Laura Bofferding
Social Sciences · Purdue University West Lafayette
Publications
63
Citations
666
Est. group size
~1
Recurring co-author estimate
Active years
15
Publishing since 2012
Laura Bofferding studies how children learn mathematics, focusing on topics like integer (positive/negative number) understanding, geometric reasoning with shapes such as tangrams, and early number sense in dual-language learners. Her work also extends to how young students learn to program and debug simple computer instructions, often comparing hands-on tools like Lego to digital tasks. The research is aimed at understanding students' thinking strategies and misconceptions to inform teaching approaches in elementary classrooms.
Publication output has fluctuated over the past decade, with peaks around 2018 and 2022 and a noticeable slowdown in output from 2024 through 2026.
Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026
- Second and fifth graders’ changes in strategies for integer addition
Mathematics Education Research Journal · 2026
- Translanguaging’s impact on early math education: Enhancing background knowledge and collaborative learning in Midwestern preschools
Bilingual Research Journal · 2026
- Textbook Versus AI-Generated Word Problems
2025
- Effects of Problem Contrasts on Second Graders' Integer Addition Strategy Change (Poster 19)
2024
- Effects of Problem Contrasts on Second Graders' Integer Addition Strategy Change (Poster 19)
2024
- Composing Tangram Puzzles to Support Shape Transformation
Mathematics Teacher Learning and Teaching PK-12 · 2023
- Students' Placement of the Parallelogram in Tangram Puzzles
2023
- Students' Placement of the Parallelogram in Tangram Puzzles
2023
- Missing Command as a Debugging and Problem Solving Task for Elementary Students
Proceedings. · 2023
- Spatial Reasoning and Debugging With Lego Structures
Proceedings. · 2023
- The effect of play and worked examples on first and third graders' creating and debugging of programming algorithms
ACM eBooks · 2022
- Early Elementary Students’ Use of Shape and Location Schemas When Embedding and Disembedding
Education Sciences · 2022
- The home mathematics environment of dual-language learning children and their early mathematics skills
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology · 2022
- “Where does the square go?”: reinterpreting shapes when solving a tangram puzzle
Educational Studies in Mathematics · 2022
- Using Incorrect Worked Examples to Investigate the Consistency of First and Third Graders’ Measurement Conceptions
International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education · 2022
- Research in mathematics education×6
- Proceedings of the ... PME Conference×5
- International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education×2
- School Science and Mathematics×2
- Proceedings.×2
- Andrew M. Gatza
Social Sciences · Indiana University
- Iwan Andi Jonri Sianturi
Social Sciences · Indiana University
- Mi Yeon Lee
Social Sciences · Indiana University
- Erik Tillema
Social Sciences · Indiana University
- Michael T. Battista
Social Sciences · The Ohio State University
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