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Bethany Maxfield, Teacher For Tomorrow Award

November 03, 2014 04:24 PM
Bethany Maxfield, an August 2014 graduate, was awarded the Teacher for Tomorrow award from the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). This award is given each year by the Utah Chapter to an outstanding recent graduate in education. Bethany graduated summa cum laude and has been involved in curriculum design and professional development of teachers with Dr. Sterling Hilton and Scott Hendrickson. She is currently teaching mathematics at Timpanogos High School. Congratulations Bethany!!
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Blake Peterson Receives Richard Roskelly Teaching And Learning Fellowship

October 21, 2014 04:34 PM
Blake Peterson is Continuing a Legacy of Teaching and Learning, click to read more.
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Solving Social Injustice One Math Problem at a Time – Research by Kate Johnson

September 24, 2014 04:40 PM
Go to this website and click on the Fall 2014 Issue of Frontiers to find out how Kate Johnson is solving social injustice one math problem at a time http://cpms.byu.edu/alumni-friends/college-publications/frontiers/
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Blake Peterson Talks Mathematics On The Radio

September 24, 2014 11:34 AM
On September 11, Blake Peterson was invited to share his thoughts on The Morning Show (BYU Radio) about teaching math in the United States and Japan. You can here the radio conversation by clicking here
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Keith Leatham Podcast

September 19, 2014 02:19 PM
Click here to hear Keith Leatham discusses the article, “The case of the Case of Benny: Elucidating the influence of a landmark study in mathematics education,” published in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior, Volume 35. (Co-author: Tyler Winiecke)
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STEM Fair sponsored by MEA

September 08, 2014 02:43 PM
The Mathematics Education Association, the BYU student organization for students majoring in Mathematics Education organized and sponsored a Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Fair to show sixth, seventh, and eighth graders how much fun STEM fields can be for them now and in college.
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Congratulations MEA!

July 14, 2014 02:25 PM
MEA was awarded a student affiliate grant from the NCTM Mathematics Education Board of Trustees to host our 2nd annual STEM fair for 6 - 8 grade students in the Spring of 2015.
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Grad Student Presenting at AMTE

June 02, 2014 03:56 PM
At AMTE we reported the results of a study on the alignment of curriculum materials to learning standards. Specifically, we chose two popular textbook series to examine how well they align with ratio and proportion learning standards from the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics in grades 6-8. Although both textbooks advertise alignment with these learning standards, our results indicate shortcomings in terms of opportunities in the text for students to do the mathematical work expected of them. For example, in 6th grade students are expected to use a constant multiple to relate two quantities, but by our analysis it is rare for these textbooks to encourage this strategy.
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Dr. Corey and Dr. Peterson In Japan

May 05, 2014 04:31 PM
The overarching question Dr. Corey and Dr. Peterson are trying to answer is “What are the characteristics of high quality mathematics instruction?” When you look at the international performance on mathematics achievement tests, the US is in the middle of the pack and Japan is usually at the top. Thus they have been interested in what Japanese mathematics educators view as high quality mathematic instruction.
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Breaking the Bounds of Math - Research by Dawn Teuscher is Highlighted in Frontiers

October 25, 2013 02:51 PM
Go to this website and click on the Fall 2013 Issue of Frontiers to find out how we are breaking the bounds of math
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NSF Grant Awarded

November 01, 2012 03:48 PM
Keith Leatham and Blake Peterson along with their colleagues Laura Van Zoest from Western Michigan University and Shari Stockero from Michigan Technological University have been awarded a 4 year NSF grant entitled Leveraging MOSTs: Developing a Theory of Productive Use of Student Mathematical Thinking.
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Student Teachers in Mathematics Education are Highlighted in Frontiers

August 03, 2012 03:58 PM
Go to the 2012 Issue of Frontiers to find out how Mathematics Education is shifting the focus in student teaching.
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Study Shows that Crating Computer Games Could Help Students Sharpen Their Algebra Skills

February 08, 2012 04:06 PM
Read the article at http://cpms.byu.edu/math-ed-computer-game-algebra/
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UCTM Honors Jackie Voyles

November 08, 2011 04:19 PM
Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics has chosen Jackie Voyles as this year’s recipient of the Don Clark Award for a lifetime of achievement and excellence in mathematics education.
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Math Graduate Sharon Christensen, Finalist for Presidential Award

September 08, 2011 04:28 PM
Sharon Christensen, a graduate from the masters program in the Mathematics Education Department, is currently a teacher at Mountain Ridge Junior High in Highland, Utah. She has been selected as a finalist for the Presidential Award. This is the highest honor for math and science educators grades kindergarten through 12. To read more about this honor go to http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/education/article_97362511-845a-5b14-9fe5-99e059181692.html
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Dan Siebert - New Associate Chair

July 27, 2011 12:05 PM
Dan Siebert will be replacing Blake Peterson as the new associate chair of the Math Education department. Dan will begin this new position in the Fall 2011 semester. A special thanks to Blake for all of his hard work!
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Keith Leatham Interviews on the Radio

April 14, 2011 12:17 PM
Professor Keith Leatham was recently interviewed for a program on the Mormon Channel Radio Station. The topic was Understanding Mathematics and is the third episode in a program called Insights.
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