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Dr Flavia H Santos @flavinska.bsky.social · 6d

Delighted to share the first article of Dr Sophie Leonard's doctoral thesis. We thank reviewers & editors of this exciting special issue for their great support! ☘️

#ProudSupervisor

#neuroskyence #devpsych #cogsci #edusky
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article cover including publisher, DOI: 10.1007/s00426-025-02179-0, authors and title

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Mary DePascale @marydepascale.bsky.social · 10d

✨Request for unpublished data✨ Meta-analysis on early (age 3 to 6 years) math interventions. Please reach out to me (Mary DePascale) or Nicole Scalise by November 9 if you are willing to share your data!

Flyer with images of the Washington State University and University at Albany logos, followed by the following text:

Dear Colleagues,

We (Dr. Mary DePascale, University at Albany, SUNY; Dr. Nicole Scalise, Washington State University) are currently conducting a meta-analysis on the effectiveness of early math interventions. We are currently requesting unpublished data on this topic to include in our meta-analysis.

Specifically, we are looking for datasets that include:

1. Child participants (preschool age; ages 3 to 6 years)
2. An early math intervention (not including curricula)
3. A control or comparison group
4. At least one child math outcome collected after the intervention (e.g., posttest data)

If you are willing to share your data or have questions about whether your data fits these criteria, please email us directly (mdepascale@albany.edu, nicole.scalise@wsu.edu) by November 9, 2025.

Thank you!

Dr. Mary DePascale & Dr. Nicole Scalise

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Dr. Adam K. Dubé @edtechprof.bsky.social · 15d

Should you use LLMs to summarize articles or conduct systematic reviews?

No!

1-LLMs can’t evaluate article quality
2-They overstate study results
3-WTH is the point of being an academic if we don’t even read each others work!!!

Academic Publishing News @acadpubnews.bsky.social · 15d

Can LLMs distinguish between robust findings and research that has been retracted due to errors, fraud, or other serious concerns? QTWAIN blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsoci...

ChatGPT is blind to bad science - Impact of Social Sciences

A new study finds ChatGPT fails to take into account retraction notices across a wide range of research.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

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Matthew Inglis @mjinglis.bsky.social · Sep 8

I’m looking for a study where someone has looked at accuracy on Raven’s matrices (or similar) items under extreme time pressure at the item level (not time pressure at the test level). I can’t find anything, but surely this study must exist?

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Declan Devlin @declankdevlin.bsky.social · Jun 10

Well, Francesco deserves credit sometimes I guess… 😉

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MCLS trainee @mclstrainee.bsky.social · Jun 10

Francesco Sella reversing the reverse distance effect. #MCLS2025

Presenter Francesco Sella next to his conclusion slide

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Matthew Inglis @mjinglis.bsky.social · Jun 5

Fully-funded PhD studentship to work on children’s financial literacy. Deadline end of June. https://ufncollaboratory.ac.uk/childrens-financial-literacy/

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Declan Devlin @declankdevlin.bsky.social · May 19

Very cool!!

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Attila Krajcsi @krajcsi.bsky.social · May 5

Reliability paradox. It is not a paradox. osf.io/mu896_v1

OSF

osf.io

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Joanne Eaves @joanneeaves.bsky.social · Apr 9

My first Bluesky post is a plea for participants! Teachers of Year 3 and Year 4 (UK) children's mathematics needed! Please spare 20 minutes to complete our survey (tinyurl.com/2ebyxubw) looking at arithmetic flexibility. You will have a 1 in 4 chance of winning a £20 Amazon voucher as a thank you!

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Beth Woollacott @bethwoollacott.bsky.social · Apr 3

How do early years educators engage with research?

I recently spoke with some early years educators to find out 💡

Read my blogpost for a summary of my findings ⤵️

blog.lboro.ac.uk/cmc/2025/04/...

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Loughborough University Department of Mathematics Education, UK @lborodme.bsky.social · Mar 20

Which of these sequences are in order?
1 2 3 ✅
3 1 2 ❌

What affects how you judge whether a number sequence is in order?

Memory Retrieval? 🧠
Familiarity? 🤝

Want to find out?

Read the newest CMC blogpost by @declankdevlin.bsky.social

Linked here:
blog.lboro.ac.uk/cmc/2025/03/...

Familiarity vs. the Count-list: What Drives Number Order Processing? – Centre for Mathematical Cognition

blog.lboro.ac.uk

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Declan Devlin @declankdevlin.bsky.social · Mar 3

How to opt out of "Would you like to opt out of Mother's Day emails?" emails

Declan Devlin @declankdevlin.bsky.social · Feb 28

New paper with some colleagues.

Open access: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Beth Woollacott @bethwoollacott.bsky.social · Jan 27

"Effective research communication in education: Early years practitioners' views of research summaries"

In my newest paper, I discuss the importance of understanding how early years practitioners engage with research & what I learnt from speaking to them.💡

Free access here: doi.org/10.1002/rev3...

Review of Education | BERA Educational Research Journal | Wiley Online Library

For educational research findings to impact educational practice, effective communication is essential. One communication device is a summary that consolidates research literature and presents it in ...

doi.org

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Ella James-Brabham @ejamesbrabham.bsky.social · Jan 12

Really enjoyed reading this thoughtful and insightful piece on tips for school-based data collection by @natashacguy.bsky.social. It's clear, practical, and packed with great advice. A must-read for anyone planning research projects in schools!

Loughborough University Department of Mathematics Education, UK @lborodme.bsky.social · Jan 9

Have a read of our new blogpost:

5 recommendations for successful school-based data collection by Natasha Guy

tinyurl.com/mu8am3e

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Declan Devlin @declankdevlin.bsky.social · Dec 9

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Beth Woollacott @bethwoollacott.bsky.social · Dec 6

In our new paper, we identify six key phases for success in bridging the gap between research and practice, drawing together findings from a range of disciplines:

Engage 📢
Understand 💡
Value 💛
Commit 🤝
Adapt 🛠️
Sustain ♻️

Linked below ⬇️ 1/2

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Declan Devlin @declankdevlin.bsky.social · Jul 9

My favourite order processing paper from my PhD was just published in Cognitive Science. ENJOY 💙

w/ K. Moeller, I. Xenidou-Dervou, B. Reynvoet, and F. Sella.

Open Access: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Attila Krajcsi @krajcsi.bsky.social · Mar 18

Do you plan to measure Approximate Number System in children? Check recommendations at doi.org/10.1016/j.dr... by @krajcsi.bsky.social D Chesney @krzysztofcipora.bsky.social @coolenilse.bsky.social @camillakgilmore.bsky.social @mjinglis.bsky.social M Libertus @tuebang.bsky.social V Simms, B Reynvoet

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Declan Devlin @declankdevlin.bsky.social · Dec 21

If you like non-significant findings, you will LOVE our latest order processing paper!

We tested whether presenting consecutive & non-consecutive sequences separately improves order verification performance & found ✨no effect whatsoever✨.

doi/10.1177/17470218231220912

#DevPsy #PsychSciSky #CogSci

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Camilla Gilmore @camillakgilmore.bsky.social · Dec 15

See our new resources for educators and policymakers about spatial reasoning and maths ⬇️

Emily Farran @ekfarran.bsky.social · Dec 15

Launching new platform on importance of spatial reasoning. **Spatial reasoning is associated with maths. Spatial training is effective.**
Video & briefings on why spatial reasoning is important, & teacher resources.
www.surrey.ac.uk/spatial-reas...
@camillakgilmore.bsky.social Katie Gilligan-Lee

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Bert De Smedt @bertdesmedt.bsky.social · Dec 8

New from the lab: on the importance of conceptual knowledge for children's (adaptive) strategy use in arithmetic link.springer.com/article/10.1... - resonates with pleas for basic (but adaptive!) knowledge in (math) education in view of latest PISA results.

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Camilla Gilmore @camillakgilmore.bsky.social · Dec 6

Please send me your suggestions of what to read. Self-promotion welcome! Doesn’t have to be math cog related. #PsychSciSky

Camilla Gilmore @camillakgilmore.bsky.social · Dec 1

This term I have been overwhelmed by admin, management and meetings. It has sucked all the joy out of my job. In an attempt to improve things I’m doing a paper reading advent calendar. I’ll read and share one paper a day* from now until Christmas. See ⬇️

(*sometimes a skim read and not weekends!)

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MCLS trainee @mclstrainee.bsky.social · Dec 5

Are you or do you know a person that posts about numerical cognition? Please suggest them to us so we can add them to the numerical cognition list!

Also, pin the numerical cognition list so you don't miss anything: bsky.app/profile/did:...

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