Research

Effects of Engaging in Problem-Posing Interventions on Learners’ Cognitive Mathematics Outcomes: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis

This meta-analysis assessed the effectiveness of problem-posing interventions on learners’ cognitive learning outcomes. We systematically reviewed 26 quantitative studies published between 2002 and 2024. The results show a large, positive, and significant effect (Hedges’s  = 0.53) of problem-posing interventions.

Author/Presenter

Hua Ran

Jinfa Cai

Stephen Hwang

Jaepil Han

Yue Ma

Faith Muirhead

Lead Organization(s)
Year
2025
Short Description

This meta-analysis assessed the effectiveness of problem-posing interventions on learners’ cognitive learning outcomes.

Designing for Systemic Coherence: A Framework for Supporting Instructional Improvement in Mathematics Education

Design research offers an approach for developing innovations in authentic educational settings and generating knowledge about learning and the designs that support it. Yet scaling and sustaining these innovations across contexts remains a persistent challenge. In this paper, we present a design framework developed by a nine-year partnership focused on building a statewide professional learning infrastructure for mathematics education.

Author/Presenter

P. Holt Wilson

Michelle Stephan

Allison W. McCulloch

Catherine Schwartz

Katherine Mawhinney

Year
2025
Short Description

Design research offers an approach for developing innovations in authentic educational settings and generating knowledge about learning and the designs that support it. Yet scaling and sustaining these innovations across contexts remains a persistent challenge. In this paper, we present a design framework developed by a nine-year partnership focused on building a statewide professional learning infrastructure for mathematics education.

Designing for Systemic Coherence: A Framework for Supporting Instructional Improvement in Mathematics Education

Design research offers an approach for developing innovations in authentic educational settings and generating knowledge about learning and the designs that support it. Yet scaling and sustaining these innovations across contexts remains a persistent challenge. In this paper, we present a design framework developed by a nine-year partnership focused on building a statewide professional learning infrastructure for mathematics education.

Author/Presenter

P. Holt Wilson

Michelle Stephan

Allison W. McCulloch

Catherine Schwartz

Katherine Mawhinney

Year
2025
Short Description

Design research offers an approach for developing innovations in authentic educational settings and generating knowledge about learning and the designs that support it. Yet scaling and sustaining these innovations across contexts remains a persistent challenge. In this paper, we present a design framework developed by a nine-year partnership focused on building a statewide professional learning infrastructure for mathematics education.

Designing for Systemic Coherence: A Framework for Supporting Instructional Improvement in Mathematics Education

Design research offers an approach for developing innovations in authentic educational settings and generating knowledge about learning and the designs that support it. Yet scaling and sustaining these innovations across contexts remains a persistent challenge. In this paper, we present a design framework developed by a nine-year partnership focused on building a statewide professional learning infrastructure for mathematics education.

Author/Presenter

P. Holt Wilson

Michelle Stephan

Allison W. McCulloch

Catherine Schwartz

Katherine Mawhinney

Year
2025
Short Description

Design research offers an approach for developing innovations in authentic educational settings and generating knowledge about learning and the designs that support it. Yet scaling and sustaining these innovations across contexts remains a persistent challenge. In this paper, we present a design framework developed by a nine-year partnership focused on building a statewide professional learning infrastructure for mathematics education.

Designing for Systemic Coherence: A Framework for Supporting Instructional Improvement in Mathematics Education

Design research offers an approach for developing innovations in authentic educational settings and generating knowledge about learning and the designs that support it. Yet scaling and sustaining these innovations across contexts remains a persistent challenge. In this paper, we present a design framework developed by a nine-year partnership focused on building a statewide professional learning infrastructure for mathematics education.

Author/Presenter

P. Holt Wilson

Michelle Stephan

Allison W. McCulloch

Catherine Schwartz

Katherine Mawhinney

Year
2025
Short Description

Design research offers an approach for developing innovations in authentic educational settings and generating knowledge about learning and the designs that support it. Yet scaling and sustaining these innovations across contexts remains a persistent challenge. In this paper, we present a design framework developed by a nine-year partnership focused on building a statewide professional learning infrastructure for mathematics education.

Discontinuities that Arise When Designing for Educational Improvement at State Scale

This paper explores the tensions—or discontinuities—that arise when designing for educational improvement at scale through research-practice partnerships (RPPs). Focusing on a statewide mathematics education initiative, the authors examine the complexities of coordinating work across diverse communities of practice and analyze how identity, power, and meaning-making impact collaborative problem definition.

Author/Presenter

Michelle Stephan

Allison McCulloch

Catherine Schwartz

Holt Wilson

Katherine Mawhinney

Year
2025
Short Description

This paper explores the tensions—or discontinuities—that arise when designing for educational improvement at scale through research-practice partnerships (RPPs). Focusing on a statewide mathematics education initiative, the authors examine the complexities of coordinating work across diverse communities of practice and analyze how identity, power, and meaning-making impact collaborative problem definition.

Discontinuities that Arise When Designing for Educational Improvement at State Scale

This paper explores the tensions—or discontinuities—that arise when designing for educational improvement at scale through research-practice partnerships (RPPs). Focusing on a statewide mathematics education initiative, the authors examine the complexities of coordinating work across diverse communities of practice and analyze how identity, power, and meaning-making impact collaborative problem definition.

Author/Presenter

Michelle Stephan

Allison McCulloch

Catherine Schwartz

Holt Wilson

Katherine Mawhinney

Year
2025
Short Description

This paper explores the tensions—or discontinuities—that arise when designing for educational improvement at scale through research-practice partnerships (RPPs). Focusing on a statewide mathematics education initiative, the authors examine the complexities of coordinating work across diverse communities of practice and analyze how identity, power, and meaning-making impact collaborative problem definition.

Discontinuities that Arise When Designing for Educational Improvement at State Scale

This paper explores the tensions—or discontinuities—that arise when designing for educational improvement at scale through research-practice partnerships (RPPs). Focusing on a statewide mathematics education initiative, the authors examine the complexities of coordinating work across diverse communities of practice and analyze how identity, power, and meaning-making impact collaborative problem definition.

Author/Presenter

Michelle Stephan

Allison McCulloch

Catherine Schwartz

Holt Wilson

Katherine Mawhinney

Year
2025
Short Description

This paper explores the tensions—or discontinuities—that arise when designing for educational improvement at scale through research-practice partnerships (RPPs). Focusing on a statewide mathematics education initiative, the authors examine the complexities of coordinating work across diverse communities of practice and analyze how identity, power, and meaning-making impact collaborative problem definition.

Discontinuities that Arise When Designing for Educational Improvement at State Scale

This paper explores the tensions—or discontinuities—that arise when designing for educational improvement at scale through research-practice partnerships (RPPs). Focusing on a statewide mathematics education initiative, the authors examine the complexities of coordinating work across diverse communities of practice and analyze how identity, power, and meaning-making impact collaborative problem definition.

Author/Presenter

Michelle Stephan

Allison McCulloch

Catherine Schwartz

Holt Wilson

Katherine Mawhinney

Year
2025
Short Description

This paper explores the tensions—or discontinuities—that arise when designing for educational improvement at scale through research-practice partnerships (RPPs). Focusing on a statewide mathematics education initiative, the authors examine the complexities of coordinating work across diverse communities of practice and analyze how identity, power, and meaning-making impact collaborative problem definition.

Ways Researchers Can Use Teacher Noticing to Inform the Conceptualization of a Complex Teaching Practice

Prior research has examined teachers’ noticing in order to understand what factors affect teacher noticing and how mathematics teacher educators can support that noticing. We contend, however, that analyzing teachers’ noticing has the potential to be used for additional purposes. In this paper, we illustrate how we used teachers’ noticing as one tool for gaining insight into our conceptualization of a complex teaching practice—the practice of building on student mathematical thinking.

Author/Presenter

Shari L. Stockero

Keith R. Leatham

Blake E. Peterson

Year
2025
Short Description

Prior research has examined teachers’ noticing in order to understand what factors affect teacher noticing and how mathematics teacher educators can support that noticing. We contend, however, that analyzing teachers’ noticing has the potential to be used for additional purposes. In this paper, we illustrate how we used teachers’ noticing as one tool for gaining insight into our conceptualization of a complex teaching practice—the practice of building on student mathematical thinking.