Research

LCRG Research Briefs

Founded in 2007, Laurel School’s Center for Research on Girls (LCRG) integrates the world’s best research on how girls learn and grow into every Laurel student’s education. When we come across challenges that haven’t yet been studied, LCRG partners with scholars from around the country to find answers. LCRG gathers research and produces topical briefs for educators, parents, and advocates of girls everywhere.

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Researchers, Educators & Others not Affiliated with Laurel School

LCRG's Research Briefs are available in our store below. Please direct bulk purchasing inquiries to LCRG@LaurelSchool.org.
Laurel Parents, Students, Faculty, Staff, Trustees & Alumnae

Complimentary access to these materials is available to you through the LCRG panel on MyLaurel.

Pedagogy

CREATIVITY, PROBLEM SOLVING AND GENDER: How Creativity Relates to Coping and Problem Solving • Fostering Creativity in Children • Gender Differences in Creativity • Resources for Teachers • Resources for Parents • Resources for Students

TEACHING GIRLS TO ADOPT A GROWTH MINDSET: Why Students with a Growth Mindset Outperform Their Fixed Mindset Peers • Teaching Students to Adopt a Growth Mindset • Resources for Teachers • Resources for Parents

PURPOSE AND RESILIENCE: Measuring Purpose • Benefits of Purpose for Children and Adolescents • Fostering Purpose in Children • Gender and Purpose • The Power of "Sparks" • Resources for Teachers • Resources for Parents • Resources for Children

GIRLS AND TEST ANXIETY: Causes of Test Anxiety • Stereotype Threat • Ineffective Study Skills • Coping with Test Anxiety • Resources for Teachers • Resources for Parents • Resources for Students

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING: WHAT THE RESEARCH SHOWS: Place-Based Learning • Active Learning • Problem-Based Learning • Service Learning • Outdoor Pre-Primary Education • Capstone Experience • Resources for Parents and Educators

THE TRUTH ABOUT GENDER DIFFERENCES: More Alike than Different • Intellectual Differences • Overlapping Bell Curves • Behavioral Differences • Single-sex Schooling vs. Coeducation • Closing the Gender gap • Resources for Girls • Resources for Parents and Teachers

SHIELDING GIRLS FROM STEREOTYPE THREAT: The Discovery of Stereotype Threat • The Conditions that Create Stereotype Threat • How Stereotype Threat Suppresses Performance • Reducing the Negative Effects of Stereotype Threat • Resources for Teachers

ENGAGING GIRLS IN STEM: COLLABORATION: Promoting Collaboration • Fostering Successful Collaboration • Assessing Collaborative Work • Resources for Teachers

ENGAGING GIRLS IN STEM: TINKERING: Defining Tinkering • Getting Girls to Tinker • Assessing Tinkering • Resources for Teachers and Parents

ENGAGING GIRLS IN STEM: ROLE MODELS: Role Models vs. Mentors • Combating STEM Field Stereotypes • Importance of Variety in Role Models & Mentors • Bringing Girls into Contact with Role Models and Mentors • Resources for Teachers and Parents

ENGAGING GIRLS IN STEM: MEANINGFUL OBJECTIVES: STEM Fields: Where the Girls Are...and Aren’t • "Outside in" curriculum • Service learning: a working Example of “outside-in” curricular design • Forms of "outside-in" curricular design • Addressing the challenges of "outside in" curricular units • Resources for teachers and parents

GIRLS AND DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY: Interpersonal Relationships • Recommendations for Parents and Educators • Mental and Physical Health • School Work • Resources for Parents and Teachers • Resources for Students

ENGAGING IN CIVIL DISCOURSE: The Building Blocks of Civil Discourse • Questions Teachers Can Ask • Experiences Teachers can Design • Co-curricular Activities that Enhance Civil Discourse Skills • Resources for Teachers and Parents

PROTECTING THE FEMALE ATHLETE: What Accounts for Sex Differences in Concussion? • Girls and ACL Injuries • Nutrition for Female Athletes • Resources for Parents, Coaches and Athletes

EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING AND STUDY SKILLS IN GIRLS: Executive functions at a glance • How (and how not) to study • Executive functioning roadblocks • Resources for teachers and parents

GIRLS AND ACADEMIC MOTIVATION: Two Types of Motivation • Fostering Intrinsic Motivation • Capitalizing on Extrinsic Motivation • Does Praise Undermine Motivation? • Gender and Motivation • Resources for Teachers and Parents

Social & Emotional Learning

Girls and Self-care: Sleep

Girls and Self-care: Body Image

Girls and Self-care: Coping with Emotions

Girls, Sleep and Mindfulness

Purpose and Resilience

Relationships: Girls and Their Peers

Romantic Relationships, Self-Advocacy, and Consent

The Truth About Gender Differences

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Girls, Stress and Well-Being: What Parents Need to Know

Pretend Play, Creativity and Adaptive Functioning

Mood and Self-Esteem in Middle School Girls

When and Where I Enter

Doing Gender on Classroom Discourse

Laurel's Center for Research on Girls sponsors research studies which are published as articles in academic journals. See the list with links to abstracts on LCRG's Academic Journal Publications page.