So excited to see this idea come to fruition! Looking forward to working with Drs Ramey (PI) and Lane (Co-PI) on this imporant and personal project!

Congratulations to Xiaoyu Ariel Tang (2026) and Sam Clingan-Siverly (2024) on their ICLS proceedings - great job working with the team!!!

Congratulations to Zoya Akhtar on her first acceptance, as well as Mahsa, Minzhi, Phil, and Ariel! Great work ->->

Advances in Physiology Education; Mind, Brain, & Education; Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education

Lira, M., & Stieff, M. (2026). It’s Not “Just” an Equation: How Students Dynamically Coordinate Mechanistic and Mathematical Schemas with Complex Equations. Cognition and Instruction, 1–37. https://doi.org/10.1080/07370008.2026.2613238

Tang, X., Lira, M., & Lindgren, R. (2025). Haptic Experiences Shift Students' Representational Gestures and Knowledge Resources. Journal of Research in Science Teaching. Congratulations to Ariel Tang and thanks to Robb Lindgren for their efforts!!!

Attend our workshop! Ece Demir-Lira, Matthew Lira and Robb Lindgren. Bridging Neuroimaging and Learning Sciences: fNIRS as an Innovation for Embodied and Social Interaction Studies. Proceedings: Xiaoyu Tang, Aishwari Talhan, Harris Nisar, Robb Lindgren and Matthew Lira. Good Vibrations: Feeling and Interpreting Haptic Feedback. Xiaoyu Tang, Kay Ramey, Zhongfeng Tian and Matthew Lira. Designing a Translanguaging Learning Environment with Multimodal Technologies that Afford Multisensory Meaning Making. Phillip Dixon, Katie Sieprawski, Xiaoyu Tang and Matthew Lira. Making Drawings Count for Assessing Quantitative Knowledge. Congratulations to all authors!