Kristy Timmons, Queen's University

Research

teacher expectations teacher beliefs teacher practices learning outcomes inequitable learning opportunities kindergarten (1) teacher expectations (2) teacher beliefs

Latest papers

The Impacts of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education: Capturing the Unique Challenges Associated with Remote Teaching and Learning in K-2.
Early childhood education journal · 2021 · first author

All 1 publications

Latest funding

The Sound Start Pilot Project: Building ECE Expertise in Early Phonological Awareness
SSHRC · 2026 · Principal investigator
$95,410
Threatened identities and polarized groups: How intergroup leadership can heal divided societies
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$57,945
Learning to Love Learning: Taking Control, Responsibility, and Pride through Self-Regulated Learning and Assessment
SSHRC · 2023 · Co-investigator
$178,337

All 4 grants and awards

1 publications.

01

The Impacts of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education: Capturing the Unique Challenges Associated with Remote Teaching and Learning in K-2.

Timmons K, Cooper A, Bozek E, Braund H

Early childhood education journal2021First author

DOI: 10.1007/s10643-021-01207-z PMID: 34007140

The Sound Start Pilot Project: Building ECE Expertise in Early Phonological Awareness

Principal investigatorSSHRC2026Insight Development Grants

Principal investigators: Timmons, Kristy

$95,410

Threatened identities and polarized groups: How intergroup leadership can heal divided societies

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Rast, David E.

Keywords: leadership; social identity; group process; intergroup relations

$57,945

Learning to Love Learning: Taking Control, Responsibility, and Pride through Self-Regulated Learning and Assessment

Co-investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cheng, Liying

Keywords: assessment; self-regulated learning; children; socio-cultural learning and assessment values

$178,337

Inequity at the starting line: The influence of teacher expectations, beliefs and practices on learning outcomes in kindergarten

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Timmons, Kristy

Keywords: teacher expectations; teacher beliefs; teacher practices; learning outcomes; inequitable learning opportunities; kindergarten

$86,446

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: teacher expectations Dear Professor Timmons, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "The Impacts of COVID-19 on Early Childhood Education: Capturing the Unique Challenges Associated with Remote Teaching and Learning in K-2." (2021), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The Sound Start Pilot Project: Building ECE Expertise in Early Phonological Awareness" (2026), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]