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Class
Papers and Projects Archive
Current
Research
- I am
leading a cross-curricular research
project at the high school where I teach. The science
(biology,
environmental science, physics, and chemistry) teachers and I are
designing a gourd garden for planting on campus. Throughout
the
year, the teachers will use the garden for a variety of earning
experiences for our students. We will surround one half of
the
gourd garden with magnolias, known for their attractiveness to insects,
and the other half with a non-flowering flora. My statistics
students
will complete a number of measurements (length and weight of gourds,
number of gourds, viability, density, etc.) to determine if the flora
made a difference. We will also study what other factors
(morning
or afternoon sun, amount of watering, etc.) could be used in
statistical experiments. Our
project has been accepted for presentation at the VAIS (Virgina
Association of Independent Schools) annual conference in Richmond, VA,
in November 2013.
- My
team (EDIT 732 and 752) has designed an Augmented reality application
for mobile devices which can be used by high school students during
field trips to the National Zoo. We are currently
investigating development possibilities, preparing papers for
publication, and submitting our work for presentation at several
conferences. We will be presenting our work at the Society
for
Applied Learning Technology (SALT) Conference in March 2013
and at the AERA Annual Meeting in April 2013.
- Based
on the success of my pilot project in which AP Calculus students taught
several lessons to Calculus students, I am formulating plans for my AP
Statistics class to teach several lessons to a lower level Statistics
class.
- I
am reviewing dissertations which focus on teacher and student content
knowledge of calculus and statistics topics, in order to ascertain what
measurements were used and how they were assessed.
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Research
Positions
- Instructor and
Research Archivist. (Summer 2013). College of
Education and Human Development and College of Mathematical
Sciences,
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
Professors:
Dr. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer and Dr. Jennifer Suh
- Research
Experiences for Undergraduates (REU).
(June 2012 - August 2012) College of
Education and Human Development and College of Mathematical
Sciences,
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. This research
program,
funded by the NSF,
included two in-service high school teacher participants. My
research
focused on regression modeling and its relationship to
Calculus.
Professor:
Dr. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer
- Lead
Instructor, Expeditions in Science Technology Engineering Education
through Mathematics
(ESTEEM).
(July 2012 - September 2012) College of
Education and Human Development and College of Mathematical
Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
Developed and
taught sessions on statistics and
on motion graphing technology at summer institute.
Contributed to lesson development for other instructors.
Graded pretests and post tests. Ran statistical
significance tests and wrote a short summary of student progress
including anecdotal information.
Professors:
Dr. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer and Dr. Jennifer Suh
- Using
Calculator Based Ranger (CBR) Technology to Enhance Calculus Students'
Understanding of Motion, Velocity and Acceleration. (January 2012-May 2012).
College of Education and
Human Development, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, and
Highland School, Warrenton, Virginia.
Professor: Dr. Jennifer Suh
- Graduate
Research Assistant.
(September
2011-May 2012) College of
Education and Human Development and College of Mathematical
Sciences,
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Videotaped
and transcribed graduate classes in Statistics. Developed
statistics modules for summer courses for in-service
teachers.
Professor:
Dr. Toni M. Smith
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Graduate
Research Assistant. (July
2011) College of Education and
Human Development,
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Served as
research
archivist for Center for Outreach in Mathematics Professional
Learning and Educational Technology (COMPLETE) Summer
Institute.
Contributed to instruction sessions. Wrote field
notes on
observations.
Reviewed and summarized
participants' daily reflections.
Professors: Dr. Jennifer Suh and Dr. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer
- Graduate
Research Assistant. (July
2011) College of Education and
Human Development,
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Served as
research
archivist for ESTEEM Summer Institute.
Contributed to instruction sessions. Wrote field notes on
observations.
Reviewed and summarized
participants' daily reflections.
Professors: Dr. Toni M. Smith, Dr. Jennifer Suh and Dr.
Padmanabhan Seshaiyer
- Research
Project. (January
2010-May 2011) College of Education and Human Development,
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, and Highland School,
Warrenton, Virginia. Developed and conducted a research study
on
the efficacy of AP Calculus students teaching Calculus
classes.
Professor:
Dr. Jennifer Suh
- Graduate
Research Assistant.
(September
2010-May 2011) College of Education and Human Development,
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Transcribed
classroom
discussion data. Contributed to research article on teacher
and
student understanding of randomness.
Professor:
Dr. Toni M. Smith
- Graduate
Research Assistant.
(August
2010) College of Education and
Human Development,
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia. Videotaped
and photographed sessions of the COMPLETE Math Summer Institute.
Instructor for two sessions. Wrote field notes on
observations.
Photographed all course artifacts. Reviewed and
summarized
participants' daily reflections.
Professors:
Dr. Jennifer Suh and Dr. Padmanabhan Seshaiyer
- Graduate
Research Assistant.
(June
2010 - July 2010) College of
Education and Human Development,
George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.
Transcribed qualitative and
quantitative data; processed consent forms.
Professors:
Dr. Margret Hjalmarson and Dr. Toni M. Smith
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