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Mélanie Maximino-Pinheiro

2021/10-

Ph.D student

Paris Cité University,
LIEPP, Sciences Po

After graduating from the master’s in Psychology of Children’s Education and Cognitive Development at the University Paris Cité, Mélanie joined the LaPsyDÉ to begin her PhD under the supervision of Grégoire Borst and Carlo Barone. Her dissertation work aims to (1) study the links between metacognition, academic achievement and socioeconomic status in young children aged 5 to 7 and (2) evaluate the effect of different interventions aiming at promoting metacognition among this population. Mélanie is also an affiliated member of the Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies (LIEPP) at Sciences Po. In this context, she collaborates with sociologists and economists in the field of public policies which aim to reduce educational inequalities.

PUBLICATIONS

Holzer, J., Maximino-Pinheiro, M., & Borst, G. (2025). SES and  academic achievement are (not always) related: Profiles of student SES,  academic achievement and their links to socio-emotional, cognitive, and  metacognitive characteristics. Learning and Instruction, 95(102055). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2024.102055

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Mathan, J., Maximino-Pinheiro, M., He, Q., Rezende, G., Menu, I.,  Tissier, C., Salvia, E., Mevel, K., Le Stanc, L., Vidal, J., Moyon, M.,  Delalande, L., Orliac, F., Poirel, N., Oppenheim, C., Houdé, O.,  Chaumette, B., Borst, G., & Cachia, A. (2024). Effects of parental  socioeconomic status on offspring's fetal neurodevelopment. Cerebral Cortex, 34(11), bhae443, https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhae443

Maximino-Pinheiro, M., Menu, I., Boissin, E., Brunet, L.A., Barone, C., & Borst, G. (2024).  Metacognition as a mediator of the relation between family SES and language and mathematical abilities in preschoolers. Scientific Reports, 14, 10392. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60972-0

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Maximino-Pinheiro, M., Brunet, L.-A., & Borst, G. (2024). Bridging  the gap between researchers and policy-makers: A teacher training  experiment aiming to improve children’s metacognition and reduce  educational inequalities. In Insights from the science of learning for education: Leveraging scientific knowledge for innovations in teaching and learning (pp. 44–55). UNESCO. https://doi.org/10.54675/JQSL4422

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