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Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman

Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman

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Psychology

D-Index
55
Citations
15546
World Ranking
4337
National Ranking
2415

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman is affiliated with the University of Virginia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences and psychology, with a significant emphasis on education and developmental studies.

Their work spans several subfields, including education, safety research, social psychology, developmental and educational psychology, and sociology and political science. The main topics they explore involve early childhood education and development, youth development and social support, teacher education and leadership studies, service-learning and community engagement, child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, education achievement and giftedness, and diverse educational innovations studies.

Some of their recent published papers include:

  • Teachers' Beliefs About Inclusive Education and Insights on What Contributes to Those Beliefs: a Meta-analytical Study, 2022, Educational Psychology Review
  • English learners' achievement in mathematics and science: Examining the role of self-efficacy, 2020, Journal of School Psychology
  • Can service-learning boost science achievement, civic engagement, and social skills? A randomized controlled trial of Connect Science, 2021, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
  • Understanding Teachers' Emotion Regulation Strategies and Related Teacher and Classroom Factors, 2024, School Mental Health
  • Empirical benchmarks for changes in social and emotional skills over time, 2022, Child Development

Throughout their career, Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman has frequently collaborated with several coauthors, notably:

  • Eileen G. Merritt
  • Lia E. Sandilos
  • Candace Lapan
  • James Soland
  • Theresa Pfister

Their research has been published across multiple venues, with the most frequent publications appearing in:

  • Applied Developmental Science
  • Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
  • Educational Psychology Review
  • School Mental Health
  • Journal of School Psychology

Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 2017. This honor reflects their involvement within the field of psychology. No book publications have been listed among their works.

Best Publications

  • Teachers’ judgments of problems in the transition to kindergarten

    Sara E Rimm-Kaufman;Robert C Pianta;Martha J Cox

  • An Ecological Perspective on the Transition to Kindergarten: A Theoretical Framework to Guide Empirical Research

    Sara E Rimm-Kaufman;Robert C Pianta

  • The contribution of children's self-regulation and classroom quality to children's adaptive behaviors in the kindergarten classroom.

    Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman;Tim W. Curby;Kevin J. Grimm;Lori Nathanson

  • The contributions of ‘hot’ and ‘cool’ executive function to children's academic achievement, learning-related behaviors, and engagement in kindergarten

    Laura L. Brock;Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman;Lori Nathanson;Kevin J. Grimm

  • Primary-Grade Teachers' Self-Efficacy Beliefs, Attitudes toward Teaching, and Discipline and Teaching Practice Priorities in Relation to the "Responsive Classroom" Approach

    Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman;Brook E. Sawyer

  • Teacher–child relationship quality: The roles of child temperament and teacher–child interactions

    Kathleen Moritz Rudasill;Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman

  • Teacher–child interactions and children’s achievement trajectories across kindergarten and first grade.

    Timothy W. Curby;Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman;Claire Cameron Ponitz

  • The Contribution of Classroom Setting and Quality of Instruction to Children’s Behavior in Kindergarten Classrooms

    Sara E. Rimm‐Kaufman;Karen M. La Paro;Jason T. Downer;Robert C. Pianta

  • Early behavioral attributes and teachers' sensitivity as predictors of competent behavior in the kindergarten classroom

    Sara E Rimm-Kaufman;Diane M Early;Martha J Cox;Gitanjali Saluja

  • How Do Classroom Conditions and Children's Risk for School Problems Contribute to Children's Behavioral Engagement in Learning?.

    Jason T. Downer;Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman;Robert C. Pianta

  • The Contribution of Teachers' Emotional Support to Children's Social Behaviors and Self-Regulatory Skills in First Grade

    Eileen G. Merritt;Shannon B. Wanless;Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman;Claire Cameron

  • To what extent do teacher–student interaction quality and student gender contribute to fifth graders’ engagement in mathematics learning?

    Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman;Alison E. Baroody;Ross A. A. Larsen;Timothy W. Curby

  • Kindergarten Classroom Quality, Behavioral Engagement, and Reading Achievement.

    Claire Cameron Ponitz;Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman;Kevin J. Grimm;Timothy W. Curby

  • The Teacher Belief Q-Sort: A measure of teachers' priorities in relation to disciplinary practices, teaching practices, and beliefs about children

    Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman;Melissa D. Storm;Brook E. Sawyer;Robert C. Pianta

  • Children's perceptions of the classroom environment and social and academic performance: a longitudinal analysis of the contribution of the Responsive Classroom approach.

    Laura L. Brock;Tracy K. Nishida;Cynthia Chiong;Kevin J. Grimm

  • PROMOTING SOCIAL AND ACADEMIC COMPETENCE IN THE CLASSROOM: AN INTERVENTION STUDY EXAMINING THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE RESPONSIVE CLASSROOM APPROACH

    Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman;Yu-Jen I. Chiu

  • Patterns of Family-School Contact in Preschool and Kindergarten

    Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman;Robert C. Pianta

  • Efficacy of the Responsive Classroom Approach Results From a 3-Year, Longitudinal Randomized Controlled Trial

    Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman;Ross A. A. Larsen;Alison E. Baroody;Timothy W. Curby

  • Personality Characteristics and Teacher Beliefs among Pre-Service Teachers.

    Lauren E. Decker;Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman

  • Temperament and language skills as predictors of teacher-child relationship quality in preschool

    Kathleen Moritz Rudasill;Kathleen Moritz Rudasill;Sara E. Rimm-Kaufman;Laura M. Justice;Khara Pence

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy W. Curby
Timothy W. Curby George Mason University
Robert C. Pianta
Robert C. Pianta University of Virginia
Martha J. Cox
Martha J. Cox University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kevin J. Grimm
Kevin J. Grimm Arizona State University
Jerome Kagan
Jerome Kagan Harvard University
Robert H. Bradley
Robert H. Bradley Arizona State University
Laura M. Justice
Laura M. Justice The Ohio State University
Jamie DeCoster
Jamie DeCoster University of Virginia
Timothy R. Konold
Timothy R. Konold University of Virginia
Jason T. Downer
Jason T. Downer University of Virginia

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