Projects

How do people mentally represent negative integers, and how do these representations influence their behavior during numerical tasks such as symbolic number comparisons?

How can instructional strategies, such as the use of gestures and perceptual support, enhance young children’s ability to recognize and understand shape patterns, and how does this impact their numerical knowledge?

How can adaptive instructional strategies and tools, such as intelligent tutoring systems and pedagogical gestures, influence the development of mathematical understanding and problem-solving skills in middle-school students?

How do students’ explicit and implicit concepts of zero develop, and how do activities with number lines influence their understanding of zero and their ability to use the additive inverse principle?