Mari Strand Cary

The purpose of this project is to investigate the effects of an intervention focused on technology instruction on students' proximal and distal knowledge, perceptions, engagement and academic performance related to STEM disciplines and, secondarily, teachers' and computer coders' perceptions and confidence related to coding and teaching.

The purpose of this project was to evaluate the efficacy of KinderTEK, a fully developed, tablet-based math program for young learners. Many teachers turn to technology in the hopes that online programs, applications (apps), and virtual manipulatives can provide differentiated instruction, independent practice, and engaging content for students within their classrooms. KinderTEK is a product of a prior IES development grant (R324A110286) and an OSEP Stepping Up Technology grant that can func...

Results from the latest NAEP (2009) indicate that only about 40% of 4th graders were deemed at or above proficient in mathematics. Significant differences in student knowledge can be reliably measured at school entry on concepts from counting and number knowledge to more complex understandings of quantities, operations, and problem solving. Longitudinal research suggests that students who perform poorly at the end of kindergarten are likely to continue to perform poorly in mathematics throug...