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Research Interests:
I am interested in
understanding how children generalize
from procedural knowledge to conceptual knowledge and the moments of
insight
surrounding those generalizations. Studies on the development of
mathematical
cognition are suited to this task because we are able to dissociate
procedures
from concepts and can investigate relations between the two in
cognitive
development. I am particularly interested in understanding the
differences in
the developmental trajectories of generalization in typically
developing
children and children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Finally, my
interests extend to applying findings from the laboratory to
educational and
clinical settings, and vice versa, in order to inform both academic
research
agendas, and clinical and educational practices.
Email: piatt@ualberta.ca |
