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The use and benefits of cognitive offloading tools in mathematics
Registrations are currently unavailable.
Date(s): 6th Nov 2025
Time: 4:00PM - 5:00PM AEDT
Venue: Virtual Learning Session Details and invitation to join the meeting will be provided closer to the date of the event. Online session delivered by MAV
Costs: Members : Free Non-members: $30.00 Members, login now to receive your best price
Description: Mathematical problem-solving places heavy demands on children’s developing working memory capacity. Cognitive offloading, the outsourcing of information from internal memory to the external world, may serve as a useful strategy to alleviate working memory demands and promote mathematical problem-solving in childhood and adolescence. Join us for a webinar, led by psychologist and PhD student, Sarah Podwinski from the University of Melbourne, to learn about the use and benefits of embodied and external cognitive offloading tools in mathematics education. Presenter: Sarah Podwinski (she/her) is a psychologist and PhD student at the University of Melbourne. Her research investigates the development of metacognition, with a focus on cognitive offloading during childhood and early adolescence. She is particularly interested in the relationship between metacognitive control and mathematical problem-solving, with plans to use her research to inform the design of mathematics interventions that foster metacognitive strategies and improve achievement outcomes. Drawing on her clinical and research experience, Sarah is committed to advancing knowledge of cognitive development and evidence-based strategies that promote educational achievement. Registrations close Wednesday 5th November, 2025
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