Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk
Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk (born 1969)[1] is a Canadian developmental psychologist specializing in early education, numeracy, and the cognitive science of mathematics. She is a professor of education and Director of Developmental Studies at the University of Winnipeg.[2] She is also the head of ToyBox Manitoba, a project that aims to provide parents with tools to help their children learn about reading, mathematics, and health at home,[3][4] and is the coauthor of a book about how to combat mathematical anxiety.[5][6][7]
Skwarchuk has a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Winnipeg, and a master's degree and Ph.D. from the University of Waterloo.[8] Her 1998 doctoral dissertation, Children's acquisition of the English cardinal number words, a special case of vocabulary development, was supervised by Jerry Anglin.[9] She joined the University of Winnipeg Faculty of Education in 2003.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Birth year from ISNI authority control record, accessed 2023-11-06
- ^ "Dr. Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk: Improving education and learning outcomes for children", Professor profile, University of Winnipeg, retrieved 2023-11-06
- ^ Hildebrandt, Sydney (June 29, 2020), "Students collaborate to build grassroots learning tool", Winnipeg Free Press, retrieved 2023-11-06
- ^ Stones, Simon (January 14, 2021), "Project offers new strategies for parents teaching their children at home", CTV News, retrieved 2023-11-06
- ^ Hambleton, Todd (November 29, 2022), "South Stormont's Dr. Erin Maloney wrote the book on math anxiety", Standard-Freeholder, retrieved 2023-11-06
- ^ Tuba, Annie (February 12, 2023), "Children's book by Canadian professors offers coping methods for math anxiety", The Charlatan, retrieved 2023-11-06
- ^ Macintosh, Maggie (January 26, 2023), "Math! Nobody said there'd be math! City professor collaborates on book to help children ease arithmetic anxiety", Winnipeg Free Press, retrieved 2023-11-06
- ^ a b "Dr. Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk: Improving education for children across Manitoba", The University of Winnipeg 50th Anniversary, University of Winnipeg, retrieved 2023-11-06
- ^ Skwarchuk, Sheri-Lynn (1998), Children's acquisition of the English cardinal number words, a special case of vocabulary development (Doctoral dissertation), University of Waterloo, hdl:10012/279
External links
[edit]- Sheri-Lynn Skwarchuk publications indexed by Google Scholar
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