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Hoffman, Abigail S.; Hamm, Jill V.; Lambert, Kerrylin; Meece, Judith – Journal of Experimental Education, 2020
This study focused on academic and social correlates of collaborator preferences of African American and White sixth-graders in mathematics classrooms in fall and spring. Students' appraisals of emotional risk were examined as a moderator. Nomination procedures identified collaborator preferences, group affiliations, and social centrality;…
Descriptors: Peer Relationship, Group Membership, Preferences, African American Students
Farmer, Thomas W.; Dawes, Molly; Hamm, Jill V.; Lee, David; Mehtaji, Meera; Hoffman, Abigail S.; Brooks, Debbie S. – Remedial and Special Education, 2018
The "invisible hand" is a metaphor that refers to teachers' impact on the classroom peer ecology. Although teachers have the capacity to organize the classroom environment and activities in ways that contribute to students' social experiences, their contributions are often overlooked in research on students' peer relations and the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Teaching Methods, Special Education, Disabilities
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Farmer, Thomas W.; Dawes, Molly; Hamm, Jill V.; Lee, David; Mehtaji, Meera; Hoffman, Abigail S.; Brooks, Debbie S. – Grantee Submission, 2018
The "invisible hand" is a metaphor that refers to teachers' impact on the classroom peer ecology. Although teachers have the capacity to organize the classroom environment and activities in ways that contribute to students' social experiences, their contributions are often overlooked in research on students' peer relations and the…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Teaching Methods, Special Education, Disabilities
Hamm, Jill V. – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2011
The purpose of this study was to examine teachers' attunement to student peer group affiliations as a factor in students' experiences of the school social-affect context. First, the author and her colleagues hypothesize that teacher attunement will be greater in intervention versus control schools following initial SEALS training. Second, they…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Intervention, Bullying, Student Adjustment
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Faircloth, Beverly S.; Hamm, Jill V. – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 2011
Dynamic features of peer network experiences (membership fluidity and network interconnectedness) were examined for their role in African American and White early adolescents' sense of belonging in mathematics classrooms. Because these dynamic features are naturally present in adolescents' peer group affiliations, attention to them provides a more…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Peer Groups, Mathematics Instruction
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Farmer, Thomas W.; Hall, Cristin M.; Petrin, Robert; Hamm, Jill V.; Dadisman, Kimberly – School Psychology Quarterly, 2010
A randomized control trial was conducted to evaluate the impact of the Rural Early Adolescent Learning Program (Project REAL) on teachers' awareness of peer groups at the beginning of the 1st year of middle school. Two schools were randomly assigned to the intervention condition and 2 to the control condition. Thirty-nine teachers and 466 students…
Descriptors: Group Membership, Intervention, Bullying, Early Adolescents