Can facing a roomful of rambunctious, hormone-ravaged 7th and 8th graders day after day traumatize a teacher? What might be a joke in the staff break room is now getting serious research attention, thanks to a $1.6 million study to be launched this fall by the Institute of Education Sciences.
Researchers led by Teresa McIntyre, a psychology research professor at the University of Houston, will track 200 7th or 8th grade social studies, science and math teachers at 20 middle schools in the Houston Independent School District. The teachers and their students will be studied for three years, using a combination of teacher stress diaries and observational assessments, blood pressure and heart-rate monitors, school records and class observations.
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