Nora s. Newcombe A Canadian American Researcher

Nora S. Newcombe is a Canadian-American researcher who was born in Toronto, Ontario in 1951. In the year of 1972, Nora graduated with a B.A in Psychology at Antioch College. She would later study at Harvard University and acquire her Ph.D. in Psychology and Social Relations in 1976. Nora previously taught at Penn State University and is now a Laura H. Carnell professor of psychology at Temple University. She also is PI of the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center. Newcombe has received numerous awards and honors in her line of work, among these awards are the Women in Cognitive Science mentor award and the Award for Distinguished Service to Psychological Science. She is also a renowned member of four divisions of the American Psychological Association, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the American Academy Of Arts and Sciences, and the Society Of Experimental Psychologists. Nora has written various books, articles and journals. She also works as an edito r for numerous publications and has appeared in reviews and panels. Nora’s primary focus is spatial development and cognition. As an investigator of the Spatial Intelligence and Learning Center, Nora asserts how spatial learning can impact a child’s learning in mathematics and science and how it carries an important role in early childhood education. There is evidence to suggest that high spatial abilities have a strong connection with a child’s future success in STEM careers and that