selected publications

Morris, B. J., Masnick, A., Baker, K., & *Junglen, A. (2015). Taking data to class: An analysis of data-   

        related activities in middle-school science textbooks. International Journal of Science Education,                

        37:16, 2708-2720. (.pdf)

Morris, B. J. & Masnick, A. M. (2015). Comparing data sets: Implicit summaries of the statistical

        properties of number sets. Cognitive Science: A Multidisciplinary Journal.

Morris, B. J. & Zentall, S. R. (2014). High fives motivate: The effects of gestural and ambiguous verbal            

        praise on motivation. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology.

Morris, B. J., Croker, S., Gill, D., Zimmerman, C., & Romig, C. (2013). Gaming Science: The

        “Gamification” of Scientific Thinking. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 4, 1-16.

Cravalho, P., Morris, B. J., Masnick, A., & Was, C. (2013). Representing Number Sets: Encoding

        Statistical Properties. In M. Knauff, M. Pauen, N. Sebanz, & I. Wachsmuth (Eds.), Proceedings of    

        the thirty-fifth annual conference of the Cognitive Science Society (pp. 352-357).  Austin, TX:

        Cognitive Science Society. (pdf)

Zentall, S.R., & Morris, B. J. (2012). A critical eye: Praise directed toward traits increases children’s

eye fixations on error and decreases motivation. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 19(6),

1073-1077. (pdf)

Morris, B. J. Croker, S., Masnick, A, & Zimmerman, C. (2012). The emergence of scientific

reasoning. In Kloos, H., Morris, B. J., & Amaral, J. (Eds.) Trends in Cognitive Development, (pp. 61-82). Rijeka, Croatia: InTech.Croatia, InTech Publishing. http://www.intechopen.com/books/current-topics-in-children-s-learning-and-cognition/the-emergence-of-scientific-reasoning

Morris, B. J., & Hasson, U. (2010). Multiple sources of competence underlying the comprehension of

inconsistencies: A developmental investigation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 36(2), 277-287. (pdf)

Zentall, S. R., & Morris, B. J. (2010). "Good Job, You're So Smart": The effects of inconsistency of

praise type on young children’s motivation. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 107, 155-163. (pdf)

Masnick, A., & Morris, B. J. (2008). Investigating the development of data evaluation: The role of data

characteristics. Child Development, 79(4), 1032 – 1048. (pdf)

Morris, B. J. (2008). Logically speaking: Evidence for Item-based acquisition of the connectives AND &

OR. Journal of Cognition and Development, 9, 67–88. (pdf)

Morris, B. J. (2003). Opposites attract: The influence of predicate dimensionality on preschool children’s

processing of negations. The Journal of Child Language, 30, 419-440. (pdf)

Morris, B. J., & Sloutsky, V. M. (2002). Children’s solutions of logical vs. empirical problems: What’s

missing and what develops? Cognitive Development, 16(4), 907-928. (pdf)