Lab News & Updates

Summer 2024

Dr. Barroso, Lucy, and Anjali all attended and presented research at the Mathematics Cognition Learning Society conference Association conference in June 2024, held in Washington, D.C.! 

Lucy presented a poster on a study she will be conducting examining nonsymbolic ratio processing and symbolic fraction comparisons. Anjali presented findings from a study looking at failure attributions in students over time. Dr. Barroso also presented in a symposium focused on the development of math anxiety in children. Great work everyone! 


Spring 2024

Dr. Barroso attended and presented research on math interpretation biases in college students at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting in April 2024, held in Philadelphia, PA. 

Undergraduate lab members Kathleen Nguyen and Jae Chu presented research findings from a meta-analysis on inteligence mindset measurement at Student Research Week 2024 held at Texas A&M!

Fall 2023

Dr. Barroso and her Ph.D. student, Lucy (Xiaotong) Yi, at the November First Friday in Downtown Bryan!

Our last lab meeting of the fall 2023 semester! What a great group to work with this semester. 

Gig'em!

Summer 2023

Our summer graduate student assistant, Aigul Seralinova, helping to recruit for our study at First Friday in Downtown Bryan!

Spring 2023

Our last spring semester lab meeting, with popsicle treats from the local ice cream shop Three Sweet Pops and an article presentation about the home math environment!

The Learning Sciences group in front of the fountain behind Rudder Tower at the last faculty meeting of the academic year. 

Missing a few faculty, but this is still a rare sight!

Fall 2022

Our last lab meeting of the Fall 2022 semester, complete with Starbucks drinks and Dunkin' donuts, and an appearance of the children's book "Peyton and Charlie Challenge Math" written by Dr. Erin Maloney and Dr. Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk!

Summer 2022

Job Update!

Dr. Barroso will be transitioning from her ACES Fellowship and Visiting Assistant Professor position at Texas A&M into a tenure-track Assistant Professor position, starting September 2022. She will continue her teaching and research in the Department of Educational Psychology. 

Congratulations Dr. Barroso!

Spring 2022

Two of our undergraduate senior lab members, Eugenia Delgado and Heath Kincaid, presented preliminary findings from our math interpretation bias experimental study on a sample of college students at Texas A&M's Student Research Week. 

Great work Eugenia and Heath!