Patterns and Math Publications

  • Conference Presentations

    Msall, C., Klinenberg, J., & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2022, April), Helping children see patterns: Visual support as a tool to understanding repeating patterns. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Madison, WI.

    Kaufman, J., Douglas, A., Msall, C., Özel, S., & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2021, September). Measuring Preschoolers’ and Kindergarteners’ Understanding of Different Types of Patterns. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Virtual Conference (see poster).

    Zippert, E., Douglas, A. A., & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2021, April). Emphasizing the Numbers in Patterns During Training, Effects on Patterning and Math Skills. In E. Zippert (Chair). Examining the Roles of Patterning Knowledge, Spatial Assembly, and Analogic Reasoning in Early Mathematics Development. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, virtual. (see presentation)

    Douglas, A., Kaufman, J., & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2021, April). Kindergarteners’ Understanding of Different Types of Patterns. Poster to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Virtual Conference. (See Virtual Poster)

    Douglas, A.,  Zippert, E., & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2020, April). Measuring Preschoolers’ Geometry Knowledge: An IRT Analysis of a Rescaled Measure. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association, Virtual Conference. (See paper)

    Rittle-Johnson, B., & Zippert, E. (2019, November). It's a Pattern! Best Practices for Promoting Young Children's Patterning Knowledge. Poster presented at the annual conference of the National Association for the Education of Young Children, Nashville, TN. (See Poster)

    Rittle-Johnson, B., Zippert, E., Douglas, A. (2019, October). 16 is One More Than 15: The Role of the Successor Principle in Building Mathematics Knowledge. Poster presented at the Cognitive Development Society, Louiseville, KY. (presentation)

    Douglas, A., Tang, J., Zippert, E., & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2019, October). Preschoolers' opportunities to learn numeracy and patterning at school. Poster presented at the Cognitive Development Society, Louisville, KY. (See Poster)

    Zippert, E., Douglas, A. & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2019, October). Exploring the link between patterning, numeracy, and math knowledge. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Louisville, KY. (See Poster)

    Rittle-Johnson, B., Zippert, E. & Douglas, A. (2019, March). Including Repeating Patterning Skills in Early Mathematics Education.  Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Conference, Baltimore, MD.

    Zippert, E., Clayback, K.*, & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2019, March).  More than numeracy, Patterning predicts early mathematics.  In E. Zippert (Chair). Beyond Numeracy: Varied Predictors of Mathematics Knowledge.  Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child DevelopmentBaltimore, MD. (presentation)

    Zippert, E. & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2019, March). Measuring repeating patterning skill in kindergarten.  In Education in Global Contexts: Evidence on Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Educational Effectiveness, Washington, DC. (abstract) (presentation)

    Zippert, E., Smith, M.* & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2019, March)Parents' broad math support concurrently and longitudinally predicts preschoolers' broad math knowledge and skills. In E. Zippert and N. Scalise (Chairs). A Broader Look at Parents' Early Informal Math Support. Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child DevelopmentBaltimore, MD.

    Zippert, E., Clayback, K., & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2018, June). More Than Just IQ: Exploring the Link Between Patterning and Individual Math Skills. Poster presented at the National Research Conference on Early Childhood, Arlington, VA.

    Zippert, E. & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2018, April). Examining how pattern and spatial skills contribute to preschoolers’ math knowledge.  In E. Zippert (Chair), More Than Just Numbers: Varied Predictors of Mathematics Knowledge.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York City, New York.

    Zippert, E. & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2018, April). Parental support of preschoolers’ number, pattern, and spatial skills predicts concurrent and later math knowledge.  In E. Zippert (Chair), Parental support of math readiness skills: How to promote and optimize it.  Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York City, New York.

    Zippert, E. & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2018, March). Measuring repeating patterning skill in kindergarten.  In Education in Global Contexts: Evidence on Teaching and Learning in Early Childhood Education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Educational Effectiveness, Washington, DC.

    Zippert, E., Loehr, A., & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2018, February). A New Teacher-Based Assessment of Preschoolers’ Patterning Skills.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, Washington, D.C.

    Zippert, E. & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2018, January).  Exploring the Roles of Pattern and Spatial Skills in Mathematics Development.  Poster presented at the Annual Principal Investigators Meeting of the Institute for Education Sciences, Arlington, VA

    Rittle-Johnson, B. (2017, October). Do You Notice a Pattern? Patterning, Relational Reasoning and Mathematics Knowledge. Presented at Cognitive Development Society Symposium: "The Relational Mind", Portland, OR.

    Rittle-Johnson, B., Fyfe, E., & Zippert, E. (2017, August). Patterning knowledge is foundational to mathematics achievement. In B. Simonsmeier (Chair), The relevance of prior knowledge for knowledge acquisition in STEM. Symposium presented at the European Association of Research on Learning and Instruction, Tampere, Finland.

    Hwang, J. (2017, April). Differences by SES and ethnicity on pattern and spatial skills among preschool children. Poster presented at the Harvard Student Research Conference, Boston, MA.

    Rittle-Johnson, B. & Doydum, A. O.* (2017, April). Spatial skills predict mathematics knowledge in preschool. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Conference, San Antonio, Tx.

    Zippert, E., Gross, K., & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2016, September). Measuring Preschoolers' Sound Pattern Knowledge and Relations to Spatial and Numerical Understanding. Poster presented at Music Mind and Society, Nashville, TN.

  • Papers

    Zippert, E., Douglas, A.-A, Tian, F., & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2021). Helping preschoolers learn math: The impact of emphasizing the patterns in objects and numbers. Journal of Educational Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000656

    Zippert, E., Douglas, A.-A., & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2020). Finding patterns in objects and numbers: Repeating patterning in pre-K predicts kindergarten mathematics knowledge. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2020.103965

    Zippert, E., Clayback, K. & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2019). Not Just IQ: Patterning Predicts Preschoolers’ Math Knowledge Beyond Fluid Reasoning. Journal of Cognition & Development. doi: 10.1080/15248372.2019.1658587

    Rittle-Johnson, B, Zippert, E. L., Boice, Katherine L. (2018). The Roles of Patterning and Spatial Skills in Early Mathematics Development. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.03.006.

    Zippert, E. & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2018). The home math environment: More than numeracy. Early Childhood Research Quarterly. doi: 10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.07.009

  • Teacher Workshops

    Rittle-Johnson, Zippert, E. (2018, October). Supporting Early Math Knowledge Through Patterning in Preschool and Kindergarten. Presentation presented at Tennessee Association for Children's Early Early Education Conference, Jackson, Tenneseee.

    Patterning Tips for Teachers