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KiDLAB @kidlab.bsky.social · 23d

😍KiDLAB at #ECDP2025 (eadp.bsky.social)! Hannah presented her work on entitlement. Eddie presented an overview of the lab’s ongoing work on how inequality becomes ingrained in children’s self-views. We met with many friends (on bsky: @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social & @jelliesierksma.bsky.social).

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Jellie Sierksma @jelliesierksma.bsky.social · 29d

New pub! Peer-to-peer helping is a common learning strategy but might not always be beneficial. We studied how children helped peers, finding they often provide "easy" help—like giving answers—when tasks were difficult or recipients belonged to ethnic groups they liked. dx.doi.org/10.1111/desc...

Mastery‐Oriented or Outcome‐Oriented Help? How Recipient Ethnicity and Task Difficulty Shape Children's Helping Behavior

Teachers and parents often scaffold children to help others. Not all help is equally beneficial, however. We know very little about the ways in which children distribute different types of help. Acr...

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Jellie Sierksma @jelliesierksma.bsky.social · 29d

While well-intentioned, this type of help actually undermines long-term learning. Instead of building problem-solving skills, it creates dependency and can inadvertently widen achievement gaps between different groups of students. @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social

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Jellie Sierksma @jelliesierksma.bsky.social · 29d

New pub! Peer-to-peer helping is a common learning strategy but might not always be beneficial. We studied how children helped peers, finding they often provide "easy" help—like giving answers—when tasks were difficult or recipients belonged to ethnic groups they liked. dx.doi.org/10.1111/desc...

Mastery‐Oriented or Outcome‐Oriented Help? How Recipient Ethnicity and Task Difficulty Shape Children's Helping Behavior

Teachers and parents often scaffold children to help others. Not all help is equally beneficial, however. We know very little about the ways in which children distribute different types of help. Acr...

dx.doi.org

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Jellie Sierksma @jelliesierksma.bsky.social · Aug 29

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Laura K Taylor @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social · Aug 28

Eddie Brummelman delivers exciting new research on #inequality in #childhood at #ECDP2025

@eadp.bsky.social @eadperu.bsky.social

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · Aug 27

There's a lawsuit about AI stealing your work. It's the same lawyers taking on Elsevier et al in a separate case.

Academics:
1. Check if your work is in LibGen at www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

2. If so, let the lawyers know at www.lieffcabraser.com/anthropic-au...

Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · Aug 27

There are tons of graphic novels, academic papers, film and TV scripts, & prose novels/nonfiction on the LibGen list Anthropic used.

As settlement approaches, make it easy for the class action lawyers to contact you! Here’s how

Part 1: is your work in Libgen?

www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI

Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.

www.theatlantic.com

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Jessica Sommerville @jessicas.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 Postdoc Opportunity!!!
The Toronto Early Cognition Lab (@UofT) is hiring a postdoc to study early optimism in infants & young children.
Work w/ multi-method approach, amazing undergrads & grads.
Start: Fall 2025 or later.
Details: [email protected]
RTs appreciated 💫

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Jellie Sierksma @jelliesierksma.bsky.social · Jun 17

New publication!

Children get help all the time – but how it affects them is unclear. Eddie Brummelman @kidlab.bsky.social and I show that help can lead to negative self-views and reduced motivation in children (even the type of help that we often assume leads to mastery)
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doi.org/10.1111/cdev...

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Jellie Sierksma @jelliesierksma.bsky.social · Jun 17

New publication!

Children get help all the time – but how it affects them is unclear. Eddie Brummelman @kidlab.bsky.social and I show that help can lead to negative self-views and reduced motivation in children (even the type of help that we often assume leads to mastery)
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doi.org/10.1111/cdev...

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BOLD @boldinsights.bsky.social · Feb 13

“It is crucial to understand when help leads to negative consequences and how we might prevent them.”
Jellie Sierksma tells Annie Brookman-Byrne about her research uncovering the potential negative consequences of children’s prosocial behaviour. #EdChat boldscience.org/helping-chil...

Helping children help each other

Adults can guide children to help others in ways that reduce inequality

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BOLD @boldinsights.bsky.social · May 8

“Classrooms are a microcosm of society, reflecting the rising inequality seen around the world.”
Eddie Brummelman, Nienke van Atteveldt, Sharon Wolf, and Jellie Sierksma share tips for creating school environments that help pupils fulfill their potential. boldscience.org/how-can-educ...

How can educators address inequality in the classroom?

Three tips for creating environments that help pupils from all backgrounds fulfill their potential

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Jellie Sierksma @jelliesierksma.bsky.social · May 16

New pub! Young children generally do not like people who do not share with them or help them. But what about more subtle prosocial behaviors? Are those equally important for children's social relationships? psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

APA PsycNet

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Jellie Sierksma @jelliesierksma.bsky.social · May 16

For young children (4-7) the answer generally seems NO! But older children (9-11) do care: they like peers who leave a choice for them more and want to colloborate with them! @ammodoscience.bsky.social

Jellie Sierksma @jelliesierksma.bsky.social · May 16

New pub! Young children generally do not like people who do not share with them or help them. But what about more subtle prosocial behaviors? Are those equally important for children's social relationships? psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

APA PsycNet

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KiDLAB @kidlab.bsky.social · May 14

🥳Our BOLD interview series is complete! In the final piece, we share tips to address inequality in the classroom: recognize structural barriers, give empowering feedback, and foster a growth mindset. boldscience.org/tag/inequali... (with @jelliesierksma.bsky.social) @jacobsfoundation.bsky.social

Inequality in education

Practical takeaways and personal insights from authors of articles in a collection on understanding and addressing inequality in education in the journal npj Science of Learning.

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Jellie Sierksma @jelliesierksma.bsky.social · May 12

In this article we highlight some of the key insights for teachers from our special issue on educational inequality (special issue = www.nature.com/collections/...)! 👇
boldscience.org/how-can-educ...

How can educators address inequality in the classroom?

Three tips for creating environments that help pupils from all backgrounds fulfill their potential

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Jellie Sierksma @jelliesierksma.bsky.social · May 12

In this article we highlight some of the key insights for teachers from our special issue on educational inequality (special issue = www.nature.com/collections/...)! 👇
boldscience.org/how-can-educ...

How can educators address inequality in the classroom?

Three tips for creating environments that help pupils from all backgrounds fulfill their potential

boldscience.org

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Elizabeth Bonawitz @ebonawitz.bsky.social · May 1

If you're at SRCD please consider checking out these talks and posters featuring members of the CoCoDev lab and our awesome collaborators.
#SRCD2025

a list of various presentations from the Bonawitz lab at SRCD

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Katharine Scott @katharinescott.bsky.social · Apr 30

Excited to see everyone at #SRCD2025! Come check out our symposium on children's books as a tool for parent-child ethnic-racial socialization on Friday at 11:30AM (Room 101E).

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Jamie Amemiya @jamieamemiya.bsky.social · Apr 29

Come check out the EAST & DoT Labs at #SRCD. 🤩 I'm excited to share our work on children's causal reasoning about historical structural barriers, as well as their pragmatic inferences from what others seek--and do not seek--to explain!

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Julia Leonard @julia-a-leonard.bsky.social · Apr 28

Come check out the lab's research at @srcdorg.bsky.social this week! @leonardlearnlab.bsky.social

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Jellie Sierksma @jelliesierksma.bsky.social · Apr 29

New work! Kristin Shutts and I review how help can in some cases backfire and lead to detriments in children’s self-views, views of others, and motivation, especially when help is distributed unequally. Check it out here (open access!):
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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KiDLAB @kidlab.bsky.social · Apr 4

🟣 This is the twelfth interview in the BOLD series on our special collection. Sébastien Goudeau (@sebastiengoudeau.bsky.social) discuss his work on how preschoolers see inequality in the classroom: boldscience.org/how-preschoo...

How preschoolers see inequality in the classroom

Children think those who contribute more in class are more interested and intelligent

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KiDLAB @kidlab.bsky.social · Apr 18

🟣 This is the thirteenth interview in the BOLD series on our special collection. Lisa Bardach (University of Giessen) asks: Might students in lower-ranked tracks hold negative stereotypes about their track, with detrimental long-term effects on their success?

boldscience.org/childrens-aw...

Children’s awareness of stereotypes about school pathways

How do children think others view their path through school, and why does it matter?

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