Dr. Dana Miller-Cotto (UC San Francisco) will be visiting Rossier on Tuesday, October 8th as part of the Rossier Scholars of Color Lecture Series. She will present her talk, entitled Examining Sketching as a tool to offload working memory in math and science at 12:00 pm in Dauterive LL-101.
About Dr. Dana Miller-Cotto: My research applies a psychological, ecological systems theory perspective to math and science achievement. I aim to understand the associations among antecedent factors (e.g. SES, race) and opportunities (e.g., classroom instruction, home and child care experiences,) factors that shape children’s readiness in math and science. As a result, my research focuses on two strands. The first strand focuses on determining early predictors of student readiness in math and science. The second strand focuses on evaluating classroom instructional practices based on learning principles in cognitive psychology and how they can promote or inhibit math and science learning. I use experimental, longitudinal, and meta-analytic approaches to examine these two strands.
If you would like to meet with Dr. Miller-Cotto during her visit, please contact Susan McKibben at smckibbe@rossier.usc.edu.