Representative Publications

McEldoon, K.L., Durkin, K. L., Rittle-Johnson, B. (2012). Is Self-Explanation Worth the Time? A Comparison To Additional-Practice. British Journal of Educational Psychology.

McEldoon, K. L., Cho, S. J-., Rittle-Johnson, B. (2012, September). Measuring Intervention Effectiveness: The Benefits of an Item Response Theory Approach. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Educational Effectiveness. The Fairmont, Washington, DC.

McEldoon, K. L., Liu, R., Rittle-Johnson, B. (2013, April). Verbal Imprecision in Mathematical Explanations as an Indicator of Learning. Poster presented at The Society for Research in Child Development Conference. Seattle, WA.

Rittle-Johnson, B., Matthews, P.G., Taylor, R.S., & McEldoon, K. L. (2011). Assessing Knowledge of Mathematical Equivalence: A Construct Modeling Approach. Journal of Educational Psychology, 103, 85-104.

Matthews, P., Rittle-Johnson, B., McEldoon, K.L., & Taylor, R. (2012). Measure for Measure : What Combining Diverse Measures Reveals About Children’s Understanding of the Equal Sign as an Indicator of Mathematical Equality. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 43(3).

McEldoon, K. L., Rittle-Johnson, B., DeCaro, M. & Cho, S.J. (2010, June). Measuring Multidimensional Mathematical Equivalence: A Construct Modeling Approach. Poster presented at Institute of Education Sciences Conference, Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center. National Harbor, MD.

Rittle-Johnson, B., Fyfe, E. R., McLean, L. E., McEldoon, K. L., (2012) Algebra in Preschool: Emerging Understanding of Patterns in Four-Year-Olds. Journal of Cognition and Development.

McEldoon, K. L. & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2010, October). Assessing Elementary Students’ Functional Thinking Skills: The Case of Function Tables. In P. Brosnan, D. B. Erchick, & L. Flevares (Eds.) Proceedings of the Thirty Second Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education: Optimizing Student Understanding in Mathematics (p. 202). Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education.

McEldoon, K. L., Cochrane-Braswell C., & Rittle-Johnson, B. (2010, August). Effects of Problem Context on Strategy Use within Functional Thinking. In S. Ohlsson & R. Catrambone (Eds.) Effects of Problem Context on Strategy Use within Functional Thinking. Cognition in Flux: Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 145-149). Portland, OR: Cognitive Science Society.