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Congratulations to Grace Lam and Anna Christensen as they have been awarded the Outstanding Student Award from the Math Education department for Winter Semester 2023! Grace and Anna will be student teaching this semester and graduating in April.

Tenille Cannon and Sharon Christensen were recently awarded a grant to work with mentor teachers. They have answered a few questions about this award below.

Malissia Perkins was awarded the outstanding student award from the Mathematics Education department for Fall Semester 2022. She will be doing her student teaching fall semester and graduating in December 2022.

Keith Leatham and Blake Peterson recently published an article titled “Teachers’ Responses to Instances of Student Mathematical Thinking with Varied Potential to Support Student Learning” in the Mathematics Education Research Journal. Keith has answered a few questions about this article below:

Thanks to Joe Wytiaz who spent three years working with our department as the Clinical Faculty Associate. We wish you the best in your future endeavors.

Blake Peterson recently published an article titled “Area of a Changing Triangle: Piecing It Together” in the Mathematics Teacher: Teaching and Learning PK-12. Blake has answered a few questions about this article below:

Keith Leatham recently published an article titled “Theoretically Framing the Pedagogy of Learning to Teach Mathematics with Technology” in Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education. Keith has answered a few questions about this article below:

Conversation with the new MTE editors, Mike Steele and Kate Johnson, as they share their vision for the journal. The podcast is available at https://mtepodcast.amte.net/40.

Steven Jones recently published an article titled “Examining Students’ Variational Reasoning in Differential Equations” in the Journal of Mathematical Behavior. Steven has answered a few questions about this article below:

The following students were the winner from the Mathematics Education sessions of the College of Physical and Mathematical Science Student Research Conference that was held on March 5, 2022: