Pooja Sidney

2024

Developing Effective Interventions for Math Anxiety

Sidney, P. G., Scheibe, D. A., Zahrn, L., Brown, K. G. I. & Thompson, C. A., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Current Directions in Psychological Science.

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Do teacher instructional practices shape children's academic self-concept and interest in mathematics and science? Evidence from TIMSS 2015

Kim, M. H. & Sidney, P. G., Mar 1 2024, In: Infant and Child Development. 33, 2, e2429.

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2 Scopus citations

Fostering diversity in mathematics cognition

Sidney, P. G. & Matthews, P. G., Aug 2024, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 244, 105955.

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Open Access

From integers to fractions: The role of analogy in transfer and long-term learning

Yu, S., Sidney, P., Kim, D., Thompson, C. A. & Opfer, J. E., Jul 2024, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 243, 105918.

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Open Access

2 Scopus citations

How Are You Feeling Today? Dynamic and Static Indices of Daily Affect Predict Psychological Adjustment One Year Later in a Multi-cohort, Longitudinal Investigation

Mitchell, B. J., Baugher, B., Gawlik, E., Richmond, J., Sidney, P. G., Taber, J. M., Thompson, C. A. & Coifman, K. G., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Cognitive Therapy and Research.

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Open Access

The College Mathematics Beliefs and Belonging Survey: Instrument Development and Validation

Sidney, P., Braun, B., Jong, C., Hanely, D., Kim, M., Brown, K., Vega, J., Schmidt, J., Shirah, J., Wawrzyniak, C. U. & Parker, J., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education.

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What drives preventative health behaviors one year into a pandemic? A replication and extension

Disabato, D. J., Foust, J. L., Taber, J. M., Thompson, C. A., Sidney, P. G. & Coifman, K. G., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Psychology and Health.

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2023

Adaptive variability in children's conceptual models of division

Sidney, P. G., Shirah, J. F., Blake, J. & Kruczkowski, A. L., Dec 2023, In: Journal of Experimental Child Psychology. 236, 105743.

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Computer-based feedback matters when relevant prior knowledge is not activated

Shirah, J. F. & Sidney, P. G., Oct 2023, In: Learning and Instruction. 87, 101796.

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8 Scopus citations

Leveraging Math Cognition to Combat Health Innumeracy

Thompson, C. A., Mielicki, M. K., Rivera, F., Fitzsimmons, C. J., Scheibe, D. A., Sidney, P. G., Schiller, L. K., Taber, J. M. & Waters, E. A., Jan 2023, In: Perspectives on Psychological Science. 18, 1, p. 152-177 26 p.

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Open Access

14 Scopus citations

Surface-to-structure shifts in rational number categories

Sidney, P. G. & Shirah, J. F., Oct 1 2023, In: Cognitive Development. 68, 101386.

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1 Scopus citations

Task Features Change the Relation Between Math Anxiety and Number Line Estimation Performance With Rational Numbers: Two Large-Scale Online Studies

Mielicki, M. K., Wilkey, E. D., Scheibe, D. A., Fitzsimmons, C. J., Sidney, P. G., Bellon, E., Ribner, A. D., Soltanlou, M., Starling-Alves, I., Coolen, I., Ansari, D. & Thompson, C. A., Apr 20 2023, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: General. 152, 7, p. 2094-2117 24 p.

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Open Access

5 Scopus citations

The associations of cultural worldviews, political orientation, and trust with COVID-19 risk beliefs in the U.S.

Cheng, I., Taber, J. M., Simonovic, N., Coifman, K. G., Sidney, P. G., Was, C. A. & Thompson, C. A., Nov 2023, In: Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 17, 11, e12867.

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Open Access

1 Scopus citations

Visual display size and shape impact the accuracy of US adults' health-risk estimates

Fitzsimmons, C. J., Woodbury, L., Taber, J. M., Schiller, L. K., Mielicki, M. K., Sidney, P. G., Coifman, K. G. & Thompson, C. A., Dec 2023, In: Journal of Behavioral Decision Making. 36, 5, e2341.

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Open Access

2 Scopus citations

What Activates the Behavioral Immune System During a Global Pandemic? Testing the Disgust Calibration Hypothesis

Mitchell, B. J., Taber, J. M., Thompson, C. A., Sidney, P. G., Consedine, N. S. & Coifman, K. G., Sep 2023, In: Evolutionary Psychological Science. 9, 3, p. 356-371 16 p.

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1 Scopus citations

Worked Examples and Number Lines Improve U.S. Adults’ Understanding of Health Risks as Ratios

Fitzsimmons, C. J., Sidney, P. G., Mielicki, M. K., Schiller, L. K., Scheibe, D. A., Taber, J. M., Matthews, P. G., Waters, E. A., Coifman, K. G. & Thompson, C. A., Jun 15 2023, In: Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 13, 2, p. 228-248 21 p.

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Open Access

5 Scopus citations

2022

Confidence in COVID problem solving: What factors predict adults’ item-level metacognitive judgments on health-related math problems before and after an educational intervention?

Scheibe, D. A., Fitzsimmons, C. J., Mielicki, M. K., Taber, J. M., Sidney, P. G., Coifman, K. & Thompson, C. A., Dec 2022, In: Metacognition and Learning. 17, 3, p. 989-1023 35 p.

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Open Access

9 Scopus citations

Diagrams support spontaneous transfer across whole number and fraction concepts

Sidney, P. G., Shirah, J. F., Zahrn, L. & Thompson, C. A., Apr 2022, In: Contemporary Educational Psychology. 69, 102066.

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9 Scopus citations

Emotional Complexity Under High Stress: Do Protective Associations for Risk Behaviors Persist Even During a Pandemic?

Seah, T. H. S., Sidney, P. G., Taber, J. M., Thompson, C. A. & Coifman, K. G., Aug 8 2022, In: Emotion. 23, 3, p. 879-885 7 p.

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Open Access

6 Scopus citations

Experimental Tests of Hypothetical Lottery Incentives on Unvaccinated Adults’ COVID-19 Vaccination Intentions

Taber, J. M., Updegraff, J. A., Sidney, P. G., O’Brien, A. G. & Thompson, C. A., Nov 21 2022, In: Health Psychology. 42, 1, p. 33-45 13 p.

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Open Access

4 Scopus citations

Number Lines Can Be More Effective at Facilitating Adults’ Performance on Health-Related Ratio Problems Than Risk Ladders and Icon Arrays

Mielicki, M. K., Fitzsimmons, C. J., Schiller, L. K., Scheibe, D., Taber, J. M., Sidney, P. G., Matthews, P. G., Waters, E. A., Coifman, K. G. & Thompson, C. A., Nov 3 2022, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 29, 3, p. 529-543 15 p.

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Open Access

5 Scopus citations

Self-Care Behaviors and Affect During the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Disabato, D. J., Aurora, P., Sidney, P. G., Taber, J. M., Thompson, C. A. & Coifman, K. G., Sep 15 2022, In: Health Psychology. 41, 11, p. 833-842 10 p.

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Open Access

13 Scopus citations

2021

Children’s and Adults’ Math Attitudes Are Differentiated by Number Type

Sidney, P. G., Thompson, C. A., Fitzsimmons, C. & Taber, J. M., 2021, In: Journal of Experimental Education. 89, 1, p. 1-32 32 p.

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41 Scopus citations

Math Matters: A Novel, Brief Educational Intervention Decreases Whole Number Bias When Reasoning About COVID-19

Thompson, C. A., Taber, J. M., Sidney, P. G., Fitzsimmons, C. J., Mielicki, M. K., Matthews, P. G., Schemmel, E. A., Simonovic, N., Foust, J. L., Aurora, P., Disabato, D. J., Seah, T. H. S., Schiller, L. K. & Coifman, K. G., 2021, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 27, 4, p. 632-656 25 p.

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22 Scopus citations

Math predictors of numeric health and non-health decision-making problems

Thompson, C. A., Taber, J. M., Fitzsimmons, C. J. & Sidney, P. G., 2021, In: Journal of Numerical Cognition. 7, 2, p. 221-239 19 p.

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Open Access

5 Scopus citations

What Drives Preventive Health Behavior during a Global Pandemic? Emotion and Worry

Coifman, K. G., Disabato, D. J., Aurora, P., Seah, T. H. S., Mitchell, B., Simonovic, N., Foust, J. L., Sidney, P. G., Thompson, C. A. & Taber, J. M., Jul 1 2021, In: Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 55, 8, p. 791-804 14 p.

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Open Access

28 Scopus citations

2020

Children's learning from implicit analogies during instruction: Evidence from fraction division

Sidney, P. G., Oct 1 2020, In: Cognitive Development. 56, 100956.

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13 Scopus citations

Confident or familiar? The role of familiarity ratings in adults’ confidence judgments when estimating fraction magnitudes

Fitzsimmons, C. J., Thompson, C. A. & Sidney, P. G., Aug 1 2020, In: Metacognition and Learning. 15, 2, p. 215-231 17 p.

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27 Scopus citations

Do adults treat equivalent fractions equally? Adults’ strategies and errors during fraction reasoning.

Fitzsimmons, C. J., Thompson, C. A. & Sidney, P. G., 2020, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition. 46, 11, p. 2049-2074 26 p.

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Open Access

33 Scopus citations

Math anxiety, but not induced stress, is associated with objective numeracy.

Choi, S. S., Taber, J. M., Thompson, C. A. & Sidney, P. G., 2020, In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied. 26, 4, p. 604-619 16 p.

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10 Scopus citations

2019

Implicit Analogies in Learning: Supporting Transfer by Warming Up

Sidney, P. G. & Thompson, C. A., Dec 1 2019, In: Current Directions in Psychological Science. 28, 6, p. 619-625 7 p.

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23 Scopus citations

Number lines, but not area models, support children's accuracy and conceptual models of fraction division

Sidney, P. G., Thompson, C. A. & Rivera, F. D., Jul 2019, In: Contemporary Educational Psychology. 58, p. 288-298 11 p.

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43 Scopus citations

Who uses more strategies? Linking mathematics anxiety to adults’ strategy variability and performance on fraction magnitude tasks

Sidney, P. G., Thalluri, R., Buerke, M. L. & Thompson, C. A., Jan 2 2019, In: Thinking and Reasoning. 25, 1, p. 94-131 38 p.

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38 Scopus citations

2018

Who Benefits from Diagrams and Illustrations in Math Problems? Ability and Attitudes Matter

Cooper, J. L., Sidney, P. G. & Alibali, M. W., Jan 1 2018, In: Applied Cognitive Psychology. 32, 1, p. 24-38 15 p.

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35 Scopus citations

2017

Are books like number lines? Children spontaneously encode spatial-numeric relationships in a novel spatial estimation task

Thompson, C. A., Morris, B. J. & Sidney, P. G., Dec 21 2017, In: Frontiers in Psychology. 8, DEC, 2242.

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Open Access

5 Scopus citations

2016

Does comparing informal and formal procedures promote mathematics learning? The benefits of bridging depend on attitudes toward mathematics

Hattikudur, S., Sidney, P. G. & Alibali, M. W., 2016, In: Journal of Problem Solving. 9, 1, p. 13-27 15 p.

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Open Access

12 Scopus citations

Linking Teacher Instruction and Student Achievement in Mathematics: The Role of Teacher Language

Grammer, J. K., Coffman, J. L., Sidney, P. & Ornstein, P. A., May 26 2016, In: Journal of Cognition and Development. 17, 3, p. 468-485 18 p.

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14 Scopus citations

2015

How do contrasting cases and self-explanation promote learning? Evidence from fraction division

Sidney, P. G., Hattikudur, S. & Alibali, M. W., Dec 1 2015, In: Learning and Instruction. 40, p. 29-38 10 p.

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Open Access

47 Scopus citations

Making Connections in Math: Activating a Prior Knowledge Analogue Matters for Learning

Sidney, P. G. & Alibali, M. W., Jan 1 2015, In: Journal of Cognition and Development. 16, 1, p. 160-185 26 p.

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44 Scopus citations

Variability in the natural number bias: Who, when, how, and why

Alibali, M. W. & Sidney, P. G., Jun 1 2015, In: Learning and Instruction. 37, p. 56-61 6 p.

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80 Scopus citations

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