Michael P Mesa

Biographic Data

ID2394496
NAMEMichael P Mesa
GIVEN NAMESMichael P
FAMILY NAMEMesa
SIGNATUREMESA M P
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Texas Health Science Center
ORCID0000-0001-6858-7926
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS1
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Testing the impact of two afterschool museum outreach interventions on elementary children’s STEM outcomes

    Open AccessTricia A Zucker, Michael P Mesa et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2025

    Introduction This randomized control trial (RCT) evaluated an afterschool program with 24 weeks of hands-on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activities that were developed and delivered by museum educators at sites where the majority of students experienced poverty. The program also encouraged parent involvement in STEM-related activities. Methods We contrasted two treatment approaches to understand conditions that best support in…

  • Peer effects in small-group language instruction

    Open AccessMichael P Mesa, José Antonio Ruiz‐hernández et al.ARTICLEEarly Childhood Research Quarterly2025References: 2

  • The role of artificial intelligence in modernizing multi-tiered systems of support

    Yusra Ahmed, Michael P Mesa et al.ARTICLETheory Into Practice2025References: 35

  • Evaluation of a community-based, hybrid STEM family engagement program at pre-kindergarten entry

    Open AccessTricia A Zucker, Michael P Mesa et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Education2024

    Introduction This article investigates an early STEM family engagement program offered during the pre-kindergarten (pre-k) year. Pre-k is an important juncture for community organizations to support children’s STEM engagement and parental involvement in informal STEM learning. We evaluated a program called Teaching Together STEM, which offers a series of museum outreach and family events at schools with the aim of broadening access to early STEM …

  • The Freedom School Way

    Open AccessErik Rawls, Erik S Rawls et al.ARTICLEUrban Education2024Cited by: 1References: 21

    Partners United for Research Pathways Oriented to Social Justice in Education is a partnership between a university research training program and a Children's Defense Fund Freedom Schools® site in north Florida. It addresses the lack of demographic diversity among doctoral students in education. Emphasis is on researcher positionality and building relationships with stakeholders in a service-learning practicum. Research fellows design projects ar…

  • Understanding kindergarten teacher self-efficacy for providing reading instruction to students with reading difficulties

    Katlynn Dahl‐leonard, Michael P Mesa et al.ARTICLETeachers and Teaching2023

    Teacher self-efficacy to teach reading is positively associated with teacher effort and persistence as well as student performance. To provide effective reading instruction that meets the needs of students with reading difficulties, theoretical and empirical evidence suggests teachers need to believe they have the necessary knowledge and skills to do so. The purpose of this study was to explore kindergarten teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs related…

  • Paraprofessionals' use of classroom management in a small‐group intervention

    Open AccessMichael P Mesa, Beth M Phillips et al.ARTICLEPsychology in the Schools2023

    Although previous research suggests the use of classroom management strategies can support student engagement and learning, gaps in the literature still exist including the frequency of classroom management strategies in small‐group instruction. The purpose of this descriptive study was to measure the frequency of paraprofessionals' ( n = 94) classroom management strategies within the context of a small‐group intervention for kindergarteners at‐r…