Connect with EDC at NCTM 2024
Join EDC researchers and discuss our research at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Chicago, Illinois.
We invite you to join EDC researchers and discuss our research at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in Chicago, Illinois. The theme of this year’s meeting is “The Math of Their Dreams: Illuminating Students’ Brilliance.”
EDC researchers will present findings related to playful math, early data science learning, early spatial learning, mathematical argument, and using digital activities to enhance early math teaching and learning.
Browse the schedule below to view our sessions and related resources.
Sessions – Dates and Times
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Time | Session and Related Resources | Presenters | |
Thursday, September 26 | |||
| 12:00 p.m. | Session: Building Local Capacity for Facilitating Professional Learning to Support Math Instruction Related Resources: Math For All: Making Rich Mathematics Accessible to All Students in Grades K–8 The Role of Local Facilitators in Scaling Up a Well-Specified Teacher Professional Learning Program (Article in Investigations in Mathematics Learning) | Babette Moeller | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Session: Introducing Data Science to Preschoolers with Hands-on, Physical, and Digital Activities Related Resources: Preschool Data Scientists: Using A Digital Tool to Create Child-Centered Investigations (Article in Science and Children) | Jessica Young
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Friday, September 27 | |||
| 8:00 a.m. | Session: Questioning, Revising, Backtracking: Essentials of Brilliance in Mathematical Argument Related Resource: But Why Does It Work? Mathematical Argument in the Elementary Classroom (Book published by Heinemann) | Deborah Schifter Susan Jo Russell | |
| 8:00 a.m. | Session: Using Digital Activities and Resources to Engage Preschoolers and Preschool Teachers Related Resources: Data Collection and Analysis for Preschoolers: An Engaging Context for Integrating Mathematics and Computational Thinking with Digital Tools (Article in Early Childhood Research Quarterly) Four Ways to Use Tablets to Foster Early Math Learning (Published on NAEYC Blog) | Kristen Reed Ashley Lewis Presser Jessica Young | |
| 11:30 a.m. | Session: Making Math Part of Children’s Everyday Play Related Resources: It All Adds Up: Connecting Home and School through Family Math (Chapter in Recent Perspectives on Early Education and Care) | Shakesha Thompson Kristen Reed Jessica Young | |
| 4:30 p.m. | Session: Enriching Preschoolers’ Spatial Orientation Learning with Hands-on and Digital Experiences Related Resources: Co-designing Playful Preschool STEM Activities for Everyday Life (Published on Digital Promise Blog) Starting Early: Promoting Meaningful Science, Math, and Engineering in Preschool (Published on Digital Promise Blog) | Ashley Lewis Presser Regan Vidiksis Emily Braham | |
