R. Fabes, H. O'Rourke, Evandra Catherine, Zuchao Shen, Ashley McDonald
{"title":"Out-of-school suspensions in U.S. public schools: relations with chronic teacher absenteeism","authors":"R. Fabes, H. O'Rourke, Evandra Catherine, Zuchao Shen, Ashley McDonald","doi":"10.3389/fdpys.2023.1199570","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fdpys.2023.1199570","url":null,"abstract":"Out-of-school suspensions (OSSs) put students at risk for an array of negative social and academic outcomes. The rates of the use of OSS vary considerably from one school to another; however, school-level characteristics have not been studied extensively. The purpose of this study was to examine the degree to which chronic teacher absenteeism predicted the overall rates of OSS, as well as racial/ethnic disparities in its use. Although research has established that teachers are one of the most significant school-based factors affecting student success and learning, they need to be present in the classroom for students to derive these benefits. Using a national sample of public schools in the United States, the study's findings confirmed that schools with higher rates of chronic teacher absenteeism also had higher rates of the use of suspension. Moreover, within a school, higher proportions of chronic teacher absence were related to greater disparities in the rates of suspensions for Black students relative to white students. It was concluded that chronic absenteeism represents a significant risk factor that is related to the use of OSS with students in a school.","PeriodicalId":424048,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Developmental Psychology","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125237200","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The grand challenge in social and emotional development: building a harmonious world for children and adolescents","authors":"L. Hanish","doi":"10.3389/fdpys.2023.1130880","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fdpys.2023.1130880","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":424048,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Developmental Psychology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130169147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sonya Xinyue Xiao, Haining Ren, L. Hanish, C. Miller, C. Martin, R. Fabes
{"title":"Meet Up Buddy Up: effective strategies to promote 4th grade students' intergroup prosocial behavior","authors":"Sonya Xinyue Xiao, Haining Ren, L. Hanish, C. Miller, C. Martin, R. Fabes","doi":"10.3389/fdpys.2023.1177566","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fdpys.2023.1177566","url":null,"abstract":"Given the changing demographics in the U.S., it has become increasingly important to promote prosocial behavior toward those dissimilar from oneself. This research is the first to examine the degree to which children's group-based prosocial behavior, specifically, prosocial behavior directed to other-gender peers, can be promoted through simple classroom-based intervention strategies.Using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) pre- and post-design with 346 4th graders from four schools in the Southwest U.S. over 1 academic year, we examined the effect of simultaneously implementing two strategies for promoting relationships among diverse peers, Meet Up and Buddy Up (MUBU). MU involved promoting group/classroom level peer interactions whereas BU focused on dyadic peer interactions.Path analysis yielded support for our hypothesis that MUBU effectively increased children's other-gender prosociality above and beyond baseline prosociality. The finding speaks to the utility of relationship-building for enhancing children's intergroup prosocial behavior. We discussed implications for research and educational practices.","PeriodicalId":424048,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Developmental Psychology","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129108403","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nicole Burke, Natalie Brezack, M. Meyer, A. Woodward
{"title":"Children's social network size is related to their perspective-taking skills","authors":"Nicole Burke, Natalie Brezack, M. Meyer, A. Woodward","doi":"10.3389/fdpys.2023.1221056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fdpys.2023.1221056","url":null,"abstract":"Perspective-taking (PT) is an important skill children develop within the first few years of life; however, little is known about how children's social environments relate to PT development. During early childhood, children's social networks undergo dramatic growth. Prior work with adults has shown that network size is related to PT skill, which raises the question of whether and how children's social networks may relate to their emerging PT skills. This question is particularly interesting given that children's social worlds undergo dramatic growth and changes, which is a sharp contrast from adults that have stable social network sizes. The present study measured the social networks of 3-year-old children (n = 36; 15 female; 68% White) and found that children in larger social networks demonstrated stronger PT skills, particularly on the more difficult trials on the task. These results indicate the size of children's social networks relates to their PT ability.","PeriodicalId":424048,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Developmental Psychology","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128643442","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why the time is ripe for an education revolution","authors":"Angeline S. Lillard","doi":"10.3389/fdpys.2023.1177576","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fdpys.2023.1177576","url":null,"abstract":"Most American classrooms employ a teacher-text-centered model of instruction that is misaligned with the developmental science of how children naturally learn. This article reviews that science and the origins of the common instructional model, including three modifications intended to make it work better (grades, age-graded classrooms, and high-stakes testing) yet which time has shown are problematic. Considering scientific theory change, I show how parallel circumstances exist between the situation in education today and pre-Copernican astronomy, building the case that education is now ripe for a paradigm shift in its instructional model, away from teacher-text-centered learning and to highly structured instructional environments that support self-construction through limited free choice. One proven model that responds to our world's contemporary needs is described, and a prescription is offered for how to bring about a paradigm shift in educational practice.","PeriodicalId":424048,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Developmental Psychology","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124425453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Grand challenges in developmental psychology","authors":"Angeline S. Lillard","doi":"10.3389/fdpys.2023.1069925","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3389/fdpys.2023.1069925","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":424048,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Developmental Psychology","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134294334","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}