Past Projects & Research

This project expanded and disseminated the Project AIM professional development program that was designed to help teachers recognize, analyze, and aspire to implement high quality discourse in the mathematics classroom.

A research project that learned from Spanish-speaking parents of pre-K children, about how they engage in and access the Aprendiendo Math Talk training via the use of videos and social media.

Children’s Understanding of Relationships (CUF/CUG) projects focused on developing the cognitive foundations of children’s understanding of algebraic concepts as they begin formal schooling in Kindergarten and first grade.

Developed data science materials and activities for after-school and summer experiences.

Designing Biomimetic Robots created and studied an interdisciplinary learning environment for middle school students, by having students study the natural world and use what they learned to design their own robots.

A national model for rigorous, engaging Earth and environmental lab science courses.

The eMapper was a web-based application that served K-12 students with HFA/AS participating in general-education settings.

Extracting Salient Scenarios from Interaction Logs helped students understand the principles of complex systems by developing a new type of education technology to support their learning and participation in the multi-person immersive simulation.

Focus on Energy is an innovative approach for teaching and learning about energy in grades 4-5.

FRAME investigated strategies to enhance the mathematics in museum-based making and tinkering activities and laid the foundation for a full research study on broadening family participation in mathematics through making.