Julie Booth

In this project, researchers aim to test the efficacy of the MathByExample activities on improving student mathematics outcomes in 4th and 5th grade. The MathByExample intervention, developed with prior IES funding, targets key mathematics concepts and common misconceptions for 4th and 5th grade students through worked example practice exercises in which students explain a fictitious student's work (marked as either correct or incorrect) and solve a practice problem.

In this project, researchers will iteratively develop and test GeometryByExample, an intervention that incorporates explanation of correct and incorrect examples of varied geometric content, to improve student learning of high school Geometry. GeometryByExample provides strategically designed, worked-example based assignments for students to complete in class in place of more typical practice assignments. Instead of solving all the practice problems themselves, students study correct or inco...

The purpose of the proposed project is to develop a better understanding of whether, when, and how improving fraction knowledge yields improvements in algebra learning. Specifically, the research team will (1) explore the extent to which improving fraction knowledge improves algebra readiness and learning for middle school students and preservice teachers learning algebra and (2) examine the independent contributions of fraction magnitude and fraction computation knowledge for improving alge...

This training program prepared four postdoctoral fellows to apply cognitive science principles to crucial issues in education, with a special focus on mathematics, language development, and early learning.

Calculus is a critical "gateway" course for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) learning in the undergraduate years. Better preparation at the high school level is associated with better achievement at the undergraduate level and increased persistence in STEM majors. Recent research has identified some potential individual difference variables that can explain why some students do not succeed and persist whereas others do. Prominent among these individual differences are...