Kindergarten Number Project: Piloting an Adaptive Number Sense Intervention
How can we support young children's number learning to benefit their later math understanding?
Project description
Children’s number sense—understanding whole numbers, their relations, and early operations—is foundational for later learning, as individual differences in kindergarten set trajectories for math achievement throughout elementary school and beyond. This project focuses on screening kindergarteners' early number sense skills and piloting an 8 week small group intervention for children who may experience math learning difficulties. Student researchers will work with a small group of kindergarteners 2-3 mornings a week for ~ 1 hour using a scripted intervention. They would also help with data entry and attend a weekly group check in.
Project outcome
Students will gain experience in summarizing results of a study in language that is accessible to teachers and parents. There will be opportunities for undergraduate researchers to present research findings from the project at a research conference and opportunities to co-author research publications in education or cognitive development academic journals.
Project details
| Length of commitment | About a semester |
| Start time | Spring |
| In-person, remote, or hybrid? | In-person |
| Level of collaboration | Large group collaboration (4+ students) |
| Benefits | Potential stipend |
| Who is eligible | Sophomores, juniors, and seniors who have experience working with children. |
Project mentor
Brianna Devlin
Assistant Professor
Learning and Instruction
Phone: (716) 645-4043
Email: bdevlin@buffalo.edu
Start the project
- Email the project mentor using the contact information above to express your interest and get approval to work on the project. (Here are helpful tips on how to contact a project mentor.)
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Preparation activities
Once you begin the digital badge series, you will have access to all the necessary activities and instructions. Your mentor has indicated they would like you to also complete the specific preparation activities below. After you’re approved to begin the project, your mentor will send the relevant materials. Please reference this when you get to Step 2 of the Preparation Phase.
- Complete CITI Human Subjects Research training and Responsible Conduct of Research training.
Keywords
math, intervention, learning, education, psychology, cognitive science, children