Standardized Testing (11:16)

Dr. Anjalé Welton,Assistant professor in education, policy, organization, and leadership at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Dr. Welton examines how opportunity structures—such as issues of stratification and access to college preparation and information—shape the connections that students of color make to educational resources and matriculation to college. Dr. Welton and Dr. Townsend talk about the issues surrounding standardized testing.

Motivation and Learning Performance (56:30)

Dr. Bobby Hoffman is an Associate Professor at the School of Teaching, Learning and Leadership at University of Central Florida. Bob is a member of the editorial board of three leading journals; Contemporary Educational Psychology, Educational Psychology Review, and Educational Research, Technology & Development. Dr. Hoffman shares his research in his new book “Motivation for Learning and Performance”. Dr Townsend and Dr, Hoffman discuss how to motivate yourself and others.

Parent Previews (1:20:46)

Rod Gustafson from Parent Previews joins the show to look at what is new in theaters this week. Dr Matt and Rod talk about the movies Ant-Man and Mr. Holmes

How We Learn (1:39:42)

Benedict Carey is an award-winning science reporter who has been working for The New York Times since 2004 and is one of the paper’s most emailed reporters. He graduated from the University of Colorado with a bachelor’s degree in Math, then went on to get his Master’s in journalism at Northwestern University. Carey has written about health and science for twenty-five years. Today Dr. Matt and Mr. Carey talk about his book "How We Learn: The Surprising Truth About When, Where, and Why It Happens."