New York Times: Studying young minds and how to teach them

The work of UB researchers Doug H. Clements, SUNY Distinguished Professor of learning and instruction and Julie A. Sarama, associate professor of learning and instruction is featured in a front page New York Times story today.

Clements' and Sarama's Building Blocks program to enrich math education is described and is reported to be one of the few programs resulting from new discoveries in the field of cognitive science that has a track record. According to the story, UB's Building Blocks program is one that could "transform teaching from the bottom up." The story profiles the program's use in the Buffalo Public Schools, including in the preschool program at Stanley M. Makowski Early Childhood Center.