Publications

Selected publications, reports, and presentations by Samantha Wavell.

Publications

  1. Wavell, S. A. (2025). The Relationship Between Plant-Based Diets and Mental Health: Exploring Links to Depression, Anxiety, and Cognitive Function. UCLA. ProQuest ID: Wavell_ucla_0031N_24023. Merritt ID: ark:/13030/m51w74qc. Retrieved from https://escholarship.org/uc/item/5d0377v9

  2. Jayanthi, M., Gersten, R., Schumacher, R. F., Dimino, J., & Wavell, S. (2024). Infusing Evidence-Based Instruction in Two Middle School Settings. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/09388982241230919

  3. Wang, A. Y., Schumacher, R. F., Dougherty, B. J., Wavell, S., Dimino, J., & Gersten, R. (2024). Using worked examples to promote explanations of fractions concepts: A formative pilot study. Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 39(2), 87-100. https://doi.org/10.1177/09388982241230131

  4. Jayanthi, M., Schumacher, R., Wavell, S., Dimino, J., & Gersten, R. (2022). Improving student mathematics performance in three distinct middle schools: Findings from a model demonstration grant. Los Alamitos, CA: Instructional Research Group. https://www.inresg.org

  5. Burchinal, M., Krowka, S., Newman-Gonchar, R., Jayanthi, M., Gersten, R., Wavell, S., Lyskawa, J., Haymond, K., Bierman, K., Gonzalez, J. E., McClelland, M. M., Nelson, K., Pentimonti, J., Purpura, D. J., Sachs, J., Sarama, J., Schlesinger-Devlin, E., Washington, J., & Rosen, E. (2022). Preparing Young Children for School (WWC 2022009). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE), Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://whatworks. ed.gov/

  6. Jayanthi, M., Gersten, R., Schumacher, R. F., Dimino, J., Smolkowski, K., & Spallone, S. (2021). Improving Struggling Fifth-Grade Students’ Under-standing of Fractions: A Randomized Controlled Trial of an Intervention That Stresses Both Concepts and Procedures. Exceptional Children, 88(1), 81–100. https://doi.org/10.1177/00144029211008851

  7. Gersten, R., Jayanthi, M., Newman-Gonchar, R., Anderson, D., Spallone, S., & Taylor, M. J. (2020). The reliability and consequential validity of two teacher-administered student mathematics diagnostic assessments (REL 2020–039). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/southeast/pdf/ REL_2020039.pdf

  8. Spallone, S. (presented with Jayanthi, M., Schumacher, R., Gersten, M., & Dimino, J.). (May 2019). Intervention for Improving Struggling 5th-Graders’ Fractions Achievement. Video presentation at the 2019 STEM for All Video Showcase. https://videohall.com/p/1612

  9. Jayanthi, M., Gersten, R., Spallone, S., Dimino, J., Schumacher, R., Smolkowski, K., Karp, K., & Haymond, K. (2018). Impact of a Tier 2 fractions Intervention on 5th Grade Students’ Fractions Achievement: A Technical Report. Los Alamitos, CA: Instructional Research Group. https://files.eric.ed. gov/fulltext/ED610306.pdf

  10. Schumacher, R. F., Jayanthi, M., Gersten, R., Dimino, J., Spallone, S., & Haymond, K. S. (2018). Using the number line to promote understanding of fractions for struggling fifth graders: A formative pilot study. Learning Dis-abilities Research & Practice, 33(4), 192-206. https://doi.org/10.1111/ldrp.12169

    *Recipient of the 2018 Samuel A. Kirk Award for an LDRP Practice Article

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