Events

In this talk, Akhila Reddy presents findings from a study on whether prenatal use of paracetamol and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) affects children’s language and communication development.

In this seminar, Eric Dearing will examine the "opportunity gap" as an explanation for social disparities in academic achievement. Drawing on a series of collaborative studies, he will present empirical findings and theoretical insights that address important gaps in research on children's educational opportunities across settings, domains, and stages of development.

In this seminar, Maria Psyridou will present findings from a longitudinal study of ADHD symptoms and learning difficulties in Finnish children. The study explores how ADHD and academic skills are interconnected across childhood and adolescence.

In this talk, Jan Killisch will provide an accessible introduction to MFC measurement, covering common variations of the MFC response format and modeling approaches for comparative data. He will conclude the introduction with a list of advantages and disadvantages of the response format to help researchers decide when to consider MFC as an alternative to rating scales.

In this seminar Tyler Watts, Associate Professor of Psychology and Education at Columbia University, will present new evidence on whether public investment in pre-kindergarten improves student achievement, drawing on the large-scale expansion of pre-k across the United States.

In this seminar, Sigrid Blömeke Scholarship Award recipient Emma Hart will join CREATE researchers Nicolai Borgen and Henrik Daae Zachrisson to present new research on how early childhood education and care (ECEC) and later school experiences interact to shape children’s development.

This seminar will be held by Alexandra Starr. The seminar explores whether grit and self-control play a causal role in children’s literacy and numeracy development. Using large-scale longitudinal twin data, the study offers new insights into the links between non-cognitive skills and educational achievement.

This seminar will be held by Professor Martijn Meeter. He will discuss how educational research has increasingly moved away from theory building and compare developments in reading research and motivation research.

This seminar will be held by Caitlin Lombardi. In this talk, she will present an overview of family supports for families with young children in the U.S., examining new data on an innovative program that is embedding family support in child care programs.

This seminar will be held by Emma Hart. In this talk, she will present new meta-analytic data on the long-run effects of RCT-evaluated educational interventions, examining how common fadeout is and whether it generally precludes long-run impacts on adult outcomes.

This seminar will be held by Oliver Lüdtke. In this talk, he will present research comparing different approaches to estimating cross-lagged effects in longitudinal panel data. The seminar explores how widely used models rely on different assumptions, what they actually estimate, and what this means for interpreting relationships between variables over time in educational research.

This seminar will be held by Sondre Aasen Nilsen. In this talk, he will present research on whether income inequality influences adolescent depressive symptoms. Using large-scale Norwegian data, the seminar explores how changes in inequality relate to mental health over time, and what the findings suggest about the role of socioeconomic factors in shaping adolescents’ wellbeing.

This seminar will be held by Professor Silke M. Göbel. In this talk, she will present research on number transcoding, the ability to switch between spoken and written numerical formats, and its role in children’s mathematical development. The seminar explores how these skills are linked to performance, how language may shape their development, and presents results from a randomized controlled trial examining whether targeted transcoding training can improve young children’s numerical abilities.

This seminar will be held by Victoria Adedeji. In this talk, she will present research on how eye–voice span can provide new insights into oral reading processes. The seminar explores how features such as line boundaries may influence reading fluency, and how eye–voice span may offer a more informative real-time measure of reading than eye movement data alone, with implications for understanding the role of working memory in reading.

This seminar will be held by Ranveig Falch. In this talk, she will present findings from a large-scale global study on how people respond to men and women falling behind in education and the labor market. Using data from over 60 countries, the seminar explores how beliefs about effort and responsibility shape support for policies, and how these patterns vary across gender and national contexts.

This seminar will be held by Siri Hausland Folstad. In this talk, she will present research from her PhD on how a nationwide Norwegian school reform is associated with adolescents’ mental health and wellbeing. Using linked registry and survey data, the seminar explores how changes in school curricula and subject guidelines may relate to depression, life satisfaction, and use of mental health services among students.

This seminar will be held by Lu Zhang. In this talk, she will explore how different statistical modeling choices can affect whether test scores are truly comparable across groups. Using examples from large-scale reading assessments and simulation studies, the seminar highlights why commonly used models may sometimes lead to misleading conclusions, and how alternative approaches can improve measurement practice.

This seminar will be held by Anne Marie Andersen Dreyer. In this talk, she will present research on how parental discretion over school starting age, often referred to as academic redshirting, affects gaps in ADHD referral, diagnosis, and treatment between younger- and older-for-grade children. 

This seminar will be held by Dr. James Soland. In this talk, he will examine how decisions about survey scoring and calibration can affect results from growth mixture models used to study development over time. Through illustrative examples, the seminar will highlight why producing unbiased survey scores is challenging and discuss the implications for interpreting patterns of growth in education and psychology.

This seminar will be held by Akhila Srinivas Reddy. In this talk, she will present a study examining prenatal antidepressant exposure and children’s language development at ages 5 and 8. Drawing on data from the Norwegian Mother, Father and Child Cohort Study (MoBa) linked to national health registries, she will address key questions about long-term developmental outcomes in the context of maternal mental health treatment.

This seminar will be held by Professor Philip Oreopoulos. He will present new research using administrative data from more than 200,000 students to examine the real-world effects of computer-assisted learning with Khan Academy’s MAP Accelerator. The study shows that even modest weekly use leads to measurable improvements in math performance, with larger gains at higher usage levels.