Mathematics Education Leadership
Faculty and Students Present at AMTE Conference
The twelfth annual conference of the Association
of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE)
was held in January 2008 in Tulsa, OK. The
AMTE is a member of the Conference Board of
the Mathematical Sciences and is an Affiliated
Group of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics. This conference brought together
teacher educators from around the
country.
GMU MEL faculty and students presented conference sessions and gathered with mathematics education colleagues at the annual meeting. Christopher Johnston (MEL PhD student) presented K-5 Teaching and/or Learning with Techschool nology: Beginning Elementary Teachers’ Use of Virtual Manipulatives, Websites, and Applets in Math Instruction. This session reported the results of a study on elementary teachers’ evaluation of technology tools based on their own criteria for selection.
Dr. Jennifer Suh and Jana Parker (MEL PhD student) presented K-5 Teacher Professional Development: Mathematics Knowledge Sideby- Side through Collaborative Planning. This session discussed a project involving preservice and inservice teachers working collaboratively on planning, teaching and reflecting on mathematics lessons.
Back row (left to right): Dr. Patricia Moyer- Packenham, Dr. Robert Berry (UVA), and Jana Parker; Front row (left to right): Chris Johnston, Dr. Jennifer Suh, and Dr. Johnna Bolyard (WVU)