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Research to Practice: The LRDC Learning Sciences Video Series

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The Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC) and the University Center for Teaching and Learning (UCTL) are pleased to share Research to Practice: The Learning Sciences Video Series

Fostering a Sense of Belonging in the Classroom


In two videos, one for instructors and one for students, Kevin Binning , associate professor, Psychology, and LRDC Research Scientist, explains how students’ questions of belonging are often at the forefront of their minds during transitions such as the start of their college careers. In the instructor version, Binning also describes an activity he and colleagues developed to shape the culture and climate of the classroom to address student concerns about belonging.

Kevin Binning is an associate professor, Psychology, and research scientist at the Learning Research & Development Center (LRDC).

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Additional Resources


LRDC Research News, Summer 2023, How a Sense of Belonging Promotes College Success. 

Office of the Provost Student Success Webpage

Further Reading

Walton, G. M., ... Fotuhi, O., et al. (2023). Where and with whom does a brief social-belonging intervention promote progress in college? Science.

Hammarlund, S.P., Scott, C., Binning, K.R., & Cotner, S. (2022). Context matters: how an ecological-belonging intervention can reduce inequities in STEM. BioScience.

Badea, C., Binning, K.R., Sherman, D.K., Boza, M., & Kende, A. (2021). Conformity to group norms: How group-affirmation shapes collective action. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

Binning, K.R., Cook, J.E., Greenaway, V.P., Garcia, J., Apfel, N., Sherman, D.K., & Cohen, G.L. (2021). Securing self-integrity over time: Self-affirmation disrupts a negative cycle between psychological threat and academic performance. Journal of Social Issues.

Binning, K. R., Kaufmann, N., McGreevy, E. M., Fotuhi, O., Chen, S., Marshman, E., Kalender, Z. Y., Limeri, L., Betancur, L., & Singh, C. (2020). Changing social contexts to foster equity in college science courses: An ecological-belonging intervention. Psychological Science.

*LRDC researchers' names appear in boldface