We are committed to engaging in research and outreach that will make a significant and lasting difference at the student, classroom, school, district, state and national levels.
Research in Mathematics Education
2020 NSF STEM for All Video Showcase
Developing STEM Access in Students K-2 through MMaRS
2020 winner of the Public Choice competition
The purpose of the Measuring Early Mathematical Reasoning Skills (MMaRS) project is to provide teachers in Grades K-2 with technically rigorous classroom assessment resources from which they can gather data about students’ development of understanding in Numerical Relational Reasoning and Spatial Reasoning.
In this video, we describe the importance of these early mathematics constructs, illustrate the iterative nature of our research to articulate and empirically validate learning progressions, and share prototypical classroom assessment tasks designed to elicit student thinking and reasoning in the constructs.
RME News
Spring Conferences
Spring 2020 conferences have been canceled due to COVID-19. We would like to share the work we have been doing at RME for anyone who may be interested. Links and videos of our presentations have been posted online.
Take Our Survey!
K-2 teachers! Take this survey to help us better understand teacher perspectives on the appropriateness, importance, and ordering of the MMaRS Spatial Reasoning Learning Progressions. You could win an Amazon gift card. Share the link below with friends and colleagues.
Measuring Early Mathematical Reasoning Skills
This fall, the MMaRS team conducted cognitive interviews centered on Spatial Reasoning to help provide evidence for the MMaRS Spatial Reasoning Learning Progressions. These data will help us investigate the ordering, conceptualization, and interconnectedness of the MMaRS Spatial Reasoning Learning Progressions. Check out our blog for resources for parents and teachers.
Integrating Human Computer Interaction, Machine Learning, Game Design, and Educational Assessment in a STEM+C Curriculum
National Science Foundation has awarded a collaborative group of SMU researchers from Education and Engineering a $1.5 million four year grant to research teaching computer science and computational thinking via Minecraft. PI Corey Clark, Ph.D. and Co-PIs Eric Larson,, Ph.D. and Erica Simon.
Project STAIR
Supporting Teaching of Algebra: Individual Readiness uses data-based individualization (DBI) to partner with middle-school teachers to improve math outcomes for students with learning difficulties.
RME Researchers Recent Article Published in Applied Measurement in Education
Latest article from the RME team proposes the Assessment Triangle for operationalizing and instantiating validation.
Research-to-Practice Conference
RME's annual conference synthesizes the latest education policy, and presents practical solutions for K-12 mathematics educators.
Response to Intervention Resources
RME's work with TEA includes the state's guidance project delivered via a mobile app and website and has since expanded to include five webinars by leading experts in Rlt.