Selected Journal Articles

Morris, B.J., Cason, J., Asaro, K., Zhang, Y., Rivers., M., Owens, W., & Dunlosky, J. (2024). Learning the Control-of-Variables Strategy During an Informal Science Lesson on Popping Popcorn. International Journal of Science Education. (pdf)

Morris, B. J., Zhang, Y., Asaro, K., Cason., J., Pollock, B., St. Clair, K., & Owens, W. (2023). Cooking up STEM: Adding wh-questions to a recipe increases family STEM talk. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 88, 01581. (pdf).  

Masnick, A.M. & Morris, B. J. (2022). A Model of Scientific Data Reasoning. Educational Sciences, 12(2), 71. (pdf). 

Morris, B. J., Masnick, A. M., & Was, C. (2022). Making Sense of Data: Identifying Children’s Strategies for Data Comparisons. Journal of Cognition and Development, 23 (5), 686-711. (pdf)

Morris, B.J., Todaro, R., Arner, T. A., & Roche, J. (2022). How Does the Accuracy of Children’s Number Representations Influence the Accuracy of Their Numerical Predictions? Frontiers in Psychology, 13:874230. (pdf) 

Morris, B. J., Zentall, S. R., Murray, G., & Owens, W. (2021). Enhancing Informal Stem Learning Through Family Engagement in Cooking. Proceedings of the Singapore National Academy of Science, 15(02), 119-133. (pdf).

Murray, G., Willer, C. J., Arner, T., Roche, J. M., & Morris, B. J. (2021). Contextualized Knowledge Reduces Misconceived COVID-19 Health Decisions. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. (pdf)

Morris, B. J., Owens, W., Ellenbogen, K., Erduan, S., & Dunlosky, J. (2019). Measuring Informal STEM Learning Supports Across Contexts and Time. International Journal of STEM Education,6(1), 40-52. (pdf) 

Morris, B. J., Dragovich, C., Todaro, R., Balci, S., & Dalton, E. (2019). Comparing badges and learning goals in low-and high-stakes learning contexts. Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1-31. (pdf)

Thompson, C., Morris, B. J., & Sidney, P. (2017). Are books like number lines? Children spontaneously encode spatial-numeric relationships in a novel spatial estimation task. Frontiers in Psychology, 8, 2242. (pdf)

Stoyle, K. L., & Morris, B. J. (2017). Blogging mathematics: Using technology to support mathematical explanations for learning fractions. Computers & Education, 111, 114-127. (pdf)

Morris, B. J., Masnick, A., Baker, K., & Junglen, A. (2015). Taking data to class: An  analysis of data-related activities in middle-school science textbooks. International Journal of Science Education, 37(16), 2708-2720. (pdf) 

Morris, B.J., & Masnick, A.M. (2015). Comparing data sets: Implicit summaries of the statistical properties of number sets. Cognitive Science: A Multidisciplinary Journal,  39(1), 156-170. (pdf)

Morris, B. J., & Zentall, S. R. (2014). High fives motivate: The effects of gestural and ambiguous verbal praise on motivation. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 5   (428), 1-5. (pdf)

Morris, B. J., Croker, S., Gill, D., Zimmerman, C., & Romig, C. (2013). Gaming Science: The “Gamification” of Scientific Thinking. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 4, 1-16. (pdf)

Zentall, S.R., & Morris, B. J. (2012). A critical eye: Praise directed toward traits increases children’s eye fixations on error and decreases motivation. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 19(6), 1073-1077. (pdf)

Morris, B. J., & Hasson, U. (2010). Multiple sources of competence underlying the comprehension of inconsistencies: A developmental investigation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36(2), 277-287. (pdf)

Zentall, S. R., & Morris, B. J. (2010). "Good Job, You're So Smart": The effects of inconsistency of praise type on young children’s motivation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 107, 155-163. (pdf)

Masnick, A., & Morris, B. J. (2008). Investigating the development of data evaluation: The role of data characteristics. Child Development, 79(4), 1032 – 1048. (pdf)

Morris, B. J. (2008). Logically speaking: Evidence for Item-based acquisition of the connectives AND & OR. Journal of Cognition and Development, 9, 67–88. (pdf)

Selected Book Chapters

Arner, T., Aldosari, B., & Morris, B. J. (2017). Teaching students evidence-based learning strategies through flipped classrooms. In R. Obeid, A. Schwartz, C. Shane-Simpson, & P. J. Brooks (Eds.), How We Teach Now: The GSTA Guide to Student-Centered Teaching. GSTA Press. (pdf)

Morris, B. J., Croker, S., Masnick, A. M., & Zimmerman, C. (2012). The emergence of scientific reasoning. In H. Kloos, B. J. Morris, & J. L. Amaral (Eds.), Current topics in children’s learning and cognition (pp. 61-82). Rijeka, Croatia: InTech. (pdf)

Edited Books

Was, C. A., Sansosti, F. J., & Morris, B. J. (Eds.) (2017). Eye-Tracking Technology Applications in Educational Research. IGI Global: Hershey, PA.

Kloos, H., Morris, B. J., & Amaral, J. (Eds.) (2012). Current Topics in Children's Learning and Cognition. Rijeka, Croatia: InTech.