Virginia Snodgrass Rangel
Biographic Data
| ID | 5182101 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virginia Snodgrass Rangel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virginia Snodgrass |
| FAMILY NAME | Rangel |
| SIGNATURE | RANGEL V S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Houston |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0376-1986 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A descriptive study of aspiring principals’ interactions with students
Purpose Recent research on principals suggests that they directly affect student learning through their interactions with students. This study aimed to describe aspiring school leaders’ interactions with students in the schools where they interned as full-time administrators. Design/methodology/approach We adopted an exploratory approach to answer our research question. Participants included five aspiring principals serving as full-time administr…
Latent profile analysis of adolescents’ gender stereotypes and self-perceptions in math
Women’s career development in the information technology and computing sector in Argentina
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of social environments in women's career development in Information Technology and Computing (ITC) by examining how two distinct environments—workforce development programs and informal online communities—shaped the career development of postsecondary female students in Argentina. We drew on self-efficacy and counterspaces to frame the study. Our data came from in-depth interviews with 29 wome…
A Synthesis of Research on Principal Internships
The internship is a crucial component of principal preparation. This systematic research review aims to build on two prior syntheses of existing research on principal internships. We employed an exhaustive review of five search engines for empirical studies on principal internships in the United States between 2010 and 2023. Our search yielded 92 studies. We extracted key characteristics from each study as well as the main findings. We distribute…
The Promise and Pitfalls of Transformational Leadership for Decreasing the Use of Out-of-School Suspensions and Reduce the Racial Discipline Gap
This study sought to explore the extent to which and how principals can help decrease the use of out-of-school suspension and close the racial discipline gap. This study comprised a qualitative case study of a principal in an urban school district. Data derive from in-depth interviews with current and former campus and district leaders, historical data, and documents. The principal’s transformational actions, together with support from the distri…
Understanding motivational beliefs of women in postsecondary STEM- vocational-technical education. Evidence from Chile
Women face many barriers to entry into and persistence in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Drawing on expectancy-value theory (EVT) and using a qualitative approach, this study sought to deeply understand women’s entry and persistence in STEM-related postsecondary Vocational Technical Education (VTE) programs that lead to male-dominated skilled trades in construction, metalworking, and mining sectors in Chile. The …
Gender Differences in STEM Career Development in Postsecondary Vocational-Technical Education. A Social Cognitive Career Theory Test
Existing inequalities in STEM-related vocational-technical education (VTE) programs are more prevalent than within 4-year programs. Situated in Chile, this study tests whether Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) adequately explains career development among students enrolled in STEM-VTE programs. In doing so, it also examines how external factors such as supports, barriers, and secondary track differentially affect career development by gender. …
Achievement emotions predict transfer student academic success
Transfer students comprise half of all undergraduate students, yet their educational experiences may differ in meaningful ways from those of traditional students. Importantly, the transfer student population is diverse and not monolithic. Achievement emotions, which occur in an iterative pattern with past experiences informing current and future emotions, are particularly understudied within the transfer population. This survey study ( N = 721) e…
Investigating underrepresented and first‐generation college students' science and math motivational beliefs
The purpose of this study was to investigate the math and science beliefs of underrepresented students, with a focus on first‐generation college (FGC) students. We do so by estimating a typology of high school students based on their mathematics and science beliefs and examining which group(s) students were more likely to be in. We used latent profile analysis and a nationally representative sample of high school students from the High School Lon…
Parent Engagement at a Primarily Latinx High School Campus
Though there have been multiple studies on engagement among Latinx families, less is known about Latinx parental engagement at the secondary level or about engagement at predominantly Latinx schools. The purpose of this case study was to use Yosso’s concept of community cultural wealth to demonstrate how administrators can engage Latinx parents in an urban high school by being responsive to families’ needs and the ways in which parents want to en…
A Researcher–Practitioner Agenda for Studying and Supporting Youth Reentering School After Involvement in the Juvenile Justice System
Across the United States, the rapid spread of “zero-tolerance” policies has generated a pipeline of youth from schools into prisons. Once youth reenter their community and home school, they often struggle to reintegrate. There is relatively little research about school reentry for juvenile justice–involved youth, and yet these students are at risk of low academic achievement, dropping out of school, and recidivism. We propose a conceptual framewo…
Teacher Preparation and Novice Teacher Self-Efficacy in Literacy Instruction
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which traditional and alternative preparation programs differ in terms of their program components, as well as whether program type was related to different levels of self-efficacy in novice reading teachers. This exploratory study collected data from 83 novice elementary reading teachers in a large urban district in Texas. We answered the research questions using t tests and correlation anal…
Educational Resilience at Risk? The Challenges of Attending an Early College High School
Teachers’ Sensemaking and Data Use Implementation in Science Classrooms
Accountability policies assume that educators will use student data to improve student learning, but data use in practice has turned out to be harder than theorized. The purpose of this article was to examine how science teachers in Grades 5 to 8 used data in their classrooms. Utilizing sensemaking theory, we found that teachers decided how to use data based on district and school policies and expectations around assessment and data use, balancin…
High Pressure Reform
Putting School Reform in Its Place
For decades, policymakers and researchers have struggled to understand the reasons that schools in disadvantaged contexts have relatively more trouble responding successfully to reform demands. This analysis extends theory regarding the challenges of school change in disadvantaged contexts by illustrating how the internal resources that schools rely on to respond to external policy demands can be affected by the social contexts in which they are …
Putting School Reform in Its Place
For decades, policymakers and researchers have struggled to understand the reasons that schools in disadvantaged contexts have relatively more trouble responding successfully to reform demands. This analysis extends theory regarding the challenges of school change in disadvantaged contexts by illustrating how the internal resources that schools rely on to respond to external policy demands can be affected by the social contexts in which they are …
A Researcher–Practitioner Agenda for Studying and Supporting Youth Reentering School After Involvement in the Juvenile Justice System
Across the United States, the rapid spread of “zero-tolerance” policies has generated a pipeline of youth from schools into prisons. Once youth reenter their community and home school, they often struggle to reintegrate. There is relatively little research about school reentry for juvenile justice–involved youth, and yet these students are at risk of low academic achievement, dropping out of school, and recidivism. We propose a conceptual framewo…
High Pressure Reform
Teacher Preparation and Novice Teacher Self-Efficacy in Literacy Instruction
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which traditional and alternative preparation programs differ in terms of their program components, as well as whether program type was related to different levels of self-efficacy in novice reading teachers. This exploratory study collected data from 83 novice elementary reading teachers in a large urban district in Texas. We answered the research questions using t tests and correlation anal…
Putting School Reform in Its Place
For decades, policymakers and researchers have struggled to understand the reasons that schools in disadvantaged contexts have relatively more trouble responding successfully to reform demands. This analysis extends theory regarding the challenges of school change in disadvantaged contexts by illustrating how the internal resources that schools rely on to respond to external policy demands can be affected by the social contexts in which they are …
High Pressure Reform
Educational Resilience at Risk? The Challenges of Attending an Early College High School
Teachers’ Sensemaking and Data Use Implementation in Science Classrooms
Accountability policies assume that educators will use student data to improve student learning, but data use in practice has turned out to be harder than theorized. The purpose of this article was to examine how science teachers in Grades 5 to 8 used data in their classrooms. Utilizing sensemaking theory, we found that teachers decided how to use data based on district and school policies and expectations around assessment and data use, balancin…
Investigating underrepresented and first‐generation college students' science and math motivational beliefs
The purpose of this study was to investigate the math and science beliefs of underrepresented students, with a focus on first‐generation college (FGC) students. We do so by estimating a typology of high school students based on their mathematics and science beliefs and examining which group(s) students were more likely to be in. We used latent profile analysis and a nationally representative sample of high school students from the High School Lon…
Parent Engagement at a Primarily Latinx High School Campus
Though there have been multiple studies on engagement among Latinx families, less is known about Latinx parental engagement at the secondary level or about engagement at predominantly Latinx schools. The purpose of this case study was to use Yosso’s concept of community cultural wealth to demonstrate how administrators can engage Latinx parents in an urban high school by being responsive to families’ needs and the ways in which parents want to en…
A Researcher–Practitioner Agenda for Studying and Supporting Youth Reentering School After Involvement in the Juvenile Justice System
Across the United States, the rapid spread of “zero-tolerance” policies has generated a pipeline of youth from schools into prisons. Once youth reenter their community and home school, they often struggle to reintegrate. There is relatively little research about school reentry for juvenile justice–involved youth, and yet these students are at risk of low academic achievement, dropping out of school, and recidivism. We propose a conceptual framewo…
Teacher Preparation and Novice Teacher Self-Efficacy in Literacy Instruction
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which traditional and alternative preparation programs differ in terms of their program components, as well as whether program type was related to different levels of self-efficacy in novice reading teachers. This exploratory study collected data from 83 novice elementary reading teachers in a large urban district in Texas. We answered the research questions using t tests and correlation anal…
Understanding motivational beliefs of women in postsecondary STEM- vocational-technical education. Evidence from Chile
Women face many barriers to entry into and persistence in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. Drawing on expectancy-value theory (EVT) and using a qualitative approach, this study sought to deeply understand women’s entry and persistence in STEM-related postsecondary Vocational Technical Education (VTE) programs that lead to male-dominated skilled trades in construction, metalworking, and mining sectors in Chile. The …
Gender Differences in STEM Career Development in Postsecondary Vocational-Technical Education. A Social Cognitive Career Theory Test
Existing inequalities in STEM-related vocational-technical education (VTE) programs are more prevalent than within 4-year programs. Situated in Chile, this study tests whether Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) adequately explains career development among students enrolled in STEM-VTE programs. In doing so, it also examines how external factors such as supports, barriers, and secondary track differentially affect career development by gender. …
Achievement emotions predict transfer student academic success
Transfer students comprise half of all undergraduate students, yet their educational experiences may differ in meaningful ways from those of traditional students. Importantly, the transfer student population is diverse and not monolithic. Achievement emotions, which occur in an iterative pattern with past experiences informing current and future emotions, are particularly understudied within the transfer population. This survey study ( N = 721) e…
The Promise and Pitfalls of Transformational Leadership for Decreasing the Use of Out-of-School Suspensions and Reduce the Racial Discipline Gap
This study sought to explore the extent to which and how principals can help decrease the use of out-of-school suspension and close the racial discipline gap. This study comprised a qualitative case study of a principal in an urban school district. Data derive from in-depth interviews with current and former campus and district leaders, historical data, and documents. The principal’s transformational actions, together with support from the distri…
A Synthesis of Research on Principal Internships
The internship is a crucial component of principal preparation. This systematic research review aims to build on two prior syntheses of existing research on principal internships. We employed an exhaustive review of five search engines for empirical studies on principal internships in the United States between 2010 and 2023. Our search yielded 92 studies. We extracted key characteristics from each study as well as the main findings. We distribute…
A descriptive study of aspiring principals’ interactions with students
Purpose Recent research on principals suggests that they directly affect student learning through their interactions with students. This study aimed to describe aspiring school leaders’ interactions with students in the schools where they interned as full-time administrators. Design/methodology/approach We adopted an exploratory approach to answer our research question. Participants included five aspiring principals serving as full-time administr…
Latent profile analysis of adolescents’ gender stereotypes and self-perceptions in math
Women’s career development in the information technology and computing sector in Argentina
The purpose of this study was to investigate the role of social environments in women's career development in Information Technology and Computing (ITC) by examining how two distinct environments—workforce development programs and informal online communities—shaped the career development of postsecondary female students in Argentina. We drew on self-efficacy and counterspaces to frame the study. Our data came from in-depth interviews with 29 wome…
Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Pedagogy (8 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (5 works) · Higher Education Research Studies (5 works) · Medical education (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Career Development and Diversity (4 works) · Mathematics education (4 works)