What happens when
students argue over the internet
rather than face-to-face?
Does computer-mediated cooperative learning work the same way as face-to-face?
Do children resolve peer conflicts constructively or destructively?
In my research, I examine the way peers affect each other’s motivation, achievement, and behavior, with the goal of understanding the social-psychological mechanisms underlying these processes and developing practical strategies to ensure that peers promote rather than inhibit each other’s success.
- - The effects of cooperative learning on self-reported peer relations, peer support, and classroom engagement among students with disabilities. The Journal of Educational Research.
- - A longitudinal process model evaluating the effects of cooperative learning on victimization, stress, mental health, and academic engagement in middle school. International Journal of Bullying Prevention.
- - Peer learning can modify the reciprocal relationship between peer support and victimization in middle school. Journal of Adolescence.
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2020
- - KQED Mind Shift: What the Research Says About the Academic Power of Friendship
- - Top of Mind Radio: Are teachers the best motivators?
- - MSU Today: Peers, More Than Teachers, Inspire Us to Learn
- - Outstanding Contributions to Cooperative Learning Award
- - MSU Today: Cadavers Beat Computers for Learning Anatomy
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