Program Director, Applied Psychology and Human Development, B.A.
Associate Professor
Campion 201C
Telephone: 617-552-1446
Email: elida.laski@bc.edu
ORCID
Child Growth and Development
Translating Science of Learning into Practice
Advanced Topics in Cognition and Learning
Learning Sciences; Math Cognition
Laski鈥檚 work uncovers the cognitive processes underlying learning, producing insights that improve instructional materials. Her expertise includes early mathematical thinking and development and the application of cognitive science, experimental designs, and small-scale intervention studies to education.
Laski is the principal investigator for Boston College鈥檚 Thinking and Learning Lab, which studies cognitive development with a primary focus on mathematical knowledge. The strategies emerging from its published research have earned attention from聽The Wall Street Journal, CBS, and the聽International Business Times.
Since 2009, she has taught in the Lynch School鈥檚 CDEP Department. Her students benefit from Laski's immersion in the latest research. She鈥檚 on the editorial boards of the聽British Journal of聽Developmental聽Psychology聽and聽Education Sciences,聽as well as a board member of the聽Mathematical and Cognition and Learning Society.聽聽Her dozens of talks and presentations testify to her deep commitment to sharing her knowledge.
In 2015, the American Psychological Association gave Laski its Outstanding Paper Award (Early Career, Division 7 鈥� Developmental Psychology). She has earned awards for her mentoring as well as Boston College鈥檚 Teaching with New Media Award.