Scott Gest

Through this 2015 grant, TIES continued to prepare education scientists to develop and evaluate programs, practices, and policies.

Teachers have both the opportunity and the responsibility to optimize children's interpersonal relationships in the classroom to facilitate learning. In this exploratory study, researchers will extend on-going longitudinal research that asks how features of classroom peer ecologies such as popularity, friendships, and cliques relate to academic achievement, aggression, and school relatedness. These indicators will then be examined to analyze how these peer ecologies are shaped by teacher pra...