This page focuses on using research findings to create change. For the AM-ME project, we worked with students and teachers to brainstorm ways to communicate our findings and identify key opportunities to make lasting changes in their math classrooms and school communities. These discussions ensure we supported the translation of our research findings into action.
Teacher professional development
The AM-ME Research Group quickly determined that sharing our findings directly with math teachers through professional development (PD) content would make the most immediate and effective changes to math engagement in classrooms.
How we selected PD as a dissemination strategy
Check out the Plan to Share Findings page to learn more about how we collectively determined our audiences, dissemination strategies, and products.
We developed two presentations to summarize our findings, one with Year 1 data and another with Years 1 and 2 data. We received feedback from the AM-ME Research Group and shared our content with district and school staff.
Downloadable Resources
Action planning
As we approached the end of our project, the AM-ME Research Group spent more time focusing on the action planning process, meaning what they wanted to see changed in their schools and how to go about that change.
Check Out Activities Developed for Sharing Findings
Activities used to turn findings into action with the AM-ME Research Group can be found in the Share Research Group Meetings.
The Adapted Measure of Math Engagement Research Group includes six students (Antonio Chavira, Brianna Espy, Ryan Ombongi, Serrah Ssemukutu, Salma Ahmed, and Diamond Tony-Uduhirinwa), five teachers (Nathan W. Earley, Karina Mazurek, Kathleen Morgan, Karla Rokke, and Ashly Tritch), and five researchers (Marisa Crowder, Samantha E. Holquist, Diane (Ta-Yang) Hsieh, Claire Kelley, and Mark Vincent B. Yu). Researchers Alyssa Scott, Olivia Reyes, and Avalloy McCarthy also extensively contributed to this work. Bloomington Public School District leaders Betsy Hawes, Marcie Coval, Julio Caesar, and Rik Lamm provided support to this work. Jennifer Widstrand served as the project manager.
If you have questions about the Adapted Measures of Math Engagement project, please contact Principal Investigator Samatha E. Holquist at sholquist@childtrends.org.
This project is funded by the National Science Foundation, grant #2200437. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in these materials are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.