Angela Eckhoff, PhD,is an associate professor of teaching and learning in the Early Childhood Education program and is codirector of the Virginia Early Childhood Policy Center at Old  Dominion University. She holds a dual PhD from the University of Colorado–Boulder in educational psychology and cognitive science. She is a coeditor of the Growing in STEM column for Young Children, published by the National Association for the Education of Young Children. She is the author of Creative Investigations in Early Engineering and Technology, Creative Investigations in Early Science (coming August 2018), and Creative Investigations in Early Math, available from Gryphon House.