Megan Botello

Megan Botello is a Ph.D. in Education student specializing in the Learning Sciences in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. Her research interests include mathematics anxiety, math learning and motivation, STEM motivation, and higher education. Megan graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a minor in Counseling from Nevada State College, where she worked as a mathematics course assistant for two years and developed her research interests in student math beliefs and learning.

Education

• • B.A., Psychology, Nevada State College, Henderson, NV, 2021
  • Minor, Counseling, Nevada State College, Henderson, NV, 2021
  • A.S., Southern Utah University, Cedar City, UT, 2018

Professional Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant, Jordan Fractions Lab, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2021–present
• Research Lab Member, Social Psychology Lab, Nevada State College, 2020–2021
• Course Assistant for Elementary Algebra, Academic Success Center, Nevada State College, 2019–2021

Publications

• Jordan, N. C., Devlin, B. L., & Botello, M. (2022). Core foundations of early mathematics: Refining the number sense framework. Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 46, 101181.

Manuscripts in Preparation

• Rutherford, T., Botello, M., Lam A., & Schenke, K. (under review). Cross-domain within- and between-students antecedents to help seeking.
• Botello, M., Rutherford, T., Guba, T.P., Dyson, N., Suchanec, H., Jordan, N. (in preparation). Teachers’ use of motivational messages while teaching fractions [working title].
• Miller-Cotto, D., Chawla, K., Botello, M., Barbieri, C. (in preparation) Meta-analysis on motivation and executive function relations [working title].
• VanGronigen, B. A., Meyers, C. V., & Botello, M. (in preparation). Professional learning for transformation? Educational leaders and a new teacher evaluation system [working title].

Presentations

• Botello, M. (under review). College student help-seeking through utilization of professor office hours. Annual Meeting of the International Society of the Learning Sciences 2023, Montreal, PQ.
• Botello, M., Rutherford, T., Guba, T.P., Dyson, N., Suchanec, H., Jordan, N. (under review). Teachers’ use of motivational messages while teaching fractions [poster submission]. American Psychological Association 2023, Washington D.C.
• Botello, M. (accepted). Increasing students’ value for and performance in fractions through a utility value intervention [poster presentation]. Association for Psychological Science 2023, Washington D.C.
• VanGronigen, B. A., Meyers, C. V., & Botello, M. (accepted). Professional learning for transformation? Educational leaders and a new teacher evaluation system [paper submission]. American Educational Research Association 2023, Chicago, IL.
• Botello, M., Guba T.P., Dyson, N., Jordan, N. (accepted). Measuring success: How 6th graders with math learning disabilities can learn to read rulers [poster presentation]. Society for Research in Child Development 2023, Salt Lake City, UT.
• Dyson, N., Jordan, N., Suchanec, H., Guba, T., Botello, M. (accepted) Building fraction knowledge in students who have fallen behind in math: Preliminary findings from an efficacy study [paper symposium]. Society for Research in Child Development 2023, Salt Lake City, UT.
• Botello, M. (accepted). Incorporation of growth mindset in statistic textbooks [poster presentation]. Research Council on Mathematics Learning 2023, Las Vegas, NV.
• Duck, K., Botello, M., & Rutherford, T. (2022). Supporting preservice teacher confidence in facilitating motivation with technology using an interactive ebook [poster presentation]. American Psychological Association 2022, Minneapolis, MN.
• Botello, M., Petras, R., Carrillo-Marroquin, A., Glover, M., Benson, W., & Naumann, L. P (2021, April). Gender Differences in Academic Faculty Workload. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association 2021 virtual conference.
• Carrillo-Marroquin, A., Glover, M., Botello, M., Petras, R., Benson, W., & Naumann, L. P (2021, April). Cultural Differences in Perceptions of Organizational Justice among Academic Faculty. Poster presented at the Western Psychological Association 2021 virtual conference.
• Botello, M. (2021, April). What Impacts Math Anxiety: Examining Growth Mindset, Parental Support, & Teacher Support. Poster presented at Nevada State College, Henderson, NV.
• Botello, M., Petras, R., Carrillo-Marroquin, A., Glover, M., Benson, W., & Naumann, L. P (2021, April). Gender Differences in Academic Faculty Workload. Poster presented at Nevada State College, Henderson, NV.
• Carrillo-Marroquin, A., Glover, M., Botello, M., Petras, R., Benson, W., & Naumann, L. P (2021, April). Cultural Differences in Perceptions of Organizational Justice among Academic Faculty. Poster presented at Nevada State College, Henderson, NV.