Our Awesome Advisory Board
Dr. Michelle Cirillo, University of Delaware
Dr. Elham Kazemi, University of Washington
Dr. Jennifer Luebeck, Montana State University
Dr. Amy Roth McDuffie, Washington State University
Dr. Maria Zavala, San Francisco State University
Arizona Project Members:
Erin Turner, PI
Cynthia Anhalt, co-PI
Jonathan Brown, Graduate Student
Melissa Merrill, Graduate Student
Mei-Kuang Chen, Research Scientist
NSF# 2008997
Montana Project Members
Mary Alice Carlson, PI
Elizabeth Fulton, Post-Doctoral Scholar
Mary Greene, Graduate Student
NSF# 2010202
Washington Project Members:
Julia Aguirre, PI
Elzena McVicar, Graduate Student
Jessica Moses, Graduate Student
NSF# 2008997
Virginia Project Members:
Jennifer Suh, PI
Padmanabhan Seshaiyer, Co-PI
Holly Tate, Graduate Student
Kate Roscioli, Graduate Student
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Elementary Math Modeling Publication by Project Investigators
Aguirre, J. M., Suh, J., Tate, H., Carlson, M. A., Fulton, E. A., Turner, E. E. (2022). Leveraging Equity and Civic Empathy through Community-Based Mathematical Modeling. Proceedings of the forty-fourth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 331-340). Murfreesboro, TN: Middle Tennessee State University.Link
Aguirre, J.M., Anhalt, C.O., Turner, E.E., Foote, M.Q., & Roth McDuffie, A. (2020) Engaging children’s mathematical knowledge bases with math modeling tasks in elementary classrooms. Quaderni di Ricerca in Didattica (Mathematics). 7, 463-472. http://math.unipa.it/%7Egrim/quaderno_2020_numspec_7.htm
Aguirre, J.M., Anhalt, C., Cortez, R., Turner, E.E., & Simi-Muller, K., (2019). Engaging teachers in the powerful combination of mathematical modeling and social justice. Mathematics Teacher Educator. 7(2) 7-26.
Arnold, E. G., Burroughs, E.A., Carlson, M.A., Fulton, E. W., & Wickstrom, M.H. (2021). Becoming a Teacher of Mathematical Modeling, Grades K–5. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Carlson, M.A., Wickstrom, M.H., Burroughs, B. & Fulton, E. (2016). A Case for Mathematical Modeling in the Elementary School Classroom. Annual Perspectives in Mathematics Education (APME) 2016: Mathematical Modeling and Modeling Mathematics, ed., Christian R. Hirsch, pp. 121–29. Reston, Va.: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Suh, J. M., Burke, L., Britton, K., Matson, K., Ferguson, L., Jamieson, S., & Seshaiyer, P. (2018). Every Penny Counts: Promoting Community Engagement to Engage Students in Mathematical Modeling. In R. Gutierrez & Goffney, I. (Eds.), Annual Perspectives in Mathematics Education: Rehumanizing Mathematics for Students who are Black, Indigenous, and/or Latin@. (pp.63-78). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Suh, J., Matson, K., Seshaiyer, P., Jamieson, S., & Tate, H. (2021). Mathematical Modeling as a Catalyst for Equitable Mathematics Instruction: Preparing Teachers and Young Learners with 21st Century Skills. Mathematics, 9(2), 162. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/math9020162
Suh, J. M. & Seshaiyer, P. (2019). Co-designing and implementing PBL through Mathematical Modeling in STEM contexts (529-550). In Moallem, M., Hung, W., & Dabbagh, N. (Eds). Handbook of Problem Based Learning. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing.
Suh, J.M., Matson, K. & Seshaiyer, P. (2017). Engaging Elementary Students in the Creative Process of Mathematizing Their World through Mathematical Modeling. Education Sciences7(62) doi:10.3390/educsci7020062
Suh, J. & Seshaiyer, P. (2016). The Role of Information Technology in Engaging Elementary Students in Mathematical Modeling. In G. Chamblee & L. Langub (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2016 (pp. 2576-2583). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
Tate, H., Proffitt, T., Christensen, A., Hunter, C., Stratton, D., Fleshman, E., Aguirre, J., & Suh, J. (2022) Mathematizing Representation in Children’s Libraries: An Anti-Racist Math Unit in Elementary Grades. Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics – Special Issue: Anti-racism in Mathematics Education. TODOS:Mathematics For All.13(1), 23-40. Link
Turner, E., Aguirre, J., Carlson, M. A., Suh, J., & Fulton, E. (2024). Resisting marginalization with culturally responsive mathematical modeling in elementary classrooms. ZDM–Mathematics Education, 1-15.
Turner, E. E., Carlson, M. A., Fulton, E. A., Suh, J., Aguirre, J. (2022). A Classroom Observation Tool for Equity-Oriented Teaching of Mathematical Modeling in the Elementary Grades. Proceedings of the forty-fourth annual meeting of the North American Chapter for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1871-1876). Murfreesboro, TN: Middle Tennessee State University. Link
Turner, E., Roth McDuffie, A., Bennett, A., Aguirre, J., Chen, M-K., Foote, M., Smith, J. (2021). Mathematical modeling in the elementary grades: developing and testing an assessment. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education (IJSME). DOI:10.1007/s10763-021-10195-w
Turner, E., Chen, M-K., Roth McDuffie, A., Smith, J., Aguirre, J., Foote, M., & Bennett, A. (2021) Validating a student assessment of mathematical modeling at elementary school level. School Science and Mathematics. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssm.12494
Turner, E., Roth McDuffie, A., Aguirre, J., Foote, M. Q., Chapelle, C.*, Bennett, A., Granillo, M. & Ponnuru, N. (2021). Upcycling Plastic Bags to Make Jump Ropes: Elementary students leverage experiences and funds of knowledge as they engage in a relevant, community-oriented mathematical modeling task (pp. 235-266). In J. Suh, M. Wickstram, L. English (Eds). Exploring Mathematical Modeling with Young Learners. The Netherlands: Springer. DOI:10.1007/978-3-030-63900-6_11
Turner, E. E., Bennett, A. B., Granillo, M., Ponnuru, N., Roth Mcduffie, A., Foote, M. Q., Aguirre, J.M. & McVicar, E. (2022). Authenticity of elementary teacher designed and implemented mathematical modeling tasks. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 1-24.