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Math Matrix Micro-Credential

Student educational levels covered:

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Quick Facts

A research agenda you could tackle might be...

Datasets 🔍— See additional comments in Research Topics section for list of questions.
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What subject areas are covered?

Math

What type of data is available?

📊 Quantitative

📝 Qualitative

Description and Demo 🛈

    The Math Matrix Micro-Credential is a flexible, asynchronous, competency-based online professional learning system designed to enhance mathematics education in K-12 classrooms by building teacher capacity. It includes 3 courses, with separate pathways for elementary and secondary teachers: Fostering Mathematical Proficiency, Number Sense and Operations or Algebraic Reasoning, and Practicum.

- It is aligned to Florida B.E.S.T. Standards and NCTM Effective Mathematics Teaching Practices.
- It includes pedagogical mathematics content for teachers, specialists and coaches.
- It engages participants through interactive activities and reflective assignments.
- It incorporates job-embedded practice for K-12 mathematics teachers to implement in their classroom.

What does the Math Matrix Micro-Credential do?
The Math Matrix supports K-12 teachers, educators and coaches to:
- Give each and every student access to high-quality mathematics instruction 
- Develop deep mathematical knowledge for teaching key concepts 
- Implement research-based instructional strategies

There are multiple datasets available that are linked through User IDs, Course Section IDs, and Instructor IDs, that include:
- Content Progress log data
- Platform Usage log data
- Instructor Platform Usage log data
- Assessment Score data

Summary of Existing Research 🛈

A summary of existing research can be found in the two brief evaluation reports below.

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Additional Notes

    Some possible research questions include:

Teacher Engagement:
- What patterns of teacher engagement in the Math Matrix (e.g., assignment completion, video viewing, session lengths, frequency of logins) can be saliently identified?
- How do patterns of teacher engagement in the Math Matrix vary across teachers and content topics or courses?
- How do patterns of teacher engagement in the Math Matrix vary across teachers and content elements (e.g., try-it-out, interactive objects, interactive books, reflection assignments vs. videos of practice) and design features?
- How do patterns of teacher engagement in the Math Matrix differ based on the day and time (e.g., day/night, weekday/weekend, holiday) courses are accessed?

Teacher Learning:
- Which concepts do teachers struggle with or excel at the most?
- What common teacher misconceptions can be saliently identified?

Relationships Between Engagement, Learning and Teacher Characteristics:
- What is the relationship between variation in teacher engagement and teacher learning outcomes (e.g., pre/post assessments, assignment grades, course mastery)?
- How are patterns of teachers’ engagement in the Math Matrix associated with teacher perceptions of the impact and usefulness of what they learned?
- What is the relationship between teacher characteristics (e.g., years of experience, certification type, demographics, curriculum and resource use, frequently used classroom practices) and patterns of teacher engagement?
- What is the relationship between early patterns of engagement and likelihood of course of Micro-Credential completion?
- What is the relationship between teacher misconceptions and teacher characteristics?

Application Requirements 🛈

Data Terms of Agreement

Pre-registration process

Consultation

Additional Notes

   After agreeing to our data terms and receiving approval via a separate consultation, access to the data will be provided through our online, secure Data Lagoon platform. Only de-identified data from the specific tables needed for your analysis will be made available through this platform.

Available Calls for Proposals

AIMS EduData Initiative 📅 Due Mar 31 2025 💵 Up to $250,000

This call for proposals invites researchers to propose a R&D project to use data from large-scale digital learning platforms (DLPs) to pursue insights about mathematics teaching and learning. In addition to providing funding, we will engage awardees in the AIMS Collaboratory network.

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At-A-Glance

Math Matrix Micro-Credential

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What subject areas are covered?

What type of data is available?

1. Application Context & Population

Educational Level of Sample

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Duration of Data Collection 🛈

Subject Area

Additional Notes

2. Related Research Examples

Summary of Existing Research 🛈

Associated References

Title

Authors

Publication Date

Peer Reviewed?

Link/DOI

Abstract / Description

Title

Authors

Publication Date

Peer Reviewed?

Link/DOI

Abstract / Description

3. Potential Research Topics & Priorities

Construct of Interest 🛈

Supported Research 🛈

Additional Notes

4. Available Data

Linked Documents

Filename

File Size

File Type(s)

Number of Obs/Cols/Pgs

Description

Link

Demographic Fields

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Type of Data

Aggregation level

Timing of Data Collection

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Does this dataset contain fields/identifiers that enable it to be linked? 🛈

Additional Notes

5. Suggested Skills

Analytical Skills

Technical Skills

Additional Notes

6. Access & Security

Application Requirements 🛈

Pre-registration process

Additional Notes

7. Funding Opportunities

Available Calls for Proposals

AIMS EduData Initiative 📅 Due Mar 31 2025 💵 Up to $250,000