Kids’ Self-Perception of Ability in Math & Reading Predicts Later Achievement
October 30, 2017
Pamela Davis-Kean co-authored a study with Maria Ines Susperreguy, Kathryn Duckworth, and Meichu Chen which finds students’ self-concept of their own ability in math and reading predicts later attainment across different levels of achievement.The article, Self-Concept Predicts Academic...
James S. Jackson to receive U-M Distinguished Diversity Scholar Career Award
September 28, 2017
James S. Jackson. Photo by Michael McIntyre/ISR. James Jackson, Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, RCGD research professor, and former director of ISR, will be awarded the University of Michigan’s inaugural Distinguished Diversity Scholar Career Award.The award...
James Jackson named inaugural recipient of U-M Diversity Scholar Career Award
September 28, 2017
James Jackson, Daniel Katz Distinguished University Professor of Psychology, RCGD research professor, and former ISR Director, has been awarded the University of Michigan’s first Distinguished Diversity Scholar Career Award. The award recognizes Jackson for his “innovative research on...
HomeLab grand opening
September 28, 2017
Celebrating the grand opening of HomeLab, a collaboration of several U-M units that’s housed at the Institute for Social Research, representatives gather outside the fully functioning mock apartment that serves as a research laboratory for exploring activities of daily living.
U-M’s HomeLab allows researchers to observe and test interventions for seniors’ home life
September 26, 2017
In a fully functional mock apartment called HomeLab at the Institute for Social Research, U-M researchers use personal observation, cameras, microphones, and wearable sensors to record data as participants perform ordinary daily living activities. They can also collect and analyze biomarker data...
Home sweet HomeLab
September 21, 2017
New U-M lab provides a space for researchers to study how we live in our most familiar environmentClick here for a video about the new lab space.ANN ARBOR—Fredda Clisham washes her hands at a bathroom sink—something she’s done thousands of times in her 96 years.But this time,...
Davis-Kean et al. link children’s self-perceptions to their math and reading achievement
September 19, 2017
A recent study by Pamela Davis-Kean and colleagues found that children’s beliefs about their math and reading abilities explain some of the variance in their later math and reading achievement, after controlling for children’s characteristics and backgrounds, including birth weight,...
Study raises doubts about safety of some forms of birth control pills
June 27, 2017
ANN ARBOR—New research on how birth control pills affect the level of hormones in women’s blood serum has found much higher levels of hormones in women who take birth control pills compared to women who don’t. The University of Michigan study was motivated by evidence that breast...
Panapasa finds Pacific Islanders in CA have higher health risks, lower insurance coverage than other Californians
April 13, 2017
Research by Sela Panapasa finds that two groups of Pacific Islanders residing in California – Samoans and Tongans – had higher rates of hypertension and cigarette smoking, and lower rates of health insurance coverage and use of health care screenings, than Californians at large.
Survey finds health disparities in two Pacific Islander populations
April 12, 2017
Photo credit: Thinkstock ANN ARBOR—A survey of two groups of Pacific Islanders draws comparisons between the health of two populations of Pacific Islanders residing in California, revealing they lag behind the state in several key areas of health. Led by Sela Panapasa, a scientist at the...
