Resources
We've curated some resources here to share with parents and other educators who might be looking for educational content to use with the children in their lives. Below you will find links to websites for at-home learning, along with some of the resources that we've developed through our own research. If you are a volunteer tutor working with children in PK-8, we recommend contacting Tutor-ND to get connected to their free evidence-based resources (e.g., training, coaching, assessments, lesson plans) to help you provide the best possible tutoring in reading and math. We also share links to some of our collaborators at the bottom of this page.
At-home learning
Vroom is a great free resource for parents of children in the 0-5 year old age range.
Bedtime Math is a free math app that we recommend to parents.
Cosmic Kids Yoga combines imagination and storytelling with yoga and mindfulness.
Core Knowledge Foundation provides open access to an excellent curriculum for preschool through eighth grade.
Khan Academy Kids is a free, fun learning app for children from ages 2-8.
Tutor-ND
Tutor-ND seeks to expand access to high-impact tutoring in literacy and math for students in PK-8. It recruits, trains, and supports volunteer tutors for over twenty community organizations to provide evidence-based learning and enrichment programs in literacy and math.
Children in grades 3-5 and 6-8 sign up for TutorND's Alexandria Award Book Clubs!
Improving Children's Understanding of Equivalence (ICUE)
Children's understanding of math equivalence in elementary school predicts their algebra readiness in middle school. Unfortunately, most children struggle to understand this foundational concept. We designed a supplemental intervention to improve children's understanding of math equivalence, and it has been shown to work in a small, randomized experiment and in a larger efficacy study with the help of WestEd. Download the materials and watch videos explaining each of the four components of the ICUE intervention on the icue.nd.edu website!
The ICUE intervention was featured in a "What Would You Fight For?" Commercial on NBC!
Number Sense Assessment
Patrick Kirkland, Alison Cheng, and Nicole McNeil have iteratively developed a brief assessment of mature number sense. This assessment is a short, online math activity with 24 multiple-choice questions, designed for students in 3rd grade and up, with versions tailored to match students’ grade level. It takes about 10 minutes and measures how well students understand and work with rational numbers and operations, as well as how flexibly they use this understanding to solve problems. The assessment is all mental math—no paper or pencil. Each question is timed at 60 seconds to accurately measure number sense while keeping the assessment brief. Students complete the assessment individually using a Chromebook or other electronic device.
The assessment has validity evidence and is available as an open-access educational resource at numbersense.nd.edu . Contact numbersense@nd.edu for access or to learn more about number sense and the research behind it.
Free PDF downloads
Interested in promoting children's mathematical thinking at home? Check out our Math at Home Infograph.
Looking for simple games to help children practice math? Check out our Math Games Infograph.
Looking for number card games that give children experience with different representations of each number 1-10? Check out our Printable Playing Cards.
Want to see educator-friendly summaries of the latest research in cognition, learning, and development? Check out Cognitive Development News.
Interested in learning more about evidence-based practices from one of the most definitive sources around? Check out these super helpful IES Practice Guides.
Excellence in Teaching Conference Slides
If you are looking for McNeil's slides from the Excellence in Teaching Conference, you've found them!