CUNY Academic Commons | Laura Diaz Alarcon | Activity https://commons.gc.cuny.edu/members/ldiaz/activity/ Activity feed for Laura Diaz Alarcon. Sat, 01 Jan 2050 18:00:18 -0500 https://buddypress.org/?v= en 30 hourly 2 473fa8ca782b57dfd722100adaed054f Laura Diaz Alarcon wrote a new post on the site Creating a Path to STEM Careers in Psychology for Under-Represented Minorities https://psyched4stem.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1293 Sat, 30 Jul 2022 00:26:27 -0400 Reflection 5  Intersectionality and InterconnectednessIn this last presentation, it was recommended to design students’ assignments using their intersectionality and values, just as the […]

]]> 1863a31f59c5352837e770ce97612a7b Laura Diaz Alarcon wrote a new post on the site Creating a Path to STEM Careers in Psychology for Under-Represented Minorities https://psyched4stem.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1225 Mon, 25 Jul 2022 11:19:53 -0400 Dr. Cromley’s presentation helps me to refine some of the practices I am already using for my classes. I will be adding the drawing representing a concept.  There has been a great talk about focusing on the […]

]]> d2af42476e9de2ba2b7ac1b2e9107a52 Laura Diaz Alarcon commented on the post, Topic 3 - Fostering Growth Mindset and Grit, on the site Creating a Path to STEM Careers in Psychology for Under-Represented Minorities https://psyched4stem.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/07/20/topic-3-fostering-growth-mindset-and-grit/#comment-49 Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:53:19 -0400 Dear Elizabeth, according to Yeager and Walton, this small change that you are going is one of the underlying forces that can make big changes. Thank you for your reflection.

]]> 37929235bde52f5e25fc236ae1d80d36 Laura Diaz Alarcon wrote a new post on the site Creating a Path to STEM Careers in Psychology for Under-Represented Minorities https://psyched4stem.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1145 Thu, 21 Jul 2022 11:43:32 -0400 I appreciated Dr. Totonchi’s presentation on mindset this was a good reminder of how central this is for learning. I have very little in my class about this subject.  I am planning to make it more central for al […]

]]> 94ba3b812ac87a1bd56bef4e85f02405 Laura Diaz Alarcon commented on the post, Topic 2: Motivation & Persistence, on the site Creating a Path to STEM Careers in Psychology for Under-Represented Minorities https://psyched4stem.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/07/15/topic-2-motivation-persistence/#comment-37 Sun, 17 Jul 2022 22:54:28 -0400 Hi Kelly,
I think that it is a great idea to ask students for their motivations. I am wondering if also asking them for examples of how they were successful in motivating themselves when they found something […]

]]> 0ee0974a14940a6987f70127e8eab540 Laura Diaz Alarcon commented on the post, Topic 2: Motivation & Persistence, on the site Creating a Path to STEM Careers in Psychology for Under-Represented Minorities https://psyched4stem.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2022/07/15/topic-2-motivation-persistence/#comment-36 Sun, 17 Jul 2022 22:52:35 -0400 Hi Kelly,
I think that it is a great idea to ask students for their motivations. I am wondering if also asking them for examples of how they were successful in motivating themselves when they found something […]

]]> d5532b54b20273d737a7d11e2b3bc03c Laura Diaz Alarcon wrote a new post on the site Creating a Path to STEM Careers in Psychology for Under-Represented Minorities https://psyched4stem.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1048 Sun, 17 Jul 2022 22:43:34 -0400 Something that stuck with me was the importance to see the nuances in designing research.  Particularly when you need to design practices for a very specific group of population.  For example, when you think of m […]

]]> 4632c71621bb2e599b0e141bbf044826 Laura Diaz Alarcon wrote a new post on the site Creating a Path to STEM Careers in Psychology for Under-Represented Minorities https://psyched4stem.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=1020 Thu, 14 Jul 2022 17:16:42 -0400 Before a answered some of the questions posed for this topic, I would like to acknowledge that as a psychology educator, I am in a great position to help students develop social-emotional intelligence in […]

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