General Research Area: Development of decision-making; cognitive development in instructional contexts; mathematical reasoning.

Areas of Student Supervision: Decision-making in children and adolescents; children's learning of school subjects (math, science, reading); decision-making, problem-solving, and inference-making.

Recent Publications:

Byrnes, J. P. (1997). The nature and development of decision-making: A self-regulation model. Matawan, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates.

Miller, D.C. & Byrnes, J.P. (1997). Role of contextual and personal factors in children's risk-taking. Developmental Psychology, 33, 814-823.