It’s not easy for students to change ingrained habits.

This education researcher offers her insights that she believes could be the difference between continued misbehavior and good conduct. #EWArchive

We launched a new website! Check out our data and see stories from teachers to learn more about strategies that work.

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There’s no silver bullet to keeping students on track and disruptions at bay—a 2021 study notes that being an effective teacher “requires the adaptive application of a repertoire of different classroom management strategies.”

Check out my latest on @edutopia.org:

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Another successful trip to #AERA2025 for our Prosocial Research Lab team!

Join us at #AERA2025!

Some of our recent work shows that prosocial behavior among classmates boosts academic engagement for middle school students. This is because students increase their own prosocial behavior when they have more prosocial classmates.
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Learn about strategies to support students' prosocial behavior in a conversation with lab director Dr. Christi Bergin and the Missouri State Teachers Association (MSTA). open.spotify.com/episode/5g7C...

The prosocial development lab is on @bsky.app! We partner with researchers, teachers, and agencies to help students become kinder and more engaged.

#AERA2025 - Join the SEL Special Interest Group business meeting Friday: tinyurl.com/23d4eyub

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