Joyce Epstein
Biographic Data
| ID | 5510388 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joyce Epstein |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joyce |
| FAMILY NAME | Epstein |
| SIGNATURE | EPSTEIN J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Johns Hopkins University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Improving how schools engage families during the crucial 9th-grade year
Researchers Martha Abele Mac Iver, Joyce Epstein, and Steven Sheldon summarize the outcomes of their four-year partnership with an urban district aimed at improving the ways schools engage families during the critical transition to high school. They describe how schools put into practice the strategies learned in ongoing professional development, how family engagement practices changed, and what effects those changes had on students. Particular s…
Effect of a Principal's Expectations on Test Performance of Elementary-School Children
A 17-classroom experiment shows that a (male) principal's comments conveying positive expectations to boys on a first test are followed by improved performance on a second test. No effect of comments was apparent for girls. The experiment is discussed in the context of current research on teacher expectancy
Characteristics of jobs held by economically disadvantaged youth
The absence of knowledge regarding the job experiences of disadvantaged youth is a major barrier to the creation of effective programs. Job histories of youths from low-income neighborhoods were studied with respect to characteristics of jobs held, extent of employment, nature of first jobs, and ethnic differences
Problems of Dispositional Inference in Person Perception Research
This paper explores the inferential process of assigning causality to observed social action. Major theoretical positions and typical designs for research studies in this area are critically examined. Role conflict situations are recommended to furnish a research paradigm adequate to explore fundamental theoretical questions that have been ignored in previous investigations. Data are presented which suggest that observers attribute situational de…
Problems of Dispositional Inference in Person Perception Research
This paper explores the inferential process of assigning causality to observed social action. Major theoretical positions and typical designs for research studies in this area are critically examined. Role conflict situations are recommended to furnish a research paradigm adequate to explore fundamental theoretical questions that have been ignored in previous investigations. Data are presented which suggest that observers attribute situational de…
Problems of Dispositional Inference in Person Perception Research
This paper explores the inferential process of assigning causality to observed social action. Major theoretical positions and typical designs for research studies in this area are critically examined. Role conflict situations are recommended to furnish a research paradigm adequate to explore fundamental theoretical questions that have been ignored in previous investigations. Data are presented which suggest that observers attribute situational de…
Characteristics of jobs held by economically disadvantaged youth
The absence of knowledge regarding the job experiences of disadvantaged youth is a major barrier to the creation of effective programs. Job histories of youths from low-income neighborhoods were studied with respect to characteristics of jobs held, extent of employment, nature of first jobs, and ethnic differences
Effect of a Principal's Expectations on Test Performance of Elementary-School Children
A 17-classroom experiment shows that a (male) principal's comments conveying positive expectations to boys on a first test are followed by improved performance on a second test. No effect of comments was apparent for girls. The experiment is discussed in the context of current research on teacher expectancy
Improving how schools engage families during the crucial 9th-grade year
Researchers Martha Abele Mac Iver, Joyce Epstein, and Steven Sheldon summarize the outcomes of their four-year partnership with an urban district aimed at improving the ways schools engage families during the critical transition to high school. They describe how schools put into practice the strategies learned in ongoing professional development, how family engagement practices changed, and what effects those changes had on students. Particular s…
Psychology (4 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Cognitive psychology (1 work) · Communication in Education and Healthcare (1 work) · Computer Science (1 work) · Context (archaeology (1 work) · Demographic economics (1 work)