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McMurran, M., Weisbart, D., & Atit, K. (2023). The relationship between students' gender and their confidence in the correctness of their solutions to complex and difficult math problems. Learning and Individual Differences, 107, 102349.
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Power, J. R., Lynch, R., & Atit, K. (2023). Development of student teacher self-efficacy: The critical role of school placements. European Journal of Teacher Education.
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Goldhagen, G., Ford, H., & Atit, K. (2023). Examining perspective-taking skills in introductory geoscience students. Journal of Geoscience Education.
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Rocha, K., Lussier, C.M. & Atit, K. (2022). What makes online teaching spatial? Examining the connections between K-12 teachers’ spatial skills, affect, and their use of spatial pedagogy during remote instruction. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 7(25).
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Barth, N., Stock, G. M., & Atit, K. (2021). From virtual field trip to geologically-reasoned decisions in Yosemite Valley. Geoscience Communication, 5(1), 17-28.
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Atit, K., Power, J. R., Pigott, T., Lee, J., Geer, E. A., Uttal, D. H., Ganley, C. M., & Sorby, S. (2021). Examining the relations between spatial skills and mathematics performance: A meta-analysis. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review.
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Casselman, M. D., Eichler, J. F., & Atit, K. (2021). Advancing multimedia learning for science: Comparing the effect of virtual versus physical models on student learning about stereochemistry. Science Education, 105(6), 1285-1314.
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Wu, J., Atit, K., Ramey, K., Hall, G., Vondracek, M., Jona, K., & Uttal, D. (2021). Investigating students' learning through co-designing with technology. Journal of Science Education and Technology.
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Fiorella, L., Yoon, S. Y., Atit, K., Power, J., Panther, G., Sorby, S., Uttal, D., & Veurink, N. (2021). Validation of the mathematics motivation questionnaire (MMQ) for secondary school students. International Journal of STEM Education, 8.
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Atit, K. & Rocha, K. (2020). Examining the relations between spatial skills, spatial anxiety, and K-12 teacher practice. Mind, Brain, and Education.
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Atit, K., Power, J. R., Sorby, S., Uttal, D. H., Carr, M., Veurink, N., Fiorella, L., & Msall, C. (2020). Examining the role of spatial skills and math motivation on middle school mathematics achievement. International Journal of STEM Education, 7(38), 1-13.
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Atit, K., Uttal, D. H., & Stieff, M. (2020). Situating space: Using a discipline focused lens to examine spatial thinking skills. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 5(1), 1-16.
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Casselman, M. D., Atit, K., Henbest, G., Guregyan, C., Mortezaei, K., & Eichler, J. F. (2019). Dissecting the flipped classroom: Using a randomized controlled trial experiment to determine when student learning occurs. Journal of Chemical Education, 97(1), 27-35.
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Atit, K., Miller, D., Newcombe, N. S., & Uttal, D. H. (2018). Teachers’ spatial skills across disciplines and education levels: Exploring nationally representative data. Archives of Scientific Psychology, 6(1), 130-137.
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Ormand, C. J., Shipley, T. F., Tikoff, B., Dutrow, B., Goodwin, L., Hickson, T. A., Atit, K., Gagnier, K. M., & Resnick, I. (2017). The spatial thinking workbook: A research-validated spatial skills curriculum for geology majors. Journal of Geoscience Education: Synthesizing Results and Defining Future Directions of Geoscience Education Research, 65(4), 423-434.
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Atit, K., Ramey, K. E., Uttal, D. H., & Olzewski-Kubulius, P. M. (2017). Integrating engineering in K-8 Classrooms: A method of identifying and developing strong spatial skills. In A. Cotabish & D. Dailey (Eds.), Engineering Instruction for High-Ability Learners in K-8 Classrooms (pp. 189-204).
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Gagnier, K. M., Atit, K., & Shipley, T. F. (2016). Understanding and improving reasoning of spatial representations: Implications for education. In David J. Cowen (Ed.), STEM and GIS Higher Education. ESRI Press.
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Gagnier, K. M., Atit, K., Ormand, C. J., & Shipley, T. F. (2016). Comprehending 3D diagrams: Sketching to support spatial reasoning. Topics in Cognitive Science: Sketching and Cognition, 1-19.
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Atit, K., Weisberg, S., Newcombe, N., & Shipley, T. F. (2016). Learning to interpret topographic maps: Understanding layered spatial information. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 1(2), 1-18.
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Gagnier, K. M., Shipley, T. F., Tikoff, B., Garnier, B. C., Ormand, C. J., Atit, K., & Resnick, I. (2016). Training spatial skills in geosciences: A review of tests and tools. In R. W. Krantz, C. J. Ormand & B. Freeman (Eds.), 3D Structural Interpretation: Earth, Mind, and Machine: AAPG Memoir (pp. 7-23).
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Tarampi, M. R., Atit, K., Petcovic, H. L., Shipley, T. F., & Hegarty, M. (2016). Spatial skills in expert structural geologists. In R. W. Krantz, C. J. Ormand & B. Freeman (Eds.), 3D Structural Interpretation: Earth, Mind, and Machine: AAPG Memoir (pp. 65-73).
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Newcombe, N.S., Weisberg, S.M., Atit, K., Jacovina, M.E., Ormand, C.J. & Shipley, T.F. (2015). The lay of the land: Sensing and representing topography. The Baltic International Yearbook of Cognition, Logic, and Communication, 10, 1-57.
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Atit, K., Gagnier, K., & Shipley, T. F., (2015). Students’ gestures aid penetrative thinking. Journal of Geoscience Education, 63, 66-72.
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Atit, K ., Shipley, T. F., & Tikoff, B. (2014). What do a geologist’s hands tell you? A framework for classifying spatial gestures in science education. In D. Montello, K. Grossner, & D. Janelle (Eds.), Space in Mind: Concepts for Spatial Learning and Education. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
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Atit, K ., Shipley, T. F., & Tikoff, B. (2013). Twisting space: Are rigid and non-rigid mental transformations separate spatial skills? Cognitive Processing, 14 (2) , 163-173.