Johannah Nikula

About

Johannah Nikula, a senior project director at EDC, co-leads the Connecticut Partnership to Support Multilingual Learner Mathematics Outcomes. A mathematics education expert and widely published author, Nikula leads a body of research that is advancing knowledge of how to make engaging and rigorous mathematical learning experiences accessible to all learners. She leads quantitative and qualitative research projects and brings expertise in improving instruction for multilingual learners, teacher professional development (PD), and middle grades mathematics.

Nikula leads National Science Foundation and Institute of Education Sciences studies that test new strategies to enhance PD for mathematics teachers. Her innovative and effective PD helps teachers support students with varying degrees of proficiency in English and from diverse backgrounds.

Nikula holds a BA in psychology with a minor in mathematics from Middlebury College and an EdM from Harvard University Graduate School of Education with a Technology in Education focus.

Email: jnikula@edc.org

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Analyzing Diagrams: A Support for English Learners (ADSEL)

The purpose of this project is to develop and test an innovative instructional unit intended to support the mathematics achievement of English learners (ELs) in sixth grade. Three factors demand innovative solutions. First, recently adopted mathematics standards have renewed pressure and enthusiasm to provide all students with access to rigorous mathematical content. Second, the EL population is growing, yet mathematics achievement "gaps" between ELs and non-ELs persist. Third, most mathemat...
Federal funding program:
Education Research Grants
Award number:
R305A170297
Grant

Mathematics Coaching Supporting English Language Learners

Many English learners in middle and high schools are taught mathematics by teachers who are not prepared and often reluctant to integrate language supports into teaching and learning mathematics. This project will develop and study the utility of integrating mathematics coaching and professional development for middle-grade teachers whose classrooms include English language learners (ELLs). Researchers will base their development of coaching and professional development (PD) materials on em...
Federal funding program:
Education Research Grants
Award number:
R305A110076