Curriculum and Instruction News

Department Welcomes Two New Postdoctoral Researchers in Mathematics Education - Dr. Erin Reid and Dr. David Purpura

The Department of Curriculum and Instruction welcomes two new postdoctoral researchers in mathematics education - Dr. Erin Reid and Dr. David Purpura.

Dr. Reid recently completed her Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University, with her dissertation entitled Promoting Early Numeracy Skill Growth in Head Start Children: An Efficacy Study of the NumberFun Early Numeracy Skill Program.

Dr. David Purpura recently graduated from Florida State University, where he completed his dissertation on Informal number-related mathematics skills: An examination of the structure of and relations between these skills in preschool.  Both Dr. Reid and Dr. Purpura will work with Dr. Art Baroody on his IES-funded projects.  The College and CI Department are fortunate to have these two outstanding new scholars here.