Research Experience
Archive of Class Projects
More and Better Teaching & Learning Mathematics for ALL via Digital Educational Media & Games
An Investigation of the Impact of Stategizing in Problem-Solving
Everyday Mathematics Curriculum: Does it Add Up?
Online Learning in Mathematics Education
Making an I.M.P.A.C.T. in Mathematics with Lesson Study: The Teachers’ Journeys in Their Own Words
My Current Research Goals
- pilot ideas for dissertation and establishing a system for collecting and organizing artifacts, as design-based research calls for
- complete proposal for dissertation
- publish
My Publications: NCTM Research Briefs and Clips, as Series Editor
- Civil, M. (December 2010). Involving latino and latina parents in their children’s mathematics education Brief. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Series edited by S. DeLeeuw.
- Doerr, L., Goldsmith, L., & Lewis, C. (November 2010). Mathematics professional development Brief. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Series edited by S. DeLeeuw.
- Schleppenbach, M. (November 2010). How can teachers and schools use data effectively? Brief. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Series edited by S. DeLeeuw.
JRME Research Summary
- DeLeeuw, S. (2010). Summary of One Hundred Years of Elementary School Mathematics in the United States, from Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, July 2010.
Graduate Research Assistant
Science Literacy Project
Purdue University
Department of Educational Studies
West
Lafayette, Indiana
Fall 2005 -
Fall 2006
Advisors: Dr. Helen Patrick,
Dr. Ala Samarpungavan, and Dr. Youlie Panayota Maticopoulos-James
-Conducted
research on a federally-funded project (NSF $1,490,693) designed to enhance
science teaching and learning in public school kindergarten
classrooms
-Partnered with kindergarten
teachers to help children learn science through inquiry
-Personally accountable for
leading small groups in the classrooms, videotaping, and transcribing
Undergraduate Research Assistant
University of Notre Dame
Mathematics Department
Notre Dame, Indiana
Summer
2004 - Spring 2005
Advisor:
Dr. Alexandrou Himonas
-Conducted research to develop
'real-life' problems for Calculus textbook
-Assisted in the proofreading
of a textbook for publishing
-Organized and conducted a
study on Collabortative Learning
-Produced a document titled
'Mathemagical' Teaching: A Guide to Integrate Collaborative Learning in the
Collegiate Mathematics Classroom
-Presented segments of the
previously-listed document to a group of math instructors of Business
Calculus