Adam Gamoran

10.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
118 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Adam Gamoran is a scholar working on Education, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Adam Gamoran has authored 118 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 85 papers in Education, 25 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Adam Gamoran's work include School Choice and Performance (53 papers), Parental Involvement in Education (20 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (18 papers). Adam Gamoran is often cited by papers focused on School Choice and Performance (53 papers), Parental Involvement in Education (20 papers) and Higher Education Research Studies (18 papers). Adam Gamoran collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Israel. Adam Gamoran's co-authors include Martin Nystrand, Mark Berends, Robert D. Mare, Judith A. Langer, Arthur N. Applebee, Helen M. Marks, Fred M. Newmann, Daniel Long, Robert Dreeben and Lawrence Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Adam Gamoran

108 papers receiving 5.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Discussion-Based Approaches to Developing Understanding: Classroom Instruction and Student Performance in Middle and High School English

2003 536 citations Martin Nystrand, Adam Gamoran et al. American Educational Research Journal profile →
Secondary School Tracking and Educational Inequality: Compensation, Reinforcement, or Neutrality?

1989 495 citations Adam Gamoran et al. profile →
Questions in Time: Investigating the Structure and Dynamics of Unfolding Classroom Discourse

2003 459 citations Martin Nystrand, Adam Gamoran et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The Development and Sustainability of School-Based Parent Networks in Low-Income Latinx Communities: A Mixed-Methods Investigation 2020 ·American Educational Research Journal ·(unknown), (unknown), Adam Gamoran	6
2	Effects of Two Scientific Inquiry Professional Development Interventions on Teaching Practice 2012 ·Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis ·Jeffrey Grigg, (unknown), Adam Gamoran, Geoffrey D. Borman	34
3	Effects of a Multi-Family Intervention on Social Capital and Child Outcomes. 2011 ·Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness ·Adam Gamoran, Ruth N. López Turley, (unknown), Rachel Fish	5
4	Differences between Hispanic and non-Hispanic families in social capital and child development: First-year findings from an experimental study 2011 ·Research in Social Stratification and Mobility ·Adam Gamoran, Ruth N. López Turley, (unknown), Rachel Fish	41
5	Whither the virtuous cycle? Past and future trends in black–white inequality in educational attainment 2011 ·Social Science Research ·Daniel Long, Sean Kelly, Adam Gamoran	14
6	Parent Involvement and Child Development: First-Year Results from a School-Randomized Trial in Latino Communities. 2010 ·Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness ·Adam Gamoran, (unknown), (unknown), Rachel Fish	1
7	Tracking and inequality 2009 ·Adam Gamoran	2
8	Standards-Based Reform and the Poverty Gap: Lessons for "No Child Left Behind" 2008 ·Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University) ·Adam Gamoran	46
9	Transforming teaching in math and science : how schools and districts can support change 2003 ·Teachers College Press eBooks ·Adam Gamoran	85
10	Does Class Size Matter? 2001 ·Scientific American ·Ronald G. Ehrenberg, Dominic J. Brewer, Adam Gamoran, J. Douglas Willms	30
11	The Teachers Report: A Portrait of Teachers in Jewish Schools 1998 ·(unknown), Adam Gamoran, Ellen Goldring	11
12	Towards an Ecology of Learning: The Case of Classroom Discourse and Its Effects on Writing in High School English and Social Studies. Report Series 2.34. 1998 ·Surgical Endoscopy ·Martin Nystrand, Adam Gamoran, William Carbonaro	32
13	Upgrading High School Mathematics Instruction: Improving Learning Opportunities for Low-Achieving, Low-Income Youth 1997 ·Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis ·Adam Gamoran, Andrew C. Porter, John Smithson, Paula A. White	211
14	Student Achievement in Public Magnet, Public Comprehensive, and Private City High Schools 1996 ·Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis ·Adam Gamoran	171
15	Do Magnet Schools Boost Achievement 1996 ·Educational leadership ·Adam Gamoran	15
16	Upgrading the High School Math Curriculum: Math Course-Taking Patterns in Seven High Schools in California and New York 1996 ·Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis ·Paula A. White, Adam Gamoran, John Smithson, Andrew C. Porter	21
17	Effects of Instructional Differences among Ability Groups on Student Achievment in Middle-School Science and Mathematics. 1993 ·Thomas B. Hoffer, Adam Gamoran	8
18	Is Ability Grouping Equitable 1992 ·Educational leadership ·Adam Gamoran	107
19	Access to Excellence: Assignment to Honors English Classes in the Transition From Middle to High School 1992 ·Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis ·Adam Gamoran	66
20	Organization, Instruction, and the Effects of Ability Grouping: Comment on Slavin’s “Best-Evidence Synthesis” 1987 ·Review of Educational Research ·Adam Gamoran	30

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