Kiley McKee

Kiley gesturing to academic poster on CS teacher interviews while discussing research with conference participant.

Kiley stands in green blazer and brown pants next to academic poster about a transfer assessment for student transiting from Scratch to Python.

Kiley stands behind podium giving a talk, on the screen it shows “Mental Rotation Strategies” and has two Shepard and Metzler block figures.

Kiley stands next to a fellow conference participant.

Had a great time at #CogSci2025! Got to catch up with friends, see great research talks, and present some of my grad student work as well as some work from my internship at WestEd. Looking forward to the next one!

05.08.2025 20:56 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

And if you are interested in assessment + spatial thinking and will be attending #CogSci2025 next week, be sure to check out my talk on children's mental rotation strategies on the Saturday!

26.07.2025 20:33 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Happy to share that the chapter that I co-authored for Advances in Child Development and Behavior is in press today! 🎉

The chapter focuses on children's spatial thinking assessments and contains a lot of the underpinnings of my dissertation work.

You can read it here:

26.07.2025 20:33 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

Two students presenting their research poster for an individual

Landscape photo of northwestern research expo, with research posters lined up and lots of students presenting and talking to judges.

Very honored to have been a judge for the Northwestern Undergraduate Research Expo yesterday, and super proud of all of the STAR lab RAs who presented their awesome work. Lots of very talented future researchers!

24.05.2025 17:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Honored to be included with so many great researchers!

11.11.2024 21:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Updated Spatial & Numerical Cognition pack — still looking for more junior scientists 🔭🧪
go.bsky.app/4CXmSZM

11.11.2024 21:36 — 👍 34    🔁 19    💬 20    📌 0

Having a great time at Spatial Cognition 2024 in Dublin this week hearing about some amazing research!

27.06.2024 09:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Looking Ahead: Advancing Measurement and Analysis of the Block Design Test Using Technology and Artificial Intelligence The block design test (BDT) has been used for over a century in research and clinical contexts as a measure of spatial cognition, both as a singular ability and as part of more comprehensive intellige...

Excited to share our latest paper - a review of technological advancements in Block Design Test measurement and analysis. Looking forward to seeing what insights will come from using AI for investigating individual differences!

22.05.2024 14:14 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So proud of my undergrad RAs for presenting their work at #MPA2024! Always nice to see undergrads progress and grow in the lab.

18.04.2024 16:15 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Had a great time presenting at #CDS2024 yesterday - looking forward to seeing more amazing work at today’s sessions!

23.03.2024 18:08 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Schedule showing various poster times for the cognitive development conference.

Looking forward to #CDS2024 this week! If you are interested in assessment and measurement research, spatial cognition, or mental rotation, I would love to connect. Also be sure to check out the rest of the Northwestern STAR lab!

19.03.2024 20:58 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Psychology really needs to go back to square 1 on measurement. Even the major replications haven’t taken the lack of valid measures seriously. We are making up questions and questionnaires daily w/o validating constructs or tasks. This means our foundation is seriously shaky @jkflake.bsky.social

23.02.2024 13:14 — 👍 34    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 4

Excited to join Bluesky! As an introduction to myself, I am a Ph.D. candidate at Northwestern University. My research focuses on assessing and measuring cognition, specifically spatial cognition. I have interests in psychometrics, learning + development, and cognitive science. Happy to connect! 🧠

08.12.2023 17:06 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0