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GSE Profiles
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Jody Sherman
Post-Doctoral Scholar
Sponsor: Geoff Saxe, Maryl Gearhart
Office: 4612
Phone: 510-643-3331
Email: jodysherman at berkeley.edu
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Jody Sherman is interested in cognitive development in young children, particularly with respect to early algebra, skill acquisition, symbol use, and representation. She is especially interested in the implications that developmental research has for educational changes and instructional techniques. Furthermore, her interests extend to clinical research areas, including academic achievement and behavior in relation to neurodevelopmental disorders such as Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD), particularly among Aboriginal children.Her areas of specialization/interest include:
Children's misunderstanding of mathematical symbols (particularly the equal sign), symbolic representation, relational reasoning, mathematical cognition, and teachers' views about children's mathematical development
PhD, Psychology, Developmental Science University of Alberta (2007)
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(2001 – 2006)
University Teaching Program, Teaching Certificate.
Completed approximately 50 hours of instruction on various teaching-related topics, received professional appraisal and critique on practicum sessions, and created a teaching dossier. This certificate is noted on my official final transcript (2007, University of Alberta). Online Instruction, Graduate Level2008 (May – August)
Course Instructor
Learning Processes: Exploring Human Potential, 6631, University of Lethbridge.
Facilitated online learning by monitoring and guiding online discussion forums, graded written individual and group assignments, and evaluated participation.
Course topics: neurophysiology of learning, classical and operant conditioning, learning through social interaction, constructivist/humanist themes in learning, and cognitive perspectives.2007 (Jan. – April), (Sept. – Dec.)
Course Instructor
Methods of Inquiry, 617, Campus Alberta Applied Psychology Program (CAAP).
Facilitated student discussions, graded assignments, accomplished administrative tasks, and answered course content questions.
Course topics: qualitative versus quantitative approaches (interpreting results, pros and cons, theoretical perspectives); locating, summarizing and reviewing relevant literature; and writing research articles.2006 (May – August)
Course Instructor
Introduction to Data Analysis for Counselors, 639, Campus Alberta Applied Psychology Program (CAAP).
Facilitated student discussions, marked and graded assignments, accomplished administrative tasks, and answered course content questions.
Course topics: entering data (SPSS, Excell), interpreting results, correlations, graphs, One-way ANOVA÷s.Community College Instruction, Undergraduate Level
2007 (Feb. – May)
Adjunct Instructor
General Psychology, Psychology 1, Cabrillo Community College.
Provide lectures, assignments, and exams.
Course topics: research methods and the scientific approach, major theorists or psychology, development of language, cognition, abnormal psychology, and perception.2007 (Jan. – May), (June – July)
Adjunct Instructor
Child and Adult Development (Lifespan Development), Psychology 25, Monterey Peninsula College.Provide lectures, assignments, and exams.
Course topics: physical, cognitive, personality, and social development issues across the lifespan (conception through senior years, death and dying).University Instruction, Undergraduate Level
2005 (Jan. – April)
Instructor
Introductory Psychology (Psyco 105 B3), University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Provided lectures, assignments, and exams on topics related to general psychology, such as research methods and the scientific approach, major theorists, development of language, cognition, abnormal psychology, treatment and perception.
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Articles (Refereed Journals, Proceeding)Bisanz, J., Watchorn, R., Piatt, C., & Sherman, J. (under review) On "understanding" children’s developing use of inversion. Mathematics Teaching and Learning.Sherman, J., & Bisanz, J. (in press). Equivalence in symbolic and non-symbolic contexts: Benefits of solving problems with manipulatives. Journal of Educational Psychology.
Sherman, J., Rasmussen, C., & Baydala, L. (in press). The impact of teacher factors on achievement and behavioral outcomes of children with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): A review of the literature. Educational Research.
Sherman, J., & Bisanz, J. (2007). Evidence of early mathematical inversion by three-year-old children. Journal of Cognition and Development, 8,333-344.
Sherman, J., Rasmussen, C., & Baydala, L. (2006). Thinking positively: How some characteristics of ADHD can be adaptive and accepted in the classroom. Childhood Education, 82, 196-200.
Baydala, L., Sherman, J., Rasmussen, C., Wikman, E., & Janzen, H. (2006). ADHD characteristics in Canadian Aboriginal children. Journal of Attention Disorders, 9, 642-647.
Rasmussen, C., Sherman, J., & Baydala, L. (2004). Learning patterns and education of Aboriginal children: A review of the literature. Canadian Journal of Native Studies, 24, 317-342.
Sherman, J., & Nicoladis, E. (2004). Gestures by advanced Spanish-English second-language learners. Gesture, 4, 143-156.
Book ChaptersMadill, H. M., Campbell, R. G., Cullen, D. M., Armour, M. A., Einsiedel, A. A., Ciccocioppo, A. L., Sherman, J., Stewin, L. L., Varnhagen, S., Montgomerie, T. C., Rothwell, C. J., & Coffin, W. L. (in press). Developing career commitment in SET related fields: Myth versus reality. To appear in R. Burke & M. Mattis (Eds.), Women and minorities in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics: Opening the pipeline. Edward Elgar Publications.Bisanz, J., Sherman, J., Rasmussen, C., & Ho, E. (2005). Development of arithmetic skills and knowledge in preschool children. In J. I. D. Campbell (Ed.), Handbook of mathematical cognition (pp. 143-162). New York: Psychology Press.
Monographs/Technical & Research ReportsSherman, J., & Rasmussen, C. (2004). Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder - family and school development kit: A handbook for parents and caregivers. Developed for First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada.Rasmussen, C., & Sherman, J. (2004). Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder - family and school development kit: A handbook for teachers and educators. Developed for First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada.
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PapersSherman (2007, June). Dissertation presentation: From failure to success on equivalence problems and how teachers perceive the process. Open presentation given at the Psychology department, Edmonton, AB.Sherman (2007, April). From failure to success on equivalence problems and how teachers perceive the process. Talk given at the biennial conference for the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
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Collaborator, Community-based research project evaluating the effects of an Indigenous Charter School (Mother Earth's Children's Charter School) in Alberta, Canada (2003 to present)
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Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship ($38,000/year for 24 months plus $5,000 research stipend); held at the University of California, Berkeley (2007-2009).Sherman et al. (2006) paper (Thinking positively: How some characteristics of ADHD can be adaptive and accepted in the classroom, published in Childhood Education), won the Distinguished Achievement Award held by the Association of Educational Publishers in the Learned Article category (2007).
Walter H Johns Graduate Fellowship ($4,622) (2004, 2005)
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowship ($20,000/year) (2004-2006)
Province of Alberta Graduate Fellowship ($10,000), not accepted, University of Alberta (2004-2005)
Dr. Jane Silvius Graduate Scholarship in Child Development ($14,000), University of Alberta (2001-2002)
Building the Future for Students Scholarship ($500) University of Alberta (1999-2000)
Academic Excellence Scholarship ($2,000), University of Alberta (1997-1998)
Faculty of Arts Academic Excellence Scholarship ($1,000) University of Alberta (1997-1998)
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Professional Service(2005). Summarizing research articles for community dissemination for Alberta Centre for Family and Community Research.
University and GSE Service(2004-2005). Academic Events Coordinator for Graduate Student Organization (Graduate Student Organization).(2004). Graduate Student Association Council Meeting Minute Taker.
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SRCDAERA
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Charter Schools
Child Development
Cognitive Development
Learning
Mathematics Education
Quantitative Methods
Research Methods
Teacher Development
Teachers' Work
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