nagashima [at] cs.uni-saarland.de

NEWS 🎉

(Apr 2023) Starting a new role as a Visiting Professor at Hokkaido University in Japan!

(Mar 2023) Gave a talk at CAIS in Bochum

(Feb 2023) Gave a talk at ETH Zürich (FLI Colloquia)

(Dec 2022) Launched the “Future+Learning” working group with Lis Sylvan and Sandra Cortesi @BKC Harvard

(Nov 2022) Moved to Germany to start my TT position at Saarland University!

(June 2021) Our ISLS paper was nominated for Best Design Paper!

(April 2021) We were at the ED Games Expo! Here’s our entry.

(Dec 2020) Won the Fred Mulder Open Education Practice Award!

(Nov 2020) Gave a talk at Keio Univ.

(Nov 2020) Won an AECT award!

(Nov 2020) Presented at OpenEd20

(Oct 2020) Made a tape diagram template (available under CC-BY-NC)

Research Participation/Collaboration

I love hearing from teachers and students (and of course researchers)! I have many research collaboration/participation opportunities for teachers (elementary, middle, and high school math teachers) and students (5th – 8th grade) across the globe. Here is the list of active projects for which I need your help! Feel free to contact me for questions, suggestions, and collaboration ideas.

1-hour interview to help improve the Tape Diagram Generation Tool

Tape Diagram Generation Tool

I am looking for math teachers in the US (any grade level) who could help improve the design and functionalities of this Tape Diagram Generation Tool together. No experience with tape diagrams necessary. We pay $30 Amazon card for your 1-hour interview participation. More info here. Contact me here.

Classroom study to help improve the Tape Diagram Tutor

An Intelligent Tutoring System with Anticipatory Diagrammatic Self-explanation

I am looking for math teachers in any country who could help us improve the tape diagram tutor. We would like to remotely work with your students to conduct an experiment to test the effectiveness of the tutor. Teachers will get customized problem sets and student data. Students will be given an opportunity to contribute to the science of learning. We can flexibly adjust the detail of the study. More info here. Contact me here.

Classroom study to help improve the Drag-and-drop Algebra tutor

"Drag-and-Drop" Equatio-solving Tutor

I am looking for math teachers in any country who could help us improve the “Drag&Drop” algebra tutor. We would like to remotely work with your students to conduct an experiment to test the effectiveness of the tutor. Teachers will get customized problem sets and student data. Students will be given an opportunity to contribute to the science of learning. We have a Spanish version too! More info here. Contact me here.

Middle-school students: Share your thoughts about our software!

We are looking for students (5th – 8th grade) who could help us improve the design of a variety of math learning tools we are developing in our lab. We would like to have a 1-hour Zoom session and you will get $12 Amazon card! We want a parent to be present at least for the first 5 min. Teachers — please feel free to share this opportunity widely with your students. Contact me here.