Brianna M. Scott, PhD

Clinical and Research Interests

• Development of metacognition
• Cognitive load theory
• Intersection of working memory, intelligence and metacognition
• Cognition and metacognition as it applies to learning and education
• Cognition and technology
• Transfer of learning

Courses Taught

• Cognition and Learning
• Learning and Behavior
• Research Methods

Professional Activities

Selected Publications/Presentations

• Barab, S. A., Scott, B.M., Siyahhan, S. Goldstone, R., Ingram-Goble, A., Zuiker, S., & Warren, S. (2009). Conceptual play as a curricular scaffold: Using videogames to support science education. Journal of Science Education and Technology, 18, 305-320.
• Alexander, J. M., Johnson, K. E., Scott, B. M., & Meyer, R. D. (2008). Stegosaurus and Spoonbills: Mechanisms for transfer across biological domains. In M. F. Shaughnessy, M. V. Veenman, & C. K. Kennedy (Eds.), Metacognition: A Recent Review of Research, Theory, and Perspectives. (pp. 63-83). Happauge, NY: Nova Publications.
• Scott, B. M. & Schwartz, N.H. (2007). Navigational spatial displays:  The role of metacognition as cognitive load. Learning and Instruction, 17(1), 89-105.
• Alexander, J.M., Johnson, K. E., Albano, J., Freygang, T., & Scott, B. M. (2006). Relations between intelligence and the development of metaconceptual knowledge. Metacognition and Learning, 1, 51-67.
  
  

• Lee, T. R. & Scott, B. M. (2010). Can young children differentiate among different types of science? A factor analytic exploration of the Picture Identification Task. Presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.
• Scott, B. M. (2009). Metacognition: Domain-general or domain-specific? Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
• Scott, B. M. (2009). Metacognitive knowledge and regulation: The connection to academic performance. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
• Scott, B. M. (2009). The elusive connection between metacognition and academic performance. Accepted at the meeting of the Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.
• Scott, B. M. & Albano, J. (2008). Voluntary learning in an online game environment. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.
• Scott, B. M., Barab, S., Ingram-Goble, A., Goldstone, R., Zuiker, S. & Warren, S. (2007). Embodiment as a curricular scaffold for transferable understanding. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, Illinois.
• Scott, B.M., Arici, A., Heiselt, C. & Herring, S. (2006). The role of metacognitive load and the expertise reversal effect in navigating a 3D virtual world.  Poster presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, California.
• Scott, B. M., Lee, T. R., & Schwartz, N. H. (2005). Navigational Site Maps: Metacognition and Cognitive Load. Paper presented to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.