Her research has included development of a Purposeful On-Going Mentoring Model used with educators, surgical faculty, and cooperating teachers. She is one of the editors of the Information Age Publishing�s book, Mentoring in Formal and Informal Contexts, and she co-authored chapters on mentoring of pre-service teachers in a university education program. Silva Mangiante�s current research focuses on how to support teachers in adopting reform-based pedagogy.