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Exploring the Equation to Calculus
Rutgers GSE Ph.D. in Education student Rasha Abadir loves math problems, fascinated by the variety of ways to solve them. Her future goal: to become a researcher in the field of mathematics education. She is exploring how students learn calculus and how educators can better support them in developing a conceptualization of it.
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New Jersey Improves in National Pre-K Rankings
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:April 22, 2026 States looking to address the child care crisis are expanding access to free pre-K for three- and four-year-olds. However, researchers warn that access without quality…
New Toolkit Supports School Counselors in Advancing Youth Mental Health
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: By Jacinda Nembhard | jacinda.nembhard@gse.rutgers.edu | 848-932-0774 NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., April 3, 2026 — The Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute of Leadership, Equity, and Justice (Proctor Institute) is proud to announce…
GSE Professor Dr. Ravit Golan Duncan Honored as 2026 AERA Fellow
NEW BRUNSWICK – The American Educational Research Association (AERA) has announced that Dr. Ravit Golan Duncan is among the 34 exemplary scholars selected as the 2026 class of AERA Fellows….
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NGSS Mastery: Leveraging AI for Science Growth Webinar
Join us for an engaging 60-minute webinar by Dr. Janice Gobert! Participants will explore Inq-ITS (Inquiry Intelligent Tutoring System) and its dashboard, Inq-Blotter, a patented AI-based platform designed to support instruction, formative assessment, and personalized learning for middle and high school students developing NGSS science competencies. Participants will also learn about NGSS-based assessment and how…
Dissertation Proposal Announcement Ph.D. in Education Program: A Pollicino “Intergenerational Sensemaking: Trans Youth and Adults Explore Legibility, Identity, and Belonging in Cisnormative PK-12 School Environments”
Despite clear signs of increased acceptance of trans identity in recent decades there is strong backlash impactingPK-12school communities in the US. Cisnormative ideologies act as a system of exclusionary beliefs that shape culture and impede understanding of gender diversity. The pervasiveness of cisnormativity in schools contributes to the illegibility of trans identities. Legibility is a…
Dissertation Proposal Announcement Ed.D. Program: Arianna Labetti “Can We All Learn Together? A Qualitative Study of Students’ Perceptions of the Co-Teaching Model”
With nearly 3.9 million students with disabilities in the United States receiving instruction in general education classrooms (Strogilos et al., 2023), co-teaching plays a key role in enabling students with disabilities to learn alongside their general education peers. Research shows that co-teaching offers academic, social, and behavioral advantages, including differentiated instruction, increased student participation, and…
Dissertation Defense Announcement Ph.D. in Education Program: Changyun Liu “Personalized Interactive Cognitive Scaffolding (PICS) for High School Students Struggling with Mathematics in Computer-Based Assessment”
This dissertation investigates the effectiveness of an AI-based platform, the Personalized Interactive Cognitive Scaffolding (PICS) system, in supporting high school students’ performance on algebra word problem–solving tasks, particularly for students with mathematics learning difficulties (MD). Algebra word problem solving (WPS) presents significant challenges due to its cognitive and linguistic demands. In this study, PICS enabled…