dr. robert siegler edci 6304 jeff blackman. who is he? teresa heinz professor of cognitive...
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Dr. Robert SieglerEDCI 6304Jeff Blackman
Who is he?Teresa Heinz Professor of Cognitive
Psychology at Carnegie Mellon UniversityResearches children’s thinkingOver 200 articlesFive booksNational Academy of Education (2010)Headed the Fractions Practice Guide Panel
for the U.S. Department of Education (2009 – 2010)
American Psychological Association's Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award (2005)
BackgroundBorn in Chicago (1949)Original interests: History and
EconomicsUniversity of IllinoisGrad School and PhD at SUNY
Stonybrook1974 – Carnegie Mellon
University (Assistant Professor)
Why you should careIf you are a parent…If you are a teacher…
Siegler vs. Piaget
Overlapping Waves Model
Board Games!
What other board games?“Monopoly …requires a lot of mental addition.”
“Versions of Dominos in which the attachment requires the displayed number of dots or that plus a multiple of 5 (e.g., if two dots are showing, the dot that attaches could have 2, 7, or 12) seems like another good choice.”
--Bob Siegler
Questions?
Photo CreditsSlide 1: Picture of Robert Siegler. From the Robert Siegler home page at http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/index.html
Slide 4: Picture 1 from Developing effective fractions instruction for kindergarten through 8th grade: A practice guide - Retrieved from whatworks.ed.gov/publications/practiceguides
Slide 4: Picture 2 – Microsoft Office Clipart
Slide 5: Piaget - from http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/jean-piaget
Slide 5: Siegler – from http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/AmPsychBio.pdf
Slide 6: Overlapping Waves Model - from http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/AmerPsy05.pdf
Slide 7: Number game - from http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/sieg-cdper09.pdf
Slide 7: Dominoes – from Microsoft Clipart
Slide 8: Monopoly – from http://www.hasbro.com/monopoly/en_US/shop/details.cfm?R=8EE05CCF-6D40-1014-8BF0-9EFBF894F9D4:en_US
Slide 8: Chutes and Ladders – from http://www.hasbro.com/shop/details.cfm?R=8EC0A8E0-6D40-1014-8BF0-9EFBF894F9D4:en_US
References Carnegie Mellon University (nd). Robert S. Siegler. Retrieved July 16, 2012, from
http://www.psy.cmu.edu/~siegler/
Carnegie Mellon University, & Siegler, R. S. (2012, June 7). Early Knowledge of Fractions and Long Division Predicts Long-Term Math Success [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YSj0mmjwBM&feature=player_embedded
Siegler, R. S. (2005). Autobiographical Sketch. American Psychologist, 60(8), 767-769.
Siegler, R., Carpenter, T., Fennell, F., Geary, D., Lewis, J., Okamoto, Y., Thompson, L., & Wray, J. (2010). Developing effective fractions instruction for kindergarten through 8th grade: A practice guide (NCEE #2010-4039). Washington, DC: National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved from whatworks.ed.gov/ publications/practiceguides.
Siegler, R. S. (2005). Children's Learning. American Psychologist, 60, 769-778.
Watson, Malcolm. "Theories of Human Development." The Great Courses. Chantilly, VA. 2002. MP3
Siegler, R. S.(2009). Improving the numerical understanding of children from low-income families. Child Development Perspectives, 3, 118-124.
Siegler, Robert S. "Modern Learning Theories and Mathematics." STEM Summit. Irvine, CA. Feb. 2010. Web. 19 July 2012. <http://www.slideshare.net/stemsummit/modern-learning-theories-and-mathematics-education-robert-siegler>.