- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- School Choice and Performance
- Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Education Systems and Policy
- Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Linguistic research and analysis
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Work-Family Balance Challenges
- Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
- Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
- Educational Assessment and Improvement
- Infant Health and Development
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Social and Demographic Issues in Germany
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
- Psychiatric care and mental health services
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
University of Applied Sciences Landshut
2018-2024
St. Marien Hospital
2024
Michigan State University
2014-2023
LVR-Klinik Köln
2013-2023
ETH Zurich
2022-2023
Centre National de la Propriété Forestière
2023
Goethe University Frankfurt
2009-2022
Rafsanjan University of Medical Sciences
2022
University Hospital Frankfurt
2019-2022
Institut Fresnel
2022
A global priority for the behavioural sciences is to develop cost-effective, scalable interventions that could improve academic outcomes of adolescents at a population level, but no such have so far been evaluated in population-generalizable sample. Here we show short (less than one hour), online growth mindset intervention—which teaches intellectual abilities can be developed—improved grades among lower-achieving students and increased overall enrolment advanced mathematics courses...
There are many promising psychological interventions on the horizon, but there is no clear methodology for preparing them to be scaled up. Drawing design thinking, present research formalizes a redesigning and tailoring initial interventions. We test using case of fixed versus growth mindsets during transition high school. Qualitative inquiry rapid, iterative, randomized "A/B" experiments were conducted with ~3,000 participants inform intervention revisions this population. Next, two...
This article reviews the findings of a field‐based study that compared academic performance East Asians and Anglo elementary school students. Variations in are viewed as result relationship between sociocultural factors interpersonal interactions. Results link success Asian students to values aspirations they share with their parents, home learning activities, which participate families, expectations interactions have teachers classmates.
Research on the effects of mobility children's development and educational attainment has focused change residence, but paid little attention to schools. This study used data from National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) examine independent residential for students who move a new home do not schools (movers), (changers), both concurrently (leavers). Using longitudinal design NELS database, authors assessed timing duration types students' achievement social outcomes in high school. They...
Objective: Based on the reported association between cytokines with depression and suicide, evidence of increased markers inflammation in brain suicide victims, present study examined expression orbitofrontal cortex victims. Method: In a postmortem sample obtained from Brodman area 11 suicides ( n = 34) controls 17), real‐time RT‐PCR was used to compare mRNA species for tumor necrosis factor‐α (TNF‐α), interleukin (IL)‐1β, 4, 5, 6, 13. Results: Increased IL‐4 found women victims IL‐13 men...
To understand the meaning of high school students' participation in extracurricular activities, it is important to account for social contexts as influences on development. This study investigated how and community relate associations among participation, academic achievement, educational ambition. On basis survey data from Alfred P. Sloan Study Youth Social Development, results show that sports most strongly associated with achievement schools low expectations poor communities....
Students' opportunities for learning subjects can be organized into sequences that span grades and schools. Such opportunity are a form of stratification links students' future with their earlier opportunities. Using data from national cohort public school students, the authors examined patterns in mathematics science Grade 8 to 10. They found there studying mathematics; is, level or topics students study eighth grade is closely related what take high school, independent academic...
Light-touch social psychological interventions have gained considerable attention for their potential to improve academic outcomes underrepresented and/or disadvantaged students in postsecondary education. While findings from previous demonstrated positive effects racial and ethnic minority first-generation small samples, few been implemented at a larger scale with more heterogeneous student populations. To address this research gap, 7,686 students, representing than 90% of incoming...
Abstract This study explores how often students are engaged in their science classes and affective states during these times, using an innovative methodology that records experiences situ . Sampling a subset of high schools the U.S. Finland, we collected over 7,000 momentary responses from 344 course week. We examine engagement within between different environments identifying common social emotional factors they may be experiencing classes, suggesting challenges Finland encounter when...
Abstract This study seeks to understand how different scientific practices in high school science classrooms are associated with student situational engagement. In this study, engagement is conceptualized as the balance between skills, interest, and challenge when reported experiences all high. data on were collected using experience sampling method (ESM) from 142 students southern Michigan (the United States), resulting 993 ESM responses, 133 Finland, 1,351 responses. both countries,...
We present teacher–researcher partnership (TRP) as a way of fostering teachers' professional learning. Teachers' participation research group members is an essential aspect the partnership. Teachers and researchers share same goal, which to improve their understanding enhance students' engagement in science. Project-based learning (PBL) was selected means enhancing student engagement. The activities focused on co-design enactment co-reflection PBL units. participated design data collection...
This investigation studied the effects of Multiple Literacies in Project-Based Learning science intervention on third graders’ academic, social, and emotional learning. includes four units materials, professional learning, post-unit assessments; features project-based learning; three-dimensional learning (National Research Council, 2012); performance expectations from Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS Lead States, 2013). The was evaluated with a cluster randomized control trial 46...
Meta-analysts often ask a yes-or-no question: Is there an intervention effect or not? This traditional, all-or-nothing thinking stands in contrast with current best practice meta-analysis, which calls for heterogeneity-attuned approach (i.e., focused on the extent to effects vary across procedures, participant groups, contexts). allows researchers understand where are weaker stronger and reveals mechanisms. The article builds rare opportunity compare two recent meta-analyses that examined...
Journal Article The Educational and Personal Consequences of Adolescent Employment Get access Mark Schoenhals, Schoenhals University Chicago Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Marta Tienda, Tienda Princeton Direct all correspondence to University, Office Population Research, Notestein Hall, 21 Prospect Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08544-2901. Barbara Schneider Social Forces, Volume 77, Issue 2, December 1998, Pages 723–761, https://doi.org/10.1093/sf/77.2.723...
The dialogue re-presented in this article is intended to foster mutual engagement—and opportunity for learning—across different perspectives on research within the education community. Participants each addressed following questions: (1) What are touchstones by which you judge quality or rigor (for a single study, set of studies, “field” community researchers dialogue)? your chief concern fear that guard against? (2) Where do see challenges perspective other members panel? How might evolve...