Jessica Massonnié

Jessica Massonnié is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

Her work focuses on understanding how we can best help children thrive by considering the influence of the home and classroom environments on their learning and development. She combines approaches from Psychology, Education and Educational Neurosciences.

She was the EARLI SIG 22 “Neuroscience and Education” JURE coordinator in the period 2019-2021, and she loves reflecting on the current challenges underlying lab-school partnerships.

Contributions by Jessica

Preparing children for life’s ups and downs

Jessica Massonnié / 22 July 2021

Article Development Parenting and childcare

‘Let me show you’: The benefits of collaborative learning

Jessica Massonnié / 28 July 2020

Article Learning & Education 21st century skills

Studying with background noise: Is it always bad?

Jessica Massonnié / 16 June 2020

Article Development Individual differences

Exercising indoors to relieve stress and improve focus

Jessica Massonnié / 24 April 2020

Article Development Covid-19

The challenge of communicating in noisy classrooms

Jessica Massonnié / 24 February 2020

Article Learning & Education Learning environments

Working between the laboratory and the classroom

Jessica Massonnié / 31 January 2020

Article Learning & Education Education policy

How to bust educational neuromyths? Emphasise what works

Jessica Massonnié / 4 November 2019

Article Development Neuroscience

Mindfulness in schools: Is it overrated?

Jessica Massonnié / 21 October 2019

Article Development Mental health

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