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The UVA Social Development Lab, directed by
Sara Rimm-Kaufman, addresses pressing questions in education science from an interdisciplinary perspective. Our goal is to provide roadmaps for educators making decisions so that decisions for children can be based on science, not only intuition. Read More »

Current Projects

  • The Responsive Classroom Efficacy Study (RCES) is a randomized controlled trial examining the efficacy of the Responsive Classroom® Approach. Read More »
  • The Mathematics Learning Study (MLS) is a one year study of fifth grade students designed to examine how teachers’ practices contribute to students’ engagement in mathematics instruction and students’ subsequent mathematics achievement. Read More »
  • The Early Learning Study examines the ways in which teachers support children’s self-regulatory competencies in kindergarten and first grade classrooms. Read More »
  • The Social and Academic Learning Study is a three year, quasi-experimental, longitudinal study examining the contribution of the Responsive Classroom® Approach on teachers’ beliefs and attitudes as well as children’s social and academic outcomes. Read More »

For Teachers and Researchers

The Survey of Early School Adjustment Difficulty
This survey is an 11-item questionnaire for teachers to reflect upon and measure children's adjustment to the classroom during the first six weeks of school.
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For Teachers

Reflect on Mathematics Teaching Practices
This paper describes the M-Scan framework for reflecting on links from math standards to day-to-day math teaching practices.
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