Publications


Refereed Journal Articles
  1. Barbieri, C.A., & Miller-Cotto, D. (2021). The importance of adolescents' sense of belonging to mathematics for algebra learning. ​Learning and Individual Differences. 
  2. Miller-Cotto, D., & Schunn, C.D. (2020). Mind the gap: How a large scale course re-design in economics reduced performance gaps. Journal of Experimental Education. [here]. 
  3. Wang, M.T., Smith, L.V., Miller-Cotto, D., & Huguley, J.P. (2020). Parent racial-ethnic socialization practices and and children of color's academic outcomes. Child Development. [here]. 
  4. Miller-Cotto, D., & Byrnes, J. P. (2020). What's the best way to characterize the relationship between working memory and achievement?: An initial examination of competing theories. Journal of Educational Psychology​. [here]
  5. Miller-Cotto, D., & Auxter, A. E. (2019). Testing the ecological validity of faded worked examples in algebra. Educational Psychology. [here].
  6. Byrnes, J.P., Wang, A.H., Miller-Cotto, D. (2019). Children as mediators of their own cognitive development in kindergarten. Cognitive
    Development, 50, 80-97. [here]
  7. Barbieri, C.A., Miller-Cotto, D., Booth, J.L. (2019). Lessening the load of misconceptions: Design based principles for algebra learning. 
    Journal of the Learning Sciences. [here]
  8. Byrnes, J.P., Miller-Cotto, D., & Wang, A. (2018). Children as mediators of their own cognitive development: The case of learning science in kindergarten and first grade. Journal of Cognition and Development, 19, 248-277. ​[here]
  9. Miller-Cotto, D., & Byrnes, J. P. (2016). Ethnic/racial identity and academic achievement: A meta-analytic review. Developmental Review, 41, 51-70. [here]
  10. Byrnes, J. P., & Miller-Cotto, D. (2016). The growth of mathematics and reading skills in segregated and diverse schools: An opportunity-propensity analysis of a national database. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 46, 34-51. [here]
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Book Chapters

  1. Booth, J. L., McGinn, K. M., Barbrieri, C., Begolli, K. N., Chang, B., Miller-Cotto, D., Young, L. K., & Davenport, J. L. (2017). Evidence for cognitive science principles that impact learning in mathematics. In D. C. Geary, D. B. Berch, R. J. Ochsendorf & K. M. Koepke (Eds.), Acquisition of complex arithmetic skills and higher-order mathematics concepts Vol 3 (pp. 297–325). London: Academic Press. [here]​​