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Dana Miller-Cotto - Professor, Education
Status: Open Weekly Hours: 3-5 hrs Location: On Campus
The Community Practice Partnerships project seeks to build sustained relationships between the research team and organizations serving children and families throughout the Bay Area, including preschools, children’s museums, community organizations, and other informal learning spaces. These partnerships will create opportunities for researchers and community practitioners to learn from one another...
Education, Cognition & PsychologyDana Miller-Cotto - Professor, Education
Status: Open Weekly Hours: 9-11 hrs Location: Off Campus
Executive function, or our ability to hold information in mind, ignore distractions, and shift between goals, predicts many important outcomes in life, including educational outcomes and social development. Research indicates that there are differences in how children display executive function skills across race/ethnicity and socio-economic status. There is...
Education, Cognition & PsychologyDana Miller-Cotto - Professor, Education
Status: Open Weekly Hours: 6-8 hrs Location: Off Campus
This online study examines how children ages 8–10 use external supports to manage the demands of learning and problem solving. “Cognitive offloading” occurs when people reduce demands on memory or attention by using tools or actions outside the mind—for example, writing information down, drawing a representation, using fingers...
Education, Cognition & Psychology