Working memory training has been shown to improve performance on tasks related
to the training but not on
general cognitive performance. For more information regarding this topic read the following article:
Melby-Lervag, M., & Hulme, C. (2012, May 21). Is working memory training
effective? A meta-analytic review. Development
Psychology. Advance
online publication. doi: 10.1037/a0028228
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