New Pub in Policy Insights from the Brain and Behavioral Sciences
Dr. McCarthy and DisCo Lab doctoral student, Eleanor Yan, recently published in Policy Insights from the Brain and Behavioral Sciences....
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Dr. McCarthy
Dec 1, 20231 min read
Eleanor Yan Receives Nurss Endowed Scholarship
Disciplinary Comprehension Lab PhD student Eleanor Yan was selected as a recipient of the GSU Joanne R. Nurss Endowed Scholarship in...
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Dr. McCarthy
Oct 24, 20231 min read
New Pub in American Journal of Distance Education
Our recent study published in the American Journal of Distance Education, explored the impact of providing scaffolds for virtual...
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Dr. McCarthy
Apr 10, 20231 min read
See you in Chicago!: AERA 2023
DisCo Lab members are presenting their research in a structured poster session at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research...
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Dr. McCarthy
Mar 31, 20231 min read
New Pub!: Different Types of Prior Knowledge Impact Reading Comprehension Performance
Th Check out our new study, published in Learning and Individual Differences. This work is a collaboration between the DisCo Lab, the...
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Dr. McCarthy
Apr 22, 20221 min read
New Pub on Online Education in Technology, Mind, & Behavior
DisCo director, Dr. Kathryn McCarthy was the first author on a publication now available in Technology, Mind, & Behavior. As part of an...
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Dr. McCarthy
Apr 15, 20221 min read
New pub on Spelling and Grammar Checkers, now in Assessing Writing
Most of us are familiar with the lines that appear when we misspell a word, but does that feedback help us become better writers?...
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Dr. McCarthy
Apr 12, 20221 min read
New Pub on Multiple Document Reading and Writing in Learning & Instruction
Students are often asked to engage in source-based multiple-document reading and writing tasks (i.e, integrated writing tasks) in which...
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Dr. McCarthy
Aug 24, 20211 min read
Welcome Back!
The fall semester is here! Welcome back, Panthers! The Disciplinary Comprehension (DisCo) Lab is kicking off the semester with some new...
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Dr. McCarthy
Apr 24, 20211 min read
DisCo Lab Members Honored at Student Awards
Congratulations to DisCo Lab members Mi'Kayla Newell and Lexi Bandemer for their recognition at the Georgia State University Educational...
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Dr. McCarthy
Apr 24, 20211 min read
Dr. McCarthy Presents at "Technology to Improve Learning: A Public Engagement Project"
Dr. McCarthy participated in the International Alliance to Advance Learning in the Digital Era (IAALDE) event "Technology to Improve...
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Dr. McCarthy
Apr 15, 20211 min read
New Pub Alert!: "iSTART StairStepper: Using comprehension strategy training to game the test"
Now available open-access in Computers! This manuscript details the development and testing of StairStepper, a game-based module with...
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Dr. McCarthy
Apr 14, 20211 min read
New Pub Alert!: Materials Matter in LSHSS
Dr. McCarthy is thrilled to have been a part of this work led by GSU Educational Psychology PhD student, Amanda Dahl. In this work,...
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Dr. McCarthy
Apr 13, 20211 min read
Dr. McCarthy on Emerging Research in Educational Psychology Podcast
DisCo Lab's director, Dr. McCarthy and Dr. Danielle McNamara (Arizona State University) recently sat down with Dr. Jeff Greene to talk...
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Dr. McCarthy
Mar 1, 20211 min read
New Pub Alert!: The Multidimensional Knowledge in Text Comprehension framework
The Multidimensional Knowledge in Text Comprehension framework (MDK-C) argues that researchers and educators need to do a deeper dive on...
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Dr. McCarthy
Mar 1, 20211 min read
New Pub Alert!: SMART in ETRD
Dr. McCarthy has been working with Dr. Min Kyu Kim in GSU's Learning Technologies program to develop and refine the Student Mental Model...
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Dr. McCarthy
Nov 20, 20201 min read
Psychonomics 2020
Come chat with us during the live poster sessions at Psychonomics! Members of the DisCo lab will be presenting their work on Friday and...
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Dr. McCarthy
Nov 19, 20201 min read
Catch us at SCiP!
DisCo Lab will be at the Society for Computation in Psychology. We are excited to be a part of two presentations that reflect ongoing...
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Dr. McCarthy
Oct 19, 20201 min read
New Pub Alert!: The Design Implementation Framework
We are happy to be a part of the latest open-access book from edtextbooks.org Our chapter, titled The Design Implementation Framework:...
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Dr. McCarthy
Oct 6, 20201 min read
New Pub Alert! Improving Reading Comprehension in Spanish Using iSTART-E: A Pilot Study
DisCo's director, Dr. Katie McCarthy, worked with a team in Concepción, Chile to examine the effects of a iSTART-Español, an intelligent...
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