A5100805068- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
- Neuroscience, Education and Cognitive Function
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Neuroscience and Music Perception
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Behavioral Health and Interventions
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Motivation and Self-Concept in Sports
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
- Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
- Child and Animal Learning Development
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
University of Colorado Boulder
2012-2017
Seattle Children's Hospital
2016
Institute of Behavioral Sciences
2015
Stanford University
2008-2012
Math anxiety is a negative emotional reaction to situations involving mathematical problem solving. has detrimental impact on an individual’s long-term professional success, but its neurodevelopmental origins are unknown. In functional MRI study 7- 9-year-old children, we showed that math was associated with hyperactivity in right amygdala regions important for processing emotions. addition, found reduced activity posterior parietal and dorsolateral prefrontal cortex involved reasoning....
Although the detrimental effects of math anxiety in adults are well understood, few studies have examined how it affects younger children who beginning to learn a formal academic setting. Here, we examine relationship between and achievement second third graders. In response need for grade-appropriate measure assessing this group first describe development Scale Early Mathematics Anxiety (SEMA), new graders that is based on Math Rating Scale. We demonstrate construct validity reliability...
Early numerical proficiency lays the foundation for acquiring quantitative skills essential in today9s technological society. Identification of cognitive and brain markers associated with long-term growth children9s basic computation abilities is therefore utmost importance. Previous attempts to relate structure function competency have focused on behavioral measures from a single time point. Thus, little known about predictors individual differences trajectories abilities. Using...
Although behavioral difficulties are well documented in reading disabilities, little is known about the relationship between math ability and internalizing externalizing behaviors. Here, we use standardized measures to investigate relation among early ability, anxiety, behaviors a group of 366 second third graders. Math achievement was significantly correlated with attentional social problems but not symptoms. The stronger girls than boys. trait anxiety negatively anxiety. Critically,...
Although children's use of a variety strategies to solve arithmetic problems has been well documented, there is no agreed on standardized and validated method for assessing this mix. We examined the convergent validity typically achieving (TA, N = 39) low (LA, 20) second third grade strategy choices in simple addition using three different methods: child self-report, observer-report, response time (RT). The high concordance between observer reports (Kappa .948) both groups suggests that...