Mathematics

Characterizing Teacher Knowledge Tests and Their Use in the Mathematics Education Literature

We present findings from an analysis of tests of teacher mathematical knowledge identified over a 20-year period of mathematics education literature. This analysis is part of a larger project aimed at developing a repository of instruments and their associated validity evidence for use in mathematics education. We report on how these tests are discussed in the literature, with a focus on validity arguments and evidence. A key finding is that these tests are often presented in ways that do not support their use by the mathematics education community.

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Pavneet Kaur Bharaj

Michele Carney

Heather Howell

Wendy M. Smith

James Smith

Year
2025
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We present findings from an analysis of tests of teacher mathematical knowledge identified over a 20-year period of mathematics education literature, and report on how these tests are discussed in the literature, with a focus on validity arguments and evidence.

An Activity-based Perspective on Mathematical Authority

In this mixed-methods study, we introduce an activity-based perspective on mathematical authority that considers who leads mathematical activities in a classroom. Our framework for mathematical authority extends existing research that focuses primarily on Authoring mathematical ideas to include the activities of Visualizing and Speaking. Using data from 129 lessons, we identified six authority structures that reflect consistencies in how mathematical authority was distributed across Authoring, Speaking, and Visualizing.

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Jessica Pierson Bishop

Michael D. Hicks

Christina Koehne

Mai Bui

Alexander White

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Year
2025
Short Description

In this mixed-methods study, we introduce an activity-based perspective on mathematical authority that considers who leads mathematical activities in a classroom. Our framework for mathematical authority extends existing research that focuses primarily on Authoring mathematical ideas to include the activities of Visualizing and Speaking.

CAREER: A Transformative Approach for Teaching and Learning Geometry by Representing and Interacting with Three-Dimensional Figures

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This project explores how virtual and augmented reality can create new opportunities for representing and interacting with geometric concepts. The poster will report on our efforts to work with secondary mathematics teachers to design immersive virtual environments and test them with students in public high schools in the north east.

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Quantifying Curricular Reasoning as a Critical Practice in Teaching Mathematics (Collaborative Research)

Teachers of mathematics engage in curricular reasoning as they design and implement high-quality instruction. In this research project, the team develops and validates two measures of middle school mathematics teachers' curricular reasoning. The CR-SASS has teachers self-report their curricular reasoning, and the CROA is an observation protocol to identify teachers’ curricular reasoning while teaching. The research advances our understanding of teacher curricular reasoning through the development of the two measures.

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Quantifying Curricular Reasoning as a Critical Practice in Teaching Mathematics (Collaborative Research)

Teachers of mathematics engage in curricular reasoning as they design and implement high-quality instruction. In this research project, the team develops and validates two measures of middle school mathematics teachers' curricular reasoning. The CR-SASS has teachers self-report their curricular reasoning, and the CROA is an observation protocol to identify teachers’ curricular reasoning while teaching. The research advances our understanding of teacher curricular reasoning through the development of the two measures.

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Quantifying Curricular Reasoning as a Critical Practice in Teaching Mathematics (Collaborative Research)

Teachers of mathematics engage in curricular reasoning as they design and implement high-quality instruction. In this research project, the team develops and validates two measures of middle school mathematics teachers' curricular reasoning. The CR-SASS has teachers self-report their curricular reasoning, and the CROA is an observation protocol to identify teachers’ curricular reasoning while teaching. The research advances our understanding of teacher curricular reasoning through the development of the two measures.

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Quantifying Curricular Reasoning as a Critical Practice in Teaching Mathematics (Collaborative Research)

Teachers of mathematics engage in curricular reasoning as they design and implement high-quality instruction. In this research project, the team develops and validates two measures of middle school mathematics teachers' curricular reasoning. The CR-SASS has teachers self-report their curricular reasoning, and the CROA is an observation protocol to identify teachers’ curricular reasoning while teaching. The research advances our understanding of teacher curricular reasoning through the development of the two measures.

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Quantifying Curricular Reasoning as a Critical Practice in Teaching Mathematics (Collaborative Research)

Teachers of mathematics engage in curricular reasoning as they design and implement high-quality instruction. In this research project, the team develops and validates two measures of middle school mathematics teachers' curricular reasoning. The CR-SASS has teachers self-report their curricular reasoning, and the CROA is an observation protocol to identify teachers’ curricular reasoning while teaching. The research advances our understanding of teacher curricular reasoning through the development of the two measures.

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Partnership Development for Career-Long Teacher Learning in Elementary Mathematics and Science

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To help K-5 in-service math and science teachers build the skills they most need support for, we formed a team of researchers and educators to design practice-based teacher professional development opportunities. We used a co-design approach to collaboratively develop our shared vision and plan for a personalized, online platform that leverages digital performance tasks and incorporates automated, personalized feedback to support teacher professional learning of the key teaching competency of facilitating student discussions.

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How Multi-digit Number Names Guide Attention, Memory, and Place Value Learning in Early Elementary Mathematics

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This project investigates how hearing multi-digit number names during teachers’ place value instruction can guide K-1 students’ attention, build robust memories, and enhance learning. It combines rigorously controlled experiments with technological advancements in wearable sensors (e.g., eye trackers) during naturalistic human interactions, as well as time-series and individual differences analyses. It aims to provide a mechanistic understanding of how early (before school entry) knowledge bridges into later learning of precise mathematical principles.

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