Kelly M. McGinn

Kelly M. McGinn

  • College of Education and Human Development

    Psychological Studies in Education

    Assistant Professor

Office Location

Ritter Hall 494

Phone

215-204-1594

Biography

Dr. Kelly McGinn is an assistant professor in the Psychological Studies in Education department at Temple University. She also serves as program coordinator of the Human Development and Community Engagement program and co-director of the Center for Assessment, Evaluation and Education Policy Analysis. She earned her doctoral degree in educational psychology at Temple University. Dr. McGinn’s research focuses broadly on the application of cognitive science principles to inform how we teach. Specifically, she is interested in the development of mathematics conceptual knowledge. Furthermore, Dr. McGinn specializes in the evaluation of education-based nonprofits and organizations, with a special interest in STEM-based programs.

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Research Interests

  • Cognitive Processes/Development
  • Evaluation
  • Mathematics Education

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

EPSY 5551

Introduction to Program Evaluation

Graduate

EPSY 8627

Introduction to Research Design and Methods

Graduate

HDCE 3332

Professional Seminar in Human Development and Community Engagement I

Undergraduate

HDCE 4333

Program Evaluation

Undergraduate

EDUC 5325

Introduction to Statistics and Research

Graduate

Selected Publications

  • McGinn, K., Young, L., Huyghe, A., & Booth, J. (2024). The Effect of Worked Examples and Self-Explanation Prompts on Mathematics Standardized Assessments. Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 17(4), pp. 1008-1030. Informa UK Limited. doi: 10.1080/19345747.2023.2243254

  • Begolli, K.N., Dai, T., McGinn, K.M., & Booth, J.L. (2021). Could probability be out of proportion? Self-explanation and example-based practice help students with lower proportional reasoning skills learn probability. Instructional Science, 49(4), pp. 441-473. doi: 10.1007/s11251-021-09550-9

  • McGinn-Kahil, K.M. & Booth, J. (2019). Self-explanation prompts explained. Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 24(4), pp. 18-22. doi: 10.3316/aeipt.227336