“Magic Math Minute” Videos to Foster Understanding of Early Mathematics Learning

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Published: Aug 1, 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v11i3.27128
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early math development, child develoment early math learning
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Myra Luna-Lucero
Teachers College, Columbia University
Colleen O’Donnell Oppenzato
Teachers College, Columbia University
Colleen Uscianowski
Teachers College, Columbia University
Ma. Victoria Almeda
Educational Gaming Environments Group
Herbert P. Ginsburg
Teachers College, Columbia University

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Technological advances afford teacher educators, designers, and researchers the opportunity to use videos as an instructional tool to help parents, caregivers, teachers, and other adults support young children’s mathematical development. We created five Magic Math Minute videos to highlight examples of young children’s mathematical thinking and to show how adults can engage children in mathematics conversations. We intended for these videos to inform adults about the ways children explore mathematics and to foster productive adult-child interactions around mathematics. This article documents how we designed five distinct but related formats of a Magic Math Minute video. It describes the video content, design constraints, three online studies evaluating the videos, and how the results of these studies informed revisions to our design.

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Luna-Lucero, M., O’Donnell Oppenzato, C., Uscianowski, C., Almeda, M. V., & Ginsburg, H. P. (2020). “Magic Math Minute” Videos to Foster Understanding of Early Mathematics Learning. International Journal of Designs for Learning, 11(3), 47–66. https://doi.org/10.14434/ijdl.v11i3.27128
Author Biographies

Myra Luna-Lucero, Teachers College, Columbia University

Myra Luna-Lucero earned her doctorate from the Math, Science, & Technology Department at Teachers College, Columbia University. She researches motivation and mistake handling in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM).

Colleen O’Donnell Oppenzato, Teachers College, Columbia University

Colleen O’Donnell Oppenzato is a Ph.D. student in Cognitive Science in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. She researches how videos and textbooks influence student learning.

Colleen Uscianowski, Teachers College, Columbia University

Colleen Uscianowski is a postdoctoral researcher at Teachers College, Columbia University. She develops and evaluates ways to help parents and teachers promote children’s early math learning.

Ma. Victoria Almeda, Educational Gaming Environments Group

Ma. Victoria Almeda is a research associate at the Educational Gaming Environments Group (EdGE). She researches learning analytics, engagement, and socio-emotional-learning in STEM.

Herbert P. Ginsburg, Teachers College, Columbia University

Herbert P. Ginsburg is the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Psychology and Education Emeritus at Teachers College, Columbia University. He researches the development of mathematical thinking and develops mathematics curricula (Big Math for Little Kids).

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