Helping Children Learn Math
February 18, 2020
The joys of counting often begin during the toddler years as children sing along to “Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed” or laugh with The Count on Sesame Street. But what happens when a child struggles to match those numbers with quantities? Many children, especially those with learning difficulties and …
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Social Robots Teach Cyber Security
February 10, 2020
Fifth graders from The College School on the University of Delaware’s Newark campus recently learned important lessons about safeguarding information online from an unusual teacher — Zenbo, the social robot. Standing more than two feet tall, the cute classroom companion was preprogrammed with familiar children’s stories, such as Little Red Riding Hood, …
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New Faculty Research Grants
October 4, 2019
CEHD faculty research centers on addressing fundamental and complex educational and social inequities. This fall, eleven of our faculty were awarded grants through IES, NSF, the Spencer Foundation and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to evaluate and implement strategies and interventions designed to improve teachers’ practice and student outcomes. …
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NSF-funded research project aims to improve how students learn algebra
July 22, 2019
Have you ever learned something new only to realize that it’s caused you to forget something old? You’re not alone, said Charles Hohensee, associate professor in the School of Education at the University of Delaware. The phenomenon, known as “backward transfer,” is quite common, especially in math classrooms where prior …
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Amanda Jansen Awarded National Science Foundation Grant
April 8, 2019
Amanda Jansen, professor in the School of Education, was recently awarded a $600,000 National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to develop a professional development experience for university faculty who work in mathematics education. She shares the award with colleagues Sarah Sword, Michael Young and Albert Cuoco. The project, “Focus on Inquiry and Equity …
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Math Ed professor to study mathematics motivation and engagement
January 6, 2018
When children are young, they are mathematically curious all of the time. We hear them challenging each other to count to the highest number, chatting about the concept of infinity, and identifying patterns in games that ask them to “pick the item that doesn’t belong.” As they progress through school, …
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Predicting and addressing difficulties with fractions
January 12, 2016
In 2010, the Center for Improving the Learning of Fractions (CILF) was established at the University of Delaware. As part of a $10 million center grant from the Institute of Education Sciences, Nancy C. Jordan, professor of learning sciences in UD’s School of Education; Lynn Fuchs, Vanderbilt University; and Robert …
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Number Sense Screener to help Pre-K, K and 1st graders
October 30, 2015
Nancy Jordan has received funding through IES to refine and extend work on a Number Sense Screener for identifying children at risk for mathematical difficulties.
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Bringing computer and programming skills into the classroom
October 8, 2015
An interdisciplinary team of UD researchers has developed Partner4CS to help teachers integrate computational thinking into the classroom. The initiative has two components: a summer professional development institute for middle and high school teachers and a field experience course at UD designed to support those teachers.
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Improving teacher prep in mathematics
October 1, 2015
Researchers in UD’s Department of Mathematics Education received grants to explore how to strengthen teacher preparation curriculum, to improve students’ understanding and instruction of math concepts.
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Helping kindergarteners develop number sense
September 14, 2015
To help teachers strengthen the foundation of math skills for young children, Nancy Jordan and Nancy Dyson, School of Education, have developed a curriculum called Number Sense Interventions. Jordan is in the midst of a five-year grant from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to …
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Intervention may predict math achievement
September 8, 2015
SHAPE UP!: An spatial skills intervention for preschoolers that may predicts mathematics achievement This $880K 3-year study conducted by Roberta Golinkoff follows a group of preschoolers over the course of 14 months and assesses the development their geometric and mathematical ability using a suite of innovative new tasks involving manipulating two- …
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