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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · 5d

What a wonderful week at SMU with our LIME students. Here we are with our 6 LIME students who will graduate in 2026!

Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · 13d

Project STAIR is our project focused on data-based decision making in math. Check out our YouTube channel for all kinds of math videos! www.youtube.com/channel/UCE2...

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · 15d

Today, I’m excited to be working with teachers in Round Rock ISD! This morning was all about word problems. This afternoon is all about math vocabulary and hands-on math tools!

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · 18d

Excited to be in Houston today at the conference for the Houston Branch of the International Dyslexia Association. And I get to share ideas on the support of word problems!

Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · 20d

Yep! I will be back in my home state to talk about math!

Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · 20d

Wonderful to spend time at Academy District 20 focusing on math manipulatives and their connection to word problems. What a wonderful group of teachers here! Also, I got to explore the Garden of the Gods and see the first season’s snow on Pikes Peak!

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · 20d

I'll be in northern Ohio on November 14th to share ways to integrate literacy in math. Join me!

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · 21d

Today is the day we kick off our SPIRAL math project for this school year! Lots of conversations about math manipulatives today. Check out many free resources at www.mathspiral.com

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · 22d

With our SCALE project, we're working with teachers and interventionists as they use a fraction intervention called Fraction Face-Off. If you support students in Grades 5-8 who need help with fractions, let's talk!

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · 23d

With our SPIRAL project, we've put together lots of math resources for teachers! Check everything out here: mathspiral.com

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · 26d

Here's a bit about our SCALE-UP project! Over the next 4 years, we'll be using a fraction intervention in rural and out-of-school settings.

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · Sep 3

Over the last 9 months, the PRIME team has welcomed Asu to our team! She's been visiting Texas to learn more about math intervention and word-problem solving. As Asu prepares to leave us and return to Turkey, we want to spotlight her! We will miss Asu greatly!

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · Aug 29

Finishing a great week in Graz, Austria for #EARLI2025. Got to spend time with colleagues from Germany, Finland, and the Netherlands!

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · Aug 27

Now, welcome Kerri to the PRIME team! Kerri has spent the majority of her career as a classroom teacher. She is particularly interested in the uptake of evidence-based practices in math, so we are very excited that Kerri has decided to pursue a Ph.D. at Texas. Welcome, Kerri!

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · Aug 25

We have two new Ph.D. students joining the PRIME team for the fall of 2025. First, welcome Jinyoung! She moved to Austin in August from South Korea. She has a keen interest in math interventions, so she will joining our Grade 4 word-problem tutoring project. Welcome, Jinyoung!

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · Aug 25

Over the next few weeks, I'll share a bit about our research projects we are implementing in schools. First up is Math Words! With this project, funded by IES, we are implementing modules focused on math vocabulary with Grades 3 and 4 teachers.

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · Aug 20

Learn more about how keywords are not helpful for solving math word problems! ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · Aug 19

If you're heading to EARLI next week, let me know!

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · Aug 13

Join me in Ohio on November 14th! I'll be talking about literacy in math!

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · Aug 12

Need math progress monitoring measures? The TIER math measures are available across Grades K-6. And they are available in both English and Spanish. All FREE! spedsupport.tea.texas.gov/resource-lib...

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · Aug 11

And last (but not least), meet Kate. Kate's been on the PRIME team for 10 years! Kate's the most organized person I know! She loves thinking about word problems, and she helped design our recent version of Pirate Math Equation Quest. Check it out! www.piratemathequationquest.com

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · Aug 8

Fun to spend a day in Austin focusing on math vocabulary and hands-on manipulatives! It's fun to think about getting ready for the start of the school year!

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · Aug 6

The final module of the NCII Math Course highlights data-based decision making in math. This entire course is available to anyone! Check it out! intensiveintervention.org/DBI-math-cou...

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · Aug 4

This week, I'd like you to meet Clint. Clint leads our SCALE project, a US Department of Education (EIR) grant focused on fractions. Clint is easy going, a problem solver, and will drive all over central Texas to meet with teachers! Learn more about SCALE here: blog.smu.edu/scale/

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Sarah Powell @sarahpowellphd.bsky.social · Aug 2

Happy to get to show one of my students (Jess) around Vanderbilt's Peabody campus this week. What a fun trip down memory lane!

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