Publications

• Dr. Udita Gupta & Dr. Robert Zheng (2020). Cognitive Load in Solving Mathematics Problems: Validating the Role of Motivation and the Interaction Among Prior Knowledge, Worked Examples and Task Difficulty. European Journal of STEM Education. Vol. 5(1), 14. Published, 11/23/2020.
• Udita Gupta (2019). Interplay of Germane Load and Motivation During Math Problem Solving using Worked Examples. Educational Research: Theory and Practice. Accepted, 01/18/2019.
• Burbank, M. & Bates, A., Gupta, U. (2016). The Influence of Teacher Development on Secondary Content Area Supervision among Preservice Teachers. The Teacher Educator. Vol. 51, 55-69. Published, 09/30/2016.
• Zheng, R., Udita, G., & Dewald, A. (2012). Does the format of pretraining matter? A study on the effects of different pretraining approaches on prior knowledge construction in an online environment. International Journal of Cyber Behavior, Psychology and Learning, 2(2), 35-47. Published, 08/2012.

Research Keywords

• Reflective Practices
• Preservice Teachers
• Motivation
• Mathematics Education
• Cognitive Load Theory

Presentations

• Making Your ELL Instruction Count: Practice and Reflection Based Approach for Pre-Service Teachers. Poster Presentation at Carnegie Foundation Summit, San Francisco, USA. Other, Accepted, 04/17/2020.
• Reflective Practices in Teacher Education. Poster Presentation at Carnegie Foundation Summit, San Francisco, USA. Other, Accepted, 04/17/2020.
• How Reflective Practices Impact Secondary Pre-Service Teachers? Presentation at Association for Teacher Education (ATE), Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA. Conference Paper, Accepted, 02/14/2020.
• Reflective Practices in Higher Education. Presentation, Presented, 08/12/2019.
• “Mirror! Mirror! What is Reflection?” . Other, Accepted, 07/12/2019.
• How critical is the role of prior knowledge and element interactivity in math? Presentation, Accepted, 01/04/2019.
• This was a poster presentation. Topic: Interplay of Germane Load and Motivation During Math Problem Solving using Worked Examples. Conference: Northern Rocky Mountain Educational Research Association (NRMERA) . Presentation, Presented, 10/17/2018.
• Gupta, U., Zheng, R. (March 2017). Managing Cognitive Load during Complex Learning: A Study on Worked Examples and Element Interactivity. Poster Presentation at International Convention of Psychological Science (ICPS) Annual Conference. Vienna, Austria. Presentation, Presented, 03/23/2017.

Research Groups

• NSF QRM, Visiting Student. University of Maryland . 08/14/2020 - 06/25/2021. https://education.umd.edu/academics/departments/hdqm/research/nsf-qrm-scholars-program. Awards/Scholarships/Stipends: None.

Languages

• English, fluent.
• Hindi, fluent.