ABLE: Asset-Based Learning Environments

We work with students, teachers, community and non-profit organizations, and research institutes to build asset based learning environments across formal and informal settings. Our work promotes access and agency for elementary and middle school aged students in mathematics concept building and beyond.

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Building and Testing a Framework for Promoting Conceptual Mathematics Learning with Students

A $4 million National Science Foundation funded project that brings youth and high school mathematics teachers together to shape a coaching framework to support meaningful math learning opportunities.

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Dream 2B

A $1.5 million National Science Foundation funded serious game embedded within ModelME, a game-based mathematics intervention program for 3rd-6th grade fraction content.

Learn about the program

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Cybersecurity in Mathematics and Science (CiMS)

A $2 million National Science Foundation-funded program that integrates digital safety and cyber concepts into elementary math and science.

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$Bubbles of cartoon images in different bubbles referencing different mathematical topics including recursive fractions, unit fractions, partitive fractions, iterative fractions, and reverse partitive fractions.$

Dream2B finalist in EdTech Digest Awards

An educational game developed by NC State College of Education Associate Professor of Mathematics Education and Special Education Jessica Hunt was selected as a finalist in two categories of the 2024 EdTech Digest EdTech Awards.

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Emphasizing the “Ability” in Disability

A nearly $1.4 million NSF grant is helping researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of Central Florida develop a new game designed to help students with learning disabilities grasp the mathematical concepts that are the foundation for many STEM careers.