Dr. Preeti Samudra

• PSY 311 – Survey of Human Development
• PSY 414 – Infancy and Childhood
• PSY 415 – Adolescence and Early Adulthood
• PSY 485 – Children’s Thinking

My research focuses on understanding how children learn and develop in various ways. I additionally conduct research on the learning and development of college student populations.

• Samudra, P. G., Wong, K. M., & Neuman, S. B. (in press). Can small changes matter? Decreasing cognitive load in educational media supports low-income preschoolers’ vocabulary learning. Journal of Educational Psychology.
• Farrow, J., Kavanagh, S., & Samudra, P. (2022). Exploring Relationships between Professional Development and Teachers’ Enactments of Project-Based Learning. Education Sciences, 12(4), 282. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12040282.
• Wong, K. M., & Samudra, P. G. (2021). L2 Vocabulary Learning from Educational Media: Extending Dual-Coding Theory to Dual-Language Learners. Computer Assisted Language Learning, 34(8), 1182-1204.
• Neuman, S. B., Samudra, P. G., & Danielson, K. (2021). Effectiveness of Scaling Up a Vocabulary Intervention for Low-Income Children PreK Through First Grade. The Elementary School Journal, 121, 385-409.
• Neuman, S. B., Samudra, P. G., & Wong, K. M. (2021). Two May Be Better than One: Promoting Incidental Word Learning through Multiple media. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 73, 101252.
• Neuman, S. B, Samudra, P. G., Wong, K. M., & Kaefer, T. (2020). Scaffolding attention and partial word learning through interactive co-viewing of educational media: An eye-tracking study with low-income preschoolers. Journal of Educational Psychology, 112(6), 1100-1110. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000428
• Samudra, P. G., Wong, K. M., & Neuman, S. B. (2020). Is attention the missing link? Coviewing and preschoolers’ comprehension of educational media. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 6, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101108.
• Samudra, P. G., Wong, K. M., & Neuman, S.B. (2019). Promoting Low-Income Preschoolers' Vocabulary Learning From Educational Media: Does Repetition Support Memory for Learned Word Knowledge?Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 18(2), 160-173. doi: 10.1891/1945-8959.18.2.160.
• Samudra, P. G., Flynn, R. M., & Wong, K. M. (2019). Coviewing educational media: Does coviewing benefit preschoolers’ learning of auditory and audio-visual vocabulary associations? AERA Open, https://doi.org/10.1177/2332858419853238.

• Samudra, P. G., & Chatlos, S. (April, 2022). Children's academic, social, and emotional functioning while learning in different modalities during COVID-19. Poster presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA).
• Farrow, J., Kavanagh, S. S., Grossman, P., Samudra, P. G., Dean, C. P., & Herrmann, Z. (April, 2022). Examining unique links between teachers’ PBL practices and the quality of student work. Presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA).
• Farrow, J., Kavanagh, S. S., Grossman, P., Samudra, P. G., Dean, C. P., & Herrmann, Z. (April, 2022). Impacts of practice-based PD on teacher PBL practices. Presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA).
• Samudra, P. G., Wong, K., & Neuman, S. M. (July, 2021). Small changes, big impact: Can reducing cognitive load in educational media support low income preschoolers’ vocabulary learning? Presented at the 2021 annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR).
• Neuman, S. B., & Samudra, P. G. (April, 2021). The effect of multimedia on low-income children’s word learning: A theory of synergy. Presented at the 2021 Biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD).
• Samudra, P. G., & Chatlos, S. (April, 2021). Parent predictors of child academic outcomes before and during COVID-19. Presented at the 2021 Biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD).
• Chatlos, S., & Samudra, P. G. (April, 2021). Rural parent and child functioning during COVID-19: Before and after remote instruction. Presented at the 2021 Biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD).
• Farrow, J., Kavanagh, S. S., Samudra, P. G., Boatswain, C. (April, 2021). Impact of Professional Development on Teacher PBL Practices within Low-income Districts. Presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA).
• Kavanagh, S. S., Farrow, J., Samudra, P. G. (April, 2021). Does planning to shift cultures of power lead to enactment? Presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Education Research Association (AERA).
• Samudra, P. G., & Chatlos, S. (2020). Parent maintenance of personal balance and support as predictors of child adjustment through the COVID-19 pandemic. Presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the New England Psychological Association (NEPA).
• Chatlos, S., & Samudra, P. G. (2020). Child adjustment to the COVID-19 pandemic: Sex and disability status differences. Presented at the 2020 annual meeting of the New England Psychological Association (NEPA).
• Samudra P. G., Neuman, S. B., & Danielson, K. (2019). Do Conversational Turns Predict Children’s Vocabulary Development in a Shared Book Reading Program? Presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR).
• Neuman, S. B., Samudra, P. G., Wong, K. M., Kaefer, T. (2019). Scaffolding attention and partial word learning through interactive co-viewing of educational media: An eye-tracking study with low-income preschoolers. Presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading (SSSR).
• Samudra, P. G., Neuman, S. B., & Wong, K. M. (2019). Enhancing Learning from Educational Media through Attention-Directing Cues. Presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
• Samudra, P. G., Neuman, S. B., & Wong, K. M. (2019). Promoting Preschoolers’ Vocabulary Learning through Educational Media: Connecting Coviewing, Learning, and Attention. Presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).
• Samudra, P. G., Neuman, S. B., & Wong, K. M. (2019). Say it slowly: Does slowing the pacing of educational media promote vocabulary learning? Presented at the 2019 Biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD).
• Samudra, P. G., Neuman, S. B., & Wong, K. M. (2019). Repetition and spacing effects in vocabulary learning from educational media. Presented at the 2019 Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD).
• Neuman, S. B., Danielson, K., & Samudra, P. G. (2019). Do conversational turns predict children’s vocabulary development in a shared book reading program? Presented at the 2019 Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD).
• Wong, K. M., & Samudra, P. G. (2019). Technology-based learning environments for dual-language learners: An examination of dual-coding theory for L2 vocabulary learning. Presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA).