{"id":115,"date":"2017-01-28T15:58:18","date_gmt":"2017-01-28T15:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.soe.umich.edu\/adolescent-transitions-lab\/?page_id=115"},"modified":"2024-09-22T20:34:25","modified_gmt":"2024-09-22T20:34:25","slug":"projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.marsal.umich.edu\/adolescent-transitions-lab\/research\/projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Current Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>School Transitions and Early Adolescent Development (STEAD) Project<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This project is a four year study that examines students\u2019 social and academic adjustment during early adolescence. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Key aims include understanding how students\u2019 relationships with teachers and students changes and affects their academic adjustment. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our sample includes<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> students in k-8 schools and students in k-6\/ middle schools so we can consider if the type of school structure affects patterns of development.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Funding provided by the Spencer Foundation.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h4>Project Publications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Brass (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.7302\/2949\">Developmental trajectories of students\u2019 beliefs of social success and their associations with adjustment<\/a> (Dissertation, Chapter 3).<\/li>\n<li>Brass and Ryan (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/dev0000957\">Changes in behavioral correlates of social status during early adolescence: Does school context matter?<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ferguson and Ryan (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10964-018-0970-y\">It\u2019s lonely at the top: Adolescent students\u2019 peer-perceived popularity and self-perceived social contentment<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Ferguson et al. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/dev0001328\">The role of school friendship stability, instability, and network size in early adolescents\u2019 social adjustment<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Classroom and Peer Ecologies Project (CAPE)<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This project is a three year study that focuses on how social dynamics within math and science classrooms affects students\u2019 motivation, engagement and achievement. In this project we use classroom observations, teacher reports and student reports to understand how teacher practices are related to social dynamics and student learning in elementary and middle school classrooms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Funding provided by the Spencer Foundation.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<h4>Project Publications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Brass et al. (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0272431618791291\">Early adolescents\u2019 adjustment at school: A fresh look at grade and gender differences<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Kilday and Ryan (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cedpsych.2019.03.006\">Personal and collective perceptions of social support: Implications for classroom engagement in early adolescence<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Kilday and Ryan (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/02724316221124784\">Who do students ask for help with classwork? Sources of help and changes in help-seeking from peers during early adolescence<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Laninga-Wijnen et al. (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/edu0000210\">The moderating role of popular peers\u2019 achievement goals in 5th- and 6th-graders\u2019 achievement-related friendships: A social network analysis<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>McKellar et al. (2020). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.tate.2019.102936\">Teaching practices and student engagement in early adolescence: A longitudinal study using the Classroom Assessment Scoring System.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>McKellar et al. (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muse.jhu.edu\/article\/801649\">Teachers\u2019 emphasis on mastery goals moderates the behavioral correlates of coolness in early adolescent classrooms<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>North and Ryan (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/0272431617692441\">The association of peer academic reputations in math and science with achievement beliefs and behaviors during early adolescence<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>North et al. (2019). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/s10964-018-0949-8\">Social status and classroom behavior in math and science during early adolescence<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Ryan et al. (2015). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cedpsych.2015.01.002\">Managing peer relations: A dimension of teacher self-efficacy that varies between elementary and middle school teachers and is associated with observed classroom quality<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Shin and Ryan (2017). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1037\/dev0000250\">Friend influence on early adolescent disruptive behavior in the classroom: Teacher emotional support matters<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>School Connectedness Project<\/h2>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In this project, we develop reports for participating elementary and middle schools that characterize their students&#8217; perceptions of school connectedness. One primary aim is to understand how differences in school structures and classroom social environments inform students&#8217; academic engagement and achievement. Students rate their perceptions of school belonging, social support, classroom interactions with teachers and peers, as well as their self-perceptions of learning and technology use at school. We are collecting these data from students in 4th &#8211; 8th grades and will be able to examine longitudinal patterns of change as the project continues.<\/p>\n<h4>Project Publications<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Brass (2021). <a href=\"https:\/\/dx.doi.org\/10.7302\/2949\">Adjustment at school and the middle school transition: Exploring the top dog-bottom dog phenomenon during early adolescence<\/a> (Dissertation, Chapter 4).<\/li>\n<li>Kilday et al. (2022). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/00220973.2022.2039890\">Teachers\u2019 management of peer relations: Associations with fifth grade classroom peer ecologies.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Michigan Residential Community Survey (MRCS) Project<\/h2>\n<p>This project is a two-year study that examines college students&#8217; social and academic adjustment during their first year of college. One primary aim of this study is to demonstrate the impact of Living Learning Communities (LLCs) in supporting students&#8217; transition to college. Our sample consists of longitudinal data from two distinct cohorts of first-year college students: those who participated in LLCs and those who did not. 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