Joseph Cimpian

Entry into and exit from English learner (EL) status are high-stakes decisions with implications for academic equity in the U.S. EL status governs the instructional settings, language supports, and educational opportunities available to students. Since former ELs are no longer entitled to language supports, exiting EL status too soon can leave these students linguistically unprepared for success in general education settings. However, maintaining EL status for too long can compromise students'

The central aims of this research are to investigate the (1) development and (2) consequences of gender stereotypes that portray girls' mathematics achievements as resulting from effort and boys' mathematics achievements as resulting from natural talent (effort-vs.-talent stereotypes) and (3) to identify potential means of reducing the negative effects of these stereotypes on children's mathematics outcomes. From a theoretical standpoint, this work will be the first to characterize the devel...