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Luesse, Hiershenee B.; Luesse, Joseph E.; Lawson, Jordan; Camp, Mathew J.; Diaz, Karina G. – Cogent Education, 2022
There is limited robust evidence of the effectiveness of professional development (PD) on teacher retention. This study tested The Academy for Teachers' PD program, a content-focused intensive workshop with complementary events. This program is designed to impact teacher retention, support integration of material into the classroom and teacher…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Secondary School Teachers, Kindergarten, Early Childhood Teachers
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Jobe-Shields, Lisa; Cohen, Robert; Parra, Gilbert R. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2011
Latent growth-mixture modeling was used to investigate patterns of change in loneliness for 170 children from third through fifth grades. A three-class model representing unique trajectories of loneliness provided the best overall fit to the data, including a Stable Low group (65%), as well as groups of Increasers (23%) and Decreasers (12%).…
Descriptors: Grades (Scholastic), Peer Relationship, Grade 3, Victims of Crime
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Valiente, Carlos; Lemery-Chalfant, Kathryn; Swanson, Jodi – Journal of Educational Psychology, 2010
The relations between effortful control, emotionality (anger, sadness, and shyness), and academic achievement were examined in a short-term longitudinal study of 291 kindergartners. Teachers and parents reported on students' effortful control and emotionality. Students completed the Continuous Performance Task and the Letter-Word, Passage…
Descriptors: Shyness, Self Control, Academic Achievement, Psychological Patterns