The Mathematics Learning Study is a one year study of fifth grade students designed to examine how teachers’ practices contribute to students’ engagement in mathematics instruction and students’ subsequent mathematics achievement. Our perspective on engagement considers children’s cognitive, emotional, and behavioral engagement in learning. Data are being gathered in 2010-2011 in approximately 100 fifth grade mathematics classrooms. One of our goals with the Mathematics Learning Study will be to introduce new measures used to assess quality of mathematics instruction and student engagement to the fields of developmental psychology and mathematics education. This work is funded by the National Science Foundation.
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Julie Thomas
Lab Coordinator and Manager
Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning
Curry School of Education
434-243-4951
jthomas@virginia.edu
Sara Rimm-Kaufman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Education
Center for the Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning
Curry School of Education
434-982-2863
serk@virginia.edu
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