Dr CALDWELL, Melissa Pearl
高蔓明 博士
Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Early Childhood Education
Contact
ORCiD
0009-0000-7988-1960
Fax
(852) 2948 7160
Email
mpcaldwell@eduhk.hk
Address
10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong
Research Interests
  • Social-cognitive and social-emotional development in infancy and early childhood
  • Infant and toddler education and care
Research Interests

  • Social-cognitive and social-emotional development in infancy and early childhood
  • Infant and toddler education and care
Research Outputs
Journal Publications
Liu, Q., Huang, J., Caldwell, M. P., Cheung, S. K., Cheung, H., & Siu, T. -S. C. (2024). Gendered pathways to socioemotional competencies in very young children. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 6360. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-56854-0
Cheung, S. -K., Siu, T.-S. C., & Caldwell, M. P. (2023). Mathematical ability at a very young age: The contributions of relationship quality with parents and teachers via children’s language and literacy abilities. Early Childhood Education Journal51(4), 705-715. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-022-01338-x
Caldwell, M. P., Cheung, H., Cheung, S. -K., Li, J. -B., & Carrey Siu, T. S. (2022). Visuospatial perspective-taking in social-emotional development: Enhancing young children’s mind and emotion understanding via block building training. BMC Psychology10(1), 264. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-022-00976-5
Siu, T.-S. C., Caldwell, M. P., Cheung, S.-K., & Cheung, H. (2022). Deliberating on group sizes and child-adult ratios in infant-toddler care and education: Voices of practitioners and parents from Hong Kong. The First Years Ngā Tau Tuatahi, 24(1), 4-10.
SDGs infomation: 4 - Quality Education

Conference Papers
Caldwell, M. P., & Cheung, S. K. (2025, June). The role of parent-teacher collaboration in early numeracy skills of young children. Poster presented at the 2025 Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Hong Kong, China.
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Cheung, S. K., Siu, T. S. C., & Caldwell, M. P. (2025, June). The roles of parent-teacher relationships, home environment quality, and early childhood program quality in very young children’s mathematics ability. In S. K. Cheung (Chair), Unlocking success in early mathematics: From individual to environmental predictors. Symposium conducted at the 2025 Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society Conference, Hong Kong, China.
SDGs infomation: 3 - Good Health and Well-Being, 4 - Quality Education
Caldwell, M. P., Siu, T.-S. C., & Cheung, H. (2023, May). Verbal Interaction Augments the Effects of Visuospatial Training on Children’s Understanding of Mind and Emotion. Poster presented at the APS Convention 2023, Washington D.C., United States.
Zhong, M., Siu, T.-S. C., Caldwell, M. P., & Cheung, H. (2023, March). Interactive Effects of Teacher-Child Relationships and Early Childhood Learning Experiences on Children’s Pre-Academic Skills. Presented at the 26th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States.
Huang, J., Caldwell, M. P., Cheung, S.-K., Chan, W.-L., & Siu, T.-S. C. (2022, June). Gendered pathways to socioemotional competencies and behaviors in very young children: The roles of parent-child closeness and teacher-child closeness. Paper presented at the 26th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Rhodes, Greece.