Gregory M. Walton

Improving Student-Teacher Relationships Through Feedback: The Development and Evaluation of the Stanford/Leading Educators Wise Feedback Professional Development Learning Series

David A. Kalkstein, Gregory M. Walton, Laura Meili, Virginia Isarraras. September 2025

Topics: Teacher and Leader Development

Tags: Equity, Professional development, Student engagement

High-quality academic feedback, especially feedback that highlights errors, mistakes, misunderstandings and shortcomings, is one of the most valuable tools teachers have for promoting student growth and learning. It is how teachers help students go beyond what they could accomplish on their own… more →
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Computational Language Analysis Reveals that Process-Oriented Thinking About Belonging Aids the College Transition

Dorottya Demszky, C. Lee Williams, Shannon T. Brady, Shashanka Subrahmanya, Eric Gaudiello, Gregory M. Walton, Johannes C. Eichstaedt. September 2024

Topics: Pathways to and Through Postsecondary

Tags: College readiness

Inequality in college has both structural and psychological causes; these include the presence of self-defeating beliefs about the potential for growth and belonging. Such beliefs can be addressed through large-scale interventions in the college transition (Walton & Cohen, 2011; Walton et al… more →
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