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Bringing computer and programming skills into the classroom
October 8, 2015An 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.
Read MoreImproving teacher prep in mathematics
October 1, 2015Researchers 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.
Read MoreHelping kindergarteners develop number sense
September 14, 2015To 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 …
Read MoreIntervention may predict math achievement
September 8, 2015SHAPE 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 …
Read MoreLinking geometric, mathematical and spatial skills
September 8, 2015The longitudinal relationship between geometric, mathematical, and spatial skills in preschool and kindergarten To uncover the links between geometric, mathematical and spatial skills, this $17K 1-year project, led by Roberta Golinkoff, (subcontract f …
Read MoreTeaching Fractions
September 8, 2015The Center for Improving Learning of Fractions The Institute of Education Sciences awarded a $10 million grant to UD professor Nancy C. Jordan, Lynn Fuchs at Vanderbilt University and Robert Siegler at Carnegie Mellon University, to fund this 5-year re …
Read MoreOIA brings medical technology into secondary classrooms
August 21, 2015An interdisciplinary team of students and faculty from University of Delaware’s College of Education and Human Development and College of Engineering have developed unique curriculum kits, called Orthopaedics in Action (OIA), that teach science, mathem …
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