Katie-Anne Costello
Postgraduate Research Student
Psychology BSc
Academic and research departments
Cognitive Psychology research group, Developmental Psychology Research Group.About
My research project
Spatial Thinking as a Foundation for STEM learningI aim to explore the relationship between spatial thinking and STEM learning in children across different stages of education, with a particular focus on how individual differences influence this relationship and how spatial training can help reduce inequalities in STEM learning.
Supervisors
I aim to explore the relationship between spatial thinking and STEM learning in children across different stages of education, with a particular focus on how individual differences influence this relationship and how spatial training can help reduce inequalities in STEM learning.
Publications
Emily Farran, Camilla Gilmore, Emily McDougal, Katie-Anne Costello, Felicity Smith (2025) Deconstructing Block Building Behaviours in 7- to 9-year-olds; Associations with Spatial and Mathematics Performance
Katie-Anne Costello, Emma Medland, Martha Selby (2022) The art of partnership: Expanding representations and interpretations. DIMENSIONS AND EFFECTS OF PARTNERSHIP