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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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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…
Dissertation Proposal Announcement Ed.D. Program: Jaquil White “College Admission Isn’t Acceptance: See Me, Affirm Me’: Exploring Systemic Social-Emotional Learning in First-Year Seminars for FGLI Black Male Students Belonging in EOF Programs”
In the United States, first-generation, low-income (FGLI) Black male students face systemic barriers shaped by race, gender, and socioeconomic status, contributing to persistently low college retention rates and enduring racial wealth and mobility gaps after graduation. This single instrumental case study examines the experiences of first-year FGLI Black male students enrolled in the EOF Strategies…
Dissertation Proposal Announcement Ph.D. in Education Program: Molly Girt “Informal Math Learning (IML) Teacher Study”
The proposed qualitative study traces five participating teachers from an urban school district as observers and facilitators of sessions with middle-school students in an after school/summer mathematics program over a three-year period. The NSF-funded Informal Mathematics Learning (IML) project took place with two cohorts of students from the participating school district. The IML project had…
Dissertation Proposal Announcement Ed.D. Program: Partha Chanda “AI-Enhanced Hybrid Academic Advising: Student Experiences at Rutgers University”
Although higher education institutions expand the use of AI-based hybrid advising platforms, existing research has largely evolved along two parallel strands – one emphasizing the efficiency and scalability of AI technology and the other highlighting the relational, cultural, and developmental importance of in-person advising. This divide has produced a limited scholarly understanding of how hybrid…