Research

YCEI Publishes Three New Papers on SEL

This summer, our research team published three papers exploring topics related to who and what we teach, and how we assess SEL while continuing work on a comprehensive meta-analysis to update the state of the evidence for universal, school-based SEL interventions. If you are interested in learning more or contributing studies to the analysis , please visit the project webpage.

Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle Publishes Paper in Thinking Skills and Creativity Journal

Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle recently published a paper entitled "How adolescents develop and implement their ideas? On self-regulation of creative action" in the Thinking Skills and Creativity journal.

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YCEI Researchers Publish Paper on Developmental Changes in Creative Thinking Abilities

Dr. Zorana Ivcevic Pringle and Dr. Jessica Hoffmann published a new paper, in collaboration with the Botin Foundation, on developmental changes in creative thinking abilities entitled "Developmental trends in creative ability: A cross-sectional examination of figural and verbal domains across the school-age years." The paper addresses how creative thinking ability increases with age.

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Manuscript of YCEI Researchers Accepted into Frontiers

Dr. Irem Korucu, Dr. Craig Bailey, and former YCEI members, Dr. Shauna Tominey and Gina Schnur, had a manuscript accepted into Frontiers. The manuscript is titled, “Self-Regulation in Preschool: Examining Its Factor Structure and Associations With Pre-academic Skills and Social-Emotional Competence.”

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Dr. Chris Cipriano Joins the Educating All Learners Alliance Podcast

Check out Dr. Cipriano’s interview alongside community partners Trajectory of Hope and NCLD and learn how YCEI research contributed to building the "Our Unique Identities: Facilitation Guide and Posters" with the Educating All Learners Alliance.

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Work of YCEI Researchers Featured in Association of Psychological Sciences' Up-and-Coming Voices

The recent issue of the Association of Psychological Sciences Up-and-Coming Voices Section of the Observer Magazine features the work of researchers Morgan Mannweiler, Jenny Seibyl, Violet Tan, and Dr. Christina Cipriano: The Unintentional Dilution of Voices of Color in Traditional Qualitative Analyses. Learn more about their work and the work of other researchers featured in 15-minute flash talks as part of the 2021 APS Virtual Convention.

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Whose Emotions Matter? Student Disability and Race Representation in USB SEL by the Numbers

Congratulations to Dr. Christina Cipriano, Dr. Lauren Naples, and Abi Eveleigh on their latest research brief, “Whose Emotions Matter?: Student Disability and Race Representation in USB SEL by the Numbers”. The brief explores how Black students and students with disabilities are underrepresented in research around social emotional learning interventions and provides actionable tips to help researchers study a more inclusive demographic.

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YCEI Spring Preview Extended Abstracts

The YCEI Annual Spring Preview is held each spring and provides emerging scholars and students the opportunity to present and gain constructive feedback. This publication provides the extended abstracts of each of the 2021 presentations. Congratulations to all of the postgraduate associates, mentors, and co-authors who contributed to these research projects!

View the YCEI 2021 Spring Preview: Extended Abstracts