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Dr Pierina Cheung
Education Research Scientist, OER Centre for Research in Child Development
Research Scientist, National Institute of Education - Office of Education Research
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Dr Pierina Cheung is a Lecturer (Research Scientist) in Office of Education Research at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.

2018 - Present Research Scientist, NIE, NTU
2017 - 2018 Postdoc, Western University (Mentor: Daniel Ansari)
2015 - 2017 Postdoc, Wesleyan University (Mentor: Anna Shusterman)
2009 - 2015 PhD at the University of Waterloo (Advisors: Mathieu Le Corre, Katherine White)
Conceptual Development, Early Childhood, Numeracy, Language Acquisition, Professional Development for Preschool Teachers
 
  • Mechanisms underlying numeral ordering skills in children
  • Optimising pre-schoolers' working memory and numerical processing capabilities
  • Beginning Early: SingaPore's Ongoing Study starting in Infancy of Twenty-first-century-skills, Individual differences, and Variance in the Environment (BE POSITIVE study)
  • Early Foundations of Place Value
  • The Instrument Pilot Study for Research on Early Education and Development in Singapore (REEDS-Pilot)
  • Early Support for Foundational Skills of Preschool Children at Socio-Economic Risk in Singapore
  • Home Mathematics Environment in Singapore: Mapping the Landscape (MathScape)
  • Improving Early Number Word Learning: Examining the Role of Input
  • WHOLE NUMBER AND FRACTION MAGNITUDE UNDERSTANDING IN KINDERGARTENERS
  • A longitudinal study on early number acquisition
  • A study on early mathematics professional development
  • A Study of Developmental Outcomes among My First Skool Children
  • Psychological Gains from Climate Change Behavior: Incorporating a Natural Language Processing Approach