Terri Sabol

This project explored how individual children's engagement varied within classrooms and the degree to which variation in child engagement was associated with children's outcomes. Specifically, the research team (i) evaluated the degree to which the quality of children's engagement with teachers and academic content varied within individual children and within classrooms; (ii) related average quality of engagement at the child and classroom levels with child outcomes; and (iii) explored varia...

The goal of this project was to identify variables that create differences in impacts of early childhood professional development interventions. Achieving this aim will support decision making around scaling and refining professional development programs in order to optimize classroom quality and child learning outcomes.

The University of Virginia established the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Program in Education Sciences in 2004. Under this 2009 award, the Virginia Education Science Training (VEST) program continued to provided training for fellows.

The University of Virginia's Interdisciplinary Predoctoral Training Program in Education Sciences (PTPES) built upon the Curry School of Education's interdisciplinary focus on risk and prevention and educationally relevant research in a range of departments in the College of Arts and Sciences.