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I'll be giving one of the seven lightning talks Friday for MCLS (~5min each)! My talk involves how children interpret number words in context — join us if you're free and interested 🥳

My friend Isabelle Morris is leading RADAR, a new participatory research project, and looking for autistic adults interested in helping conduct research as research collaborators. No education or research experience are required. For more info, visit innovation.umn.edu/radar/

A crucial writing tip is that although it may be warm outside coffee shops are still quite chilly and you should still bring your writing cardigan with you. Because, yes, we should all have designated writing cardigans.

another summer means another math blog! this time, Michèle Mazzocco and I tackled a fun outdoor activity: hopscotch! give it a read and share with caregivers of young ones 🛝☀️

OMG! #ChatGPT makes the same mistake as a child when solving a math equivalence problem! I’m giddy w/ excitement about discovering this. Awesome. MCLStrainee Martha W. Alibali Caroline Hornburg Michael Pershan efyfe Patrick Kirkland @devlin_brianna Sarah Powell

Looking for a postdoc in early #STEMlearning? Family engagement, literacy, or behavioral genetics related to early learning? We have *one* remaining position for the incoming amazing cohort of 4! Review begins immediately. See the ad/apply here: careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Lafay…

Defended my dissertation! Grateful for everyone who made it possible 🎉😈🎉

ahh so excited to share that I defended my dissertation yesterday!! 🪩✨🪩

Probably makes me a nerd but I thoroughly enjoyed defending my dissertation today! Can’t wait to share these results with you all soon!

Recruitment for our fourth year is now open! Please fill out the application form here: z.umn.edu/NPSP23-24 Please share widely!

✨ECRs in STEM Learning, Dev., & Ed ✨ Center for Early Learning will host a 2-day professional development workshop for early career researchers (advanced doc. students and postdocs) this fall feat. David Purpura Dr. Sara A. Hart Jessica Logan Learn more and apply here: tiny.cc/CELworkshop

New paper out describing the labor of love that went into NextGen Psych Scholars Program alongside some key insights we hope will support related efforts. Heartfelt thanks to Kate Carosella (she) & the NextGen lead mentors for co-creating this program & awesome community 💛💚🧡 psycnet.apa.org/record/2024-07…

What a wonderful and fast two days - To all of our Center for Early Learning students and faculty, and our early-career guests and speakers from 15 universities, thank you for making the space to be here to connect and learn together!

⭐️ postdoc ad ⭐️ I’m hiring a postdoc to work on our bilingual (Spanish/English) math language e-book project! careers.purdue.edu/job/West-Lafay… Please share with anyone who may be interested. First round of review starts January 15th. Position is for two years and pays $70,000/year.

Edu met my academic sisters Sarah Pan and Jasmine R. Ernst from UMN Institute of Child Development at Gallaudet University for #MCLS2024 ❤️ Hopefully we will eventually catch our ellusive fairy godmother who connected us all before the conference ends 😂🫶😘🥰

and we did catch our the most amazing and supportive🤩🌟Michele Mazzocco🌟 🤩 at #MCLS2024 and introduce Edu 🐒 as a honorary member of the Math and Numeracy Lab The world is all back to balance🙌😉

New publication! Jasmine R. Ernst and I collected EF & math data from 4 y/o on Zoom. this required remote adaptations, and we were able to analyze associations between specific EF & math skills. super proud of this one! doi.org/10.1002/icd.25…

Is anyone interested in forming a symposium with me for Society for Research in Child Development 2025? I have findings from a RCT math anxiety and working memory intervention for elementary school children. Other themes include parent- and teacher-level factors, long. design, and CBT.

More scenes from Day 2 (May 2) of #SRCD2025! With Dr. Xiaozi Gao, Dr. Dandan Wu, Million Wan, Dr. Alfredo Bautista (Alfredo BAUTISTA), Prof. Philip Li (Philip Li) and Pengjuan Zheng! #ECE #EdUHK