Research Labs

Research Labs

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Overview Nicole Sparapani

The CARE Lab

We are a collaborative, interdisciplinary team of researchers, educators, postdoctoral scholars, doctoral students, and undergraduate students from the University of California, Davis. Our overarching goal is to improve the educational experiences of learners on the autism spectrum by understanding the dynamic and transactional relationship between students and their classroom environment. We started as a small research group in 2016, coding videos of autistic students and their teachers within general and special education classrooms.

Overview Kerry A. Enright

The Integrating Literacies Project

Three team members from the Integrating Literacies Project meeting around a tableThe Integrating Literacies Project explores the nature of work and communication in the lives of Latinx youth. Our aim is to generate knowledge about young people’s work-related communication skills and strengths, and the conditions that encourage their development. The project’s practical goal is to inform programs and policies that shape the career opportunities and trajectories of Latinx youth.

Overview Yuuko Uchikoshi Tonkovich

LANGUAGE AND LITERACY DEVELOPMENT LAB

Books in a kindergarten classroomsOur research focuses on the language and literacy development of young children, particularly dual language learners. We have several ongoing projects. The lab is supported by grants from the National Institute of Health, Foundation for Child Development, Language Learning, and Yolo Community Foundation.

Overview Steven Athanases

Teachers as Learners (TAL)

Our project investigates teacher cognition and learning in two core practices of classroom communication: leading discussions and eliciting student thinking. The project explores secondary English as language-rich, and elementary science where literacy gets backgrounded but is essential to practice. We also focus on linguistically diverse learners and their communicative repertoires that may be leveraged for learning.

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