Eric Knuth

People

Professional Title: 
Professor
Organization/Institution: 
The University of Texas at Austin
Personal Website: 
http://algebra.wceruw.org/
http://examples.wceruw.org
Keywords: 
Algebra

Developing Algebra-ready Students for Middle School: Exploring the Impact of Early Algebra

TERC, Inc.
09/01/2011

This project is developing and testing a curricular learning progression of early algebra objectives and activities for students in grades 3 - 5. The goal of the work is to provide teachers with curricular guidance and instructional resources that are useful in preparing students for success in study of algebra at the middle grade level. The project is also developing and validating assessment tools for evaluating student progress toward essential pre-algebra mathematical understandings.

Identifying Effective Instructional Practices that Foster the Development of Algebraic Thinking in Elementary School

The University of Texas at Austin
06/01/2017

This project seeks to identify teaching practices that can be linked to students' early algebra learning in grades three, four and five. The goal of the project is to use assessment data and videos of classroom teaching in order to create a tool that can be used to document effective instructional practices. This observation tool can then be used to support teacher professional development in early algebra and research about how teachers' actions can be linked to students' learning.

Retention of Early Algebraic Understanding

TERC, Inc.
09/01/2015

The project will use a quasi-experimental design to explore students' knowledge of core algebraic concepts in middle grades (grade 6), one year after their completion of 3-year, grades 3-5 early algebra intervention. The research questions are: (1) how well students who received a specific intervention retain their understanding of algebraic concepts in future years; and (2) whether and how the intervening year of regular classroom instruction in grade 6 influences the algebra understanding of both intervention and comparison students.

The Impact of Early Algebra on Students' Algebra-Readiness (Collaborative Research: Knuth)

University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
10/01/2012

In this project researchers are implementing and studying a research-based curriculum that was designed to help children in grades 3-5 prepare for learning algebra at the middle school level. Researchers are investigating the impact of a long-term, comprehensive early algebra experience on students as they proceed from third grade to sixth grade. Researchers are working to build a learning progression that describes how algebraic concepts develop and mature from early grades through high school.

The Role and Use of Examples in Learning to Prove

University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison)
10/01/2012

This research project is an investigation of the role that examples play in helping learners become proficient in proving mathematical conjectures. Researchers are building a framework that characterizes the development of example use as students advance from middle school into post secondary school. Using this developmental information, the researchers are creating instructional strategies that help students think about the nature and value of proof as well as how to construct a mathematical proof.