Socio-cultural Factors

In the area of Socio-cultural Factors, researchers examine how social and cultural factors shape learning processes and educational achievement. Specific areas of research include early academic and socioemotional development (see Bachman, Leyva, and Votruba-Drzal), the influences of politics on education (see Binning), individual differences in math achievement (see Libertus), andEarly Childhood Influences on Learning in African American Children (see Henry).

Additional topics include the social and ecological processes that inhibit knowledge transfer (see Nokes-Malach), how learning may be impacted by early life stress (see Hanson), and how mindfulness and motivation shape positive development (see Galla), see also The Role of Relatedness: Applying a Developmental-relational View of Compassion in Adolescence (see Galla).