Parent-child engagement and its role in children’s development and learning; preschool and school factors that promote the development of children’s cognitive skills; Individual cognitive, emotional, and motivational mechanisms involved in math.

POST-DOCTORAL FELLOW SUPERVISION
2024-current. Constanza Ayala. Area: Education. Funded by the Chilean National Fund for Scientific and Technological Development, FONDECYT, ANID.

GRADUATE- DOCTORAL LEVEL SUPERVISION
2024-current. Primary Advisor. Dahiana Fitipalde. Ph.D. in Psychology, Universidad Católica del Uruguay.
2024-current. Primary Advisor. Maysa Antunes Ramos. Ph.D. in Education, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC)
2023-current. Primary Advisor. Esmeralda Dionicio. Ph.D. in Education, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC)
2023-current. Secondary Advisor. Andrea Cáceres. Ph.D. in Education, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC) and Universidad de Lleida, Spain (dual degree)
2023. External Examiner. Carola Ruiz Hornblas. Ph.D. in Education (Macquarie University, Australia)
2022-current. Secondary Advisor. Daniela Susana Paz García. Ph.D. in Physical Culture Sciences, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico
2015-2022. Primary Advisor. M. Fernanda Montoya. Ph.D. in Education, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC)
2015-2020. Secondary Advisor. Leidy Bautista. Ph.D. in Education (Universidad Diego Portales and Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile)

GRADUATE- MASTER’S LEVEL SUPERVISION
2023-current. Secondary Advisor. Catalina Muñoz. M.Sc. in Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (PUC)
2022. External Examiner. Hung Wing Yiu. M.Phil in Psychology, The University of Hong Kong
2021. External Examiner. Dahiana Fitipalde. M.Sc. in Educational Psychology, Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Uruguay
2019-2021. Primary Advisor. Bernadita García de Magalhaes-Calvet. M.A. in Methods for Social Research, Universidad Diego Portales, Chile
2019. External Examiner. Paula Cartes Henríquez. M.A. in Psychopedagogy and Special Education, Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, Chile
2019-2020. External Thesis Committee Member, Dinorah de León. M.Sc. in Cognitive Science, Universidad de La República, Uruguay

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

Susperreguy, M. I., Morales, M. F., del Río, M. F., Espinoza, A. M., Purpura, D. J. (2024, June). Evaluating indirect pathways in the association between parental math anxiety and Chilean kindergartener's math performance. In F. H. Santos, Unraveling complex relations between math anxiety and math performance in childhood through various predictors across different countries. Symposium presented at the Annual Conference of the Math Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS), Washington, DC, US

Susperreguy, M. I., Ahumada, F., & Narea, M. (2023, November). Desarrollo de un sistema para codificar acciones matemáticas en interacciones entre madres e infantes [Development of a system for coding mathematical actions in mother-infant interactions]. Paper presented at the IX Congreso de la Sociedad Científica de Psicología de Chile, SCP [IX Conference of the Chilean Psychological Scientific Society], Antofagasta, Chile

Susperreguy, M.I., Aguilera, V., & Barahona, C. (2023, June). Home mathematics beliefs and experiences of Chilean families of preschoolers: A qualitative study. In C. Duncan (Chair), Measurement and impact of parent-child interactions for mathematical learning in the home environment. Symposium presented at the Annual Conference of the Math Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS), Loughborough, UK

Susperreguy, M. I., Ayala, M.C., del Río, M.F., & Peake, C. (2023, March). Home numeracy environment and Chilean’s early numeracy skills at the beginning and end of pre-Kindergarten. In G. Silinskas (Chair) & D. Purpura (Discussant), Parental math involvement and children’s math skills: International perspective. Symposium presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Salt Lake City, UT, United States

Susperreguy, M. I., del Río, M. F., & Salinas, V. (2022, November). Asociación entre el lenguaje matemático y el desempeño matemático de estudiantes chilenos en los primeros años de educación básica. [Association between mathematical language and mathematical performance of Chilean students in the first years of primary school]. Paper presented at the VIII Congreso de la Sociedad Científica de Psicología de Chile, SCP [VIII Conference of the Chilean Psychological Scientific Society], Puerto Natales, Chile

Susperreguy, M. I., Xu, C., Di Lonardo Burr, S., Douglas, H., LeFevre, J.-A., del Río, M. F., & Salinas, V. (2022, June). The roles of general cognitive skills and domain-specific mathematical language skills in the mathematical performance of Chilean students in Grade 3. In J.-A. LeFevre, Mathematical words: When do they count? Symposium presented at the Annual Conference of the Math Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS), Antwerpen, Belgium

Susperreguy, M. I., Di Lonardo Burr, S., Xu, C., Douglas, H., del Río, M. F., Salinas, V., & LeFevre, J.-A. (2022, June). Longitudinal associations of the home mathematics environment and students’ math outcomes in early elementary school. In J. Cosso, The home mathematics environment of Latine families. Symposium presented at the Annual Conference of the Math Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS), Antwerpen, Belgium

Susperreguy, M. I., del Río, M. F., Di Lonardo Burr, S., Douglas, H., Xu, C., LeFevre, J.-A., & Salinas, V. (2022, March). Home mathematics environment and math outcomes of Chilean kindergarten and early elementary school children. In A. Ellis (Chair), International perspectives on the home mathematics environment: Variability in relations, measures, and across grades. Symposium presented at the Virtual Annual Conference of the Math Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS)

Susperreguy, M. I., García, B., del Río, M. F., & Salinas, V. (2021, December). Differences and similarities in the maternal versus paternal home math environment of Chilean 6- to 9-year-old children. In V. Simms (Chair), Understanding the Home Mathematics Environment in different contexts. Symposium presented at the Virtual Annual Conference of the Math Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS)

Susperreguy, M. I., Montoya, M. F., Conchas Ramírez, M., & Rangel Ledezma, Y.S. (2021, October). Autorregulación en casa: Actividades con preescolares antes y durante la pandemia Covid-19 [Self-regulation at home: Parental activities with preschoolers before and after the Covid-19 pandemic]. Poster presented at the XXV Congreso Internacional de Cultura Física 2021: Educación Física, Deporte y Olimpismo: Estrategias Incluyentes [XXV International Conference of Physical Culture 2021: Physical Education, Sports and Olympism: Inclusive Strategies], Chihuahua, Mexico

Susperreguy, M. I., del Río, M.F., Salinas, V., García, B., LeFevre, J-A., Xu, C., Douglas, H., & Di Lonardo Burr, S. (2020, June). Home numeracy activities, attitudes, and expectations of mothers and fathers of Chilean kindergarten and early elementary school children. Paper accepted (not presented due to COVID 19) at the Annual Conference of the Math Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS), Dublin, Ireland

Susperreguy, M. I., Di Lonardo, S. M., Xu, C., Douglas, H., & LeFevre, J-A. (2019, June). Home numeracy and Chilean children’s numeracy skills growth from preschool to kindergarten. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

INVITED PRESENTATIONS

Susperreguy, M. I. (2024, November). Conducting and publishing research in majority world/global south countries. Panel Discussion, Cognitive Science Colloquia, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada.

Susperreguy, M. I. (2024, November). Children’s home numeracy experiences in Chile: Opportunities and challenges in Latin American research. Colloquium co-sponsored by the Psychology Department and the Faculty of Education, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Canada.

Susperreguy, M. I. (2024, October). Influencias familiares en el desarrollo de las habilidades matemáticas tempranas [Family influences on the development of early mathematical skills]. Virtual Colloquium of the Doctoral Program in Developmental Sciences and Psychopathology, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile.

Susperreguy, M. I. (2024, April). Desarrollo de las habilidades matemáticas tempranas: Aportes desde la psicología y la educación [Early math development: Contributions from psychology and education]. Invited presentation at the Colloquium of the Doctoral Program in Psychology, Universidad de La Frontera, Temuco, Chile

Susperreguy, M. I. (2021, November). Ambiente matemático en el hogar y habilidades matemáticas en niños chilenos [Home mathematics environment and mathematical skills in Chilean children]. Invited presentation at the I Uruguayan Congress in Cognitive Science & II Symposium on Education, Cognition and Neuroscience

Susperreguy, M. I. (2020, October). Challenges of measuring the broader home math environment. Invited keynote address at the Virtual Conference on the Home Math Environment in the Early Years

Susperreguy, M. I. (2019, June). Numeracy experiences through the eyes of a developing country. Presented to the Counting on Teachers Forum, Ottawa, Canada

ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC EVENTS AND OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

2024, October. Course for the Center for Teacher Experimentation and Continuing Education (CPEIP), Ministry of Education: Family and early mathematics [Curso CPEIP: Familia y matemáticas tempranas].

2023, January. MEMAT International Seminar: “Factors associated with mathematical learning at home and school: Three studies with Chilean boys and girls [Factores asociados al aprendizaje matemático en la casa y la escuela: Tres estudios con niños y niñas chilenos]”. Santiago, Chile. https://mileniomemat.cl/seminario-internacional-memat-factores-asociados-al-aprendizaje-matematico/

2022, November. Workshop: “Definition of authorship. [Definición de autorías]." Santiago, Chile. https://mileniomemat.cl/noticias/maria-ines-susperreguy-guio-taller-de-formacion-memat/

2022, June. Launching of the Millennium Nucleus MEMAT. [Lanzamiento Núcleo Milenio MEMAT]. Santiago, Chile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji76ZS6s-CU