Margaret Peterson

Biographic Data

ID5434901
NAMEMargaret Peterson
GIVEN NAMESMargaret
FAMILY NAMEPeterson
SIGNATUREPETERSON M
AFFILIATIONSStanford University
ORCID0000-0001-9939-3892
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Effect of Transcendental Meditation on the Social Emotional Well-Being of Bilingual Teacher-Leaders

    Open AccessMargaret Peterson, Jane Bleasdale et al.ARTICLEJournal of Education2026

    This mixed-methods study examined the impact of Transcendental Meditation (TM) on stress and burnout among bilingual teacher-leaders. Sixty-two educators were randomly assigned to TM or waitlist control groups. Quantitative results showed significant reductions in emotional exhaustion, perceived stress, and mood disturbance for the TM group. Qualitative findings, interpreted through Yosso’s Community Cultural Wealth framework, revealed that medit…

  • Longitudinal academic, language, and social emotional learning outcomes of graduates of a one‐way Spanish Immersion program

    Open AccessAmado M Padilla, Xinjie Chen et al.ARTICLEForeign Language Annals2024References: 24

    Seven cohorts of students ( N = 258) who completed a K‐5 Spanish Immersion (SI) program in a suburban California school district were followed longitudinally through middle and high school to understand their academic, language, and social emotional outcomes. Academic and language outcomes included Spanish classes and grades, standardized Math and English Language Arts test scores, high school grade point average (GPA), language class enrollment,…

  • Mindset, stereotype threat and the academic achievement gap between Chinese and Latinx English Learners (ELs)

    Open AccessAmado M Padilla, Xinjie Chen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

  • Longitudinal study of Spanish Dual Language Immersion graduates

    Open AccessAmado M Padilla, Xinjie Chen et al.ARTICLEForeign Language Annals2022Cited by: 1References: 12

    Five cohorts of students ( N = 322) who completed a K–5 Spanish Dual Language Immersion (DLI) program in an urban school district were followed longitudinally through middle and high school completion. Academic and language achievement data included English Language Arts and Mathematics scores on the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) test for grades 3–8 and on the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP) for 11th…

  • A Year‐Round Professional Development Model for World Language Educators

    Open AccessTracy M Steele, Margaret Peterson et al.ARTICLEForeign Language Annals2009Cited by: 1References: 15

    The Bay Area Foreign Language Program (BAFLP), one of nine regional sites of the California Foreign Language Project, offers ongoing, year‐round professional development programs for world language educators. In addition, its leadership program prepares selected educators to assume leadership positions at their school sites, building capacity for sustainable change. Demographic data from the program reveal increased opportunities for educators to…

  • Psychosocial and Health-Related Characteristics of Religious Well-Being

    Open AccessJon Hammermeister, Matt Flint et al.ARTICLEPsychological Reports2001

    This investigation examined the relationship between religions well-being and eight psychosocial and health-related characteristics. This study assessed the hypothesis that religious well-being is related to overall health. Participants were 462 college students at two separate colleges in the Pacific Northwest. Analysis showed those subjects scoring higher on the measure of religious well-being scored lower on indices like loneliness and hopeles…