James J Kaput Center for
Research and Innovation
in Mathematics Education
Established March 1st 2007
A new start for international collaboration on
foundational issues in mathematics education
Stephen Hegedus, Director, James J Kaput Center for Research
and Innovation in Mathematics Education
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Mission
• Established in the spirit and vision of James Kaput, whose
innovative thinking and leadership inspired many in the field of
technology in mathematics education.
• Provide a focus and support for sustained investigation of
foundational issues in the field of mathematics education
• Provide an interdisciplinary research unit where fundamental
problems in mathematics education will be studied, discussed
and analyzed through conferences, interdisciplinary colloquium
series, basic research and development, commissioned reports,
think-tank meetings.
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and Innovation in Mathematics Education
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Structure
• Presently have a 70-person international
advisory board across disciplines (Asia,
Australia, Canada, Mexico, Central,South
America, some of Europe)
• 12-person Executive Board
• Research Associates, Research Students &
Adjunct Research Associates in many different
institutions including SRI International, CA
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Foundational Research
• Algebraic Thinking in the Elementary Grades,
• Use of dynamic, interactive technologies and their impact on
mathematical experience at scale,
• Classroom connectivity and impact on participation and
motivation,
• The development of proof and reasoning across the grades,
• Symbolic Cognition in Advanced Mathematics,
• Evolution and epistemic dimensions on the use of mathematical
symbols and notation systems, and
• District-wide improvement of mathematics teaching in elementary
& middle grades.
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and Innovation in Mathematics Education
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Outreach & Dissemination
• Sustaining partnerships with researchers around
the world, industry, and schools
• Connecting research to practice through teacher
professional development, and
• Providing on-line web services to researchers,
students and practitioners (e.g., Colloquium,
Studying Authors [on-line seminars], pod-casting).
• See http://kaputcenter.umassd.edu
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and Innovation in Mathematics Education
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New Funding
Democratizing Access to Core Mathematics
Across Grades 9-12. Department of
Education,
RFA Topic: Goal 2 (Development), Type A, 4
Years.
July 2007 – June 2011. $1,974,701
(Stephen Hegedus, Luis Moreno-Armella)
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and Innovation in Mathematics Education
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and Innovation in Mathematics Education
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What is the SimCalc Program?
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Software
Hardware
Curriculum
Training
Focus on the intersection on these to
enhance learning
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and Innovation in Mathematics Education
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Overview of Curriculum
• 30 blocks/60 periods
• 14 units each one focused on a concept
in Algebra (1)
• Main math: linearity, co-variation,
parametric variation (y=mx+b) slope
and slope AS rate, simultaneous
functions, systems of linear functions
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and Innovation in Mathematics Education
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Student Gain Pre-to-Post
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and Innovation in Mathematics Education
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Student Gain by Gender
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and Innovation in Mathematics Education
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and Innovation in Mathematics Education
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and Innovation in Mathematics Education
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and Innovation in Mathematics Education
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Next Steps
• Parent Symposium at the Kaput Center to
discuss our findings in more detail and
focus on new initiatives
• http://kaputcenter.umassd.edu
• kaputcenter@umassd.edu
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and Innovation in Mathematics Education
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