From liz.gunderson at temple.edu Thu Aug 11 09:24:35 2022 From: liz.gunderson at temple.edu (Elizabeth Gunderson) Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2022 15:24:35 +0000 Subject: [MATHLINK] ManyNumbers has received grant funding from NSF! Message-ID: Dear colleagues, We are excited to announce that the ManyNumbers project has been funded by the National Science Foundation! The project, officially titled ?Collaborative Research: A Multi-Lab Investigation of the Conceptual Foundations of Early Number Development?, is being funded by a 4-year grant from the NSF Division on Research in Learning (DRL). We are thrilled that more than 130 labs, including labs and participants from 28 U.S. states and 27 countries, have already signed on to collect data as part of this project. What is the project all about? Briefly, the project aims to examine the conceptual foundations of number knowledge in early childhood in two Foundational Studies (see below). In addition, we plan to facilitate Exploratory collaborations among participating sites that supplement these questions with additional culturally-relevant tests of language, cognition, and math skills, to expand the diversity and reach of research on early numeracy. For more details, you can read the grant proposal in the ManyNumbers OSF document archive. Foundation 1: Number Word Learning will examine whether children?s early number word meanings are supported by the analog magnitude system (AMS) or object tracking system (OTS), and characterize variability in number word learning and AMS acuity across labs, countries, language groups, and SES (key methods: 2-5-year-olds, Give-N task, Panamath, highest count task). Foundation 2: Small Set Representations will examine capacity limits of infants? non-verbal representations of small sets, characterize individual and developmental differences in these representations, and test relations to number word knowledge (key methods: 20-29-month-olds, manual search task, ordinal choice task). How can I get involved? To continue receiving email updates and to indicate your lab?s interest in participating in data collection in 2024, please fill out this short google form (note that you do not need to fill this out if you already provided a letter of support for the grant proposal). You can also follow @ManyNumbers1 on Twitter and visit the new ManyNumbers website. What happens next? Our first step will be to hire three postdocs and a staff member (hiring details to follow). Then, the first 1-2 years of the grant will be devoted to building infrastructure and creating and piloting scalable training materials for all study protocols. We anticipate that participating labs will begin data collection no earlier than January 2024 (estimated start of data collection is between January-September 2024). Please stay tuned for additional communications and details. Feel free to email me with any questions! Best, Liz Gunderson (on behalf of the ManyNumbers leadership team) Who is eligible to contribute to data collection? Research labs with experience conducting human-subjects research with 1- to 5-year-olds. What are the benefits to participating labs? - Contributions to science! - Authorship on published reports (each lab may add up to two authors - e.g., a PI and a trainee). - Live meet-ups at conferences to discuss best practices. - Opportunities for trainees to participate in conference workshops, and to present their contributions at conferences. - The ability to propose Exploratory projects that use ManyNumbers data supplemented by your own methods and designs, and carried out in collaboration with other participating sites. - Virtual training sessions on study procedures, and a computerized procedure for running tasks. - Funding for participant reimbursement. What are the expectations for participating labs? Participating labs can collect data for Foundation 1, Foundation 2, or both. We expect more labs to be able to participate in Foundation 1 (2- to 5-year-olds) than Foundation 2 (20-29-month-olds). We will ask that each participating lab: - Attend in-person and/or virtual training sessions. - Recruit and test at least 24 child participants. - Provide a videotaped walk-through of their study procedures. - We anticipate that participating labs will begin data collection no earlier than January 2024 (estimated January-September 2024). ManyNumbers document archive: https://osf.io/e4xb7/ ManyNumbers website: https://www.manynumbers.org/home The ManyNumbers leadership team includes: Liz Gunderson (Temple), Melissa Libertus (U of Pittsburgh), Kristy van Marle (U of Missouri), Melissa Kibbe (Boston University), Lisa Feigenson (Hopkins), Dan Hyde (U of Illinois), Jess Sullivan (Skidmore College), Sara Cordes (Boston College), and Dave Barner (UCSD). The ManyNumbers Advisory Panel includes: Pierina Cheung (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore), Veronique Izard (Universit? de Paris), Mike Frank (Stanford); Krista Byers-Heinlein (Concordia); Daniel Berch (UVA), Pamela Davis-Keane (Michigan), Nancy Jordan (U of Delaware), Michele Mazzocco (U of Minnesota), Nicole McNeil (Notre Dame), and Amanda VanDerHeyden (RTI). Elizabeth Gunderson, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Psychology and Neuroscience Temple University 1701 N. 13th St. Philadelphia, PA 19122 Phone: 215-204-1258 Email: liz.gunderson at temple.edu Website: http://sites.temple.edu/cognitionlearning/ Pronouns: she, her, hers From LIBERTUS at pitt.edu Wed Aug 24 21:00:09 2022 From: LIBERTUS at pitt.edu (Libertus, Melissa) Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 03:00:09 +0000 Subject: [MATHLINK] MCLS Governing Board Nominations Message-ID: Dear MCLS Community, The Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society's governing board is now recruiting new members. We wish to thank Drs. Daniel Ansari, Rebecca Bull, Nancy Jordan, Jo-Anne LeFevre, and Marie-Pascale No?l for their contribution and commitment to the society. There are three open positions for board members. The duration of the term is 4 years. What does a board member do: - join the online meetings every other month - possibly attend the in-person meeting at our annual conference - vote on decisions that shape the society - represent researchers (of all levels) from your country or geographical area To keep our society international, we especially encourage nominations from outside the US and Canada. Each MCLS full member is allowed to nominate up to three individuals (n.b. a full member is a regular or associate member who has paid their dues for the current year). Current members who are on the board and wish to apply for a second term are also eligible for nomination. Self-nominations are welcome! To submit your nominations, please complete this form by September 21, 2022 https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfyIAWoIt-s9Cchq_M8YFNzVXXG0y6xdeSXC_-MOh-3DbryTw/viewform ------------ Eligibility for being nominated ------------ Anyone who, by January 1, 2023, is either: - a faculty (or equivalent) position, - a permanent or fixed-term research scientist (or equivalent) position, or - has completed a Ph.D. (or equivalent) at least two years ago and no longer fully identifies as a trainee The nominee should be able to commit to the entire duration of the term (4 years). The person should be conducting research on or be working in a position related to advancing our understanding of mathematical cognition and learning. The nominee shall be interested in promoting the mission of the MCLS. To hold office, the nominee must pay their full membership dues. Positions will be effective January 1, 2023, and terminate on December 31 of the fourth year (2026). ______________________________________________ Current board members, roles, end of term, and work location: 1- David Purpura, Chair, 2023 - USA 2- Shawn (Xiao) Zhang, Chair-elect, 2025 - Hong Kong 3- Martha Alibali, Past Chair, 2023 - USA 4- Colleen Ganley, Treasurer, 2024 - USA 5- Ilaria Berteletti, Secretary, 2025 - USA 6- Melissa Libertus, Communication, 2023 - USA 7- Erin Maloney, Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, 2023 - Canada 8- Andr? Knops, JNC Editor, 2024 - France 9- Mar?a In?s Susperreguy, 2025 - Chile 10- Ilyse Resnick, 2025 - Australia 11- Geetha Ramani, 2023 - USA 12- Bert Reynvoet, 2025 - Belgium 13- Daniel Ansari, 2022 - Canada 14- Rebecca Bull, 2022 - Australia 15- Nancy Jordan, 2022 - USA 16- Julia Bahnmuller, Conference Liaison, 2023, UK Daniel Berch, Founder, Advisor, and Honorary Member, Ongoing, USA