Expertise

Cognitive development (memory, logic, reasoning, information processing); Language development (complex sentence structures, psychological processes underlying language production, effect of language on thinking.

Cognitive develpment--(1) development of metacogntion in problem solving situations(2) cross-cultural differences in children's logical reasoning (3) knowledge transfer in children's scientific learning (4) self-regulated learning in childhood

Psycholinguistics--(1) complex sentence structure and its relation to cognition (2) language structure influences on thinking processes(3)analysis of language use during logical reasoning.

Organizational Affiliations

Professor, Undergraduate Studies in Education, College of Education, Academic Affairs, California State University, Sacramento