Mathematics Education Research Group
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In Fall 2023, the Research Seminar in Mathematics Education is co-led by Prof. Nicole Fonger and Dr. Lawrence Mouillé. The seminar meets Tuesdays, 12:50 - 1:50 in Shaffer 205.
Research group calendars can be found at http://math-internal.syr.edu/.
Group Members
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Nicole L. Fonger
Associate Professor
Email: nfonger@syr.edu
Phone: 315.443.1499
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Duane Graysay
Associate Professor
Email: dtgraysa@syr.edu
Phone: 315.443.1485
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Joanna Masingila
Professor
Email: jomasing@syr.edu
Phone: 315.443.6234
Postdoctoral Researcher
Graduate Students
![Kingsley Adamoah](/media/images/import-studentsAdamoah-Kingsley-lg.2e16d0ba.fill-300x300.jpg)
Kingsley Adamoah
Graduate Student in Mathematics Education
Email: kyadamoa@syr.edu
Phone: 315.443.3195
![Keshab Adhikari](/media/images/import-studentsAdhikari-Keshab-lg.2e16d0ba.fill-300x300.jpg)
Keshab Adhikari
Graduate Student in Mathematics Education
Email: kradhika@syr.edu
Phone: 315.443.5386
![Nigar Altindis](/media/images/Altindis-Nigar_0q6J6ii.7dbd8a19.fill-300x300.jpg)
Nigar Altindis
Graduate Student in Mathematics Education
Email: naltindi@syr.edu
Phone: 315.443.1582
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Joash Geteregechi
Graduate Student in Mathematics Education
Email: jmgetere@syr.edu
Phone: 315.443.5386
![Emmanuel Nsadha](/media/images/import-studentsNsadha-Emmanuel-lg.2e16d0ba.fill-300x300.jpg)
Emmanuel Nsadha
Graduate Student in Mathematics Education
Email: ensadha@syr.edu
Phone: 315.443.1582
![Gabriel Oduro-Boamah](/media/images/import-studentsOduro-Boamah-Gabrie.2e16d0ba.fill-300x300.jpg)
Gabriel Oduro-Boamah
Graduate Student in Mathematics Education
Email: godurobo@syr.edu
Phone: 315.443.3195
Recent Research Presentations
Mathematics education graduate students present their research at the 2022 Research and Creative Scholarship Showcase in Bird Library. Photo credit: Martin Walls
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Students discuss a poster
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Student presents his poster.
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Group discussion in front of a poster.
Recent Publications
- Meaningfulness in representational fluency (Nicole L.Fonger)
- Professional learning through teacher-researcher collaborations (Jennifer M. Mayer, Mary Ann Huntley, Nicole L. Fonger, Maria S. Terrell)
- How do teachers develop and enact a disciplinary view of literacy in mathematics (Codruta Temple, Helen M. Doerr)
- Instructional supports for representational fluency in solving linear equations with computer algebra systems and paper-and-pencil (Nicole L. Fonger, Jon D. Davis, Mary Lou Rohwer)
- Implementing a framework for early algebra (Maria Blanton, Bárbaras M. Brizuela, Ana Stephens, Eric Knuth, Isil Isler, Angela Murphy Gardiner, Rena Stroud, Nicole L. Fonger, Despina Stylianou)
- Mathematical knowledge for teaching teachers: knowledge used and developed by mathematics teacher educators in learning to teach via problem solving (Joanna O. Masingila, Dana Olanoff, Patrick M. Kimani)
- Students’ interpretations and reasoning about phenomena with negative rates of change throughout a model development sequence (Jonas B. Ärlebäck, Helen M. Doerr)
- Examining interactions between problem posing and problem solving with prospective primary teachers (Jinxia Xie, Joanna O. Masingila)
- The role of probability in developing learners' models of simulation approaches to inference (Hollylynne S. Lee, Helen M. Doerr, Dung Tran, Jennifer N. Lovett)
- Preserving pelicans with models that make sense (Tamara J. Moore, Helen M. Doerr, Aran W. Glancy, Forster D. Ntow)