Mentee apps are NOW OPEN for the 2025-2026 graduate school application cycle! ⏰ Mentee applications close on August 25th, 2025 ⏰ ✨ APPLY HERE: dashboard.project-short.com ✨ Questions? Email us: [email protected] #gradschool #phd #gradadmissions

Scientists! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, libraries, & more for virtual Q&As! It's easy and fun! We are looking for 750 more volunteers by 8/15 If you're down to chat with 1-5 classrooms this semester, sign up here www.skypeascientist.com/sign-up.html

✨New publication✨ The Role of Math Games for Children’s Early Math Learning: A Systematic Review doi.org/10.5964/jnc.... with @gbramani.bsky.social

✨New publication✨ #MathActivities on #SocialMedia: Examining content, design, and alignment with mathematical cognition research doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... with Juyun Lee and Eric Dearing @ericdearing.bsky.social

It was great to present at #MCLS2025 and #CRECE2025 at #EdUHK last week!

Excited to be at #MCLS2025 at #EdUHK! 🇭🇰 @jenny-yc-chan.bsky.social

Happy Day 1 of #MCLS2025!

Our awesome Cohort 2 participants and faculty for the @dmdsworkshop.bsky.social!

Reminder: TODAY is the last day to vote for the MCLS Trainee Board for the 2025-2027 term!

✨ A reminder that nominations for the 2025-2027 MCLS Trainee Board term are open! Nominate yourself or a colleague to be MCLS Trainee Co-Chair, Policy and Practice Chair, or Communications Chair by May 8th! ✨

Join us next week on April 22 at 8am PT / 11am ET / 4pm BST / 5pm CEST for our April Special, Participatory Design in Math Cognition and Learning Research - A series of short lightning talks by emerging scholars!

Reminder: If you're interested in being a speaker in our MCLS Trainee virtual session on participatory design in math cognition and learning research, please apply by Tuesday (April 1)!

CDS Mentorship Program now accepting mentee applications. The program pairs mentees (e.g., RAs, students, postdocs, early career faculty) with CDS members to provide mentees with insights, guidance & advice on topics of interest to those mentees. Application: March 31 cogdevsoc.org/cds-me...

The MCLS Trainee Board is excited to announce TWO calls to participate in upcoming virtual sessions for our trainees. If you are a trainee (undergraduate, graduate, or postdoctoral scholar) please consider applying to be a panelist or speaker for these events!

Save the date for our February Special, Math Cognition in Context. Join us on February 24 at 11am ET / 8am PT / 4pm GMT / 5pm CET for a research article discussion, facilitated by Nicholas Vest.

More books going out this week! Let's arm students with the resources they need to *thrive* in academia. Subscribe to my newsletter and share your info in the giveaway form: mmarginalia.substack.com (yes, I did a "rebrand" bc as I progress in my career, the scope of the newsletter has broadened).

Currently putting together SRCD SECC Conversation Hour "Building Your Career: Postdoc and Academic Job Market Insights" to take place during the conference. Who has been on the postdoc and/or job market **this** year and can talk about their experiences and will be at the SRCD conference?

Mentor-Mentee and Buddy matches have been sent out! We are excited for you to meet your matches!

Save the date for our December Special: 2 Speed Networking Events to launch this year's MCLS mentoring program. Join us on December 3rd at 11am EST / 8am PST / 4pm GMT / 5pm CET  and/or at 4pm HKT / 7pm AEDT / 8am GMT / 9am CET to chat informally with potential mentors, mentees, and buddy matches!

Save the date for our November Special: Pre- and Postdoctoral Funding Opportunities. Join us on Thursday, November 7 at 12pm PT / 3pm ET / 8pm GMT for this panel discussion with Andy Ribner, Lauren Westerberg, and Nicole Scalise!

Applying to psych PhD programs this fall? Submit a draft of your application statement Oct. 28-31 & we will send you double-blind, constructive feedback from 2 editors on Nov 9. Complete this Applicant Interest Email List & we'll email you when submission portal opens: asfp.io/applicants/e...

Editor registration opens in 5 days on October 14! Help us level the playing field in psych PhD admissions. Complete the Editor Interest Email List and we will send you an email when registration opens: www.asfp.io/editors/emai...

Save the date for our October Special: Creating an online experiment using jsPsych. Join us on Monday, October 7 at 9am PT / 12pm ET / 4pm GMT for this session led by Vijay Marupudi.

Preprint: The Role of Math Games for Children's Early Math Learning: A Systematic Review - doi.org/10.31234/osf... We examined research on the impact of math games on early math development, including the role of game contexts, types, content areas, and features.

🚨MCLS Trainee Board nominations for 2024-2026 are now open!!🚨 Nominate yourself or a colleague for one of the positions (co-chair, secretary, research chair, or DEIJ chair) by May 16, here: forms.gle/rKeNQqu6549T... Get in touch if you have questions! Share with all the MCLS trainees you know!

We are recruiting parents of 5- to 6-year-old children for a study on early learning activities. Participants will complete brief surveys (less than 15 minutes) and receive a $10 gift card. Sign up at: tinyurl.com/SignUpLearningActivities. Please share with anyone who may be interested!

Save the date for our March Special: Opportunities with Ed Tech. Join us for lightning talks on March 27 at 10am PT / 1pm ET / 5pm GMT.

Job ad below. Seeking a full time lab coordinator in psychological science: 1-yr joint collaborative position, basic research in cognition & development (my research group) + reasoning & decision making (Dr. Andrea Patalano's group). Please share! careers.wesleyan.edu/postings/10300

🚨LEAD Lab Job Alert 🚨 Please share widely! Our fearless LEADer @rachelromeo.bsky.social is looking for our next Lab Manager! Please apply by 3/1 for best consideration for this fantastic job with a supportive team in College Park, MD! go.umd.edu/leadlabjob

Spring term starts tomorrow so let's give away some books! If you're a current/prospective PhD student in the US & want to learn more about the hidden curriculum, subscribe to my newsletter & enter to win! letstalkgradschool.substack.com (giveaway link at the bottom of posts). Plz repost!

Skype a Scientist offers free matches with scientists for Q&As about science. We're a small nonprofit and rely on word of mouth for people to learn about us! Since the fracturing of social media, I don't know where the teachers went 🤔 Are YOU a teacher? Help us find you! #SciEd #Teachers

Spread our flyer to make the MCLS Trainee Community larger! Send it to trainees in the field of numerical cognition and math education who might not know us yet :) (Flyer in different languages: drive.google.com/drive/folder...)

No MCLS November Special, but 2 December Specials! On friday we will have our speed networking event. Time to connect with other MCLS members and you might find some potential mentoring matches if you want to join the mentoring scheme. Join us on December 1st, 3pm BST/10am EST. #psychscisky #edusky

🗓️🚨Save the date for the next MCLS Special on October 27 for a two-hour workshop (3-5pm BST/10-12pm ET) by Krzysztof Cipora on data preprocessing in R! Organised by MCLS trainee - More information will soon be available.

MCLS trainee has officially made it to 🟦🌫️. Spread the word and follow us to keep up to date with our MCLS Specials, workshops, mentoring activities, and more news on numerical cognition!