Ali Hardy
@mshardy123.bsky.social
former elementary teacher 🍎 current doctoral student & LIME OSEP scholar📍UT Austin 🧮 early mathematics interventions, word problems, teacher education
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Excited to share a new open-access practitioner paper all about: (a) avoiding using the keywords strategy, and (b) what word-problem strategies to use instead! We focused specifically on how to support students with mathematics difficulty and emergent bilinguals. doi.org/10.1002/trtr...
<em>The Reading Teacher</em> | ILA Literacy Education Journal | Wiley Online Library
Students with mathematics difficulty, especially students with disabilities and emergent bilinguals, require careful consideration during word-problem instruction. Word problems that include relation...
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Know someone on the job market this year looking for faculty positions in special ed? Tell them about the POD! The POD is a database of open special ed faculty ads. We search for job ads once/week from Aug-Mar, keep a running list, & share the list for free! 2025-2026 POD: rebrand.ly/PODspecialed
“…cognitive load theory doesn’t matter where there is no cognitive load, because there is no explicit teaching” “some students may be engaging with discovery/project-based learning in ways that are mentally taxing for them, but many will instead be doing busy-work.” #scienceoflearning #cognition
Professor Pamela Snow@pamelasnow.bsky.social · last yr.Cogntive Load Theory doesn’t matter. New Snow Report blogpost. pamelasnow.blogspot.com/2025/07/cogn...
New paper about a brief word-problem screener for use in the elementary grades. It's free to read this article! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... And then download the screener at: www.piratemathequationquest.com
📣 Calling all who teach, conduct, or are new to systematic reviews and research syntheses! Our new tutorial in Research Synthesis Methods outlines 10 essential practices for developing and using coding manuals and forms, including solutions to common challenges. 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/rsm....
The UT Austin crew made it to #MCLS2025! We are excited to share our research on math at home, fractions, math vocabulary, problem posing, and word problems!
🚨New pub! Excited to share a 12-min additive word-problem screener that teachers can use to identify students who need additional support with word problems. doi.org/10.1002/pits...
Identifying Word‐Problem Difficulty: An Item Response Analysis of an Additive Word‐Problem Screener
Students encounter hundreds of word problems throughout the elementary grades and on standardized assessments through high school. To demonstrate proficiency on these measures of mathematics competen....
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This week, we are featuring our NEW version of Pirate Math Equation Quest. This version focuses on single- and MULTI-step word problems. Perfect for Grades 3, 4, and 5! All free! www.piratemathequationquest.com/individual-m...
Want to help students set up and solve word problems? Our Small-Group Single-Step version on Pirate Math Equation Quest is excellent for Grades 2 and 3! Check out our FREE materials - all ready for you to use! www.piratemathequationquest.com/group.html
I went to get a digital journal article from the library & found that it was no longer available because DOGE decided to cancel most of ERIC (the database of education journal articles that schools & researchers use to improve education practices). Y'all, this is tantamount to book burning.
Gracie is one of my favorite collaborators! She is a whiz with R and will make sure your project moves at a steady pace.
Sarah Powell@sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · last yr.Meet Gracie! She's a 2nd year PRIME Team member. Gracie has a keen interest in school policy and the use of evidence-based practices. But she's also knowledgeable with meta-analysis. Gracie is a great teammate!
So grateful for Sarah and for the PRIME team!
Sarah Powell@sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · last yr.And here's Ali! Ali is all about word problems and schemas! Ali's about to start a dissertation project where she'll design a problem posing component to a word-problem intervention. Ali has such a passion for math instruction - it's contagious!
Teacher outlines common PD complaints with DRAV framework (dignity, relevance, actionability, value). Article focuses on how PD feels to teachers rather than content or evidence of effectiveness. open.substack.com/pub/thenext3...
@danielle-lariviere.bsky.social is a GEM! It was a privilege to help implement her incredible math vocabulary intervention.
Sarah Powell@sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · 2y agoFirst up in the PRIME Team spotlight is Danielle. She's a 4th year student who is finishing her dissertation. In fact, she defends TODAY! She designed a math vocabulary component to word-problem intervention! Danielle loves middle school math, and she's a role model for others.
It's HERE! The long-awaited version of Pirate Math Equation Quest for multi-step word problems! All FREE. www.piratemathequationquest.com
Cuts to the Institute of Education Sciences = cuts to research, data & tools that help kids—especially struggling readers & students w/ disabilities. Tell Congress: Protect IES funding. #StandUpForReadingResearch Call your RI Congressional Reps: opengov.sos.ri.gov/GOVDirectory...
Today in math methods, students rotated in stations, exploring a different geometry manipulative and brainstorming tasks that students could complete with each one. Beforehand, we reviewed and discussed K-2 geometry standards as a primer!
UT Austin is thrilled to announce our new ONLINE master's program focusing on #dyslexia and #dyscalculia! Info sessions coming up the next few weeks: tinyurl.com/UTddiinfo
"Joining CEC changed the way I teach and connect with my students." From March 17–31, new members can join CEC at no cost and unlock: ✅ Expert resources ✅ Professional learning ✅ A supportive educator network Sign up today to grow, learn, and connect: exceptionalchildren.org/membership/a...
Could really use a brief YouTube training on scoring writing using Correct Word Sequence if anybody has the time and expertise 😅
Grateful to be able to share schema instruction with teachers this morning at #CEC2025 Lots of interest in piratemathequationquest.com and Project SPIRAL @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social
One of the best parts of my job is mentoring this group - the PRIME Team. This is an amazing group of scholars all focused on math - and the energy with the team is incredible. So honored to spend this week at #CEC2025 with them!
Another day, another poster! This time, with @tessaarsenault.bsky.social and @danielle-lariviere.bsky.social. We shared three practices for supporting language development with word problems. #CEC2025
I had so much for sharing some preliminary results from my national survey of elementary teachers! We still need to speak up about avoiding the keywords strategy and what to do instead: use an attack strategy and teach about schemas. 📣
Over the past few months, you might have heard me talk about the underwhelming NCTM/CEC position statement on teaching math to students with disabilities. Well, here's a response from 34 authors in which we discuss what's in it and what's not. FREE to download! riseopenjournal.org/article/id/2...
It will be early… but we would love to have you! Come learn about what you can do INSTEAD of tying keywords to operations! #CEC2025
