Address:
Steven C. Beering Hall of
Liberal Arts and Education
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2098
BRNG 4132

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Laura Bofferding

Professor

Mathematics Education,
Curriculum and Instruction

Email:
lbofferd@purdue.edu

Phone:
(765) 494-0491

Address:
Steven C. Beering Hall of
Liberal Arts and Education
100 N. University Street
West Lafayette, Indiana 47907-2098
BRNG 4132

Profile

+ Education

+ Career Experience

+ Awards & Honors

Research & Publications

Pre-K and elementary students’ cognitive development and understanding of mathematics
Children's understanding of negative numbers
Use of games and contrasting cases to support children’s numerical understanding
The interplay between teachers' use of questioning, number talks, and students' mathematical reasoning
Teachers’ use of assessment to inform mathematics instruction
Sequencing of mathematical topics

+ Selected Publications

Bofferding, L., & Zhu, Y. (2023). Composing tangram puzzles to support shape transformation. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 116(7), 503-510.
Bofferding, L., Haiduc, A., Aqazade, M., Chen, L., & Kocabas, S. (2023). Using incorrect worked examples to investigate the consistency of first and third graders’ measurement conceptions. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 21, 1913-1934. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-022-10334-x
Bofferding, L., & Aqazade, M. (2023). “Where does the square go?”: Reinterpreting shapes when solving a tangram puzzle. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 112(1), 25-47. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-022-10166-0
Bofferding, L., & Hansen, S. (2022). Teaching with contrasting examples: Helping young children investigate structure in subtraction problems with integers. Young Children, 77(3), 24-31.
Bofferding, L., Kocabas, S., Aqazade, M., Haiduc, A., & Chen, L (2022). The effect of play and worked examples on first and third graders’ creating and debugging of programming algorithms. In A. Ottenbreit-Leftwich & A. Yadav (Eds.), Computational thinking in PreK-5: Empirical evidence for integration and future directions. A Special Research Publication (pp. 19-29). Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. and the Robin Hood Learning + Technology Fund. https://doi.org/10.1145/3507951.3519284
Chen, L., Akarsu, M., & Bofferding, L. (2022). Finding the boundary of kindergarteners’ subtraction understanding: Prospective teachers’ problem development and questioning. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 25, 91-118. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10857-020-09481-1
Aqazade, M., & Bofferding, L. (2021). Second and fifth graders’ use of knowledge-pieces and knowledge-structures when solving integer addition problems. Journal of Numerical Cognition, 7(2), 82-103. https://doi.org/10.5964/jnc.6563
Bofferding, L., & Hoffman, A. (2019). Children’s integer understanding and the effects of linear board games: A look at two measures. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 56, 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2019.100721
Bofferding, L. (2019). Understanding negative numbers. In A. Norton & M. W. Alibali (Eds.), Constructing number: Merging perspectives from psychology and mathematics education (pp. 251-277). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00491-0_12
Bofferding, L., & Wessman-Enzinger, N. M. (Eds.) (2018). Exploring the Integer Addition and Subtraction Landscape: Perspectives on Integer Thinking. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90692-8
Bofferding, L., Kastberg, S., & Hoffman, A. (2016). Family mathematics nights: An opportunity to improve preservice teachers’ understanding of parents’ roles and expectations. School Science and Mathematics, 116(1), 17-28. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssm.12109
Bofferding, L. (2014). Understanding negative integers: Characterizing first-graders’ mental models. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 45(2), 194-245. https://doi.org/10.5951/jresematheduc.45.2.0194

+ Current Grants & Funded Research

Courses Typically Taught

EDCI 36401 — Teaching Mathematics in K-2
EDCI 54800 — Teaching Mathematics to Diverse Learners
EDCI 62000 — Developing as a Mathematics Researcher
EDCI 63600 — Learning of Mathematics: Insights and Issues