Office Location
Salisbury Labs 242
email :
jchan2@wpi.edu
Research Lab
Educational Psychology and Mathematics Learning Lab
Personal Website
Personal Website
AWARDS
2020 SMART Scholarship
2020 AERA-NSF Institute on Statistical Analysis
2019 – 2020 Women’s Young Investigator Fellow
2019 – 2021 Graspable Math Activities
2017 Society for Research in Child Development Student and Early Career Council Dissertation Funding Award
2017 – 2018 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
2017 Finalist, Three-Minute Thesis Competition
2016 Herb Pick Applied Developmental Psychology Seed Grant
2016 Hauge Graduate Fellowship
2015 – 2017 Shingledecker Fellowship
2013 Outstanding Research Assistant Award
2012 Trewartha Honors Research Grant
Jenny Chan
Social Science & Policy Studies
Education
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, PhD, 2019
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, MA, 2016
University of Wisconsin - Madison, BS, 2013

I'm a developmental psychologist conducting research on mathematical thinking and learning. My research examines the mechanisms and the cognitive processes involved in mathematical development. The first line of my work focuses on the effects of perceptual and contextual features in the environment on learning mathematics. The second line of my work investigates the influences of language and executive function skills on mathematical thinking and development. Through my research, I aim to contribute to the efforts in delineating the developmental pathways to mathematical thinking, and inform practices to better support learning and development.

Office Location
Salisbury Labs 242
email :
jchan2@wpi.edu
Research Lab
Educational Psychology and Mathematics Learning Lab
Personal Website
Personal Website
AWARDS
2020 SMART Scholarship
2020 AERA-NSF Institute on Statistical Analysis
2019 – 2020 Women’s Young Investigator Fellow
2019 – 2021 Graspable Math Activities
2017 Society for Research in Child Development Student and Early Career Council Dissertation Funding Award
2017 – 2018 Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship
2017 Finalist, Three-Minute Thesis Competition
2016 Herb Pick Applied Developmental Psychology Seed Grant
2016 Hauge Graduate Fellowship
2015 – 2017 Shingledecker Fellowship
2013 Outstanding Research Assistant Award
2012 Trewartha Honors Research Grant

Professional Affiliations

SRCD
CDS
MCLS
AERA

Research Interests

Cognitive Development
Mathematical Cognition and Development
Mathematic Teaching and Learning
Relations and Interactions between Cognitive Skills across Development
Influences of Environment and Context on Learning and Development
Cognitive Developmental Influences on Everyday Tasks
Educational Technology
Learning Sciences
Multiple Levels of Analysis

Scholarly Work

Chan, J. Y. C. & Mazzocco, M. M. (2017). Competing features influence children’s attention to number. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 156, 62-81.
Mazzocco, M. M., Chan, J. Y. C., & Bock, A. M. (2017). Early executive function and mathematics relations: Correlation does not ensure concordance. In C. Day-Hess, J. Sarama, D. Clements, and C. Germeroth (Eds), Advances in Child Development and Behavior: The Development of Early Childhood Mathematics Education (pp. 290 – 307). UK: Elsevier Academic Press
Mazzocco, M. M., Chan, J. Y. C., & Sera, M. D. (2016). Contextual sensitivity and the large number word bias: When is bigger really more? In A. Henik (Ed), Continuous Issues in Numerical Cognition: How Many or How Much (pp. 81 – 103). London, United Kingdom: Elsevier Academic Press.
Chan, J. Y. C (2018, January) Executive Function Skills & Math.