Carrie GermerothCarrie Germeroth, Ph.D., Assistant Director of Research at the Marsico Institute for Early Learning and Literacy, conducts research and publishes in the areas of the social emotional development, math, and early childhood classroom quality. Germerothroutinely leads program evaluations that examine the impact of interventions or curricula in early childhood settings. Currently she is the project director for the Learning and Teaching with Learning Trajectories website (LT2). LT2 is a web-based tool for early childhood educators to learn about how children think and learn about mathematics and how to teach mathematics to young children (birth to age 8). Germeroth also provides professional development and technical assistance on early childhood development for many local and state agencies as well as the National Center on Early Childhood Development Teaching and Learning. She also served as project manager on the development of Colorado's Early Learning and Development Guidelines as well as the Pre-Kindergarten Standards for the State of North Dakota. She has published research in several peer-reviewed early childhood journals, including the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology and Early Child Development, Care, The American Journal of Play, Phi Delta Kappan, and Early Childhood Research Quarterly. Read More Read Less