Educational Psychology professor Asha Jitendra presented at the American Educational Research Association (AERA) annual convention in Denver last month. She presented a paper entitled ” Teaching students with learning disabilities expository text comprehension using cognitive strategy instruction: The quality of evidence,” that was coauthored with M. Gajria (professor at St. Thomas Aquinas College) and C. Burgess (doctoral candidate at Lehigh University).
Jitendra also presented “Examining the effects of number sense instruction on mathematics competence of kindergarten students,” a paper coathored with S. Sood (assistant professor, University of Hartford. In addition, she presented a poster on “The intended, implemented, and learned curriculum in inclusive third grade mathematics classrooms” with C. Griffin (University of Florida) and Y.P. Xin (Purdue University).