Many people have a math story…How we come to see ourselves as good at math or bad at math and even what counts as math are born through our interactions with mathematics teaching and learning throughout our lives. There are lovely opportunities to change people’s minds about who they are and who they could be in relation to mathematics.
Assistant Professor
Many people have a math story, or stories about experiences in mathematics classrooms. How we come to see ourselves as good at math or bad at math and even what counts as math are born through our interactions with mathematics teaching and learning throughout our lives. There are lovely opportunities to change people’s minds about who they are and who they could be in relation to mathematics.
I enjoy making meaning with a group of people – playing with an idea or a concept and looking at it from all different perspectives. I learn constantly from students and am challenged to question what I think I know.
Students should understand why assignments are important for them, what the goals are, and how they should engage with the task. They should not have a formula for doing things one right way. I want to keep joy, curiosity, and creativity in learning. Sometimes that is uncomfortable, usually, it is rewarding.
I love to be outside, to garden, to hike, to move wheelbarrows of mulch, to grow and eat tomatoes. I love reading and riding bikes and being playful.
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