Boise State researchers are collaborating with Idaho schools to conduct a multi-year study funded by the Institute of Education Sciences to improve digital practice items for grade 6 students’ ratio and proportional reasoning.
Project Goals
- Study effects of enhancing the use of models and contexts in middle grades ratio, rate, and proportional reasoning practice items in the ASSISTments Digital Learning Platform.
- Explore ways to improve the design of items in digital learning platforms.
- Contribute to the scholarly knowledge base about how practice can support students’ conceptual and procedural knowledge of mathematics.
Improving Math Education through Parternship
We would like to thank the following school districts for partnering with us in Studies 1 and 2 (alphabetical order): Anser Charter School, Boise School District, Caldwell School District, Camas County School District, Future Public School, Middleton School District, Minidoka County School District, Murtaugh School District, Nampa School District, Notus School District, Payette School District, Twin Falls School District, Vallivue School District, West Ada School District, West Jefferson School District.
We would also like to thank our partners: the ASSISTments e-learning platform and consultant Avery Closser.
Project Team
- Michele Carney, Principal Investigator
- Joe Champion, Co-Principal Investigator
- Angela Crawford, Co-Principal Investigator
- Ya Mo, Co-Principal Investigator
- Patrick Lowenthal, Co-Principal Investigator
- Rachael Welder, Key Personnel
- Josie Derrick, Key Personnel