Martha Abele Mac Iver
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 192873 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Martha Abele Mac Iver |
| PRENOMES | Martha Abele |
| SOBRENOME | Mac Iver |
| ASSINATURA | MAC IVER M A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1941-8517 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 75 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1987 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
People First, Students Second”
Students’ relationships with adults in educational environments require careful consideration from researchers and practitioners as we seek to improve educational outcomes, particularly for those who have been historically underserved. This qualitative case study extends research on the development of student-teacher trust to a broader group of adults within the school by focusing on the work of City Year (CY) AmeriCorps members (ACMs), serving a…
Motivating adolescents to read
Motivating today’s adolescents to read is a challenge. Martha Abele Mac Iver, Marcia H. Davis, and Douglas J. Mac Iver discuss the kinds of literacy instructional practices that address what we know about adolescent motivation. They also review several evidence-based literacy interventions designed to engage and motivate adolescent readers that can potentially lead to improvements in student reading motivation and academic outcomes
The Impact of Nudge Letters on Improving Attendance in an Urban District
This study evaluates a “nudge letter” to parents intervention designed to reduce chronic absenteeism among students in one urban district. Using a regression discontinuity design (RDD), it estimates the impact of the intervention on improving student attendance. The forcing variable for the RDD was 2016–2017 attendance rate, with a “threshold” of a 0.90 attendance rate (missing 10% of days). Analyses established demographic equivalence of student…
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…
STEMming” the Swell of Absenteeism in the Middle Years
This article reports findings from a quasi-experimental study of the impact of a summer robotics program for urban middle-grade students. The study focuses on student engagement, measured by school attendance rate the year following the program. Program students, who were nearly all low-income minority students, were matched to comparison students who did not attend summer school. After establishing baseline equivalence in attendance between the …
Improving College Readiness for Historically Underserved Students
Research on the role of institutions in influencing students’ readiness for college has so far focused primarily on the school level and the state policy context, with only little attention to the district. This case study, based on interview data and documents collected over the course of a year, analyzes an urban district’s attempt to create a systematic approach to improving the college readiness of its students, many of whom have been traditi…
Mentoring Students Back On-Track to Graduation
This quasi-experimental study examines the impact of a mentoring program for low-income and minority middle and high school students displaying early warning indicators of dropping out on attendance, behavior problems, and course passing. The study was conducted over 3 years in five districts throughout the country and used a comparison group identified through propensity score matching. Although students reported positive experiences with mentor…
What Reform Left Behind
This article presents a longitudinal case study of an urban high school as it transitioned from one comprehensive reform model to another over a 10-year period. The study is based on qualitative interview data and quantitative data on student outcomes. Despite evidence of improved student outcomes during this reform period, the school could not meet state-mandated improvement goals because of the large proportion of students who entered with alre…
Which Bets Paid Off? Early Findings on the Impact of Private Management and K-8 Conversion Reforms on the Achievement of Philadelphia Students
This article reports initial findings from a study of middle grades educational reforms in Philadelphia. We use multilevel change models to analyze the impact on student mathematics achievement of privatization through the use of educational management organizations (EMOs), taking account of the structural reforms (creation of new K-8 schools to replace selected middle schools) occurring simultaneously within the district. Overall, the longitudin…
Preparing Urban Students for Health Careers
This article presents a longitudinal case study of an urban district school-university partnership designed to prepare students for health careers. We not only summarize the accomplishments of this partnership but also identify factors in the partnership dynamics that hindered the expected improvement in student outcomes. By suggesting possible generalizations that can be tested elsewhere, we seek to contribute to theory building about the role o…
Minority Rights and Majority Rule
Mary E. McIntosh, Martha Abele Mac Iver, Daniel G. Abele, David B. Nolle, Minority Rights and Majority Rule: Ethnic Tolerance in Romania and Bulgaria, Social Forces, Vol. 73, No. 3 (Mar., 1995), pp. 939-967
Publics Meet Market Democracy in Central and East Europe, 1991-1993
The revolutions of 1989 in central and east Europe raise crucial questions for the social sciences. Is it possible to build democracy and capitalism simultaneously in societies that have no real history of either system? Will democracy really take root and flourish in societies without an existing market economy? Or will the monumental task of creating a market economy strain these new democratic governments to the limit and ultimately lead to an…
Coping With Freedom and Uncertainty
Journal Article COPING WITH FREEDOM AND UNCERTAINTY: PUBLIC OPINION IN HUNGARY, POLAND, AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1989–1992 Get access Mary E. McIntosh, Mary E. McIntosh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Martha Abele Mac Iver Martha Abele Mac Iver Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 4, Issue 4, WINTER 1992, Pages 375–391, …
The Evolution of Protracted Ethnic Conflict
Political scientists have long recognized that conflict and the efforts to resolve it are at the heart of politics, and much ink has been spilled in attempts to explain it. In the literature of comparative politics, the reemergence of ethnonationalism in the last twenty years has raised particular questions about the sources of ethnically based conflict. Even more recently, international relations scholars have asked why conflicts' are so much mo…
Mirror Images? Conceptions of God and Political Duty on the Left and Right of the Evangelical Spectrum
This research note examines the political positions of left-leaning evangelicals and attempts to explain why they diverge so markedly from those of the fundamentalists and other evangelicals. Content analysis of left-wing and right-wing evangelical publications indicates that these groups differ somewhat in their images of God, but differ much more in how they link images of God and Jesus to political positions. Perhaps not only educational backg…
Ian Paisley and the Reformed Tradition
This article examines the religious beliefs underlying the political ideology of Ulster's fundamentalist politician, Ian Paisley. Paisley claims to follow the Reformation tradition in both his theology and political beliefs, and cannot be understood without reference to this tradition. Adopting an apocalyptic world view from Reformation Protestants such as Knox, Paisley views the Roman Catholic Church as the Harlot of Babylon condemned in Revelat…
The Evolution of Protracted Ethnic Conflict
Political scientists have long recognized that conflict and the efforts to resolve it are at the heart of politics, and much ink has been spilled in attempts to explain it. In the literature of comparative politics, the reemergence of ethnonationalism in the last twenty years has raised particular questions about the sources of ethnically based conflict. Even more recently, international relations scholars have asked why conflicts' are so much mo…
Publics Meet Market Democracy in Central and East Europe, 1991-1993
The revolutions of 1989 in central and east Europe raise crucial questions for the social sciences. Is it possible to build democracy and capitalism simultaneously in societies that have no real history of either system? Will democracy really take root and flourish in societies without an existing market economy? Or will the monumental task of creating a market economy strain these new democratic governments to the limit and ultimately lead to an…
Coping With Freedom and Uncertainty
Journal Article COPING WITH FREEDOM AND UNCERTAINTY: PUBLIC OPINION IN HUNGARY, POLAND, AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1989–1992 Get access Mary E. McIntosh, Mary E. McIntosh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Martha Abele Mac Iver Martha Abele Mac Iver Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 4, Issue 4, WINTER 1992, Pages 375–391, …
Minority Rights and Majority Rule
Mary E. McIntosh, Martha Abele Mac Iver, Daniel G. Abele, David B. Nolle, Minority Rights and Majority Rule: Ethnic Tolerance in Romania and Bulgaria, Social Forces, Vol. 73, No. 3 (Mar., 1995), pp. 939-967
Ian Paisley and the Reformed Tradition
This article examines the religious beliefs underlying the political ideology of Ulster's fundamentalist politician, Ian Paisley. Paisley claims to follow the Reformation tradition in both his theology and political beliefs, and cannot be understood without reference to this tradition. Adopting an apocalyptic world view from Reformation Protestants such as Knox, Paisley views the Roman Catholic Church as the Harlot of Babylon condemned in Revelat…
STEMming” the Swell of Absenteeism in the Middle Years
This article reports findings from a quasi-experimental study of the impact of a summer robotics program for urban middle-grade students. The study focuses on student engagement, measured by school attendance rate the year following the program. Program students, who were nearly all low-income minority students, were matched to comparison students who did not attend summer school. After establishing baseline equivalence in attendance between the …
Which Bets Paid Off? Early Findings on the Impact of Private Management and K-8 Conversion Reforms on the Achievement of Philadelphia Students
This article reports initial findings from a study of middle grades educational reforms in Philadelphia. We use multilevel change models to analyze the impact on student mathematics achievement of privatization through the use of educational management organizations (EMOs), taking account of the structural reforms (creation of new K-8 schools to replace selected middle schools) occurring simultaneously within the district. Overall, the longitudin…
Mentoring Students Back On-Track to Graduation
This quasi-experimental study examines the impact of a mentoring program for low-income and minority middle and high school students displaying early warning indicators of dropping out on attendance, behavior problems, and course passing. The study was conducted over 3 years in five districts throughout the country and used a comparison group identified through propensity score matching. Although students reported positive experiences with mentor…
Mirror Images? Conceptions of God and Political Duty on the Left and Right of the Evangelical Spectrum
This research note examines the political positions of left-leaning evangelicals and attempts to explain why they diverge so markedly from those of the fundamentalists and other evangelicals. Content analysis of left-wing and right-wing evangelical publications indicates that these groups differ somewhat in their images of God, but differ much more in how they link images of God and Jesus to political positions. Perhaps not only educational backg…
Improving College Readiness for Historically Underserved Students
Research on the role of institutions in influencing students’ readiness for college has so far focused primarily on the school level and the state policy context, with only little attention to the district. This case study, based on interview data and documents collected over the course of a year, analyzes an urban district’s attempt to create a systematic approach to improving the college readiness of its students, many of whom have been traditi…
What Reform Left Behind
This article presents a longitudinal case study of an urban high school as it transitioned from one comprehensive reform model to another over a 10-year period. The study is based on qualitative interview data and quantitative data on student outcomes. Despite evidence of improved student outcomes during this reform period, the school could not meet state-mandated improvement goals because of the large proportion of students who entered with alre…
Ian Paisley and the Reformed Tradition
This article examines the religious beliefs underlying the political ideology of Ulster's fundamentalist politician, Ian Paisley. Paisley claims to follow the Reformation tradition in both his theology and political beliefs, and cannot be understood without reference to this tradition. Adopting an apocalyptic world view from Reformation Protestants such as Knox, Paisley views the Roman Catholic Church as the Harlot of Babylon condemned in Revelat…
Mirror Images? Conceptions of God and Political Duty on the Left and Right of the Evangelical Spectrum
This research note examines the political positions of left-leaning evangelicals and attempts to explain why they diverge so markedly from those of the fundamentalists and other evangelicals. Content analysis of left-wing and right-wing evangelical publications indicates that these groups differ somewhat in their images of God, but differ much more in how they link images of God and Jesus to political positions. Perhaps not only educational backg…
The Evolution of Protracted Ethnic Conflict
Political scientists have long recognized that conflict and the efforts to resolve it are at the heart of politics, and much ink has been spilled in attempts to explain it. In the literature of comparative politics, the reemergence of ethnonationalism in the last twenty years has raised particular questions about the sources of ethnically based conflict. Even more recently, international relations scholars have asked why conflicts' are so much mo…
Coping With Freedom and Uncertainty
Journal Article COPING WITH FREEDOM AND UNCERTAINTY: PUBLIC OPINION IN HUNGARY, POLAND, AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA 1989–1992 Get access Mary E. McIntosh, Mary E. McIntosh Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Martha Abele Mac Iver Martha Abele Mac Iver Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar International Journal of Public Opinion Research, Volume 4, Issue 4, WINTER 1992, Pages 375–391, …
Publics Meet Market Democracy in Central and East Europe, 1991-1993
The revolutions of 1989 in central and east Europe raise crucial questions for the social sciences. Is it possible to build democracy and capitalism simultaneously in societies that have no real history of either system? Will democracy really take root and flourish in societies without an existing market economy? Or will the monumental task of creating a market economy strain these new democratic governments to the limit and ultimately lead to an…
Minority Rights and Majority Rule
Mary E. McIntosh, Martha Abele Mac Iver, Daniel G. Abele, David B. Nolle, Minority Rights and Majority Rule: Ethnic Tolerance in Romania and Bulgaria, Social Forces, Vol. 73, No. 3 (Mar., 1995), pp. 939-967
Preparing Urban Students for Health Careers
This article presents a longitudinal case study of an urban district school-university partnership designed to prepare students for health careers. We not only summarize the accomplishments of this partnership but also identify factors in the partnership dynamics that hindered the expected improvement in student outcomes. By suggesting possible generalizations that can be tested elsewhere, we seek to contribute to theory building about the role o…
Which Bets Paid Off? Early Findings on the Impact of Private Management and K-8 Conversion Reforms on the Achievement of Philadelphia Students
This article reports initial findings from a study of middle grades educational reforms in Philadelphia. We use multilevel change models to analyze the impact on student mathematics achievement of privatization through the use of educational management organizations (EMOs), taking account of the structural reforms (creation of new K-8 schools to replace selected middle schools) occurring simultaneously within the district. Overall, the longitudin…
What Reform Left Behind
This article presents a longitudinal case study of an urban high school as it transitioned from one comprehensive reform model to another over a 10-year period. The study is based on qualitative interview data and quantitative data on student outcomes. Despite evidence of improved student outcomes during this reform period, the school could not meet state-mandated improvement goals because of the large proportion of students who entered with alre…
Mentoring Students Back On-Track to Graduation
This quasi-experimental study examines the impact of a mentoring program for low-income and minority middle and high school students displaying early warning indicators of dropping out on attendance, behavior problems, and course passing. The study was conducted over 3 years in five districts throughout the country and used a comparison group identified through propensity score matching. Although students reported positive experiences with mentor…
STEMming” the Swell of Absenteeism in the Middle Years
This article reports findings from a quasi-experimental study of the impact of a summer robotics program for urban middle-grade students. The study focuses on student engagement, measured by school attendance rate the year following the program. Program students, who were nearly all low-income minority students, were matched to comparison students who did not attend summer school. After establishing baseline equivalence in attendance between the …
Improving College Readiness for Historically Underserved Students
Research on the role of institutions in influencing students’ readiness for college has so far focused primarily on the school level and the state policy context, with only little attention to the district. This case study, based on interview data and documents collected over the course of a year, analyzes an urban district’s attempt to create a systematic approach to improving the college readiness of its students, many of whom have been traditi…
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…
The Impact of Nudge Letters on Improving Attendance in an Urban District
This study evaluates a “nudge letter” to parents intervention designed to reduce chronic absenteeism among students in one urban district. Using a regression discontinuity design (RDD), it estimates the impact of the intervention on improving student attendance. The forcing variable for the RDD was 2016–2017 attendance rate, with a “threshold” of a 0.90 attendance rate (missing 10% of days). Analyses established demographic equivalence of student…
Motivating adolescents to read
Motivating today’s adolescents to read is a challenge. Martha Abele Mac Iver, Marcia H. Davis, and Douglas J. Mac Iver discuss the kinds of literacy instructional practices that address what we know about adolescent motivation. They also review several evidence-based literacy interventions designed to engage and motivate adolescent readers that can potentially lead to improvements in student reading motivation and academic outcomes
People First, Students Second”
Students’ relationships with adults in educational environments require careful consideration from researchers and practitioners as we seek to improve educational outcomes, particularly for those who have been historically underserved. This qualitative case study extends research on the development of student-teacher trust to a broader group of adults within the school by focusing on the work of City Year (CY) AmeriCorps members (ACMs), serving a…
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