Do Teachers’ Climate Change Beliefs Influence Students?
A North Carolina State University study of middle school science classes explored whether teachers’ beliefs about climate change influenced students’ perceptions. (more…)
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Beliefs Drive Investors More than Preferences, Study Finds
COLUMBUS, Ohio – If experts thought they knew anything about individual investors, it was this: their emotions lead them to sell winning stocks too soon and hold on to losers too long.
But new research casts doubt on this widely held theory that individual investors’ decisions are driven mainly by their feelings toward losses and gains. In an innovative study, researchers found evidence that individual investors’ decisions are primarily motivated by their beliefs about a stock’s future. (more…)
‘Music and Caroling an Important Part of Holiday Celebrations’
During the holidays, no matter how you celebrate or what your beliefs, music is almost always an important part of the celebration, according to Thomas Riis, a musicologist and director of the American Music Research Center in the University of Colorado at Boulder’s College of Music.
“Singing brings people together and is a natural and comfortable community activity,” Riis said. (more…)