Cool Tools, a Safe School Project
Teachers, researchers and graduate students are working as a team to document the implementation of a safe school system created […]
Designing a Multimedia Teaching and Learning Resource
This project is a collaborative effort by teachers and researchers to create an interactive multimedia tool that investigates the “how” […]
KATES: Kids Adapting to Elementary School
KATES examines how children’s temperament and personality develop at school and relate to scholastic success. We explore how traits such […]
Participatory Competencies: Learning how to Participate in Digital Designs and Virtual Worlds
This study takes the form of an after-school Virtual World and Design Club for Intermediate and Upper level students in […]
Tutorial Intervention Addressing Communicative Competence Issues among English Language Learners
PARENTS: Please note that because this study is taking place in the Extended Day Program, this study falls outside of […]
Social Category Inference Tasks with Children
This project, beginning in Early Childhood and Primary classes during the Fall Quarter, examines which cues children use to categorize […]
Literacy and the Arts
PARENTS: Please note: for students who are seven years-old, an optional portion of this study falls outside of the UCLA […]
Oral Language Development in Early Childhood Classrooms: An Activity Setting Centered Analysis of Teacher-Child Interactions
This project investigates how teachers support young children’s oral language development in early childhood classrooms. In particular, this study will […]
Cultural Values and Childrens’ Daily Activities: A Comparison of Burma and the United States
We are beginning a project in the Early Childhood classrooms that seeks to examine how broader cultural values structure the […]
Text, talk, and varieties of artistic representation: Affordances for learning in multimodal literacy activities experienced by children
This project aims to teach students about basic science concepts (such as hibernation, plants, water cycle, etc…). Learning sessions will […]
At the Risk of Sharing: Student perceptions of academic or social risk when sharing problem-solving strategies in Algebra
We are starting a new research project in Upper I classrooms (IRB#10-001359). The project explores the social and academic factors […]
Children Chatting On The Internet (Phase 3)
PARENTS: Please note that this study falls outside of the UCLA Lab School blanket consent form. As such, additional consent […]
SPASES: Semiotic Pivots and Activity Spaces for Elementary Science
The SPASES project aims to use new sensing technologies to help translate young children’s physical actions during pretend play into […]
Cultivating Children’s Agency and Collective Creativity in Project-based Science Learning
This study will analyze collective creativity in project-based science learning for UCLA Lab School Intermediate Level students. The UCLA Lab […]
Cybermural: Early Childhood
Interactive programs that utilize visual and physical relationships, like the XBOX Kinect create an opportunity for even very young students […]
Developing Practical Knowledge about Disciplinary Reading Instruction
This project seeks to understand how to teach reading in the content areas, especially as part of social studies/history instruction. […]
Using Technology to Improve Young Children’s Science Learning
The DARPA ENGAGE program, under which this project is funded, is directed towards research and development of games that will […]
Children’s comprehension of syntactically encoded evidentiality
The aim of this project is to study children’s language development by looking at how they understand particular types of […]
Elementary Students’ Dispositions, Goals and Engagement in Problem Solving in Mathematics
This study explores the goals that students have for math class and how these goals are related to the way […]
MindYou: Mindfulness as a Psychosocial Intervention for Children
The goal of this research is to analyze the effectiveness of the MindYou : Mindfulness Program for elementary students. The […]