Faculty Directory
Elida Laski
Program Director, Applied Psychology and Human Development, B.A.
Associate Professor
Elida Laski
Ph.D.
Contact
Campion Hall Room 201C
Telephone: 617-552-1446
Email: elida.laski@bc.edu
ORCID 0000-0001-6009-5396
Education
- Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University
- Ed.M, Boston University
- M.S., Carnegie Mellon University
- B.A., Boston University
Courses
Child Growth and Development
Translating Science of Learning into Practice
Advanced Topics in Cognition and Learning
Research Interests
Learning Sciences; Math Cognition
Expertise
- Cognitive and Social Development
- Design of Learning Experiences and Technologies
- STEM Teaching and Learning
Department
Select Publications
- Vasilyeva, M., Laski, E.V., Casey, B. M., Liu, L. , Wang, M. , Cho, H. (2023). Spatial-numerical magnitude estimation mediates early sex differences in the use of advanced arithmetic strategies. Journal of Intelligence,11(5), 97. doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11050097
- Liu, L. , Vasilyeva, M., Laski, E.V. (2023). Minor changes, big differences? Effects of manipulating materials on parental math talk. Developmental Psychology. doi.org/10.1037/dev0001550
- Laski, E.V. (2023). Bridging cognitive science and teaching practice: A proof of concept study of the Cognitive Instructional Technique (CIT) observation instrument. Journal of Educational and Psychological Research, 5(1), 588-594.
- Vasilyeva, M., Laski, E.V., Veraksa, A., & Bukhalenkova, D. (2022). What children’s number naming errors tell us about early understanding of multidigit numbers. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 224, 105510.
- Dearing, E., Casey, B., Davis-Kean, P.E., Eason, S., Gunderson, E., Levine, S.C., Laski, E.V., Libertus, M., Lu, L., Lombardi, C.M., Nelson, A. (2022). Socioeconomic variations in the frequency of parent number talk: A meta-analysis. Education Sciences, 12(5), 312. doi.org/10.3390/educsci12050312
- Laski, E.V., Ermakova, A. , Vasilyeva, M., & Halloran, K., (2021). Effects of Using One or More Manipulatives on Strategy Mastery and Generalization. Journal of Experimental Education, 91(2), 1-19. doi.org/10.1080/00220973.2021.1973358
- Vasilyeva, M., Laski, E.V., Veraksa, A., & Bukhalenkova, D. (2021). Leveraging measurement instruction to develop kindergartners’ numerical magnitude knowledge. Journal of Educational Psychology, 113(7), 1354-1369. doi.org/10.1037/edu0000653
- Schiffman, J. , & Laski, E.V (2018) Materials count: Linear-spatial materials improve young children’s addition strategies and accuracy, irregular arrays don’t. PlosONE, 13(12), e0208832.
- Vasilyeva, M., Laski, E.V., Veraksa, A., Weber, L. , & Bukhalenkova, D. (2018). Distinct pathways from parental beliefs and practices to children’s numeric skills. Journal of Cognition and Development, 19, 345-366. doi.org/10.1080/15248372.2018.1483371
- Collins, M. & Laski, E.V. (2018). Digger deeper: Shared deep structures of early literacy and mathematics involve symbolic mapping and relational reasoning. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 46, 201-212. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2018.02.008
Select Grants
- National Science Foundation, NSF ECR-Core 24-26 PI: Bethany Rittle-Johnson at Vanderbilt University, Co-PI: Elida Laski Leveraging Numerical Patterns in a Modified Board Game to Improve Numeracy Knowledge in Primary School Students, $857K
- Caplan Education Foundation 24-26 PI: Elida Laski; Co-PI: Marina Vasilyeva Facilitating Parent Math Talk through Games, $58,924
- Ignite, Boston College Provost's Office 24-25 PI: Elida Laski; Co-PI: Marina Vasilyeva Home Math Environment: Perspectives and Practice of Economically Disadvantaged Families, $29,967
- Lynch School of Education and Human Development, Collaborative Fellows Grant PI: Marina Vasilyeva; co-PI: Elida Laski Embedding Math Learning Opportunities in an After-School Program: A Collaboration between the African Community Education Center and Boston College, $120,000.
- Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES) 2020-2025. Recruiting Spatial-Numerical Representation to Enhance the Use of Advanced Math Strategies in Low-Income Students, PI: Marina Vasilyeva; co-PI: Elida Laski, $1.4M