Icy Zhang
@IcyZhang4
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Assistant professor @UWMadison Teaching and Learning Lab @UCLA Data science education, embodied cognition, mental representation
Madison, WI
Joined February 2020
Join us for a 3 day, virtual Summer Institute for professors & grad students teaching intro statistics at the college level. Date: July 22 - 24, 2025 (Tuesday through Thursday) Time: 8:00am - 10:00am PT each day Cost: Free! Learn more and apply today! https://t.co/kc3c6eWilm
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The DOGE is making cuts tat the Department of Education that will be incredibly harmful for students, teachers, schools, and for the US! This article provides a great, brief explanation of what the Institute of Education Sciences does and why it matters!
theconversation.com
The nonpartisan arm of the Education Department supports research and shares data on student progress. It identifies what works and what doesn’t.
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Join tomorrow (1/30) 10 AM PST for a live webinar overviewing new functionality in MEMORE Version 3! Learn all about new models for moderated mediation! https://t.co/2degNBDIU0
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🎊New paper in Journal of Educational Computing Research! We talk about how to redesign programming documentation to support novices 💻. The cognitive analyses, supported by 3 experiments, might be interesting to researchers and practitioners. https://t.co/IpF0kd4rod
#Education
journals.sagepub.com
Although programming is often learned through formal instruction or self-paced tutorials, informal learning, for example, through publicly available online docu...
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🚀 DREAM 2024 brought together researchers & educators using data to improve statistics and data science courses at scale! From equity to AI, mindset to collaboration, discover the key takeaways shaping the future of learning. 🌟 Read more:
blog.coursekata.org
DREAM 2024 brought together CourseKata’s research community to explore innovative strategies in data science and statistics education. Discover how research is shaping the future of education at...
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I will be presenting a longitudinal study on embodied classroom intervention at #PME-NA tomorrow! Also co-hosting a working group on embodied mathematical imagination and cognition. Hope to see many of you there 🫡
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I am accepting PhD applicants for Fall 2025. I am particularly interested in students interested in meta-science (with a focus on registered reports) and quantitative methods. Each person can have a unique blend of each!
akmontoya.com
UCLA Quantitative Psychology Collaboratory by Amanda Kay Montoya
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You can find out more about my research and research done by other colleagues in LS area here:
edpsych.education.wisc.edu
Martina Rau, Professor My research focuses on learning with visual representations. Visual representations can help students learn, but they can also be confusing if students do not know how the...
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If your interest aligns, feel free to drop me an email: icy.zhang@wisc.edu
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🔔I’m reviewing PhD applications in the Learning Science area in Educational Psychology @UWMadison. If you or you have students interested in the intersection of cognitive/developmental psych and education, feel free to reach out! More info below & please share 🫶 #PhD
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We're hiring! Assistant Professor of Developmental Psychology @UCDavisPsych
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I'll be reviewing PhD apps for admission for Fall 2025 (apply through Developmental)! The fun, hardworking and diverse crew in @sandlabucla is doing all kinds of fMRI and behav work on early adversity, inflammation, emotion, adolescence and emerging adulthood. Join us!
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I'm reviewing PhD applications this cycle to join my lab at @UWPsych in Fall 2025. I can take students through the dev, social, and cog+cog neuro areas. Ideal for those interested in decision-making, emotion regulation, fMRI, and quant/comp methods. pls RT! More info below
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Reading it this week!!
Check out my new review article with @RobertGoldston5, where we integrated laboratory-based cognitive research and classroom-based design research. It is now published open-access in Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications (CR:PI): https://t.co/lKeZItgU3R
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To find out more, read our new paper in Journal of Experimental Psychology: General @cogscimom @jimstigler
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New Research Alert! 🚨 Discover how sensorimotor engagement uniquely boosts learning in STEM! We found that watching hands manipulate objects leads to significantly better understanding of complex concepts compared to just dynamic visuals or live coding.
psycnet.apa.org
This article explores the role of sensorimotor engagement in students’ learning of a challenging science, technology, engineering, and math-related concept. Previous research has failed to distingu...
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Join us today! Let’s explore new possibilities of teaching intro stats 🤩 plus a highlight on your CV :)
Are you a grad student or prof who wants to teach #IntroStats in a way that is cognitively coherent and pedagogically powerful? Last day to apply for the CourseKata Summer Institute for Teaching Introductory Statistics! https://t.co/ueklPGnbxX
@IcyZhang4 @cogscimom
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