E. Danielle Roberts

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Analyst at U.S. Department of Education

This paper focuses on data from a study of middle-to upper-middle class Scottish S2 (~seventh grade) students who participated in Inspiring Purpose, a school-based character development program, during the 2016 to 2017 school year. Directed by their teachers, participating youth reflected on values and future aspirations and researched and wrote ab...

Positive youth development programs such as those offered by Boy Scouts of America (BSA) provide sources of support and opportunities for leadership and character development. Programmatic experts from BSA collaborated with researchers to develop a visual theory of change (pathway model) for youth development in Scouts BSA and for adult volunteer l...

Too often program evaluation occurs as a process of researchers intervening rather than working with program participants and practitioners. When researchers, practitioners, and participants operate separately, it can diminish the uptake of research findings and preclude the incorporation of valuable information from participants and practitioners...

A mixed-methods examination of pre-service teachers' self-efficacy regarding emotion socialization practices in the classroom. Undergraduate students from a teacher preparation program at a major, urban university in the United States demonstrated increases in self-efficacy scores at the end of their student teaching experience with differences by...

Character development programs which help youth identify and reflect on inspiring individuals may help youth identify personal positive values and transform them into meaningful action. Inspiring Purpose (IP) is a school-based character development program that aims to translate inspiration into transformative and enduring aspiration. IP has been d...

Utilizing a relational developmental systems approach to examining character strengths, this article examines the connection between adolescents’ intentional self-regulation (ISR) with youth sense of purpose, using data from a large-scale evaluation of a youth development program in Scotland. Data were triangulated from multiple sources, including...

This study explored the emotion socialization (i.e., coaching, modeling, and reacting) practices of pre-service student teachers, examining two questions: 1. What types of emotion socialization strategies do pre-service student teachers use? 2. How do these practices change over the course of the student teaching experience? While pre-service t...

An exploratory factor analysis of pre-service teachers’ self-efficacy regarding emotion socialization practices in the classroom. This examination is part of a larger study looking at pre-service teachers’ knowledge of developing emotional competence in young children with an emphasis on emotion socialization practices in the classroom. The mixed-m...

This mixed-methods study explores pre-service teachers’ knowledge and beliefs about the development of emotion competence and the pedagogy of emotion socialization, as well as the extent to which they believe that their university-based teacher education program has prepared them for this facet of classroom teaching. Pre-service teachers are more...

An examination of pre-service teachers’ knowledge of developing emotional competence in young children with an emphasis on emotion socialization practices in the classroom. The mixed-methods design with 100 undergraduate students from a teacher preparation program at a major, urban university in the northeast using survey and interview questions su...

Self-regulated learning (SLR) is recognized as an important predictor of student academic motivation and achievement. This process requires students to independently plan, monitor, and assess their learning. However, few students naturally do this well. This paper provides a review of the literature including: the definition of SRL; an explanation...

Results show that the Child Rearing Practices Scale can be used among Head Start mothers, but that a two-factor solution might be most appropriate. Overall, there is little change among most families, but there are reductions in problematic parenting practices among those with high initial levels of these behaviors. Future research might probe the...

Self-regulated learning (SLR) is recognized as an important predictor of student academic motivation and achievement. This process requires students to independently plan, monitor, and assess their learning. However, few students naturally do this well. This paper provides a review of the literature including: the definition of SRL; an explanation...