Interventions

In the area of Interventions, researchers explore the use of educational interventions to improve instruction and student learning and bridge educational disparities. Specific areas of study include how technological interventions, such as intelligent tutoring systems, can enhance language skills (see Matsumura and Fraundorf), mindfulness and motivation as interventions (see Galla), and the use of interventions to reduce systemic barriers to academic success (see Iriti).

Additional topics include the creation of interventions by high-school students designed to solve everyday problems (see Schunn) and how policy and educational reform initiatives can improve student learning (see Schunn and Fraundorf). See also the LRDC Learning Sciences Video Series; How a Sense of Belonging Promotes College Success; and Mind the Gap: How a Large-Scale Course Re-Design in Economics Reduced Performance Gaps (see Schunn).