Website: http://www.mtpmathscience.net
MTP-M/S serves the needs of young children at risk for early school failure and the teachers who guide their learning. Yearlong curricula for prekindergarten mathematics and science provide engaging, cognitively demanding inquiry activities, scaffolding students' deep knowledge and skill development. Rich web-based teacher supports are embedded within the curricula for quick and easy review during teachers' preparation: Every activity features one or more short video demonstrations of high quality, high fidelity teaching practice, along with teaching tips and recommendations for differentiated instruction and extensions across the school day and at home.
Results from a 2008-9 pilot implementation of MTP/MS suggest the effectiveness of the curricula for promoting students' math and science learning. Analyses from a 2009-10 randomized field trial are now underway, to examine effects of both the curricula and the teacher supports for encouraging the quality and fidelity of teaching practice as well as students' mathematics and science learning.
Funding Source: Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, Grant R305A07068
Start/End Dates: 2007-2011
Current students working on MTP: Math/Science:
Kateri Thunder (Graduate Research Assistant) Project Focus: Teacher-child interactions in early mathematics; Teaching quality and fidelity
Courtney Fay (Graduate Research Assistant) Project Focus: Teaching quality and fidelity
Kyle Bourassa (Undergraduate Research Assistant) Project Focus: Teaching quality and fidelity
Publications:
Wang, F., Kinzie, M. B., McGuire, P., & Pan, E. (2010) Applying Technology to Inquiry-Based Learning in Early Childhood Education. Early Childhood Education Journal, 37(5), 381-389.
Kilday, C. R., & Kinzie, M. B. (2009) An Analysis of Instruments that Measure the Quality of Mathematics Teaching in Early Childhood. Early Childhood Education Journal, 36, 365-372.
Kilday, C. R. K., Kinzie, M. B., Mashburn, A. J., Vick Whittaker, J. (in press). Accuracy of Teacher Judgments of Preschoolers' Math Skills. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment.
Lee, Y., & Kinzie, M. B. (in press). Teacher questioning and student responses with regard to cognition and language use. Instructional Science.
McGuire, P., Kinzie, M.B., & Berch, D.B. (in press). Developing number sense in pre-k using five-frames. Early Childhood Education Journal.
Kinzie, M. B., Vick Whittaker, J. E., Kilday, C. R. K., & Williford, A. (In press). Designing effective curricula and teacher professional development for early childhood mathematics and science. In Effective Professional Development in Early Childhood Education. National Center for Research in Early Childhood Education (NCRECE).
Presentations:
Downer, J., Haren, C. A., Kinzie, M. B., Pianta, R. C., Allen, J., & Neesen, K. (2011, April). MyTeachingPartner: Improving teaching through interactions. Finalist poster presented at the Inauguration of President Teresa Sullivan, University of Virginia: Charlottesville, VA. Poster selected as one of 35 finalists across 7 award categories.
Kinzie, M., Whittaker, J. Willliford, A., Mcguire, P. Lee, Y. & Matthew, K. (2011, April). Early childhood math and science: The impact of MyTeachingPartner-Math/Science. Paper presented to the American Educational Research Association: New Orleans.
McGuire, P. R., Kinzie, M.B., Berry, R. Q., & Thunder, K. (2011, April). An Analysis of teacher-child interactions in pre-k mathematics. Paper presented to the American Educational Research Association: New Orleans.
Whittaker, J. V., Kinzie, M. B., & Williford, A. (2011, March). The association between teacher-child relationship quality and children's mathematics skills in pre-kindergarten. Poster presented at the meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development Conference (SRCD), Montreal, Quebec.
Kinzie, M.B. (2011, January). MyTeachingPartner: Innovative technology providing teachers with professional development resources to help young children succeed. Presentation to the University Libraries Professional Interests Committee (PIC), Charlottesville, VA.
Kinzie, M. B. (2010, June). MyTeachingPartner-Mathematics/Science: Curricula and embedded teaching supports for high quality, high fidelity practice. Presentation as part of panel: Science Instruction for Early Childhood: Too Soon or Just Right? Annual grantee meeting of the Institute of Educational Sciences (IES): Washington, DC.
Kinzie, M. B., Whittaker, J., Kilday, J., Pianta, R. C., McGuire, P., Pan, E., Foss, J., Lee, Y., Hughes, M. M., Josephson, K., Williford, A., Berry, R. Q., Matthew, K. & Kelly C. (2010, June). MyTeachingPartner Mathematics/Science: Year two outcomes. Presentation at the annual grantee meeting of the Institute of Educational Sciences (IES): Washington, DC.
Kinzie, M. B., Whittaker, J. V., Kilday, C. R., & Williford, A. (2010, November). Designing effective curricula and teacher professional development for early childhood math and science. Fifth annual leadership symposium, National Center for Research on Early Childhood Education (NCRECE), Arlington, VA.
Matthew, K., McGuire, P., Kinzie, M. B., Lee, Y., & Foss, J. (2010, October). A blended-learning approach to professional development in pre-k mathematics and science: Lessons from MyTeachingPartner. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Anaheim, CA.
Kinzie, M. B., Whittaker, J., & McGuire, P., & Lee, Y. (2010, October). Pre-kindergarten mathematics & science: Design-based research on curricular development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Educational Communications & Technology (AECT), Anaheim, CA
Kinzie, M., Whittaker, J., Kilday, J., Pianta, R. C., McGuire, P., Pan, E., Foss, J., Lee, Y., Hughes, M. M., Josephson, K., Williford, A., Berry, R. Q., Matthew, K. & Kelly C. (2010, June). MyTeachingPartner Mathematics/Science: Year Two Outcomes. Presentation at the annual grantee meeting of the Institute of Educational Sciences (IES): Washington, DC.
Lee, Y., & Kinzie, M.B. (2010, April). Teachers’ Open-ended Questions in Early Childhood Science Activities: How Often, When, and What Happens? Paper presented to the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver.
McGuire, P. R., Kinzie, M. B., & Kilday, C. R. (2010, April). Children’s understanding of two-digit place value: A place for place value in Pre-K mathematics instruction. Paper presented to the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver.
Kinzie, M. B., Pianta, R. C., Kilday, C. R., McGuire, P., & Pinkham, A. (2009, March). Development of curricula, teacher, supports, and assessments for Pre-Kindergarten Mathematics and Science. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE), Washington, DC.
