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Frances P Lawrenz

1974 …2024
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Research interests

Topics of research interest include achievement gap, opportunity gap, and educational disparities.

Research interests

  • achievement gap
  • educational disparities
  • opportunity gap

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Projects 2004 2024

Oilseed Pennycress - A New Cash Cover Crop for the Midwest

Wells, M. S. & Lawrenz, F. P.

Western Illinois University

8/1/19 → 7/31/24

Project: Research project

Thlaspi
cash crops
oilseeds
cover crops

Collaborating to Enhance Underrepresented Minority Stude

Brakke, M. P., Anderson, J. A., Lawrenz, F. P., Morrell, P. L., Smith, K. P. & Steffenson, B. J.

USDA Nat'l Inst. of Food & Agriculture

3/1/16 → 2/29/20

Project: Research project

student
participation
science
minority

Serendipity Grants

Lawrenz, F. P., Neuhauser, C. & Slotterback, C. S.

THE MCKNIGHT FOUNDATION

12/1/15 → 12/31/18

Project: Research project

grant

GREAT Evaluation

Lawrenz, F. P.

University of Wisconsin-River Falls

9/15/13 → 8/31/19

Project: Research project

Collaboration in the 21st Century (C2C): Measuring essen

Lawrenz, F. P.

National Science Foundation

9/15/13 → 8/31/18

Project: Research project

Research Output 1974 2019

Evaluation Capacity Building for Informal STEM Education: Working for Success Across the Field

Bequette, M., Cardiel, C. L. B., Cohn, S., Kollmann, E. K. & Lawrenz, F. P., Mar 1 2019, In : New Directions for Evaluation. 2019, 161, p. 107-123 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

evaluation
education
Evaluation capacity building
Education
Evaluation

Investigating Grade and Gender Differences in Students’ Attitudes toward Life and Well-Being

Lu, Y. Y., Chen, H. T., Wang, H. H., Lawrenz, F. P. & Hong, Z. R., Jan 1 2019, In : Applied Research in Quality of Life.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

gender-specific factors
well-being
student
secondary school
school grade
1 Citation (Scopus)

Use of the stages of concern questionnaire in a national top-down reform effort

Fischer, C., McCoy, A., Foster, B., Eisenkraft, A. & Lawrenz, F. P., Apr 1 2019, In : Teaching and Teacher Education. 80, p. 13-26 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

reform
questionnaire
teacher
science
curriculum
1 Citation (Scopus)

Using a Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective to Illuminate the Concept of Evaluation Capacity Building in a Network

Grack Nelson, A., King, J. A., Lawrenz, F., Reich, C., Bequette, M., Pattison, S., Kunz Kollmann, E., Illes, M., Cohn, S., Iacovelli, S., Cardiel, C. L. B., Ostgaard, G., Goss, J., Beyer, M., Causey, L., Sinkey, A. & Francisco, M., Jun 1 2019, In : American Journal of Evaluation. 40, 2, p. 214-230 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Capacity Building
evaluation
Systems perspective
Evaluation capacity building
Complex adaptive systems
3 Citations (Scopus)

Adapting to large-scale changes in Advanced Placement Biology, Chemistry, and Physics: the impact of online teacher communities

Frumin, K., Dede, C., Fischer, C., Foster, B., Lawrenz, F. P., Eisenkraft, A., Fishman, B., Jurist Levy, A. & McCoy, A., Mar 4 2018, In : International Journal of Science Education. 40, 4, p. 397-420 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

physics
biology
chemistry
teacher
community