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<em>The Reading Teacher</em> | ILA Literacy Education Journal | Wiley Online Library Students with mathematics difficulty, especially students with disabilities and emergent bilinguals, require careful consideration during word-problem instruction. Word problems that include relation...

Excited to share a new open-access practitioner paper all about: (a) avoiding using the keywords strategy, and (b) what word-problem strategies to use instead! We focused specifically on how to support students with mathematics difficulty and emergent bilinguals. doi.org/10.1002/trtr...

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“…cognitive load theory doesn’t matter where there is no cognitive load, because there is no explicit teaching”

“some students may be engaging with discovery/project-based learning in ways that are mentally taxing for them, but many will instead be doing busy-work.”

#scienceoflearning #cognition

New paper about a brief word-problem screener for use in the elementary grades. It's free to read this article! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
And then download the screener at: www.piratemathequationquest.com

Screenshot of the first page of the article linked above

📣 Calling all who teach, conduct, or are new to systematic reviews and research syntheses!

Our new tutorial in Research Synthesis Methods outlines 10 essential practices for developing and using coding manuals and forms, including solutions to common challenges.

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The UT Austin crew made it to #MCLS2025! We are excited to share our research on math at home, fractions, math vocabulary, problem posing, and word problems!

Identifying Word‐Problem Difficulty: An Item Response Analysis of an Additive Word‐Problem Screener Students encounter hundreds of word problems throughout the elementary grades and on standardized assessments through high school. To demonstrate proficiency on these measures of mathematics competen....

🚨New pub! Excited to share a 12-min additive word-problem screener that teachers can use to identify students who need additional support with word problems. doi.org/10.1002/pits...

This week, we are featuring our NEW version of Pirate Math Equation Quest. This version focuses on single- and MULTI-step word problems. Perfect for Grades 3, 4, and 5! All free! www.piratemathequationquest.com/individual-m...

Want to help students set up and solve word problems? Our Small-Group Single-Step version on Pirate Math Equation Quest is excellent for Grades 2 and 3! Check out our FREE materials - all ready for you to use! www.piratemathequationquest.com/group.html

I went to get a digital journal article from the library & found that it was no longer available because DOGE decided to cancel most of ERIC (the database of education journal articles that schools & researchers use to improve education practices). Y'all, this is tantamount to book burning.

Gracie is one of my favorite collaborators! She is a whiz with R and will make sure your project moves at a steady pace.

My very favorite part of the podcast was when you mentioned wanting to see more data about what instruction is actually occurring most often in schools. There is so much unknown! I would love to see Dr. Otten’s study with middle/high school teachers replicated with elementary schools.

Using manipulatives, visuals, and precise language to support conceptual understanding seems to be supported in both SPED and Math Ed spaces (from my limited view and experience as a PhD student).

I think there is a lot more agreement about the balance of conceptual/procedural than was characterized in the podcast. I interpret that page on the SoM website as emphasizing the importance of both- not a claim that procedures will result in conceptual understanding.

So grateful for Sarah and for the PRIME team!

Teacher outlines common PD complaints with DRAV framework (dignity, relevance, actionability, value). Article focuses on how PD feels to teachers rather than content or evidence of effectiveness.
open.substack.com/pub/thenext3...

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@danielle-lariviere.bsky.social is a GEM! It was a privilege to help implement her incredible math vocabulary intervention.

It's HERE! The long-awaited version of Pirate Math Equation Quest for multi-step word problems! All FREE. www.piratemathequationquest.com

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Today in math methods, students rotated in stations, exploring a different geometry manipulative and brainstorming tasks that students could complete with each one. Beforehand, we reviewed and discussed K-2 geometry standards as a primer!

UT Austin is thrilled to announce our new ONLINE master's program focusing on #dyslexia and #dyscalculia! Info sessions coming up the next few weeks: tinyurl.com/UTddiinfo

Thank you so much for sharing!!

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Amazing!!! Thank you so much!

Could really use a brief YouTube training on scoring writing using Correct Word Sequence if anybody has the time and expertise 😅

Grateful to be able to share schema instruction with teachers this morning at #CEC2025 Lots of interest in piratemathequationquest.com and Project SPIRAL @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social