Major support announced for Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance

Quebec's Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade and minister responsible for the Capitale - Nationale region Sam Hamad announced significant funding, in the amount of $497,816, to support a project to be undertaken by Concordia University’s Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP).

The project, which is estimated to cost $652,816, will allow for the development of a tool called Orienting the Emerging Literacy in Mathematics, intended for children in primary school. The initiative, which will take 30 months to complete, aims to increase basic skills in mathematics in young people, and to reduce the proportion of children with math-related anxiety.

The project was developed by the CSLP, which was established in 1988 and is based at Concordia University. The research centre comprises more than 100 full members and collaborators, 20 support staff, and more than 200 graduate and postgraduate students. Its research focuses primarily on developing strategies practices that will directly affect the functioning of schools.

"The funding we receive allows us to create practical tools for the education community. At the CSLP, we aim to develop evidence-based tools that have a positive impact," says Philip Abrami, director of CSLP.

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•    Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance
•    Minister of Economic Development, Innovation and Export Trade