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Assistant Professor

Positions:

Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology, College of Education and Human Development

overview

Dr. Connie Barroso Garcia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University. She received her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from Florida State University in 2020 and joined Texas A&M University as an Visiting Assistant Professor and Accountability, Climate, Equity, and Scholarship (ACES) Fellow in the Fall of 2020. She started her tenure-track position in 2022. Dr. Barroso teaches graduate courses in educational psychology and learning theories. Dr. Barroso's research focuses on understanding the beliefs, emotions, and attitudes that children and adults have about mathematics and how these affective factors relate to mathematics learning and interest in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics fields.

education and training

Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology, Florida State University - (Tallahassee, Florida, United States) 2020

selected publications

Academic Articles7

Barroso, C., Ganley, C. M., Schoen, R. C., & Schatschneider, C. (2023). Between a growth and a fixed mindset: Examining nuances in 3rd-grade students mathematics intelligence mindsets. 73, 102179-102179.
Conlon, R. A., Barroso, C., & Ganley, C. M. (2023). Young children's career aspirations: Gender differences, STEM ambitions, and expected skill use. 71(1), 15-29.
Ganley, C. M., Conlon, R. A., McGraw, A. L., Barroso, C., & Geer, E. A. (2021). The Effect of Brief Anxiety Interventions on Reported Anxiety and Math Test Performance. 7(1), 4-19.
Barroso, C., Ganley, C. M., McGraw, A. L., Geer, E. A., Hart, S. A., & Daucourt, M. C. (2021). A meta-analysis of the relation between math anxiety and math achievement.. Psychological bulletin. 147(2), 134-168.
Conlon, R. A., Hicks, A., Barroso, C., & Ganley, C. M. (2021). The effect of the timing of math anxiety measurement on math outcomes. Learning and Individual Differences. 86, 101962-101962.

Chapters1

Little, C. W., Barroso, C., & Hart, S. A. (2017). Precision Education Initiative: The Possibility of Personalized Education. Grigorenko, E. L., Tan, M., Latham, S. R., & Bouregy, S. (Eds.), Genetics, Ethics and Education. 159-182. Cambridge University Press (CUP).