Taylor-Paige Guba

Taylor-Paige (Guba) Guba is a Ph.D. in Education student specializing in the Learning Sciences in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. Broadly speaking, she is interested in math cognition, critical and creative thinking, and linguistic cognition, primarily in middle or high school students. Her past research experiences include working with 5-year-old children on pattern abstraction, teaching critical thinking through induction, and investigating the effects of attentional momentum on addition verification.

As of her second semester at UD, she has completed or is working on projects about critical thinking skills in Algebra I textbooks, the the relationship between fraction arithmetic and number line understanding, and the relationships between creativity self-efficacy and career choice.

She graduated from Indiana University in May 2021 with degrees in Cognitive Science, Jewish Studies, and a minor in Linguistics.

Education

• B.A., Cognitive Science, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2021
• B.A., Jewish Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2021
• Minor, Linguistics, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 2021

Professional Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant, Jordan Fractions Lab, School of Education, University of Delaware, 2021–present
• Undergraduate Research Assistant, Learning Education and Development Lab, Indiana University, 2018–2021
• Student Manager, Executive Dean’s Office, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, 2020–2021
• Student Assistant, Executive Dean’s Office, College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana University, 2020
• Q-Instructor, Collins Living-Learning Center, Indiana University, 2020

Recent Honors and Awards

• Dean’s Scholar, College of Education and Human Development, University of Delaware, 2021–present
• Kate Hevner Mueller Award, Indiana University, 2021
• Carolyn Lipson-Walker Outstanding Senior Award/Scholarship, Indiana University, 2020
• Sandra and Stanley Trockman Scholarship, Indiana University, 2020–2021
• Friends of the Borns Jewish Studies Program Scholarship, Indiana University, 2020–2021
• Executive Dean Award: Undergraduate Research & Creative Activity, Indiana University, 2020
• Cognitive Science Undergraduate Outstanding Contribution Award, Indiana University, 2020

Publications

• Flynn, M. E., Guba, T. P., & Fyfe, E. R. (2020). ABBABB or 1212: Abstract language facilitates children’s early patterning skills. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 193, 104791. doi:10.1016/j.jecp.2019.104791
• Motz, B. A., Fyfe, E. R., Guba, T. P. (under review). Learning to Call Bullsh*t via Induction Categorization Training Improves Critical Thinking Performance.

Presentations

• Guba, T. P. & Fyfe, E. R. (2020, April). Storytelling as Problem Solving. Poster presented at the Center of Excellence for Women & Technology’s (CEWIT) 7th Annual Women’s Research Poster Competition in Bloomington, IN.
• Flynn, M. E., Guba, T. P., & Fyfe, E. R. (2019, April). Abstract language facilitates children’s early patterning skills. Oral presentation at the 11th Annual Midwest Undergraduate Cognitive Science Conference (MUCSC) in Bloomington, IN.
• Flynn, M. E., Guba, T. P., & Fyfe, E. R. (2019, October). Using quantitative labels to promote children’s patterning skills. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society (CDS), Louisville, KY.