Math Education Takes Center Stage
Researchers at NC State presented to an audience of international researchers and scholars last week at the Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA) held in Columbus, Ohio. Three graduate student research assistants from GISMO (Generating Increased Science and Math Opportunities) spoke about their work at the Friday Institute for Educational Innovation, highlighting research in mathematics education.
GISMO is a research lab located at the Friday Institute that specializes in designing innovative approaches to mathematics learning and teaching. Dr. Jere Confrey, Joseph D. Moore Distinguished Professor of Mathematics Education, and Dr. Alan Maloney, Friday Institute Senior Research Fellow, lead the research group.
“It’s exciting for graduate students to have an opportunity to share their work and see its relevance in the larger research context,” said Dr. Confrey.
Erin Krupa, a graduate student member of the NCIM (North Carolina Integrated Mathematics) research project, presented a paper co-written with Dr. Confrey entitled Teacher Change Facilitated by Instructional Coaches: A Customized Approach to Professional Development.
Ayanna Franklin and Zuhal Yilmaz, graduate student members of the DELTA (Diagnostic E-Learning Trajectories Approach) research project, presented their poster co-authored with Dr. Confrey entitled Reconciling Student Thinking and Theory: The DELTA Learning Trajectory and the Case of Transitivity.
The major goals of the North American Chapter of PME:
- To promote international contacts and the exchange of scientific information in the psychology of mathematics education;
- To promote and stimulate interdisciplinary research in the aforesaid area, with the cooperation of psychologists, mathematicians, and mathematics teachers;
- To further a deeper and better understanding of the psychological aspects of teaching and learning mathematics and the implications thereof.
The conference ran from October 28-31, 2010. Click here to download the conference program book.