Virginia Tech Learning & Development Lab @VTLearnLab
Directed by @cbhornburg | At @Virginia_Tech @VT_HDFS | We study how children think and learn in early and middle childhood | #cognition #development #education VTLearnLab.com Blacksburg, VA Joined October 2021-
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The @VTLearnLab is presenting at #MCLS2026 in Italy! Thanks to the organizers of the symposium, Federica Granello @colleenganley and Maria Chiara Passolunghi, to the grad students and undergrads who supported this work, and the families who participated in VT’s “Math Buddies”!
The @VTLearnLab is excited to present at the Cognitive Development Society conference in Montreal! #CDS2026 See below for info about our posters led by graduate students and collaborators, including Maegan Colbert, @Alvegorova, Isabel Valdivia, and @msamigurdal!
My newest paper is out! Led by @VT_HDFS @VTLearnLab alumna @jisun_Kim57, with @GillianGrose, Tess Levinson, and @lkfazio.
Our paper "Picturing mathematicians: Examining how gender and math anxiety relate to students’ representations of mathematicians in late elementary and middle school" is now available online! Read it for free until July 3 here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1l5K451Y-XW47
I'm excited to announce #SRCD25 conference presentations led by current and former grad students in the @VTLearnLab! Isabel (PhD Candidate) is presenting a poster from a project with another collaborator in @VT_HDFS, Dr. Ben Katz! @SRCDtweets #SRCD2025
Check out the work being presented at #AERA2025 led by @VT_HDFS grad students in the @VTLearnLab! Thanks to @aerdf for funding the Our Math World project (data Maegan is presenting), with co-authors @jisun_Kim57 @TamikaMcElveen @sarahpowellphd @salg274 @davidjpurpura and others!
I’m excited to share that my newest publication is out! It has been a great collaboration working with this team of members from both @VT_HDFS and @VT_CS.
📢 Our paper "Exploring parent involvement in e-book joint reading with voice agents" is now published! - We explore how AI voice agents can enhance parent-child joint reading by designing "TaleMate". - Read it for free until April 23, 2025 here: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kiWY3pfaR-C…
Please spread the word - Applications for our PhD program in HDFS (Child and Adolescent Development Area) are due 12/1!
🔍 Looking for a PhD program in HDFS? Join us at @VT_HDFS! Check out bit.ly/HDFSGradVT for more information and see our Child and Adolescent Development area faculty below. @_KChoi @BrittanyRHowell @DrCindySmith @RoseWesche Applications are due Dec. 1st!
We co-created these books alongside a children's book author and illustrator, many educators, students, and researchers on the OMW team. Net proceeds from purchases on Amazon will go toward the creation of new educational books for children! amazon.com/dp/B0DH7YBJHW
The @VTLearnLab had a great time presenting our work and connecting with colleagues in D.C. at #MCLS2024 recently! Kudos to @VT_HDFS grad students Maegan and Isabel who each led posters!
Come check out the work @VT_HDFS graduate students in the @VTLearnLab and I are presenting at the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society conference this week! #MCLS2024 @MCLStrainee
The @VTLearnLab is headed to D.C. this week to disseminate our research! Come say hello if you follow our account and will be there!
Come check out the work @VT_HDFS graduate students in the @VTLearnLab and I are presenting at the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society conference this week! #MCLS2024 @MCLStrainee
Check out the newest research from the @VTLearnLab @VT_HDFS! Results highlight the important role of math language skills in children's numeracy development. Stay tuned for more related work that grad student Isabel Valdivia will present at #MCLS2024 @mathcogsociety
New publication out in JECP with colleagues Mimah King @laurwesterberg @SaraAnneSchmitt and @davidjpurpura - longitudinal data with preschoolers! This link allows free access until July 13th or see the end of this thread for the public pre-proof link authors.elsevier.com/a/1j8rX51Y-Thxb
Kudos to our @VTLearnLab @VT_HDFS students who led poster presentations at #CDS2024 last week! Great work Isabel, Maegan, and @jisun_Kim57!
Come check out the work @VT_HDFS graduate students in the @VTLearnLab are presenting at the Cognitive Development Society conference this week! #CDS2024 @cogdevsoc @MCLStrainee
Delighted to have a joint lab dinner with @_KChoi at #CDS2024, and with @vdiaz_psy as well! Excited to see how this group grows in the future!
Such a fun joint lab dinner with @VTLearnLab in Pasadena! We had a great time learning, presenting, and connecting at #CDS2024!🎉 @cbhornburg @_KChoi @jisun_Kim57 @ysq_yu @msamigurdal @seyda_zayim @_KChoi @VT_HDFS and others not on X.
The @VTLearnLab is headed to Pasadena to disseminate our research! Posters led by @jisun_Kim57 (with @_KChoi and others), and coauthors from the Our Math World team: @TamikaMcElveen @danacotto @EricDWilkey @andyribner @nprishker @salg274 @sarahpowellphd @davidjpurpura and more!
Come check out the work @VT_HDFS graduate students in the @VTLearnLab are presenting at the Cognitive Development Society conference this week! #CDS2024 @cogdevsoc @MCLStrainee
“Having someone at the center who is able to sign with Bennett has made a huge impact on his life.” - Sheree Andrews, Bennett's mom. 🫶 The @VT_HDFS Child Development Center for Learning and Research offers amazing opportunities for parents and students. news.vt.edu/articles/2024/…
Members of the Learning and Development Lab contributed to the co-design of the Our Math World curriculum materials. We are so excited to see this compilation of our work for the past 3 years alongside other projects also funded by @aerdf's EF+Math program!
Excited to share this video featuring the Our Math World project I lead (funded by @aerdf). We co-designed a curriculum overlay with educators and students that builds math identity, executive function, problem solving, and math vocabulary skills. vimeo.com/856210965?fbcl…
The most recent study @VTLearnLab is collaborating on! Check out the post below- we are recruiting 3-6 year olds and their parents to participate in a zoom study!
📣We are recruiting 3- to 6-year-old children and their parents for a study on storybook reading with conversational AI agents (online). Details are below ⬇️. Please share this with anyone interested!📖 Fill out this form to schedule the first meeting: calendar.app.google/H5yu2Qw864oo2y…
Check it out! Our team co-developed these books alongside educators and students as part of the Our Math World project funded by @aerdf. The materials are being modified after feedback from the last round of piloting, and we will eventually make them all publicly available!
The Our Mathematical World book series! Supporting children to use the PULSE approach —shared by @mayes_mandy at #mcls2023
New @NSF grant funded for the @VTLearnLab! Our team is excited to get this work started over the summer alongside the @ICATatVT Center for Educational Networks and Impacts!
The Our Mathematical World book series! Supporting children to use the PULSE approach —shared by @mayes_mandy at #mcls2023
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