Tenured Scholars
Susperreguy, María Inés
Associate Professor
She is the director of the Millennium Nucleus for the Study of the Development of Early Mathematics Skills, MEMAT. She conducts undergraduate and graduate teaching and research in the areas of developmental psychology and child learning.
Main areas of study: Child development; Early learning; Family influences.
Education
| Job title | Institution that grants it | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Ph.D. in Education and Psychology | University of Michigan, United States | 2013 |
| Master of Science in Psychology | University of Michigan, United States | 2010 |
| Master in Psychology, Mention in Educational Psychology | Pontifical Catholic University of Chile | 2005 |
| Psychologist | University of La Frontera | 2002 |
| Degree in psychology | University of La Frontera | 2001 |
Teaching and training of researchers
| Course name | Sigla |
|---|---|
| Teaching Strategies for Early Affective Development: Theory and Practice, Early Childhood Education Pedagogy career, Faculty of Education | EDU0446 |
| Course name | Sigla |
|---|---|
| Research Seminar II, Doctoral Program in Education, Faculty of Education | EDU4222 |
| Year | Type | Name | Student |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-present | Thesis | Math Anxiety in Children, Primary Caregivers, and Teachers in Relation to the Mathematical Skills of 5- to 6-Year-Olds | Esmeralda Dionicio |
| 2023-present | Thesis | Transition of geometric thinking between early childhood and primary education: a collaborative teaching experience for the formulation of learning trajectories of form | Andrea Cáceres |
| 2015-2022 | Thesis | Self-regulation and early mathematics: What do kindergarten educators do to promote self-regulation in the classroom? An analysis of behaviors, and their relationship with early mathematics of preschool children | M. Fernanda Montoya |
| 2015-2020 | Thesis (co-direction) | What do kindergarten educators do to teach mathematics? An analysis of tasks, strategies and interactions. | Leidy Bautista (PhD in Education UDP-UAH) |
Research Projects
| Year | Type | Name | Role | See more |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-2024 | FONDEF IDeA R&D Project | Development of MathPath, an educational software program for teacher and family support to strengthen initial numerical skills in students aged 5 to 6. | Co-investigator | |
| 2021-2024 | Millennium Nucleus, ANID | Millennium Nucleus for the Study of the Development of Early Mathematics Skills | Director Principal Investigator | Go to projectlaunch |
| 2019-2022 | British Academy and the Global Challenges Research Fund | HELM: Home environments supporting learning mathematics: Understanding the impact of the home environment on early mathematical development in a global context | Co-investigator | |
| 2018-2022 | FONDECYT | Precursor skills for school success in mathematics: A longitudinal study from Kindergarten to Third Grade | Principal Investigator | |
| 2018-2022 | SSHRC (The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada) Insight Grants | Adding It Up: The Influence of Home and School Experiences on Children's Early Math Learning | collaborating researcher |
Publications
Recent
Year
Year
Title
Magazine
Volume
Pages
DOI
Morales, MF, Susperreguy, MI, Simms, V.
2025
The long-term effect of very preterm birth on school readiness: Exploring preschool mediating pathways
Pediatric Research
Cvencek, D., Sanders, EA, del Río, MF, Susperreguy, MI, Strasser, K., Brečić, R., Gaćeša, D., Skala, D., Tomasetto, C., Galdi, S., Cadinu, M., Kapur, M., Passolunghi, MC, Rueda Ferreira, TI, Mirisola, A., Mariani, B., & Meltzoff, AN
2024
National disparities favoring evils are reflected in girls' implicit associations about gender and academic subjects
Developmental Psychology
Advance online publication
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Ayala, MC, Strasser, K., Susperreguy, MI, & Castillo, K.
2024
Socioeconomic gaps in specific mathematical skills at different ages in primary school
Journal of Educational Psychology
116 (5)
762–784
Susperreguy, MI, Di Lonardo Burr, S., Xu, C., Douglas, H., Bourque, T., del Río, MF, Salinas, V., & LeFevre, J.-A.
2024
The role of mathematical vocabulary in the development of mathematical skills for Spanish-speaking students
Cognitive Development
70
101441
Ellis, A., Cosso, J., Duncan, RJ, Susperreguy, MI, Simms, V., & Purpura, DJ
2023
International comparisons on the home mathematics environment and relations with children's mathematical achievement
British Journal of Educational Psychology
93 (4)
1171-1187
Di Lonardo Burr, S., Xu, C., Douglas, H., LeFevre, JA. & Susperreguy, MI
2022
Walking another path: The inclusion of relational reasoning in the Pathways to Mathematics Model
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
105478
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Susperreguy, MI, Di Lonardo Burr, S., Douglas, H., Xu, C., LeFevre, J.-A., del Río, MF, & Salinas V.
2022
Home mathematics environment and mathematics performance of Chilean students in kindergarten and Grades 1 to 3
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
59
84-95
Hornburg, CB, Borriello, GA, Kung, M., Lin, J., Litkowski, E., Cosso, J., Ellis, A., King, Y., Zippert, E., Cabrera, N., Davis- Kean, P., Eason, S.H., Hart, S.A., Iruka, I., LeFevre, J.-A., Simms, V., Susperreguy, M.I., Cahoon, A., Chan, W.W.L., Cheung, S.K., Coppola, M., De Smedt, B., Elliot, L., Estévez-Pérez, N., Gallagher-Mitchell, T., Gardner-Neblett, N., Gilmore, C., Leyva, D., Maloney, EA, Manolitsis , G., Melzi, G., Mutaf-Yıldız, B., Nelson, G., Niklas, F., Pan, Y., Ramani, G.B., Skwarchuk, S.-L., Sonnenschein, S., & Purpura, D.J.
2021
Next directions in measurement of the home mathematics environment: An international and interdisciplinary perspective
Journal of Numerical Cognition
7 (2)
195-220
Susperreguy, MI, Di Lonardo Burr, S., Xu, C., Douglas, H., & LeFevre, JA.
2020
Children's home numeracy environment predicts growth of their early mathematical skills in kindergarten
Child Development
91 (5)
1663-1680
Susperreguy, MI, Douglas, H., Xu, C., Molina-Rojas, N., & LeFevre, JA.
2020
Expanding the Home Numeracy Model to Chilean children: Relations among parental expectations, attitudes, activities, and children's mathematical outcomes
Early Childhood Research Quarterly
50
16-28
Book chapters
Author
Year
chapter title
Editors
Book Title
Pages
Editorial
DOI/Url
Di Lonardo Burr, S.M., Xu, C., Susperreguy, M.I., Skwarchuk, S.-L., & LeFevre, J.A.
2025
The intersections of home literacy and home numeracy environments in different countries and contexts
GK Georgiou & T. Inoue
Home literacy environment and literacy acquisition: Evidence from different languages and contexts
69-84
Springer
Commitment
Management Responsibilities at the Faculty or University
2023- present: Director of the Learning and Development Department, Faculty of Education, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
2018-2019: Research Director, Faculty of Education, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile.
Social Impact
2022- present: Member of the Governing Board of the Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society (MCLS).
2024-2025: Visiting Scholar at the Department of Cognitive Sciences and the Pickering Center for Research in Human Development, Carleton University, Canada
