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Margot English worked in the lab
as a third-year B.A. honors student with Leslie Mackey (see below),
Alison Kulak (Concordia University College), and Jeff to design a study
to help to identify some of the cognitive bases of difficulties found
in children with autistic characteristics.
Carol Gagne worked in the lab as
a fourth-year B.Sc. Honors student studying the effects of assigned
homework on the development of knowledge and skill in multiplication.
JoAnne Johnston worked in the
lab as a B.Sc. student in the final year of her undergraduate degree.
She conducted a study of behavioural aides who work with autistic
children in an attempt to determine the areas of knowledge and skill
these individuals view as important for their work.
Shameem Khaliq completed her
undergraduate degree (B.A. Honors, 1997, Alberta) and then worked with
Alison Kulak (Concordia University College) and Jeff on a comparative
study of attitudes toward mathematics and achievement in mathematics on
the part of children from different ethnic backgrounds.
Juliette Klein worked in the lab
as a graduate student (B.A., Carleton University, 1994) conducting
studies on young children's understanding of arithmetic principles, the
validity of adults' self-reports as they solve arithmetic problems, and
the content of articles about science in the news media.
Connie Korpan worked in the lab
as a graduate student (B.Sc., Alberta, 1985; B.A. Honors, Alberta,
1988; M.A., Alberta, 1994) who, under the supervision of Gay Bisanz,
conducted her dissertation research on children's understanding of
causality in biological development. She also collaborated in studies
of how adults evaluate reports of scientific research.
Don Mabbott (B.A., Winnipeg,
1988; M.Sc., Alberta, 1993; Ph.D., Alberta, 1998) completed his
dissertation on the development of mathematical skill and knowledge in
children. He proceeded to hold a postdoctoral position at the Hospital
for Sick Children in Toronto, and then returned to Edmonton in the
summer of 1998 to take a position as a pediatric psychologist at the
Cross Cancer Institute.
Leslie Mackey worked in the lab
as a third-year B.A. honors student with Margot English (see above),
Alison Kulak (Concordia University College), and Jeff to design a study
to help to identify some of the cognitive bases of difficulties found
in children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome.
Katherine Robinson worked in the
lab as a graduate student (B.A.(Honors), Bishop's University, 1991,
M.Sc., Alberta, 1993). She completed her dissertation research on how
children solve subtraction problems and on the validity of self-reports
of children in Grades 1, 3, and 5 as they subtract. She also is
collaborating on a study on the validity of adults' self-reports as
they solve addition problems. Kathy went on to teach at Red Deer
University College in Red Deer, Alberta.
Lana Walker worked in the lab as
a fourth-year B.A. Honors student. For her Honors thesis, she completed
a study of the extent to which children understand the relation between
symbolic arithmetic and arithmetic with money.
Corinne Zimmerman worked in the
lab as a graduate student (B.A. Honors, Regina, 1992) under the
supervision of Gay Bisanz. She collaborated on a study of how adults
evaluate reports of scientific research and also on an investigation of
the content of articles about science in the news media.
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