Melissa DeWolf

University of California, Los Angeles — United States

Mathematics · Physical Sciences

15h-index939citations30works0.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills(25), Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques(23), Statistics Education and Methodologies(8), Education Methods and Practices(8), Child and Animal Learning Development(5)

Publications30 total

Exploring the practicing-connections hypothesis: using gesture to support coordination of ideas in understanding a complex statistical concept
Cognitive Research Principles and Implications·2018· 37 citedOpen Access
Semantic alignment across whole-number arithmetic and rational numbers: evidence from a Russian perspective
Thinking & Reasoning·2017· 12 cited
Dissociation between magnitude comparison and relation identification across different formats for rational numbers
Thinking & Reasoning·2017· 10 cited
The Love of Large Numbers: A Popularity Bias in Consumer Choice
Psychological Science·2017· 52 cited
Reasoning strategies with rational numbers revealed by eye tracking
Attention Perception & Psychophysics·2017· 23 citedOpen Access
Relational Priming Based on a Multiplicative Schema for Whole Numbers and Fractions
Cognitive Science·2017· 6 citedOpen Access
Numbers as Mathematical Models: Modeling Relations and Magnitudes with Fractions and Decimals
Elsevier eBooks·2017· 6 cited
Contributors
Elsevier eBooks·2017
A set for relational reasoning: Facilitation of algebraic modeling by a fraction task
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology·2016· 28 cited
Neural representations of magnitude for natural and rational numbers
NeuroImage·2016· 33 cited
The role of visual representations in college students’ understanding of mathematical notation.
Journal of Experimental Psychology Applied·2016· 7 citedOpen Access
Relational Reasoning with Rational Numbers: Developmental and Neuroimaging Approaches
eScholarship (California Digital Library)·2016Open Access
Conceptual and procedural distinctions between fractions and decimals: A cross-national comparison
Cognition·2015· 22 citedOpen Access
Strategy use and strategy choice in fraction magnitude comparison.
Journal of Experimental Psychology Learning Memory and Cognition·2015· 140 citedOpen Access
Conceptual Integration of Arithmetic Operations With Real‐World Knowledge: Evidence From Event‐Related Potentials
Cognitive Science·2015· 24 citedOpen Access
Relational Reasoning with Fractions Predicts Algebra Understanding
2015
From rational numbers to algebra: Separable contributions of decimal magnitude and relational understanding of fractions
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology·2015· 97 cited
Semantic Alignment of Fractions and Decimals with Discrete Versus Continuous Entities: A Cross-national Comparison.
2015
Implicit Understanding of Arithmetic with Rational Numbers: The Impact of Expertise.
2015· 2 cited
Modeling Relational Priming and Multiplicative Reasoning with Rational Numbers.
2015
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Frequent Co-authors

Keith J. Holyoak(22), Miriam Bassok(20), Ji Y. Son(3), Stella Vosniadou(2), Robert S. Siegler(2), Monica Rapp(2), James W. Stigler(2), Lisa K. Fazio(1), Margaret A. Grounds(1), Derek Powell(1), Jingqi Yu(1), Priscilla Ramos(1), William C. Loftus(1), Jeffrey N. Chiang(1), Martin M. Monti(1), Amy Guthormsen(1), Kristie Fisher(1), Lee Osterhout(1), Patrick Plummer(1), Peter C. Gordon(1)