@danschmidtke

Research Associate & Instructor @McMasterU • @ARiEAL_Research • Psycholinguist: reading development • rock climber • amateur Dylanologist • 🇬🇧🇨🇦

 Hamilton, Ontario
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Joined August 2010
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New paper on the distorting effect of intergroup bias on language use. We looked at the happiness of words people use to describe an in- vs out-group. People tend to inflate the positive regard for the in-group vs amplify their derogation of the out-group rdcu.be/dEHID
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In 1820, only 1 in 10 people over the age of 15 could read. Today, the corresponding global literacy rate — the share of adults aged 15 and older who can read and write — is 87%. That means more than 5 billion people can read and write today, compared to fewer than 100 million two centuries ago. The chart shows the rising global literacy rate over time. The data combines historical estimates from academic historians with more recent statistics from UNESCO. As we can see, widespread literacy is a recent achievement. This trend underlines a huge achievement, but it’s important to remember that there’s still much progress ahead of us. In many schools, children learn very little, and many still do not attend school. This Data Insight was written by @EOrtizOspina.
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Very grateful and excited for this collaboration!
Megan Waltenbury, M. Ed@MeganWaltenbury3 Jun 2024
Excited to support the work of our inaugural CSSIC Research Fellow, @danschmidtke, in collaboration with @MohawkEAP! Read more about this exciting project happening at @MohawkCollege below 👇
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Mohawk College has named @McMasterU research associate Dr. Daniel Schmidtke as the inaugural CSSIC Research Fellow. Schmidtke will lead a project geared toward enhancing support for students acquiring English as an additional language. Read more: mohawknewsdesk.ca/mohawk-col…
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NS Ramnath
@rmnth27 Mar 2024
He made it harder to ignore our own ignorance, and that is no mean achievement. RIP, Daniel Kahneman (1934-2024)
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Really enjoyed day 1 of @LaurenFink_PhD ‘s workshop “Learning Pupillometry: From Theory to Analyses”. Learned a lot about neurobiology of pupil dilation response, analysis techniques, and… the potential for eye-movement recording of seals 🦭
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New paper with Seina Yamada and Anna Moro on bridging program EAL students. What predicts their GPAs after the program? Random forest model ranked importance of 20+ reading and literacy skills. Gains in reading speed (eye movements 👁️) near the top link.springer.com/article/10…

Bridging to academic success: the impact of reading gains in an English bridging program on GPAs

Reading and Writing - Although research has established that students enrolled in pre-sessional English for academic purposes (EAP) programs make gains in English reading ability, the evidence base...

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🚨 #NewPaper We asked 140+ English learners to fill out a reading habits log each week over 26 weeks of English instruction. We found that they became more efficient readers and that those who read more than their peers made greater gains in reading speed frontiersin.org/articles/10.…
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A new postdoc position in the @CrepaldiLab at @Sissaschool! The post is for 21 months, starting ideally in Feb/Mar 24. We'll research statistical learning and reading, with a flexible research agenda - from neuroimaging to computational modeling. DM me for details on the project.
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Reading Lab@mac_readinglab18 Nov 2023
Traces of L2 reading development can be detected over 3 years after language instruction 💡 @danschmidtke presents "Investigating the Long-Term Effects of Reading Ability Growth During L2 Instruction on Subsequent Reading Skill: a Longitudinal Eye-Tracking Study" #psynom23
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On top of Arthur’s Seat, Edinburgh
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Fellow reading/L2/education researchers. I’m looking for some advice on where to submit an ms. I wrote a paper on which language variables (vocab, reading rate, etc.) predict future GPAs of ESLs who went thru a bridging program. Having trouble finding a journal that’ll take it.
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Protect the NHS!
John Burn-Murdoch
@jburnmurdoch31 Mar 2023
NEW: I’m not sure people fully appreciate how dire the US life expectancy / mortality situation has got. My column: enterprise-sharing.ft.com/re… And some utterly damning charts. 1) at *every* point on the income distribution, Americans live shorter lives than the English.
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Tidying up your R code to post on OSF feels a lot like cleaning your house because you're about to have company.
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📢 New paper in Memory & Cognition!📢 For her undergraduate thesis, Shaina Benjamin investigated how we use conceptual relations when reading novel compounds. Now it's published and I'm so so proud of her! link.springer.com/article/10… (Journal) researchgate.net/publication… (ResearchGate)
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The data and R code used for statistical analysis are available on Open Science Framework here: osf.io/5r93v/ The PsychoPy GitLab repo (containing the experiment script and stimuli) is available here: gitlab.pavlovia.org/danschmi….

Conceptual combination during novel and existing compound word processing: a self-paced reading...

Data and code for a self-paced reading study investigating conceptual combination during novel and existing compound word recognition.

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New paper led by Filip Nenadíc out in JEP: Learning, Memory, and Cognition! We looked at semantic richness effects during spoken word recognition. Honoured to have played a small part in this amazing research. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d…
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Want to conduct research on individual differences in learning to read in an additional language? Interested in eye-movements during reading? Curious about analysing longitudinal data? These PhD positions in the @mac_readinglab and bilingualism lab at McMaster might be for you!
Reading Lab@mac_readinglab12 Dec 2022
Two @SSHRC_CRSH funded PhD positions available in eye-tracking and other experimental studies of first and second language reading with a collaborative group co-led by @victor_kuperman, @danschmidtke & Anna Moro gs.mcmaster.ca/program/cogni…
Two PhD positions in eye-tracking and other experimental studies of first and second language reading A vibrant group of researchers at the Department of Linguistics and Languages, Centre for Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL) and McMaster English Language Development program (MELD) at McMaster University invites applications for two PhD positions starting in September 2023. We are looking for bright, motivated and well-trained individuals with a master’s degree in linguistics, psychology, cognitive science or related disciplines to join the collaborative group co-led by Drs Victor Kuperman, Anna Moro and Daniel Schmidtke. With financial support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the group has recently spearheaded collection of large-scale cross-linguistic datasets of eye-tracking and chronometric data on text reading in L1 and English L2 among university students. The datasets include multi-partner MECO and ENRO

ALT Two PhD positions in eye-tracking and other experimental studies of first and second language reading A vibrant group of researchers at the Department of Linguistics and Languages, Centre for Advanced Research in Experimental and Applied Linguistics (ARiEAL) and McMaster English Language Development program (MELD) at McMaster University invites applications for two PhD positions starting in September 2023. We are looking for bright, motivated and well-trained individuals with a master’s degree in linguistics, psychology, cognitive science or related disciplines to join the collaborative group co-led by Drs Victor Kuperman, Anna Moro and Daniel Schmidtke. With financial support from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the group has recently spearheaded collection of large-scale cross-linguistic datasets of eye-tracking and chronometric data on text reading in L1 and English L2 among university students. The datasets include multi-partner MECO and ENRO

Project 1: Eye-movement behavior and comprehension across languages, writing systems and levels of proficiency The project seeks to contribute to foundational questions of language and reading research: what is universal and specific in reading behavior across diverse languages and writing systems; what component skills are required for successful L1 and L2 reading fluency and comprehension; what impact does learning environment (including COVID-related disruptions in instruction delivery) have on reading acquisition and proficiency.

ALT Project 1: Eye-movement behavior and comprehension across languages, writing systems and levels of proficiency The project seeks to contribute to foundational questions of language and reading research: what is universal and specific in reading behavior across diverse languages and writing systems; what component skills are required for successful L1 and L2 reading fluency and comprehension; what impact does learning environment (including COVID-related disruptions in instruction delivery) have on reading acquisition and proficiency.

Project 2: Language development among English as an additional language university learners: phonological development, reading development, academic performance Contributions to several projects related to the above: examining components of language development (reading, phonological processing, vocabulary) during a bridging program and beyond; how does L1 phonology contribute to L2 phonological development? what components of reading skill differentiate students with different pathways to postsecondary studies; How does L1 reading fluency relate to L2 reading skill across typologically distant languages?

ALT Project 2: Language development among English as an additional language university learners: phonological development, reading development, academic performance Contributions to several projects related to the above: examining components of language development (reading, phonological processing, vocabulary) during a bridging program and beyond; how does L1 phonology contribute to L2 phonological development? what components of reading skill differentiate students with different pathways to postsecondary studies; How does L1 reading fluency relate to L2 reading skill across typologically distant languages?

PhD students will be expected to analyze existing secondary data and contribute to processing new primary data and designing follow-up experimental studies as needed. They will communicate findings through publications in scholarly journals and conference presentations. They will also engage in knowledge translation for stakeholders in the field of higher education and policy-making. Ideal candidates for both projects will have strong command of statistics and programming skills as well as interest in the fields of reading and first or second language/reading acquisition. Knowledge of eye-tracking and educational assessments is an asset. Proficiency in languages other than English is desirable for both projects; proficiency in Mandarin is a strong asset for Project 2. Successful candidates will be admitted to the graduate program in the Cognitive Science of Language & will be expected to complete the curriculum of the respective PhD degree.

ALT PhD students will be expected to analyze existing secondary data and contribute to processing new primary data and designing follow-up experimental studies as needed. They will communicate findings through publications in scholarly journals and conference presentations. They will also engage in knowledge translation for stakeholders in the field of higher education and policy-making. Ideal candidates for both projects will have strong command of statistics and programming skills as well as interest in the fields of reading and first or second language/reading acquisition. Knowledge of eye-tracking and educational assessments is an asset. Proficiency in languages other than English is desirable for both projects; proficiency in Mandarin is a strong asset for Project 2. Successful candidates will be admitted to the graduate program in the Cognitive Science of Language & will be expected to complete the curriculum of the respective PhD degree.

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Mathieu Stern@Mathieustern24 Oct 2022
I edited this video and it reached 20 million views on my Tiktok over the weekend, it's an art performance of Yoann Bourgeois I had the chance to film. I added a Sigur Ros song to match the movements of the dancer.
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