Math Anxiety and Homework-Help
Children often struggle with math and reading homework. We aim to create tools to help children better succeed in math and reading. Before we can design effective tools to help, we must first understand what math and reading homework interactions look like in the homes of children in the junior grades.
This project is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Math Anxiety and Financial Literacy
All Canadians need a solid foundation of financial knowledge and skills to live within their means and feel in control of their financial lives. Our research focuses on how negative emotions about math might adversely impact adult’s financial knowledge, attitudes, and behaviours.
This project is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Numerical and Spatial Cognition
Basic numerical, mathematical, and spatial skills are essential in our daily lives and are important predictors of educational and professional success. Our objective is to investigate the fundamental nature of the representation and processing of numbers and simple arithmetic.
This project is funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.
Language Learning and Math Achievement (LLAMA)
The Language Learning and Math Achievement project involves researchers from Ottawa, Montreal, Winnipeg, and Northern Ireland. Children in grades 2 and 3 are completing measures of math performance, math-specific vocabulary knowledge, math symbol understanding, and working memory. The goal of the project is to understand how language influences the ways in which children learn math.
This project is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Cognition & Emotion Lab 