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The vision of the BYU Mathematics Education Department is that students in mathematics classrooms at all levels (elementary, secondary, and post-secondary) will be engaged in authentic mathematical work; will develop deep, connected understanding of mathematics; and will be empowered to effectively use their mathematical knowledge outside of the classroom.
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Sharon Christensen Presentation

May 07, 2020 12:51 PM
In February, Professor Sharon Christensen gave a presentation at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators national conference in Phoenix, AZ. The title of her presentation was Rethinking the Student Teaching Experience: Engaging in a Dialogue about Paired-Placement Student Teaching. Below are the responses to a few questions that we asked Professor Christensen about her presentation.
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Congrats Erin Carroll!

January 06, 2020 12:58 PM
Congratulations to Erin Carroll who was the recipient of the Mathematics Education Outstanding Student award for Winter Semester 2020. She will be student teaching this semester and will be graduating in April 2020.
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Students' Application of Concavity and Inflection Points to Real-World Contexts

November 11, 2019 01:04 PM
In mathematics education, much of what is taught connects to the outside world. However, there are often disconnects between how students learn math in math courses and how they use or apply that math in the real world or in science courses. Past research has shown that this is especially true of calculus content. Dr. Steven Jones chose to study this disconnect from application to other fields by examining the calculus concepts of concavity and inflection points and how they are reasoned qualitatively and quantitatively by students.
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Preparing the Math Teachers of Tomorrow

About MEA

BYU Mathematics Eduation Association

Mathematics: Education for Eternity

MEA is a student organization with a goal to provide all students interested in mathematics education with additional tools and resources to help them become better math educators and also to promote unity among the students within the math education major.

MEA activities are designed to help the BYU students incorporate this motto into their education and their future careers. Activities provided by the association include lectures, workshops and socials which are intended to enrich the education of the members in ways that they will be able to pass on to their future students.

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