Learning Systems Institute

FSU expert: Parents, schools can help children with math learning, anxiety

Published: August 24, 2022 | 9:01 am | Posted in: Expert Pitches

Across the country, students are starting a new school year. For many students, their return to math class comes with anxiety and frustration. But it doesn’t have to be that way. Florida State University Associate Professor Robert C. Schoen studies how to improve mathematics teaching and learning at the elementary and secondary school levels. He […]

FSU faculty member named Kenneth P. Kidd Mathematics Educator of the Year

Published: June 21, 2022 | 1:29 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

The Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics (FCTM) named Robert Schoen, an associate professor at the Learning Systems Institute (LSI), the Kenneth P. Kidd Mathematics Educator of the Year.

A Florida State University faculty member is being recognized for his research to improve mathematics education for elementary and secondary school students. The Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics (FCTM) named Robert Schoen, an associate professor at the Learning Systems Institute (LSI), the Kenneth P. Kidd Mathematics Educator of the Year. The award was established […]

USAID and FSU residency program makes a lasting impact on teacher training in Zambia

Published: June 3, 2022 | 1:32 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

From left, Zambian teaching professors Handili Jimaima and Joshua Zulu, who completed a residency at Florida State University's Learning Systems Institute in 2022. (Elliott Finebloom/Florida State University)

Two Zambian educators are working hand-in-hand with FSU researchers as they look to improve teacher training in their country. Handili Jimaima and Joshua Zulu, who teach at Chalimbana University in Chongwe, Zambia, participated in a residency program at FSU during the 2022 Spring semester as part of a Learning Systems Institute (LSI) project. In partnership […]

Learning Systems Institute awarded $1.5M grant to develop math anxiety intervention for children

Published: May 25, 2022 | 11:56 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Math can make students anxious, but it doesn’t have to be that way. Using strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy, faculty members with the Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University will develop a school-based intervention for second- and third-graders with math anxiety. A three-year $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) will […]

USAID-Florida State University partnership to improve teacher training colleges in Malawi

Published: February 9, 2022 | 8:44 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Florida State University · USAID-Florida State University partnership to improve teacher training colleges in Malawi Florida State University’s Learning Systems Institute (LSI) will lead a $15.6 million project sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve teacher training in Malawi. The Strengthening Teacher Education and Practice (STEP) Activity will improve the higher […]

From surviving to thriving: FSU’s Learning Systems Institute brings support and success to mathematics educators navigating virtual learning

Published: May 18, 2021 | 2:20 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

A first-grade student and fourth-grade student learning from home through the digital academy at Gilchrist Elementary School. (Courtesy of Robert Schoen)

Last year, students and teachers in Florida and across the nation were asked to do a lot when remote learning forced them out of the physical classroom. That didn’t stop educators from pushing forward to learn new ways to best teach traditional subjects like math to their students, whether they were in person or on […]

USAID-Florida State University partnership set to boost teacher training systems in Zambia

Published: October 15, 2020 | 2:38 pm | Posted in: Education & Society

Stephanie Simmons Zuilkowski, an associate professor with the Learning Systems Institute and director of the USAID Transforming Teacher Education Program. (Florida State University)

The Learning Systems Institute (LSI) at Florida State University will lead a five-year, $15 million project sponsored by the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to improve pre-service teacher training in Zambia. LSI faculty, in collaboration with partners School-to-School International and the University of Zambia, will work with 12 universities and colleges of education in […]

#FSUglobal: Florida State makes connections around the world

Published: November 5, 2019 | 3:20 pm | Posted in: University News

Alumni of FSU International Programs get ready to march in the annual Homecoming Parade.

In every corner of the globe, Florida State University students, faculty and staff are connecting with different cultures and developing research partnerships. FSU is celebrating International Education Month this November to highlight the vast array of opportunities available to the FSU community both on and off campus. “Florida State recognizes the value of global connections […]

USAID and Florida State University researchers partner to establish Nigerian Center for Reading Research And Development

Published: August 24, 2017 | 11:20 am | Posted in: Education & Society

Students in a classroom in northern Nigeria, where FSU’s Learning Systems Institute and Florida Center for Reading Research are teaming up with Bayero University-Kano in Nigeria to strengthen teacher education and improve children’s reading skills.

Acquiring reading skills can be difficult in an ideal setting, let alone an environment affected by crisis or conflict. That, however, is the harsh reality more than 2 million children living in northern Nigeria face each day. With the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), a new partnership between researchers at Florida […]

Egyptian educators visit FSU under State Department program to study U.S. community college system

Published: April 11, 2017 | 10:27 am | Posted in: Education & Society

President John Thrasher, at right, accepts a commemoration honoring FSU during a luncheon welcoming the Egyptian education administrators. From left: Dr. Nouran Abd El Hamid Ibrahim of Mansoura University; Anthony Koliha, director of the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Global Educational Programs; Dr. Ibrahim Elbesoumy of Alexandria Technical Institute; and Professor Dr. Essam Khamis Alhanash, deputy minister of higher education and research, Arab Republic of Egypt.

Florida State University President John Thrasher welcomed to campus a delegation of Egyptian educators who are spending six weeks in Florida to study the U.S. community colleges. “It is an honor to host this program because we know how important community colleges can be in opening doors to new opportunities for so many people, whether […]

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