2022 SECD Research Roundup - Erin Pfister

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03/11/2022 Added

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Erin Pfister, a Ph.D. student in special education, discusses why she decided to pursue her doctorate and her research goals to help students who persistently struggle with math.

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[00:00:00.000]I learned a lot
[00:00:00.967]in my 18 years in um
[00:00:03.003]uh Lincoln Public Schools,
[00:00:04.137]but also I had two years in
[00:00:05.071]Minneapolis Public Schools.
[00:00:07.040]And I really want to help
[00:00:09.843]um young
[00:00:10.777]special education teachers
[00:00:13.413]do their very best work that they can do,
[00:00:15.682]and feel prepared.
[00:00:17.150]Because it's a
[00:00:17.884]it's a big challenge.
[00:00:18.985]It's a very challenging position
[00:00:20.653]and I want, um
[00:00:22.522]to, I want students
[00:00:23.790]to choose special education.
[00:00:25.425]I want them to want
[00:00:26.693]special education positions,
[00:00:27.994]and also know what to do once they get there.
[00:00:30.930]But I'm also, um
[00:00:32.832]learning a lot about research
[00:00:34.134]and I'm also very interested in um
[00:00:36.803]math research so we can
[00:00:38.638]get more kids to graduate from high school
[00:00:40.240]who have IEPs because
[00:00:42.208]math is a big struggle.
[00:00:43.810]Like I said, teacher preparation is a
[00:00:45.412]huge interest of mine,
[00:00:46.713]but also contributing to
[00:00:48.548]the research base, um
[00:00:50.183]for students with
[00:00:51.618]um, difficulties, um like
[00:00:53.186]kind of persistent difficulties in different areas
[00:00:55.422]with learning,
[00:00:56.689]and/or actually verified with disabilities.
[00:00:59.592]Um what I'm learning since I got
[00:01:01.261]here is that
[00:01:02.262]um, there's not
[00:01:03.696]as much of a research base
[00:01:05.565]for math
[00:01:06.332]for students who persistently struggle
[00:01:08.601]with math and have difficulties in that area.
[00:01:11.438]So, I really want to contribute
[00:01:14.707]to that research base.
[00:01:15.909]We need to find out more about
[00:01:17.377]why students are not learning,
[00:01:19.312]what kind of
[00:01:20.280]teaching they need,
[00:01:21.214]what interventions they need.
[00:01:22.949]And that's what I'll
[00:01:23.917]be doing
[00:01:24.551]ultimately for my dissertation is
[00:01:26.286]creating a math intervention
[00:01:28.755]for students who are struggling in math
[00:01:31.124]so they can get
[00:01:32.058]caught up and understand and
[00:01:34.027]feel successful in math and um
[00:01:36.396]and then
[00:01:37.063]and be able to move forward with their lives.

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