Dr Jose David Munez Mendez publishes a new journal article and presents at multiple conferences

Dr Jose David Munez Mendez, Assistant Dean, Grant Management, Strategy & Analytics, Office for Research and Education Research Scientist at the Centre for Research in Child Development (CRCD), co-publised a new journal article titled, “Mathematics resilience in preschool and executive functions. Learning and Instruction”, where it investigated whether mathematics resilience is observed in preschool children, whether executive functions are associated with mathematics resilience, and whether earlier resilience status relates to later mathematics achievement (six years later). Findings highlight the heterogeneity in the development of mathematics among at-risk children. Young children's mathematics resilience is built upon a combination of foundational cognitive aptitude that protects against initial failure, and environmental resources that sustain growth over time.

He also presented at various international conferences:

1. Múñez, D., See, J. & Aw, A., & Cheung, P. (2025). Shifting the paradigm: Home mathematics environment as a moderator of SES disparities. In Yi Shen (Organizer). Symposium held at the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference (MCLS), Hong Kong, June 9-11. (Oral presentation)

2. Cheung, P., Ng, E., Múñez, D., … & Lim-Ratnam, C. (2025). Supporting preschool teachers in numeracy lessons: A professional development approach. Poster presented at the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference (MCLS), Hong Kong, June 9-11.

3. Orrantia, J., Sanchez, R., Matilla, L., Vicente, S., Múñoz, P., & Múñez, D. (2025). The ratio processing system and its role in fraction understanding. Oral presentation at the 21st Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Graz, Austria, August 25-29

4. Orrantia, J., Sanchez, R., Matilla, L., Vicente, S., Múñoz, P., & Múñez, D. (2025). Conceptual and procedural knowledge of fraction arithmetic. Oral presentation at the 21st Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Graz, Austria, August 25-29

5. Sanchez, R., Matilla, L., Orrantia, J., Vicente, S., Múñez, D., & Múñoz, P. (2025). The role of mathematics textbooks in the understanding of fractions. Poster presented at the 21st Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Graz, Austria, August 25-29

6. Orrantia, J., Muñez, D., Sánchez, R., Matilla, & Muñoz, P. (2025). Early numerical cognition: from numerical mapping to basic arithmetic. Symposium hold at the 12th International Congress of Psychology and Education (CIPE), Oviedo, Spain, June  26 – June 28. (Oral presentation)