Conference Presentations

Xu, Z., Woodruff, E., & Chen, B. (2013). Efficacy of Reward Allotment on Children’s Motivation and Learning. Paper presented at the 7th European Conference on Games Based Learning (pp. 748-755). Porto, Portugal: ECGBL.

Lancia, G. E. (2013). Anxiety, Rumination and Worry in the Primary-Junior years (K-3). Paper presented at the Mapping New Knowledge Conference at Brock University St. Catharines, ON.

Lancia, G. E. (2012). Colouring outside the lines: An abstract view of learning. Paper presented at the Aldridge Conference at Memorial University St. Johns, NL. 

Lancia, G.E. & Ferrari, Michel. (2015, June). Definitions of Wisdom in Expert and Novice Teachers. Roundtable presented at Congress 2015 for the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) at the University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.

Lancia, G.E. & Ferrari, Michel. (2015, June). Are teachers wise?: An examination of the three-dimensional wisdom scale (3DWS) and its relation to professional practice. Poster presented at the 76th Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Convention in Ottawa, ON.

Lancia, G.E. & Ferrari, Michel. (2015, August). Wisdom, Life Satisfaction, and Well Being Among Teachers and Non-teachers. Paper presented at the 123rd American Psychological Association (APA) Convention in Toronto, ON.

Makos, A., & Xu, Z. (2015). The Impact to Notification System on Student Behavior in a Collaborative Online Learning Environment. Poster presented by the American Educational Research Association (AERA2015), Chicago, Illinois.

Xu, Z., & Woodruff, E. (2015). A Cross-cultural Comparison of the Role of Children’s Self-concept in Playing a Sifteo Game. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association (APA 2015), Toronto, Canada.

Xu, Z., & Jang, E. E. (2015). Does the Math Self-Efficacy Mediate the Effects of Extracurricular Technology-related Activities on Large-scale Provincial Mathematic Test Achievement? Paper presented by the American Educational Research Association (AERA2015), Chicago, Illinois.

Xu, Z., & Makos, A. (2015). Investigating the Impact of a Notification System on Student Behaviours in a Discourse-Intensive Online Course. Poster presented by the 5th International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference (LAK2015), Poughkeepsie, NY.

Buono, S.C., Jang, E.E. & Woodruff, E. (2017) A latent profile analysis of 6-8 year olds reasoning abilities during a narrative task. Poster presented at the Cognitive Development Society Biennial Meeting.

Buono, S.C., Waring, T. & Woodruff, E. (2017) The effect of emotions on word decoding. Poster presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, 24th annual meeting.

Buono, S.C. & Woodruff, E. (2017) How Social Cognitive Understanding Relates to Task Frustration and Impairs Performance on a Narrative Task. Poster presented to the American Educational Research Association Annual meeting.

Buono, S.C. & Woodruff, E. (2016) Emotionality & Narrative Competence in Emerging Readers. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association 76th Annual Convention.

Buono, S.C., Moreno, M., Schnabel, R., Xu, Z. & Woodruff, E. (2016) A New Approach to Examine the Impact of Task Difficulty on Math Anxiety in a Digital Space. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association 76th Annual Convention.

Moreno, M., & Woodruff, E. (May, 2017). Screens, cameras, glasses and gadgets: A new model for knowledge, learning and ‘self’ in the age of wearable and virtual learning. Paper presented at the 13th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge & Society, Toronto.

Moreno, M. (April, 2017). Exploring the use of Concurrent Meta-Evaluation in Music Program Evaluation: Defining Rationale, Methods and Tools. Paper presented at the 17th Annual OISE Dean’s Graduate Student Research Conference, Toronto.

Sadownik, S., Xu. Z., & Munteanu, C. (2017). Ethical Consideration Specific to Human Computer Interaction Research and the University of Toronto Ethics Application Process. Poster presented at Knowledge Media Design Institute, University of Toronto.

Schnabel, R. (2017, March), Psychophysiological self-awareness and stress recovery in experienced mindfulness meditators and matched controls. Presented at the OISE, University of Toronto Graduate Student Research Conference, Toronto, Ontario.

Schnabel, R. (2017, May), Effects of mindfulness and self-awareness in rest and Stress:Biofeedback and Neurofeedback measures and training. Poster session presented at the World Summit on Positive Psychology, Psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioural Sciences, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Schnabel, R. (2017, September), Stress Recovery and Psychophysiological Self- Awareness and mindfulness. Presented at the International Society of Neurofeedback and Reseaarch, Nantucket, CT.

Schnabel, R & Volpe, R. . (2017, October), Brain Rest and mTBI. Poster session presented at the Association for Applied Sport Psychology Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Qi, H., Chen, S., Yao, Y., Roberts, K.P., Tsang, K.T. & Chen, L. (2017, January). A cross-cultural comparison of Chinese and Canadian university students’ self-construal and its sources of influence. Poster session presented at the 2017 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention— Advances in Cultural Psychology Preconference, San Antonio, Texas.

Woodruff, E. Xu, Z., Buono, S.C., Schnabel, R. & Moreno, M. (2017) Affective Confusion: A gateway to both academic performance and learning anxiety. Paper presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Education.

Xu, Z., & Woodruff, E. (2017). Emotionality in Writing: Evidence from an Automatic Facial Expression Monitoring System. Poster presented at Canadian Society for the Study of Education (2017), Toronto, Ontario.

Xu, Z., & Woodruff, E. (2017). A Process-orientated Approach to Examine Learner’s Emotions in Learning Microbiology in a Narrative Game. Poster presented at American Educational Research Association (AERA2017). St. Antonio, Taxis.

Xu, Z., & Woodruff, E. (2017). Person-centered Approach to Explore Learner’s Emotionality in Learning within a 3D Narrative Game. Paper presented at the 7th International Learning Analytics & Knowledge Conference (LAK2017), Vancouver, BC.

Zhang, H.H., Qi, H., Yao, Y., Roberts, K.P., & Chen, L. (2017, January). Exploring the developmental trend in Chinese participants’ self-construal: Does individual’s self-construal change throughout the lifespan? Poster session presented at the 2017 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention—Advances in Cultural Psychology Preconference, San Antonio, Texas.

Buono, S.C. & Woodruff, E. (2019) Measuring emotions in children: An analysis of emotions observed in real-time during a narrative task. Presentation given in symposium “Show…and tell? Using behavioral observation to study affective processes in educational settings”, at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON.

Buono, S.C., Waring, T. (2019) Social-cognitive understanding in narrative stories: An analysis of Montessori and public school students. Paper presented at the American Educational Association’s Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON.

Buono, S.C. & Kocaqi, E. (2019) A latent profile analysis of 6-8-year olds’ perspective taking in narrative stories. Poster accepted for presentation at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial meeting, Baltimore, MD.

Moreno, M., & Woodruff, E. (2019, November). Exploring the Effects of Music Education on Experienced Emotions in Adolescents during a Learning Task. Poster presented at the OMEA/CMIEC OPUS100 – 2019 Conference Research Session, Toronto.

Moreno, M., & Woodruff, E. (2019, August). Integration of Emotional and Psychophysiological Tools to Examine a Listener’s Response to Musical Stimuli. Paper presented at the 2019 CogMIR Seminar, Brooklyn, NY.

Moreno, M., & Woodruff, E. (2019, August). The Effects of Real-Time Emotions and Music on Emotion Regulation During a Reading Comprehension Task. Paper presented at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, New York City.

Zhu, G., Moreno, M., Malfa-Valencia, A., & Scardamalia, M. (2019, April). Idea Improvement Patterns in Knowledge Building: Undergraduate and Graduate Levels. Paper presented at the American Educational Association’s Annual Meeting 2019, Toronto.

Moreno, M., & Woodruff, E. (2019, August). Examining the Effects of Tempo on Psychophysiological Response of Adolescents during a Learning Task. Poster presented at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, New York City.

Moreno, M., & Woodruff, E. (2019, August). The Effect of Tempo on Learning Performance and Real-Time Emotions of Adolescents in a Learning Task. Poster presented at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Music Perception and Cognition, New York City.

Xu, Z., & Woodruff, E. (Accepted). Is the Change of Affective States in Complex Learning a Function of Task Features? Paper accepted for presentation at the American Educational Research Association, Toronto, ON.

Munteanu, C., Sadownik, S., Xu, Z., & Sin, J. (submitted). “I’m More Ethical than My Colleagues”: HCI Researchers’ Practice and Attitudes toward Formal Ethics. Paper submitted to 21st International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Florida, USA.

Schnabel, R. & Woodruff, E.(Accepted) Psychophysiological measures of Recovery Phase after Cognitively Challenging tasks and Mindfulness: A Preliminary Study. Paper accepted for presentation at the American Educational Association’s Annual meeting, Toronto, ON.

Zdravkovic, A., Goldstein, A. (2021, June) The Impacts of COVID-19 on Ontario Grade 12 Students’ Transitions. Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Annual Conference 2021.

Zdravkovic, A. & Woodruff, E. (July, 2021). Parent Perceptions of Children’s Math Ability Influence Children’s Math Scores and Math Anxiety. Oral Presentation at the International Congress of Psychology (ICP) 2021 Annual Meeting, Prague, Czech Republic.