Biography
Xiang (Caroline) Cheng is a doctoral student in the Human Development area within the Department of Educational Psychology. She is a member of the Mathematics Education Learning and Development lab with Dr. Percival Matthews. Xiang is interested in how individuals perceive and process nonsymbolic ratios across sensory modalities, particularly in visual and auditory contexts, and how these abilities relate to individual differences in music experience, fraction magnitude knowledge, and working memory.
About
In addition to her studies, Xiang also volunteers as a teacher at Little Picassos, an off-campus organization that provides after-school art lessons for children from low-income families. In her free time, she enjoys practicing Chinese calligraphy, playing the guzheng, and spending time with her cats.
Education
M.S. in Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2026
B.S. in Education Studies, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 2024
Research Interests
Mathematical cognition, ratio perception, fraction learning