Wrapping up #SRA2026 with a poster! Supportive Relationships and Social Status Play Distinct Roles in Middle Schoolers’ Prosocial Behavior.
Jessica Kilday
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Postdoc @MizzouEducation | Ph.D. from CPEP @UMich | Researching motivation and peer dynamics | jkilday.com
📣 New pub! We tested whether telementoring could support middle school teachers—and it did. Teachers reported less burnout and more confidence with peer dynamics, and their students felt greater belonging. Through ECHO, teachers shared ideas and practiced strategies together. doi.org/10.1002/pits...
Reducing Teacher Burnout and Promoting Student Prosocial Behavior Using the ECHO Telementoring Model in Middle Schools
Reducing teacher burnout and improving student behavior are national challenges. This study reports on a randomized controlled trial testing effectiveness of a telementoring professional development ...
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Wondering how to help K-12 students become more kind, helpful, and respectful? The prosocial lab has launched a new website! Checkout our data and see stories from teachers to learn more about strategies that work. Connect with us at www.ProsocialClass.org
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Prosocial Development & Education A prosocial classroom is one where students are helpful, respectful, and cooperative with each other. When students become more prosocial, everyone benefits. The Powe...
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Want to learn more about how to promote student prosocial behavior and teacher wellbeing? Checkout these sessions with my colleagues in the Prosocial Education lab! @mizzouprosociallab.bsky.social #AERA2025
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The prosocial development lab is on @bsky.app! We partner with researchers, teachers, and agencies to help students become kinder and more engaged.
What kind of research was cancelled by Dept of Ed? Bread & butter work to improve kids' achievement & lives: 🚸Enhancing math & writing instruction 🚸Helping kids w disabilities transition after HS 🚸Reducing teacher shortages
Mathematica statement on the cancellation of Regional Educational Laboratories
Mathematica statement on the cancellation of Regional Educational Laboratories The Congressionally mandated Regional Educational Laboratories (RELs) supported the work of state and local education age...
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All practice guides are in the public domain. Just in case... osf.io/dk4r5/
IES Practice Guides
Storage of Practice Guides produced by the Institute of Education Sciences through February 2025 Hosted on the Open Science Framework
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Does anyone have the right permissions to put the practice guides up on OSF? I say this fully acknowledging there are no rules here anymore 🫠
New publication 🔔 It was fun contributing to this paper and it’s currently open access in JEP! The need for relatedness in college engineering: A self-determination lens on academic help seeking. psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/...
New MILES Lab article just got published in JXE! doi.org/10.1080/0022... 50 free online copies available via this link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/T6E6C... Or via ResearchGate: t.co/JsW8pITCSW
Same Classroom, Different Affordances? Demographic Differences in Perceptions of Motivational Climat...
Students vary in their perceptions of teachers’ motivational supports, even within the same classroom, but it is unclear why this is the case. To enable the design of equitable environments and und....
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👋Starting to recreate my #edpsych network. My work is at the interface of adolescent development and educational psychology where I study how early adolescents’ social experiences at school shape their academic beliefs and behavior.