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Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - case studies
Discover how case studies, like the one Georges-Henri Luquet conducted on his own daughter’s drawings, can give us a rich description of development.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - computer simulations
Discover how researchers build computer simulations to explore how children learn.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - meta analysis
Discover how meta-analyses can help researchers see the bigger picture that no one study alone can show.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - ethics
Discover the ethical principles researchers need to consider when conducting research with children.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - experiments
Discover what natural experiments, like the Dutch famine, and controlled experiments can teach us about child development.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - correlations
Discover how researchers use relationships between factors to understand child development.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
One minute methods - familiarisation
Discover how the familiarisation procedure, as used by Kisilevsky and colleagues, takes advantage of one thing young infants are really good at – getting bored.
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Health, Sports & Psychology
Heroes and villains: the presentation of the outlaw in early twentieth-century American folk music
This article will consider how the figure of the outlaw is presented in early twentieth-century American folk music. What is constant, and what changes? What lies behind these strands of imitation and innovation?
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Health, Sports & Psychology
D-Day, the Battle of Normandy, and the British Military Nursing Services
Operation Overlord, the invasion of Europe known as D-Day, began on 6 June 1944. 12,000 British military nurses served during World War II, many of these during the aftermath of D-Day and the Battle of Normandy. In this article, explore what it was like to be a nurse at this time.
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Euro 24: Innovation and Trends in Modern Football
As Germany gears up to host the men’s Euros this summer, Steph Doehler explores developments in modern football and their impact on Euro 2024.
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Science, Maths & Technology
Returning to STEM
This free badged course, Returning to STEM, offers useful skills and solutions to help you get back into a career in science, technology, engineering or mathematics (STEM).
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Education & Development
An informal and friendly introduction to British Sign Language
The Open University Students Association has created a series of video tutorials to introduce British Sign Language.