Carnegie Math Pathways at WestEd will be presenting multiple sessions at the 2025 COABE Conference at the Hyatt Regency in Dallas, TX on March 30 – April 2, 2025. This year’s conference theme is Expanding Horizons.
Don’t miss out on our insightful discussions on topics like adult numeracy and digital learning!
WestEd Presentations
March 31, 2025
Research AND Practical Solutions: Digital Tools to Support Teaching and Learning from the CREATE Network
The CREATE Adult Skills Network’s six research projects are exploring innovations that address the needs of adult learners through technology-enabled instruction and assessment. Session attendees will visit demonstrations of the different edtech tools the research teams are testing and see how they support aspects such as personalized assessments, leverage AI, boost access to open/free digital content, promote digital learning, and creatively use technology to support math, writing, reading, and civics education.
Time: 8:00 – 9:10 a.m. (CT)
Speakers: Ann Edwards, Director, Carnegie Math Pathways
Lewis Hosie, Development and Implementation Director, Carnegie Math Pathways
April 1, 2025
Adult Numeracy in the Digital Era
This session engages participants in a new technology-enabled mathematics course developed in the IES-funded Adult Numeracy in the Digital Era (ANDE) project. The course utilizes relevant, contextualized mathematics content; collaborative learning; adaptive mathematical supports; digital literacy supports; and social-emotional interventions that promote self-efficacy and sense of belonging. Participants will engage in hands-on collaborative math tasks, engage with mindset interventions, and reflect on implications of the curricular and instructional design for local instruction.
Time: 11:50 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. (CT)
Speaker: Lewis Hosie, Development and Implementation Director, Carnegie Math Pathways
Dan Ray, Operations Director, Carnegie Math Pathways
April 2, 2025
Empowering Adult Numeracy and Digital Literacy Educators to Create Broad, Learning Mindset-Supportive Environments
For many adult learners, mathematics poses challenges to their conceptions of themselves as math learners that call for innovative and responsive instruction. This session focuses on strategies for creating broad environments that support positive learning mindsets in mathematics. Drawing from the PD program of Adult Numeracy in the Digital Era, a project developing a technology-enabled mathematics course, participants experience and reflect on research-based routines designed to foster collaboration and authentic discourse and promote learning mindsets.
Time: 1:30 – 2:40 p.m. (CT)
Speakers: Ann Edwards, Director, Carnegie Math Pathways
Dan Ray, Operations Director, Carnegie Math Pathways
Featured Speakers
Ann Edwards, Director, Carnegie Math Pathways
Ann Edwards is a nationally recognized leader in mathematics education with over 30 years of experience in research and development in mathematics learning, instructional practice, teacher learning, curriculum development, and policy.
Lewis Hosie, Development and Implementation Director, Carnegie Math Pathways
Lewis Hosie manages digital content, courseware configuration and functionality, and technology integrations. He leads learning design and development projects and advises on implementation matters.
Dan Ray, Operations Director, Carnegie Math Pathways
Dan Ray leads the continuous improvement of various administrative and instructional supports for Pathways teams providing guidance, training, and support resources