In collaboration with graduate student Melanie Prieto, Dr. Hausman and Melanie will explore how to improve worked examples as a tool for learning mathematics. Often seen on websites such as Chegg, Slader, etc., worked examples have been regarded as beneficial for student learning. However, this lab’s research has routinely shown that worked examples decrease the … Read more
Dr. Hannah Hausman, in collaboration with Linguistics professors Dr. Matthew Wages and Dr. Pranav Anand was recently awarded a large grant by the Spencer Foundation. The grant’s purpose is to fund education research that will help contribute to the improvement of education broadly. According to the foundation, they support “rigorous, intellectually ambitious and technically sound … Read more
Melanie Prieto, second-year graduate student in the Hausman Lab, was recently awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. This prestigious program supports students in various STEM fields for pursuing their groundbreaking research. Through this award, Melanie will be researching the cognitive processes involved in learning math and statistics, with a particular focus on identifying … Read more