About
Sarah R. Powell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Special Education at the University of Texas at Austin. Her research interests include developing and testing interventions for students with mathematics difficulties, with a special emphasis on peer tutoring, word-problem solving, mathematics writing, and the symbols and vocabulary within mathematics.
She was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) in 2019.
Sarah is currently an investigator grants related to:
- Kindergarten math
- TEMPLE: Teaching Early Math by Providing Language Exploration (T.L.L. Temple Foundation)
- Kindergarten math
- Young Academic Music (U.S. Department of Education)
- 3rd-grade word-problem solving
- 4th-grade word-problem solving
- RAAMPS: Role of Algebraic Reasoning within Additive and Multiplicative Problem Solving (Institute of Education Sciences)
- RAAMPS: Role of Algebraic Reasoning within Additive and Multiplicative Problem Solving (Institute of Education Sciences)
- 3rd- and 4th-grade math
- Our Mathematical World (NewSchools Venture Fund)
- Our Mathematical World (NewSchools Venture Fund)
- Middle-school math
- STAIR: Supporting Teaching of Algebra: Individual Readiness (Office of Special Education Programs)
- Doctoral student preparation
- LIME: Leaders Investigating Mathematics Evidence (Office of Special Education Programs)