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Martha W. Alibali
@marthaalibali.bsky.social
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I study STEM learning, development, education, instructional communication, gesture, diagrams. Professor and mom. She/her.
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nicolemmcneil.bsky.social
Fantastic opportunity to work w/ some of THE BEST sociologists of education in the world. We have vibrant interdisciplinary educational research community at Notre Dame. Spread the word. 📣
November 14, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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elenamsilla.bsky.social
Education colleagues: I am partnering with middle- and high-school math teachers in DE, PA, and MD to look at how belonging-supportive instruction shapes students' math experiences (see infographic). Teachers can participate in 2025 or early 2026. Please share w/ teachers who may be interested!
A flyer describing the current study. It says: Interested in Belonging-Centered Instruction? We are looking for middle- and high-school math teachers to participate in a study examining the relationship between Belonging-Centered Instruction and mathematical thinking and learning. The study will take place in Spring / Fall 2025. What you will be asked to do: Meet with our research team to discuss our study goals and your interests; record 3 math lessons and share them with our research team; lead students through math survey and assessments (~30 minutes), all data and information will be kept confidential. Benefits of participating: Participating teachers will receive a $100 gift card as a thank you for participating; We will work with you to provide resources, information, and support regarding Belonging-Centered Instruction. It also provides information about the PIs: Elena Silla is a PhD candidate studying Education at the University of Delaware. She is also a former 4th grade teacher. Dr. Christina Areizaga Barbieri is an associate professor of education at the University of Delaware. Please contact Elena Silla (esilla@udel.edu) if interested!
November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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howiehua.bsky.social
Hot take but I always see videos of the butterfly method go viral but I would *never* teach this method and here's why.
November 1, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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tedgrunewald.bsky.social
It's clear from today's AP photos that Trump has entirely demolished the East Colonnade—added to the White House by Thomas Jefferson in 1805—and restored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902.

The East Colonnade didn't occupy the footprint of the Trump "ballroom"—its demolition was completely unnecessary.
Diagrams showing the evolution of Thomas Jefferson's low east and west terrace colonnades from 1803 to 1819. Both the east and west terrace colonnades were set half-underground to be visually subservient to the White House main building, and were inspired by Jefferson's similar design at Monticello. From: McDonald, Travis, "The East and West Wings of the White House: History in Architecture and Building", White House History, White House Historical Association, No. 29, Summer 2011 Source: https://www.poplarforest.org/wp-content/uploads/white-house-wings-article.pdf McKim Mead and White White House, Theodore Roosevelt East Wing expansion and East Terrace Colonnade restoration (1902) Detroit Photographic Co. (1904) collection: Library of Congress View of the now-demolished East Colonnade and Terrace which was first built by Thomas Jefferson in 1805 and restored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902 looking towards the East Garden, designed by First Lady Edith Roosevelt, shortly after its completion. The East Garden is now called the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden. (1904) Collection. Library of Congress Source: https://www.whitehousehistory.org/photos/white-house-east-garden-1904 Views of Franklin D. Roosevelt's enlarged East Wing connected to the main body of the White House by the now-demolished East Colonnade and terrace which was first built by Thomas Jefferson in 1805 and restored by Theodore Roosevelt in 1902. Photo credits: Aerial Views of the White House East Wing and colonnade from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) by Jack Boucher (1992) from the North-East (above) and South-East (below). East Wing from the "East Garden" side in 1952, showing the gallery colonnade glassed in, and FDR's second floor added (Truman Library - Abbie Rowe) East Colonnade from the now-destroyed Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, official White House Photo by Andrea Hanks (2020)
October 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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mathematize4all.bsky.social
I am recruiting for doctoral students at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Particularly those focused on the intersections between math ed and disability studies here, but also either field. Classes for the first three years are in person. My email: rlambert@ucsb.edu #ITeachMath #EduSky
October 23, 2025 at 5:25 AM
marthaalibali.bsky.social
Psychology friends, "the Professor" who Don is referring to here is cognitive psychology professor Art Markman.
donmoyn.bsky.social Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 27d
The silver lining is the Professor still has his faculty job, but this is explicitly viewpoint discrimination, a message that there is no such thing as faculty governance.
All admin must be aligned with a political party. For all the talk of leftist indoctrination, this is no different from China.
October 21, 2025 at 1:44 PM
marthaalibali.bsky.social
Seriously.... Monday Night Football using a little clip from the Dazz Band (from my era)??! Let it Whip!!!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd3g...
Dazz Band ~ Let It Whip 1982
YouTube video by RETROVISOR
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October 14, 2025 at 2:32 AM
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chazfirestone.bsky.social
This is a big one! A 4-year writing project over many timezones, arguing for a reimagining of the influential "core knowledge" thesis.

Led by @daweibai.bsky.social, we argue that much of our innate knowledge of the world is not "conceptual" in nature, but rather wired into perceptual processing. 👇
Screenshot of a paper abstract: “Core knowledge” refers to a set of cognitive systems that underwrite early representations of the physical and social world, appear universally across cultures, and likely result from our genetic endowment. Although this framework is canonically considered as a hypothesis about early emerging conception — how we think and reason about the world — here we present an alternative view: that many such representations are inherently perceptual in nature. This “core perception” view explains an intriguing (and otherwise mysterious) aspect of core-knowledge processes and representations: that they also operate in adults, where they display key empirical signatures of perceptual processing. We first illustrate this overlap using recent work on “core physics”, the domain of core knowledge concerned with physical objects, representing properties such as persistence through time, cohesion, solidity, and causal interactions. We review evidence that adult vision incorporates exactly these representations of core physics, while also displaying empirical signatures of genuinely perceptual mechanisms, such as rapid and automatic operation on the basis of specific sensory inputs, informational encapsulation, and interaction with other perceptual processes. We further argue that the same pattern holds for other areas of core knowledge, including geometrical, numerical, and social domains. In light of this evidence, we conclude that many infant results appealing to precocious reasoning abilities are better explained by sophisticated perceptual mechanisms shared by infants and adults. Our core-perception view elevates the status of perception in accounting for the origins of conceptual knowledge, and generates a range of ready-to-test hypotheses in developmental psychology, vision science, and more.
October 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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tomonag.bsky.social
We've recently concluded a classroom study in Japan on our "Mindful Math" Tutor, an LLM-embedded ITS that uses mindful language and messages to guide students learn algebra while calming down their math anxiety. If interested in testing/using/collaborating let me know! tomonag.org/mindfulmath/
October 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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teruniahamat.bsky.social
Excited to share my first PhD article, published in Scientific Data 👉 rdcu.be/eIRqD

We present the Shared Book Reading Corpus: 44 caregiver-infant dyads, 3 camera views (headcams + overview), speech transcriptions & developmental measures.

Access on Databrary for discovery & reuse! ✨

#OpenScience
October 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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taylorodle.bsky.social
🍎🦡 I'm recruiting a PhD student in Ed Policy (fall '26) at @uwmadison.bsky.social! Come work with me on college access, admissions, & fin aid in our top-ranked, fully-funded program. I’m especially excited for this student to immediately join our direct admissions RCT team.
October 1, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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carltonfong.bsky.social
As co-chair of AERA's @srma-sig.bsky.social, I am pleased to announce our Fall 2025 webinar series focused on meta-analysis and systematic reviews!

On Friday (Oct 3), our first webinar will be given by James Pustejovsky @jepusto.bsky.social! 🎉

Register here: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
marthaalibali.bsky.social
New study on active learning! Elegant design with yoked control!
garvinbrod.bsky.social Garvin Brod @garvinbrod.bsky.social · Oct 1
You can learn better by making your own predictions than by watching someone else's predictions, even if they are the same as yours. New computational approach to show the benefits of active/generative learning developed together with the fabulous @ebonawitz.bsky.social rdcu.be/eILdR
Do it yourself: discerning the effects of self-directed activity on conceptual learning
npj Science of Learning - Do it yourself: discerning the effects of self-directed activity on conceptual learning
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October 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
marthaalibali.bsky.social
What?? It is open to all!
ohdearz.bsky.social Laura Lopez @ohdearz.bsky.social · Sep 29
Ohio State just advised all staff and students not to attend the SACNAS (Society for the advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) annual meeting of 6000+ scientists -- which is in Columbus, OH this year! -- saying it may be exclusionary, even though it is open to all.
September 30, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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robertkelchen.com
After DOGE came through and took a wrecking ball to the Institute of Education Sciences, there are a few green shoots returning. But the future of the agency is very much in limbo.
Education Department takes a preliminary step toward revamping its research and statistics arm
The public has until Oct. 15 to weigh in
hechingerreport.org
September 29, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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djvanness.bsky.social
A lot of people think that every international student admitted means one fewer spot for domestic students, when the opposite is more likely true - the tuition revenue international students bring allows public universities to provide substantial discounts to domestic students, improving access.
September 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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klangin.bsky.social
Today was a hard day for Ph.D. students who found out that they can no longer apply for NSF's prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship Program. "Devastating“ was how one student described it to me. #GradSchool #NSFGRFP

www.science.org/content/arti...
‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
www.science.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:25 PM
marthaalibali.bsky.social
Very disappointed on behalf of all the second-year graduate students (including one from my group) who could have applied last year, but who waited until this fall, based on the rule that you can only apply once!
kostaboskovic.bsky.social Kosta Boskovic @kostaboskovic.bsky.social · Sep 26
Extremely disappointing decision from the NSF today to exclude second-year graduate students from eligibility for the GRFP. I and many other second-year grads purposely held off from applying in our first year to be able to do so now...
September 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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irahyman.bsky.social
Today I started my grad cognition class for our masters program (we’re on a quarter system).

After introductions, I start with a brief historical consideration of cognitive psychology. I note that the Gestalt school was a cognitive approach based in Germany.

We then talked about what happened. 1/
September 26, 2025 at 2:03 AM
marthaalibali.bsky.social
When people give directions, they sometimes reposition themselves -- for example, they may turn to face the direction they would be facing if actually following that path.... Anyone know of any research on this phenomenon? @noranewcombe.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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uwpsych.bsky.social
@uwpsych.bsky.social is proud to be ranked #19 overall and #8 among public universities in the 2025-2026 U.S. News and World Report’s Best Psychology Undergraduate Programs. This Top 20 ranking underscores our reputation as a leader in teaching and research. #OnWisconsin

go.wisc.edu/z344q1
September 23, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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lesleybartlett.bsky.social
The Educational Policy Studies Department at UW-Madison is hiring an Assistant or Associate Professor with a focus on climate, sustainability, and education. Please share with folks you think would be interested! #climatepolicy #edpolicy #EduSky jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Assistant or Associate Professor in Educational Policy Studies - Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Current Employees: If you are currently employed at any of the Universities of Wisconsin, log in to Workday to apply through the internal application process.Job Category:FacultyEmployment Type:Regula...
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September 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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jengolbeck.bsky.social
I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited
September 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
marthaalibali.bsky.social
Ruby-throated hummingbird, Madison, Wisconsin, September 20 🪶
September 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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cogirmak.bsky.social
I was mesmerized by the idea that something static can convey not only motion but also temporality, and I decided to test it empirically. It wasn’t an easy task, as the way our data was organized didn’t make it straightforward. But now, here is our paper!
♥️ www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...
September 19, 2025 at 1:49 PM