Katherine McEldoon

PreDoctoral Fellow

B.A., University of Rochester, 2006, Brain and Cognitive Sciences

 ExpERT Cohort: 2008

Department: Psychology & Human Development

Advisor: Bethany Rittle-Johnson

AREAS OF INTEREST

• Cognitive Development
• Development of Mathematical Reasoning

 KEYWORDS INTEREST

• Self Explanation
• Procedural and Conceptual Knowledge
• Knowledge Transfer
• Early Algebraic Reasoning
• Mathematical Equivalence
• Functional Thinking
• Cognitively Guided Education Research

CURRENT RESEARCH TOPIC/FIELD-BASED PROJECT(s)

 Is Self-Explanation Worth the Time? A Comparison To Additional-Practice Developing Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge: The Roles of Self- and Instructional Explanations

FORMER EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate Research Intern in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at the University of Massachusetts Shriver Center (2003)

Undergraduate Research Assistant in Infant Cognition and Psycholinguistics at the University of Rochester (2003-2006)

Research Intern at the Pittsburgh Science of Learning Center and Carnegie Mellon University (2006)

Research Assistant in Developmental Psycholinguistics at the University of Pennsylvania (2006-2008)

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