Keith Holyoak

The purpose of the National Center for Advanced Technology in Schools (NCATS) is to create materials that will lead to improved learning of critically important math concepts such as pre-algebra and algebra, commonly referred to as "gateway" concepts, because they are necessary for successfully performing higher-level math. The team will leverage advances in instructional technology (e.g., "serious games") in order to challenge and motivate 9th grade students, particularly underperforming on...

In the early 2000s, research suggested that analogical reasoning played an important yet little understood role in teaching mathematical thinking and learning. In this project, the researchers proposed to explore ways to improve children's learning of mathematics through teachers' use of analogy in instruction by examining previous studies of typical U.S. classroom activities and laboratory experiments.