Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology (HDQM)

Directed by Professor Min Wang In the Bilingual and Biliteracy Research Lab, my students and I take a cross-linguistic perspective on identifying and examining the factors and processes that influence monolingual and bilingual and biliteracy development. By systematically comparing both children and adults learning L2 English who are coming from an orthographically or typologically different L1...

Our research focuses on multiple facets of socio-emotional development. We study cognitive, social and emotional processes and are interested in the observation and measurement of attention, memory, as well as emotion expression and social experience. Our lab specializes in linking these psychological processes to neural activity through brain imaging methods such as EEG, ERP, and functional neuro...

Our lab is part of the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland, College Park and we are a member of the Infant and Child Studies Consortium at UMD. The lab is co-directed by Dr. Lucas Butler and Dr. Richard Prather. Cognition and Development Lab

The Disciplined Reading and Learning Research Lab (DRLRL) is dedicated to the study of psychology in teaching and learning. Under the guidance of Patricia A. Alexander, the lab supports the research programs of Dr. Alexander and her team of graduate students. Disciplined Reading & Learning Research Laboratory

The Early Childhood Interaction lab is directed by Dr. Geetha Ramani. Our research focuses on understanding how young children’s social interactions with adults and peers influence their cognitive development. We are also interested in how play and informal learning activities can promote children’s thinking in the areas of mathematics, problem solving, and planning.

Welcome to the Family Involvement Laboratory! Family Involvement Laboratory (FIL) explores ways that low-income, minority mothers and fathers are involved in their young children's lives and the influence that parents have on their children's development. The Research Group's aim is to gather rigorous data on the links between the quality of the relationship that parents have with each other...

Our research focuses on key issues of reading from a neurobiological, cognitive, and educational perspective. The primary goal is to understand brain development with respect to reading and language and how impairment and remediation are reflected in the cortex. From school-based and cross-sectional paradigms to adult training tasks, our work combines innovative and complex methodologies in...

The Laboratory for the Study of Child and Family Relationships (LSCFR) is located within the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology at the University of Maryland – College Park. The LSCFR was established in 1995 by Dr. Kenneth H. Rubin. The primary goal of the LSCFR is to advance our understanding of child and adolescent social and emotional development. Laboratory for the...

Welcome to the LEAD lab! The Language, Experience, and Development (LEAD) lab, directed by Dr. Rachel Romeo, investigates how children’s early experiences—both favorable and adverse—influence their neural, cognitive, and academic development. We specialize in studying language and literacy development, but we are also interested in executive functioning, socioemotional cognition, and mental health...

Under the direction of Dr. Kelly Mix, the goal the Learning and Cognition Lab is to help K-1 students master place value with some experimental instructional techniques. Some of these techniques are based on Montessori activities and other common place value exercises. What’s new is that we’re trying to help children see the underlying relational structure of place value symbols by comparing and...

Prevention & Early Adversity Research Lab The Prevention & Early Adversity Research Lab (PEARL) is led by Dr. Brenda Jones Harden, professor in the Department of Human Development and Quantitative Methodology (HDQM) in the College of Education. PEARL’s mission is to conduct applied research and program evaluation that informs policy and practice with respect to young children and families at...

What is the PCS lab? The QMMS Psychometric Computation and Simulation (PCS) lab was established in the spring of 2009 from monies acquired through a University of Maryland grant sponsored by the Campus Student Technology Advisory. It officially opened at the start of the 2009-2010 academic year. The PCS lab, originally housed in Cole Fieldhouse, relocated to EDU 0202 Benjamin Building on the...

SLRG examines learners’ reasoning, critical thinking, and understanding of scientific knowledge claims and how to effectively teach toward scientific literacy.

Dr. Melanie Killen's (mkillen@umd.edu) Social and Moral Development Laboratory is housed in the Department of Human Development, University of Maryland, College Park.