Summer 2024 Presentations
OAME: Ontario Association for Mathematics Education
Presenter: Heather Douglas, Sandy Youmans
Presenting at OAME was a great experience. We had the opportunity to connect with teachers and administrators from a number of school districts and learn more about their assessment practices and their wish-lists to effect positive changes in early math learning.
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Two main takeaways from our presentation: Early numeracy screening and targeted instruction and intervention can support equity in early math. Inter-disciplinary collaboration is needed to strengthen the field of early mathematics education
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CPA: Canadian Psychological Association
Presenter: Shuyuan Yu
It was an inspiring experience talking with researchers and practitioners from many different field, such as school psychology. Feel great making connections and gaining new insights from questions and discussions.
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Two main takeaways from my presentation: Although Canadian educators felt that math assessment was important, in practice, they reported that early math assessment occurs significantly less frequently than early literacy assessment, and that they experienced a lack of resources and insufficient time to support and conduct math assessments. These findings highlight the need for continuous and high-quality professional development for K-3 educators on math assessment, instruction, and interventions.
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CKF: Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum
Attendees: Rebecca Merkley, Julie Houle
“We do research because we want to understand how to live together better.”
That quote is from the panel discussion Julie Houle and Rebecca Merkley attended at the Canadian Knowledge Mobilization Forum 2024 in Montreal in June 2024. We learned a lot from experts in the field of communicating research and developing applications of research. Some of the main tips for partnerships that we took away include:
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Consider different perspectives
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Make sure expectations are aligned from the start
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Build in time for reflection and space to pivot
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Acknowledge shared goals to build trust
CSBBCS: Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour and Cognitive Science
Presenter: Ayushi Chitranshi
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It's a great experience to be surrounded by brilliant minds doing outstanding work, and networking with them offers incredible opportunities for drawing inspiration and collaboration.
Two main takeaways from my presentation: Presenting my work at CSBBCS allowed me to receive diverse perspectives on early numeracy and facilitated critical feedback that sparked new ideas and approaches towards my research. It’s exciting to see how important early numeracy is to so many people.
MCLS: Mathematical Cognition and Learning Society
Presenter: Rebecca Merkley
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I presented in a symposium on early math assessment alongside my undergraduate thesis advisor, Professor Daniel Ansari, and our undergraduate thesis student Liza Kahwaji give her first international conference presentation
Two main takeaways from my presentation: ​Many Canadian educators think early math screening is important but do not know which assessments to use. Researcher and educators should continue to work together to support the implementation of assessment and instruction tools and strategies based in research
Presenter: Shuyuan Yu
I had an amazing experience presenting my work among a supportive community and grateful for the brilliant speakers in our symposium. It was wonderful catching up with old friends and making new connections within this supportive community, and learning about many fascinating research.​
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Two main takeaways from my presentation: By assessing early number knowledge of a large Canadian provincially representative sample, we find different co-developmental relations among foundational numeracy skills between typically achieving and at-risk math learners. Particularly, at-risk math learners face greater challenges of associating existing number knowledge, such as knowing the magnitudes of two digits, to more complicated knowledge, such as arithmetic.
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Presenter: Jessica Shapiro
Presenting my final project with the University of Winnipeg at MCLS was a fantastic experience! Each day of the conference, I gained new knowledge on recent work by brilliant researchers and left incredibly inspired after connecting in rich discussions during my poster session.
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By analyzing and comparing widely recognized assessment and intervention tools with Canadian curricula and research-based developmental numeracy milestones, we identified a notable overlap, particularly in the focus on number sense. However, these programs are tailored to specific age groups and settings, underscoring the importance of integrating intervention tools rather than using them in isolation.
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Presenter: Liza Kahwaji
I had a great experience presenting at my first MCLS. I was able to interact with many people in the field. Each session of conference inspired me and taught me so much.
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Two main takeaways from my presentation: Knowledge mobilization is needed to link between research and practice. From presenting, I learned that many other researchers across the globe are trying to initiate similar strategies to AIM's communication strategy.