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Invited Speaker Series – Spring 2023

The Spring 2023 Mathematics Education Doctoral Seminar (MATH 830) featured the list of events below. Attendees read the attached articles to prepare for presentations and for follow-up discussions. The Spring 2022 Speaker Series is archived below.

Mathematical modeling is hard; Studying students doing it is even harder.

9 May 2023

Jennifer Czocher, Texas State University

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Supporting Instructional Change in Undergraduate Mathematics

4:45 – 5:15 pm

25 April 2023

Nicholas Fortune, Western Kentucky University

Reading:

Conflict and cooperation: Micropolitical forces impacting coaches’ access

18 April 2023

Stephanie Saclarides, University of Cincinnati;ÌýJen Munson, Northwestern University

Reading:

Developing A Framework for Characterizing Student-Created Diagrams In DGEs

11 April 2023

Xiangquan Yao, Penn State University

Reading:

Using a framework to develop preservice teacher noticing of students’ mathematical thinking within a technology-mediated learning environment

4 April 2023

Nina Bailey, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Engaging P-2 Children with Mathematics and Social Justice

28 March 2023

Jennifer Ward, Kennesaw State University

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Are you talking about Race? Navigating racial conversations in online mathematics methods courses

21 March 2023

Alesia Moldavan, Georgia Southern University;ÌýMonica Gonzalez, East Carolina University

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When am I ever going to use this? Making Sense of Perceived Utility in Mathematics

14 March 2023

Tracy E. Dobie, University of Utah

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Elementary Mathematical Writing: Current Research and Future Directions

21 February 2023

Erin Smith, R. Alex Smith, & Madeline Price, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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Nature as Co-teacher and Co-researcher

14 February 2023

Katherine Baker, Elon University

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Racial and Mathematics Discourses in the Tapestry of Civic Engagement: Analysis of Public Comments at Creator ISD School Board Meetings

7 February 2023

Carlos Nicolas Gómez Marchant, Alexandra R. Aguilar, &ÌýEmma C. Gargroetzi, The University of Texas at Austin

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Affect Graphing: Students’ Drawn Graphs as a Tool for understanding Affect and Experience

31 January 2023

V. Rani Satyam, Virginia Commonwealth University

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Prospective Elementary Teachers’ Evaluations of Written Student Work

24 January 2023

Julien Corven, Illinois State University

Reading:

Invited Speaker Series – Spring 2022

The Mathematics Education Doctoral Seminar was held on selected Tuesdays from 4 – 5:15 pm. See the list of events below. Students enrolled in the doctoral seminar (MATH 830) read the attached articles in preparation for each speaker’s presentation and a follow-up discussion. Others were welcomed to attend and do the same.

Epistemologies of mental mathematics

25 January 2022

, Professor of mathematics education at the Université du Québec à Montréal

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Philosophy of Mathematics: Objectivity, Conventionalism, and Abstraction

1 February 2022

Kirk McDermid, Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Â鶹´«Ã½ÔÚÏß

Reading: “Objectivity, Conventionalism, and Abstraction” [PDF]

Engaging Pre-Service Teachers in Geometry-Focused Ethnomodeling Explorations

8 February 2022

Siddhi Desai, Doctoral candidate in Mathematics Education at the University of Central Florida

Task: In the few days before this talk, as you go about your daily routine (ex. walk around campus, drive through your neighborhood, go to restaurants, etc.), pay attention to the structure of streets and signs, the interiors and exteriors of buildings, and where and how things are placed. Pay particular attention to any geometrical aspects, and when possible and it is safe to do so, take a picture of the geometry you notice. These will be used as resources for an interactive talk and discussion. Contribute your picture along with your noticings and wonderings to if you wish.

The Desmos suite of software and curricular experiences in mathematics education

15 February 2022

, Clinical Specialist in Mathematics Education at Â鶹´«Ã½ÔÚÏß and Doctoral candidate in Curriculum & Instruction at Kansas State University

Task and Readings: Read and , both by Denis. Then complete this .

The mathematics of students with learning disabilities

22 February 2022

, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education and Special Education at NC State University

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Aesthetics and Affect in Mathematics Education

1 March 2022

, Professor of Education at Simon Fraser University and the Canada Research Chair in Tangible Mathematics Learning

Reading: de Freitas & Sinclair (2014) Mapping the cultural formation of the mathematical aesthetic [PDF]

Studying mathematics learning through embodied interaction and the theory of ecological dynamics

22 March 2022

, Professor of Cognition and Development at UC Berkeley

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Creativity, Innovation, and Topology

29 March 2022

Iain Kerr, Co-Director of the MIX Lab and Instructor of Innovation Design at Â鶹´«Ã½ÔÚÏß

Reading: Kerr & Frasca (21st century) Posts from the Emergent Futures Lab [PDF]

Democratizing access to powerful ideas through group-centered design

5 April 2022

, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at Vanderbilt

Reading:

Concepts and processes in the theory of semiotic mediation

12 April 2022

, Researcher in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Pavia, Italy

Reading:

Math in the Making

19 April 2022

, Assistant Professor in the Department of Teaching, Learning and Educational Leadership at SUNY Binghamton University

Reading:

The social construction of learning disabilities in mathematics

26 April 2022

, Associate Professor of Mathematics Education and the Learning Sciences at The Technion – Israel’s Institute of Technology

Reading: ; The Development of Failure to Learn Mathematics ( FtLM ) [PDF]

Speculative design/futures thinking informed by mathematics learning and the negotiation of race, class, and gender

3 May 2022

, Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Michigan

Reading:

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Embodied cognition and instructional design in math education and special education: The case of number

10 May 2022

Julie Nurnberger-Haag, Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education and the Learning Sciences at Kent State University

Reading: Nurnberger-Haag (2018) Borrow, Trade, Regroup, or Unpack?

Materials to Bring: A piece of paper or placemat handy as well as at least 10 objects. These do not need to be a particular math manipulative, just nuts, candies, blocks, bingo chips, pieces of silverware… to have an embodied experience with moving things in particular ways when prompted.