Eva M. Pomerantz
Professor of Psychology at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, USAAbout the author:
The central question guiding my research is that of how to facilitate children’s motivation and learning in the academic context. My research group focuses primarily on the role of parents, with current work looking specifically at how to support parents in optimizing children’s learning in the area of math.
What I want to achieve:
I hope my research will help educators and parents harness the potential power of the home environment to support children’s constructive engagement in the learning process. In moving forward, I am particularly concerned with understanding how schools can better work with parents from a variety of backgrounds so that all children may thrive.