Division C Fireside Chat. From Research to Real Life: Insights Into Designing and Implementing Classroom-Based Interventions

Session Type: Invited Session

Abstract

Although research has the potential to greatly impact practice and policy, there are substantial challenges involved in bridging the gap between educational research and implementation. In particular, interventions designed to alter students’ learning and behavior in the classroom can be powerful but arduous. Allan Wigfield, a leading scholar in the field of achievement motivation, will shed light on the rewards and challenges involved in venturing outside the academic realm to instantiate lasting change in the classroom. In particular, Dr. Wigfield will speak about his longstanding collaborative work on reading-based interventions with both elementary and middle school students. This fireside chat will include ample time for discussion concerning interventions and other translational research efforts.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Cosponsors

• Division C - Learning and Instruction

• Graduate Student Council

Chairs

• Ariana Christine Crowther, The University of Texas - Austin

• Benjamin C. Heddy, University of Oklahoma

• Stephanie V. Wormington, Michigan State University

Speaker

• Allan L. Wigfield, University of Maryland - College Park