Paras Mehta

Teaching is a highly stressful occupation. Teacher stress may influence how effective teachers are in the classroom, with potential consequences for their students' behavior and learning. The research team intends to identify predictors and outcomes of job stress in middle school teachers, linking teacher stress to student behavior and achievement via teacher effectiveness. Using a prospective multi-method, multi-time scale investigation of the proposed mediational chain (i.e., stressors lea...

The proposed project aimed to: (1) develop a software library for fitting cross-classified structural equations models (CC-SEM); (2) analyze a number of large literacy-related datasets with common methodological issues; and (3) document and disseminate the software library.

The primary objective of this project is to develop and evaluate the efficacy of a package of intervention strategies designed to reduce the significant behavioral and academic challenges experienced by high school students with behavior disorders. In addition, the research team will conduct supplementary studies to address key issues in special education and are responsive to the needs of policymakers and secondary-level special education practitioners; broadly disseminate their findings; a...