HUM634: PSYCHOLOGY Lab

Submitted by francisco.grimaldi on Wed, 09/02/2020 - 10:35
University
University of Cadiz
Faculty/school/department
FACULTY OF EDUCATION SCIENCES/ PSYCHOLOGY/ EVOLUTIONARY AND EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
Size of the team
number of researchers number of supporting staff number of PhD students
13
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Composition of Joint Unit of Research, if relevant

Psychology Lab is a multidisciplinary group with experts in Psychology, Education and software Engineering. They are developing quality research in applied Education Psychology, using quantitative methodology. The competitive researching topics are mathematical cognition, ABN method; reading learning difficulties, educational software designing; gifted education, Applied Behavior Analysis, gender violence and psychological intervention in college students. The group has developed research projects funded by public institutions, the UCA's researching program, PAIDI, the Spanish Researching program (R&D), and European HORIZON 2020.

PI
PI name
JOSE IGNACIO NAVARRO GUZMAN
PI email
jose.navarro@uca.es
PI bio

ORCID ID 0000-0002-0738-2641

PhD at Department of Psychology (US, Spain). Fulbright visiting researcher at SUNY (Ralph Miller), visiting Schoolar at OSU (W.Heward & R.Howell) and Oxford University (P.Bryant). Short-term visiting Prof. at the Dept. Psychology, UNM. Full Professor of Developmental and Education Psychology, UCA (Spain). Member of the research group "Psychology Lab". Developing studies about cognition & mathematics and educational software. URL: https://hum634.uca.es/jose-navarro/

Contact person and e-mail
Contact person
JOSE IGNACIO NAVARRO GUZMAN
Contact person e-mail
jose.navarro@uca.es
WWW
https://hum634.uca.es
Short description of research profile

Math Cognition
Learning Disabilities
Educative software design
Applied Behavior Analysis
EARLY MATH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES
ABN method of teaching and learning mathematics
GENDER VIOLENCE
Clinical Psycholgy in college students

Research area
SOCIAL SCIENCES » Educational sciences
Scientific Themes (keywords)
Area of ​​Evolutionary and Educational Psychology
MATHEMATICAL COGNITION
APPLIED SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY
LEARNING DIFFICULTIES
Educational software design
ABN method
Publications

Representative publications

1. Individual differences in general and specific cognitive precursors in early mathematical learning. Aragón, E., Cerda, G., Delgado, C., Aguilar, M. & Navarro, J.I. Psicothema   (2019) Vol: 31(2). Pgs: 156-162
2. A comparative study of handwriting and computer typing in note-taking by university students Aragón-Mendizabal, E., Delgado-Casas, C., Navarro-Guzmán, J.I., Menacho-Jiménez, I., & Romero-Oliva, M. Comunicar, 2016,  48, 101-107
3. Coming Together: R&D and Children’s Entertainment Company in Designing APPs for Learning Early Math. Mera, C., Ruiz, G., Aguilar, M., Aragón, E., Delgado, C., Menacho, I., Marchena, E., García, M. & Navarro, J.I. (2019) Frontiers in Psychology, 2019, 9,  2751
4. Functional analysis of challenging behavior in people with severe intellectual disabilities. Delgado-Casas, C., Navarro, J.I., Garcia-Gonzalez-Gordon, R., & Marchena, E. Psychological Reports, 2014, 115 (3), 655-669
5. Longitudinal study of low and high achievers in early mathematics. Navarro, J. I., Aguilar, M., Marchena, E., Ruiz, G., Menacho, I. & Van Luit, H. British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2012,  82, 28-41.

Link to extended list of publication

https://hum634.uca.es/publicaciones-en-revistas/
Technology Expertise

ABN method
Diagnosis of learning difficulties in mathematics and reading&writing
Applied Behavioral Analysis of severely affected people
Psychological intervention with aggressors in gender violence
Clinical psychology in college students