In the News
media, announcements, and awards
2023
Reilly Norum received the 2023 Best Paper Award from AERA Instructional Technology!
2022
Erin was awarded an NSF CAREER Grant!
February 2022 Erin was awarded tenure and was promoted to Associate Professor at WPI!
May 2022 Avery, Paul, Vy, Luisa, Reilly, Lilly, and Roman graduated from WPI with their PhD, Masters, and BS!!
Jenny Yun-Chen Chan started a tenure track Assistant Professor position in Hong Kong!
Avery Closser started a postdoc at Purdue University!
2021
August 2021 Avery was awarded second place in the national APA Psych-Science-in-3 competition for this video
July 2021 Jenny and Avery attended Simon Initative's online LearnLab Summer School at Carnegie Mellon University
April 2021 Avery was awarded a Psi Chi Graduate Research Grant
2020
June 2020 Cindy Trac was awarded a CS Undergrad Summer Fellowship to work in the MAPLE lab full time this summer!
June 2020 Avery Harrison was highlighted in the WPI Journal!
May 2020 Alisionna Iannochione was awarded a STAR Fellowship to work in the MAPLE lab full time this summer!
May 2020 Hannah Smith successfully defended her masters thesis! Congrats to Hannah!
April 22, 2020 Dan Manzo, PhD successfully defended his dissertation! Congrats Dr. Manzo!
Avery Harrison, Erin Ottmar, and Luisa Perez-Lacera received a $23,000 grant from the Womens Impact Network to run the Young Womens Investigator Fellowship program for the 3rd year!
Feb 23 - 27, 2020 Jenny Yun-Chen Chan attended AERA-NSF Institute on Statistical Analysis: Development of Mathematics Competencies in Early Childhood
February 19, 2020 52 Graduate Students Advance to GRIE Finals https://www.wpi.edu/news/announcements/52-graduate-students-advance-grie-finals. Congrats to Avery Harrison for her award!
Jieun Lee was awarded the 2020 Best Paper Award in Instructional Technology by the American Educational Research Association for her paper“Predicting Student Performance in Online Discussions in Introductory Online Mathematics Courses”.
January 3, 2020 WPI Receives Funding from the National Science Foundation to Develop a Website that Children Can Use to Design and Play Math Games WBUR 90.9
2019
Taylyn Hulse started a job as a UX Designer at Google!
December 5, 2019 Researchers get $746K to develop math game site. Worcester Business Journal. https://www.wbjournal.com/article/wpi-researchers-get-746k-to-develop-math-game-site
November 20, 2019 Helping to Make Math “Graspable”, WPI Researchers Guide Design of Algebra Tool for Students and Teachers https://www.wpi.edu/news/helping-make-math-graspable-wpi-researchers-guide-design-algebra-tool-students-and-teachers
August 2, 2019 Fund for X: Department of Education awards $900K to enhance algebra learning technology.https://news.iu.edu/stories/2019/08/iub/releases/02-graspable-receives-phase-ii-sbir-grant-from-department-of-education.html
Avery Harrison was awarded an NSF GRFP! Congratulations Avery!
Maria Daigle presents her research at ICPS. https://www.wpi.edu/news/announcements/senior-maria-daigle-presents-her-work-paris-france
Maria Daigle wins the Two Towers Prize (the highest award for a junior at WPI - It is awarded to the student who, through general academic competence, campus leadership, regular course work, and special work in research and projects, best exemplifies a combined proficiency in the theoretical and practical union that is at the heart of the WPI educational tradition. Congrats Maria!
April 12, 2019 GRIE Winners Announced https://www.wpi.edu/news/announcements/grie-winners-announced Congrats to Taylyn Hulse!
January 10, 2019 Professor Erin Ottmar gives plenary speech https://www.wpi.edu/news/announcements/professor-erin-ottmar-gives-plenary-speech
2018
Avery Harrison and Hannah Smith receive the WPI Graduate Travel Awards
September 23, 2018 WPI project aims to use artificial intelligence to enhance teacher training https://www.telegram.com/news/20180923/wpi-project-aims-to-use-artificial-intelligence-to-enhance-teacher-training
September 6, 2018 Giving Teachers a Better Lens to Perceive Classroom Dynamics https://www.wpi.edu/news/giving-teachers-better-lens-perceive-classroom-dynamic
July 29, 2018 WPI Researchers Get $3.3M Grant to Test Algebra Game. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/massachusetts/articles/2018-07-29/wpi-researchers-get-33m-grant-to-test-algebra-game
July 26, 2018 WPI professor and associates get $3.3M grant to test new algebra learning game. http://www.telegram.com/news/20180726/wpi-professor-and-associates-get-33m-grant-to-test-new-algebra-learning-game
July 26, 2018 Struggling with Algebra? There’s an App – and Game – for That. https://www.wpi.edu/news/struggling-algebra-there-s-app-and-game
July 26, 2018 Professor Erin Ottmar Studies the Process of How People Learn, Problem Solve https://www.wpi.edu/news/professor-erin-ottmar-studies-process-how-people-learn-problem-solve
June 1, 2018 I.E.S. Awards $8.4 Million to Ed-Tech Businesses to Develop, Test Products. https://marketbrief.edweek.org/marketplace-k-12/e-s-awards-8-4-million-ed-tech-businesses-develop-test-products/
2017
Avery Harrison receives the Marietta Anderson Fellowship! Congratulations Avery!
Sept 2, 2017 5 math Gems. http://www.resourceaholic.com/2017/09/gems76.html
Aug 31, 2017 Indiana University-based educational technology startup targets students tackling algebra. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-08/iu-iue083117.php
May 11, 2017 IU Researchers Create Math Learning Software to Help Students, Educators. https://www.aau.edu/research-scholarship/featured-research-topics/iu-researchers-create-math-learning-software-help
May 11, 2017 100 Best Resources for Kids who Struggle with Math. https://homeschoolingwithdyslexia.com/tag/dyscalculia/
April 28, 2017 2017 A&S Summer Undergraduate Research Award Recipients https://www.wpi.edu/news/announcements/2017-summer-undergraduate-research-award-recipients
Jan 25, 2017 IU scientists' math learning software gets boost from campus commercialization group http://inside.indiana.edu/spotlights-profiles/faculty-staff/2017-01-25-graspable-math.shtml
Jan 13, 2017 Math In Motion. My research was the cover story for WPI’s Research Magazine. https://www.wpi.edu/news/math-motion
2016
Dec 13, 2016 Understanding What Students Need to be Successful https://www.wpi.edu/news/announcements/understanding-what-students-need-be-successful-0
Oct 6, 2016 6 Chrome Tools for Kids with Math Issues. Understood.org.https://www.understood.org/en/school-learning/assistive-technology/finding-an-assistive-technology/6-chrome-tools-for-kids-with-math-issues
Oct 6, 2016 Professor Ottmar Selected as American Educational Research Association (AERA) Fellow. https://www.wpi.edu/news/announcements/professor-erin-ottmar-selected-american-educational-research-association-aera
Oct 4, 2016 NSF Awards Grant to WPI to Create Augmented Reality Math Games for Middle Schoolers. https://www.wpi.edu/news/announcements/nsf-awards-grant-wpi-%C2%A0create-augmented-reality-math-games-middle-schoolers
Feb. 10, 2016 AERA Announces Most Read Education Research Articles of 2015. http://www.aera.net/Newsroom/News-Releases-and-Statements/AERA-Announces-Most-Read-Education-Research-Articles-of-2015
2015
2015 Teacher Skill Drives Common Core Success: How Responsive Classroom Helps.
https://www.daleadershipinstitute.com/sites/daleadershipinstitute/files/common_core_success.pdf