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Michelle Perry

(she/her/hers)

Professor

Primary Affiliation

Intelligence, Learning, and Plasticity

Affiliations

Status Affiliate Faculty

Home Department of Educational Psychology

Phone 244-7766

Email mperry@illinois.edu

Address

  • Biography

    Michelle Perry is a professor in the Department of Educational Psychology. Her primary affiliation is Intelligence, Learning, and Plasticity. She is also a Dean’s Fellow in the College of Education and a professor at Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.

    Education

    • B.A., psychology, Brandeis University

    • Ph.D., educational psychology and child development, University of Chicago

  • Research

    Research areas:

    • Mathematics

    • Students 

    • Learning and teaching

    Research interests:

    • Students underrepresented in STEM

    • Children’s understanding of mathematics

    • Improving teaching methods

    Professor Perry’s research focuses on (1) children's acquisition of knowledge, especially of the sort taught in schools (e.g., children's acquisition of mathematical concepts), (2) the ways in which teachers understand and improve their teaching of mathematics, and (3) the ways in which the online space may provide supports and affordances for students underrepresented in STEM.

  • 2023

    • Jeng, A., Bosch, N., & Perry, M. (2023). Sense of belonging predicts perceived helpfulness in online peer help-giving interactions. Internet and Higher Education, 57, [100901].

    2022

    • Flevares, L. M., Perry, M., Beilstein, S. O., & Bajwa, N. P. (2022). Examining First-Graders’ Developing Understanding of Place Value via Base-Ten Virtual Manipulatives. Early Childhood Education Journal, 50(3), 359-370.
    • Jeng, A., Valdiviejas, H., & Perry, M. (2022). A Path Analysis of Gender Differences in Social Presence in Online Course Discussion Forums. In C. Chinn, E. Tan, C. Chan, & Y. Kali (Eds.), International Collaboration toward Educational Innovation for All: Overarching Research, Development, and Practices - 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2022 (pp. 937-940). (Proceedings of International Conference of the Learning Sciences, ICLS). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS).

    2021

    • Bajwa, N. P., & Perry, M. (2021). Features of a pan balance that may support students’ developing understanding of mathematical equivalence. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 23(1), 1-27.
    • Beilstein, S. O., Henricks, G. M., Jay, V., Perry, M., Bates, M. S., Moran, C. G., & Cimpian, J. R. (2021). Teacher voices from an online elementary mathematics community: examining perceptions of professional learning. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 24(3), 283-308.
    • Prabhu, N., Perry, M., Azevedo, R. F. L., Angrave, L., & Bhat, S. P. (2021). Study Partners Matter: Impacts on Inclusion and Outcomes. ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition, Conference Proceedings.
    • Williams-Dobosz, D., Azevedo, R. F. L., Jeng, A., Thakkar, V., Bhat, S., Bosch, N., & Perry, M. (2021). A social network analysis of online engagement for college students traditionally underrepresented in STEM. In LAK 2021 Conference Proceedings - The Impact we Make: The Contributions of Learning Analytics to Learning, 11th International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge (pp. 207-215). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery.
    • Williams-Dobosz, D., Jeng, A., Azevedo, R. F. L., Bosch, N., Ray, C., & Perry, M. (2021). Ask for Help: Online Help-Seeking and Help-Giving as Indicators of Cognitive and Social Presence for Students Underrepresented in Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, 98(12), 3693-3703.

    2020

    • Henricks, G., Bhat, S., & Perry, M. (2020). Gender and gendered discourse in online STEM college courses. In M. Gresalfi, & I. S. Horn (Eds.), 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2, pp. 811-812). (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL; Vol. 2). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS).
    • Jay, V., Henricks, G. M., Anderson, C. J., Angrave, L. C., Bosch, N., Williams-Dobosz, D., Shaik, N., Bhat, S. P., & Perry, M. (2020). Online discussion forum help-seeking behaviors of students underrepresented in STEM. In M. Gresalfi, & I. S. Horn (Eds.), 14th International Conference of the Learning Sciences: The Interdisciplinarity of the Learning Sciences, ICLS 2020 - Conference Proceedings (Vol. 2, pp. 809-810). (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL; Vol. 2). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS).
    • Lee, C. E., Samuel, N., Israel, M., Arnett, H., Bievenue, L., Ginger, J., & Perry, M. (2020). Understanding Instructional Challenges and Approaches to including Middle School Students with Disabilities in Makerspace activities: A cross-case analysis. In Proceedings of FabLearn 2020 - 9th Annual Conference on Maker Education: Making as Resistance and Resilience (pp. 26-33). (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery.
    • Wang, S., Perry, M., Mingle, L., & McConney, M. (2020). Examining discourse structures in Chinese and U.S. elementary mathematics classes. International Journal of Educational Research, 99, [101493].

    2019

    • Bosch, N., Huang, E., Angrave, L., & Perry, M. (2019). Modeling improvement for underrepresented minorities in online STEM education. In ACM UMAP 2019 - Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (pp. 327-335). (ACM UMAP 2019 - Proceedings of the 27th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
    • Henricks, G., Jay, V., Beilstein, S., Perry, M., Bates, M., Moran, C., & Cimpian, J. (2019). Foundations of community in an online, asynchronous professional development website. In K. Lund, G. P. Niccolai, E. Lavoue, C. Hmelo-Silver, G. Gweon, & M. Baker (Eds.), A Wide Lens: Combining Embodied, Enactive, Extended, and Embedded Learning in Collaborative Settings - 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning, CSCL 2019 - Conference Proceedings (pp. 577-580). (Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning Conference, CSCL; Vol. 2). International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS).

    2018

    • Bosch, N., Wes Crues, R., Henricks, G. M., Perry, M., Angrave, L. C., Shaik, N., Bhat, S. P., & Anderson, C. J. (2018). Modeling key differences in underrepresented students' interactions with an online STEM course. In Proceedings of the Technology, Mind, and Society Conference, TechMindSociety 2018 [a6] (ACM International Conference Proceeding Series). Association for Computing Machinery.
    • Crues, R. W., Bosch, N., Perry, M., Angrave, L. C., Shaik, N., & Bhat, S. P. (2018). Refocusing the lens on engagement in MOOCs. In R. Luckin, S. Klemmer, & K. Koedinger (Eds.), Proceedings of the Fifth Annual ACM Conference on Learning at Scale [11] (Proceedings of the 5th Annual ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, L at S 2018). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc.
    • Crues, R. W., Henricks, G. M., Perry, M., Bhat, S., Anderson, C. J., Shaik, N., & Angrave, L. (2018). How do gender, learning goals, and forum participation predict persistence in a computer science MOOC? ACM Transactions on Computing Education, 18(4), [18].
    • Wes Crues, R., Bosch, N., Anderson, C. J., Perry, M., Bhat, S., & Shaik, N. (2018). Who they are and what they want: Understanding the reasons for MOOC enrollment. Paper presented at 11th International Conference on Educational Data Mining, EDM 2018, Buffalo, United States.

    2017

    • Beilstein, S. O., Perry, M., & Bates, M. S. (2017). Prompting meaningful analysis from pre-service teachers using elementary mathematics video vignettes. Teaching and Teacher Education, 63, 285-295.
    • Sun, J., Anderson, R. C., Perry, M., & Lin, T. J. (2017). Emergent Leadership in Children's Cooperative Problem Solving Groups. Cognition and Instruction, 35(3), 212-235.