Ann Edwards
About
Ann Edwards co-leads the Using Technology to Support Postsecondary Student Learning Toolkit project for REL Northwest. Dr. Edwards’s experience includes secondary and collegiate mathematics teaching and research, curriculum development, teacher education, and professional development spanning elementary to adult education.
She is the director of Mathematics at WestEd and brings a commitment to addressing issues of equity that shape mathematics teaching and learning.
Dr. Edwards earned a BA in applied mathematics from Harvard University and a PhD in education in mathematics, science, and technology from the University of California, Berkeley.
Associated IES Content
About REL Northwest
Regional Educational Lab (REL) Northwest partners with key stakeholders in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington to develop evidence that can inform consequential decisions about policy, programs, and practice. Key stakeholders include organizations with decision-making authority and the ability to influence education policy and practice, such as state and local education agencies, school boards, institutes of higher education, and student, family, and community organizations.
Grant
AmplifyGAIN: Generative AI for Transformative Learning
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has great potential to augment teachers' effectiveness and personalize learning opportunities to enhance both the quality and equity of student learning outcomes. Nevertheless, the content generated by general-purpose AI tools has shortcomings, with limited conceptual depth and inadequate understanding of pedagogical principles and student learning. Consequently, schools and districts are concerned about overreliance on technology as a replacement f...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305C240012
Grant
Adult Numeracy in the Digital Era: Adaptive Technology for Quantitative and Digital Literacy
This research team will develop and pilot test a technology-enabled adult numeracy course and corresponding professional development designed for adult basic education learners. Nearly a third of the adult population in the United States does not have sufficient numeracy skills to manage critical quantitative tasks in their daily lives and over 16 percent have low digital literacy skills. Modern technology has the potential to significantly improve access to and the quality of adult educatio...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305N210029
Grant
Improving Outcomes and Accelerating Completion With Corequisite Remediation in Mathematics: An Efficacy Study
The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized trial of the Statway Corequisite course in community college mathematics. Corequisite remediation has emerged as a promising approach to improving student success. Early results show that it can be highly effective in comparison to traditional remediation and warrants further investigation, in particular into the impact of alignment of course content to student goals and instructional design. In addition, due to concerns from college educa...
Federal funding program:
Award number:
R305A200256