Duke University

The purpose of this study is to design, develop, and test an online professional development (PD) program called Bridging English Language Learning and Academics (BELLA) for improving teacher and student outcomes for working with English Learners (ELs). Teacher outcomes include: 1) increased collaboration between English as a Second Language (ESL) and classroom teachers; 2) implementation of high-impact instructional strategies; and 3) incorporation of students' cultural wealth into the clas...

The goal of this project is to examine whether gifted education policies and programs in North Carolina contribute to beneficial academic and social-emotional outcomes. Through an in-depth examination of malleable factors that may moderate student success, the research team will examine what types of gifted education policies work, for whom, and under what conditions by asking: 1) Is gifted program participation associated with beneficial academic and social-emotional student outcomes?; 2) W...

The researchers evaluated the efficacy of BELLA using a randomized trial design with randomization at the school level.

The purpose of this project is to evaluate the combined effects of the Incredible Years Dinosaur Classroom Prevention Program (IY Dina) classroom curriculum and the Incredible Years Teacher Classroom Management (IYT) teacher professional development program on classroom climate and subsequent child social-emotional functioning, executive functioning, and early academic skills. Both cognitive and social-emotional aspects of self-regulation are predictive of school readiness and academic achie...

Students report that re-reading and highlighting text are their main study strategies, but such strategies are not as effective as ones that involve retrieval practice. Even though essays maximize retrieval practice, minimize exposure to errors, and encourage organization and elaboration of to-be-learned material, research on retrieval practice has not focused on the potential benefits of essay testing. On the other hand, the writing-to-learn literature has emphasized how writing can be an e...

Across the United States, high school dropout has emerged as a critical education policy problem. On average, one in four students who begin public high school in the United States will not graduate. Educators and policymakers have struggled to find the appropriate context and methods to intervene with students before they decide to drop out of high school. Most dropout prevention programs currently in place in American schools begin in adolescence, either toward the end of middle school or ...