Publications and Presentations of Our Research

For more information on the lab’s work, feel free to download the publications and academic posters listed here. You will need to have the free Adobe Reader to access these PDF files. Download the free reader here.

Laski, E. V. (under review). How to spot a good rubric: Three principles from cognitive science that can help. Submitted to Kappa Delta Pi Record.

Mitchell, R. & Laski, E.V. (accept with minor revisions). Integration of technology in elementary pre-service teacher education. Submitted to Journal of Technology and Teacher Education.

Laski, E. V. & Siegler, R.S. (revise & resubmit). Learning from number board games: You learn what you encode. Submitted to Developmental Psychology.

Laski, E. V. (under review). A schema for understanding the countless influences on learning. Invited paper, submitted to Harvard Educational Review.

Laski, E. V. (under review). Portfolio picks: An approach for developing children's metacognition. Submitted to Young Children.

Laski, E. V. & Yu, Q. (under review). Number line estimation and mental addition: Examining the potential roles of language and education. Submitted to Journal of Experimental Child Psychology.

Laski, E. V., Reeves, T., Ganley, C., & Mitchell, R. (2013). Mathematics teacher educators' perceptions and use of cognitive psychology research. Mind, Brain, and Education, 7, 63-74.

Laski, E. V., Casey, B. M., Yu, Q., Dulaney, A., Heyman, M., & Dearing, E. (2013). Spatial skills as a predictor of first grade girls' use of higher level arithmetic strategies. Learning and Individual Differences, 23, 123-130.

Dearing, E., Casey, B. M., Ganley, C. M., Tillinger, M., Laski, E., & Montecillo, C. (2012). Young Girls' Arithmetic and Spatial Skills: The Distal and Proximal Roles of Family Socioeconomics and Home Learning Environments. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 27, 458-470.

Reeves, T., Laski, E. V., Ganley, C. M., & Mitchell, R. (2011). Teacher Educators’ Accessing of Psychology Research Relevant to Mathematics Education. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.

Yu, Q., & Laski, E. V. (2011). Chinese Second Grader’s Number Line Estimation and Addition: More Evidence of a Conceptual Advantage Over American Peers. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.

Leistico, K., Laski, E. V., & University of Pittsburgh’s Office of Child Development (2010). Ready Freddy: School Readiness Curriculum. Office of Child Development, Pittsburgh, PA.

Laski, E. V., & Siegler, R. S. (2007). Is 27 a big number? Correlational and causal connections among numerical categorization, number line estimation, and numerical magnitude comparison. Child Development, 78, 1723-1743.