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Michèle M.M. Mazzocco

Michèle M.M. Mazzocco

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Psychology

D-Index
57
Citations
13999
World Ranking
4008
National Ranking
2246

Overview

Michèle M.M. Mazzocco is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Social Sciences, Mathematics, and Psychology, with significant focus on Education, Statistics and Probability, and Developmental and Educational Psychology as subfields.

The core research themes explored in their work include:

  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Mathematics education and teaching techniques
  • Reading and literacy development
  • Early childhood education and development
  • Education methods and practices
  • School choice and performance
  • Parental involvement in education

Their publication record features recent research contributions such as:

  • "Relational language influences young children's number relation skills" (2022) published in Child Development
  • "The Effect of Peer-Assisted Mathematics Learning Opportunities in First Grade Classrooms: What Works for Whom?" (2020) published in Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
  • "Executive function and mathematics in preschool children: Training and transfer effects" (2023) published in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • "Supporting Young Children's Development of Executive Function Through Early Mathematics" (2021) published in Policy Insights from the Behavioral and Brain Sciences
  • "The mediating role of attention in the association between math anxiety and math performance: An eye-tracking study." (2022) published in Journal of Educational Psychology

Frequent coauthors in their research collaborations include:

  • Jenny Yun-Chen Chan
  • Jasmine R. Ernst
  • Emily R. Padrutt
  • Sarah L. Lukowski
  • Rachel Olson

Mazzocco's work often appears in publication venues such as:

  • Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
  • PLoS ONE
  • Child Development
  • Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness
  • Journal of Educational Psychology

Best Publications

  • Individual differences in non-verbal number acuity correlate with maths achievement

    Justin Halberda;Michèle M. M. Mazzocco;Michèle M. M. Mazzocco;Lisa Feigenson

  • Impaired acuity of the approximate number system underlies mathematical learning disability (dyscalculia).

    Michèle M. M. Mazzocco;Lisa Feigenson;Justin Halberda

  • Preschoolers' precision of the approximate number system predicts later school mathematics performance.

    Michèle M. M. Mazzocco;Michèle M. M. Mazzocco;Lisa Feigenson;Justin Halberda

  • Kindergarten Predictors of Math Learning Disability

    Michèle M. M. Mazzocco;Richard E. Thompson

  • Complexities in Identifying and Defining Mathematics Learning Disability in the Primary School-Age Years

    Michèle M. M. Mazzocco;Gwen F. Myers

  • Cognitive Characteristics of Children With Mathematics Learning Disability (MLD) Vary as a Function of the Cutoff Criterion Used to Define MLD

    Melissa M. Murphy;Michèle M. M. Mazzocco;Laurie B. Hanich;Martha C. Early

  • A longitudinal assessment of executive function skills and their association with math performance.

    Michèle M. M. Mazzocco;Sara T. Kover;Sara T. Kover

  • Critical Issues in Response-To-Intervention, Comprehensive Evaluation, and Specific Learning Disabilities Identification and Intervention: An Expert White Paper Consensus

    J. Hale;V. Alfonso;V. Berninger;B. Bracken

  • Why is math so hard for some children? : the nature and origins of mathematical learning difficulties and disabilities

    Daniel B. Berch;Michèle M. M. Mazzocco

  • Is Math Anxiety Always Bad for Math Learning? The Role of Math Motivation

    Zhe Wang;Sarah L. Lukowski;Sara A. Hart;Ian M. Lyons

  • A longitudinal analysis of sex differences in math and spatial skills in primary school age children.

    Jennifer A. Lachance;Michèle M.M. Mazzocco;Michèle M.M. Mazzocco

  • Defining and differentiating mathematical learning disabilities and difficulties.

    Michèle M. M. Mazzocco

  • Parts and 'holes': gaps in rational number sense among children with vs. without mathematical learning disabilities.

    Michèle M.M. Mazzocco;Kathleen T. Devlin

  • Dyscalculia from a developmental and differential perspective

    Liane Kaufmann;Michèle M. Mazzocco;Ann Dowker;Michael von Aster;Michael von Aster;Michael von Aster

  • High functioning fragile X males: Demonstration of an unmethylated fully expanded FMR‐1 mutation associated with protein expression

    Randi J Hagerman;C. E. Hull;J. F. Safanda;I. Carpenter

  • Decreased cerebellar posterior vermis size in fragile X syndrome: Correlation with neurocognitive performance

    S. H. Mostofsky;Michele M Mazzocco;Michele M Mazzocco;G. Aakalu;I. S. Warsofsky

  • Math Learning Disability and Math LD Subtypes Evidence from Studies of Turner Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, and Neurofibromatosis Type 1

    Michèle M. M. Mazzocco;Michèle M. M. Mazzocco

  • Why Mental Arithmetic Counts: Brain Activation during Single Digit Arithmetic Predicts High School Math Scores

    Gavin R. Price;Michèle M.M. Mazzocco;Michèle M.M. Mazzocco;Daniel Ansari

  • The neurocognitive phenotype of female carriers of fragile X: additional evidence for specificity.

    Michele M.M. Mazzocco;Bruce F. Pennington;Randi J. Hagerman

  • Neurodevelopmental effects of X monosomy: A volumetric imaging study

    Allan L. Reiss;Allan L. Reiss;Michèle M.M. Mazzocco;Michèle M.M. Mazzocco;Ronald Greenlaw;Lisa S. Freund

  • Impaired acuity of the approximate number system underlies mathematical learning disability

    Michele M Mazzocco;L Feigenson;J Halberda

Frequent Co-Authors

Randi J Hagerman
Randi J Hagerman University of California, Davis
Yulia Kovas
Yulia Kovas Goldsmiths University of London
Martha B. Denckla
Martha B. Denckla Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Michael McCloskey
Michael McCloskey Johns Hopkins University
Stephen A. Petrill
Stephen A. Petrill The Ohio State University
Justin Halberda
Justin Halberda Johns Hopkins University
Lisa Feigenson
Lisa Feigenson Johns Hopkins University
Richard E. Tremblay
Richard E. Tremblay University of Montreal
Lee A. Thompson
Lee A. Thompson Case Western Reserve University
Carol McDonald Connor
Carol McDonald Connor University of California, Irvine

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