Julie Shirah

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  • Psychology
  • Developmental, Social, and Health Psychology
juliefshirah@uky.edu
106B Kastle Hall
Research
I am a third-year graduate student interested in children's and adult's thinking about mathematical concepts and procedures (e.g. fraction division)! Particularly, I am interested in investigating the role cognitive and motivational factors may play in the relationship between feedback and math performance.
Faculty Mentor
Pooja Sidney, PhD
Education

M.S. Experimental Psychology, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, May 2022

B.S. Psychology, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, December 2018

Associate in Arts, Johnston Community College, May 2016
Selected Publications: 

Sidney, P. G., Shirah, J. F., Zahrn, L., & Thompson, C. A. (2022). Diagrams support spontaneous transfer across whole number and fraction concepts. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cedpsych.2022.102066