The Annual Conference for the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA) starts today. This conference is the opposite of AERA. It is small, manageable, and you can easily have conversations with some Read more…
Today I am giving a presentation on problems at the Mathematics Specialists Conference at the Center for Mathematics and Science Education. The more I am exposed to the Common Core State Standards for School Mathematics the more I am convinced Read more…
This weekend is the Fall Conference of the Mississippi Council of Teachers of Mathematics (MCTM) which is the state affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). This is my third year speaking at the conference and every Read more…
The Journal for Urban Mathematics Education (JUME) is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal, that recently published an article I wrote that explored the question, “What does teaching mathematics as agape, or unconditional love, look like?” Think about it…if a teacher started Read more…
Here I am at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) in San Francisco. This conference is huge with around 15,000 attendees and a phone book for a program guide. At first I was a little apprehensive Read more…
Great news! I have successfully navigated the world of grant proposal writing and just accepted my first grant award. In November I submitted a Classroom Research Grant through the Mathematics Education Trust (MET) housed within the National Council of Teachers of Read more…
I had the opportunity this evening to speak to the Mississippi Space Grant Consortium and Center for Mathematics and Science Education Teacher Conference. The talk was based on my dissertation work but extending it to the current situation surrounding the Read more…
The University of Mississippi School of Education has started the Journal of Contemporary Research in Education. One of the articles in the first issue of the journal is my own where I talk about a study I did on my own Read more…
I recently signed a petition in support of Dr. Jo Boaler at Stanford University. She recently posted on her website a description of harassment and unethical behavior by some of her colleagues at Stanford. She has done some great work Read more…
Today I gave the opening keynote to the 2nd Annual Mathematics Specialist Conference at the Center for Mathematics and Science Education. My job was to show how the eight Standards for Mathematical Practice from the Common Core State Standards for Read more…