People

Ozlem Cankaya


PhD, Cognitive Science, Carleton University (2008-2013)

M.A., Educational Psychology, McGill University (2005-2007)

B.Sc., Early Childhood Education, Middle East Technical University (1999 - 2005)

Exchange Program, University of Alberta (2003-2004)

In 2004, Ozlem was a part of Laboratory for Research on Mathematical and Cognitive Development as an undergraduate research assistant. Her past research focused on the effects of language, culture,

and home experiences on young children’s acquisition of early numeracy and literacy skills. Ozlem is

currently a research scientist at the Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research. She is a

part of a research team working on issues, policies and practices affecting Alberta’s children and youth,

by linking and analyzing cross-government, administrative data.

Anna Matejko

M.Sc., University of Western Ontario(2012)

B.Sc., University of Albera(2010)

Anna worked in Dr. Bisanz's lab throughout her undergraduate degree and completed her honors thesis with Dr. Rasmussen and Dr. Bisanz. She also contributed to a study examining the development of mathematical principle of inversion. Anna is currently a PhD student at the University of Western Ontario in the Numerical Cognition lab.

To find out more about Anna click here.

 

 

Jody Levos

BA Honours, Psychology, 2011, University of Alberta. Supervisor - Elena Nicoladis

Ph.D., Developmental Science, 2007, University of Alberta. Supervisor - Jeff Bisanz

Postdoctoral Fellowship (SSHRC fellowship), Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley (2007-2009) Supervisor - Maryl Gearhard and Geoffrey Saxe

In the math lab, Jody studied young children's use of the inversion principle (3 year-olds), and then focused on children's understanding of the equal sign. Jody developed non-symbolic (manipulatives) and semi-symbolic (dots) conditions that allowed her to determine that even young children can reason flexibly about two sides of an arithmetic equation, but that they fail similar "equivalence" problems when they are presented with symbols including the equal sign. Jody is currently working as a Learning Designer for LeapFrog, designing games, books, DVDs, and toys designed to support children's mathematical development.

Mark Gierl

Canada Research Chair in Educational Measurement
Director of Centre for Research in Applied Measurement and Evaluation (CRAME), University of Alberta

 

U of A Express News:

• Young scholars recognized for early achievement

• Educational psychologist earns Martha Cook Piper prize

• Researchers find translation differences in French and English achievement tests

Jo-Anne LeFevre

Director of the Centre for Applied Cognitive Research
Carleton University

 

Carleton NOW:

• Finding out what counts

 

 

 

 

Julianna Charchun

Graduate Student, Department of Human Ecology, University of Alberta

Julie recently became President of U of A's Graduate Students' Association in a landslide election.

 

 

 

 

 

Julia Moore

Julia will begin graduate studies in the department of Human Development and Family Studies at Pennsylvania State University in the fall of 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

Greg Sadesky

Castle Rock Research Corp.

 

 

 

 

Katy Wyper

Research Assistant, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta

Katy began her PhD in Counselling Psychology in the fall of 2007.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Donald Mabbott

 

Ph.D., Alberta (1998)

M.Sc., Alberta (1993)

B.A., Winnipeg (1988)

Don 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.

Margot English

 

Margot worked in the lab as a third-year B.A. honors student with Leslie Mackey (see below), Alison Kulak (Concordia University College), and Jeff Bisanz to design a study to help to identify some of the cognitive bases of difficulties found in children with autistic characteristics.

Carol Gane

 

Carol 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

 

Joanne 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 children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in an attempt to determine the areas of knowledge and skill these individuals view as important for their work.

Shameen Khaliq

 

Shameen 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

 

Juliette 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

 

Connie 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.

Leslie Mackey

 

Leslie 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.

Lana Walker

 

Lana 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.

Corinne Zimmerman

 

Corinne 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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