Lindsey Richland

In this project, the researchers will develop and pilot test a digital technology-based classroom supplement that uses a trained generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology to improve grade 5 and 6 students' curriculum learning as well as train their attention to notice and attend to higher order thinking (HOT) opportunities within mathematics instruction. This tool will build upon the researchers' prior IES-funded work (R305A190467) that found the more students engage linguistically ...

The research team explored variations in students' exposure to language that encourages them to use higher order thinking (HOT Talk, or HOTT) in the home, meaning language that asks a student to draw connections, understand why phenomena work, and/or make generalizations. The researchers also tested whether incorporating more of that language in classroom mathematics teaching can help more students to successfully use higher order thinking when learning math. The researchers specifically inv...

The aims of this project are to examine the role of pressure as a factor underlying persistent achievement gaps in mathematical reasoning skills and to test a malleable factor for reducing those gaps: making worked examples visible while engaging students in mathematical reasoning. Most of the research exploring the effects of anxiety and pressure on academic performance focuses on testing situations. Through this project, the research team will extend this work by looking at whether anxiety...