Learning Research & Development Center | University of Pittsburgh

TALKS

Mar

CNBC Talk

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM; Online

Joshua Sanes, Harvard University; Jeff C. Tarr, Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology; and Paul J. Finnegan, Family Director, Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, present "Cell Types as Building Blocks of Neural Circuits."

Mar

dB-SERC Lunch Discussion

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM; Online

Heather Bruett and Dr. Robert Wozniak from the psychology department will share results from their mentee/mentor project.

Mar

Workshop on the Stanford Education Data Archive (SEDA)

12:30 PM - 2:30 PM; Online

The AERA-ICPSR PEERS Data Hub will hold a workshop on “Introduction to the Stanford Education Data Archive (SEDA).” The workshop, offered at no cost, is the first in a series of webinars offered through the PEERS Data Hub that will focus on STEM data and data use.

New Publications

Leyva, D., Von Suchodoletz, A., Doering, E., Shroff, D., Hinojo, A., & Kartner, J. (2021). Maternal book-sharing styles and goals and children’s verbal contributions in three communities. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 54, 228-238.
Betancur, L., Maldonado-Carreño, C., Votruba-Drzal, E. & Bernal, R. (2021). Measuring preschool quality in low- and middle-income countries: Validity of the ECERS-R in Colombia. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 54(1), 86-98.
Coley, R.L., Spielvogel, B., Kruzik, C., Miller, P., Betancur, L., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2021). Explaining income disparities in young children’s development: The role of community contexts and family processes. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 55, 295 – 311.
Wang, M.T., Binning, K.R., Del Toro, J., Qin, X., & Zepeda, C.D. (2021). Skill, thrill, and will: The role of metacognition, interest, and self-control in predicting student engagement in mathematics learning over time. Child Development, 92 (1).
Palacios-Barrios, E. E., Hanson, J. L., Barry, K. R., Albert, D., White, S. F., Skinner, A. T., & Lansford, J. E. (2021). Lower neural value signaling in the prefrontal cortex is related to childhood family income and depressive symptomatology during adolescence. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 48.
Leyva, D., Weiland, C., Shapiro, A., Yeomans-Maldonado, G., & Febles, A. (2021). A Strengths-Based, Culturally Responsive Family Intervention Improves Latino Kindergarteners’ Vocabulary and Approaches to Learning. (EdWorkingPaper: 21-349). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University.
Morett, L. M., Fraundorf, S. H., & McPartland, J. C. (2021). Eye see what you're saying: Contrastive use of beat gesture and pitch accent affects online interpretation of spoken discourse. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition.
Xiong, Y. & Schunn, C.D. (2021). Reviewer, essay, and review process characteristics that predict errors in web-based peer review. Computers & Education.
Leyva, D., Weiland, C., Shapiro, A., Yeomans-Maldonado, G., & Febles, A. (2021). A strengths-based, culturally responsive family intervention improves latino kindergarteners’ vocabulary and approaches to learning. (EdWorkingPaper: 21-349). Retrieved from Annenberg Institute at Brown University.
Apedoe, X.S., Ellefson, M.R., & Schunn, C.D. (2021). "Chapter 4 Supporting Conceptual Change in Chemistry through Design-Based Learning." In I. Henze & M.J. de Vries (Eds.). Design-Based Concept Learning in Science and Technology Education, (vol. 17, pp. 49-74). Brill | Sense.
Smith, L.V., Wang, M.T., & Hill, D.J. (2020). Black Youths' perceptions of school cultural pluralism, school climate and the mediating role of racial identity. Journal of School Psychology, 83, 50-65.
Zong, Z., Schunn, C.D., & Wang, Y. (2020). Learning to improve the quality peer feedback through experience with peer feedback. Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education.
Zepeda, C.D. & Nokes-Malach, T.J. (2020). Metacognitive study strategies in a college course and their relation to exam performance. Memory & Cognition, 48(7).
Koch, G.E., Akpan, E., & Coutanche, M.N. (2020). Image memorability is predicted by discriminability and similarity in different stages of a convolutional neural network. Learning & Memory, 27(12), 503-509.
Del Toro, J. & Wang, M.T. (2020). School cultural socialization and academic performance: Examining ethnic-racial identity development as a mediator among African American adolescents. Child Development, 1-18.
Del Toro, J. & Wang, M. (2020). Longitudinal inter-relations between school cultural socialization and school engagement among urban early adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1-14.
Hunt, J. & Stein, M.K. (2020). Constructing goals for student learning through conversation. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 113(11), 904 - 909.
Zhang, H. & Litman, D. (2020). Automated topical component extraction using neural network attention scores from source-based essay scoring. Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 8569-8584.
Afrin, T., Wang, E., Litman, D., Matsumura, L.C., & Correnti, R. (2020). Annotation and classification of evidence and reasoning revisions in argumentative writing. Proceedings of the 15th Workshop on Innovative Use of NLP for Building Educational Applications, 75-84.
Wang, M. T., Degol, J. L., & Henry, D. A. (2020). An integrative development-in- sociocultural-context model for children’s engagement in learning. American Psychologist, 74, 1086-1102.
Scanlon, C. L., Del Toro, J., & Wang, M. T. (2020). The roles of peer social support and social engagement in the relation between adolescents’ social anxiety and science achievement. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49, 1005-1016.
Kiuru, N., Wang, M. T., & Salmela-Aro, K. (2020). Transactional associations between adolescents’ interpersonal relationships, student well-being, and academic achievement during school transitions. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49, 1057-1072.
Delale-O’Connor, L., Huguley, J. P., Parr, A. K., & Wang, M. T. (2020). Racialized compensatory cultivation: Centering race in parental educational engagement and enrichment. American Educational Research Journal, 1, 1-42.
Wang, M. T., Henry, D. A., Smith, L. V., Huguley, J. P., & Guo, J. (2020). Parental ethnic- racial socialization practices and children of color’s psychosocial and behavioral adjustment: A systematic review and meta-analysis. American Psychologist, 75, 1-22.
Amemiya, J. L., Mortenson, E. M., & Wang, M. T. (2020). Minor infractions are not minor: School infractions for minor misconduct may increase adolescents’ defiant behavior and contribute to racial disparities in school discipline. American Psychologist, 75, 23-36.