Conference Presentations

Conferences provide an opportunity for our faculty and graduate students to present their work and interact with others in the mathematics education community.

Uribe-Flórez, L. (2008) Relationship Between Manipulative use and Math
Achievement Using ECLS Data. Presentaion to ocurr at the Third Annual Research Conference of School of Education. Blacksburg, VA

Uribe-Flórez, L. (2008). Manipulatives: a way to help LEP students learning mathematics. Poster to be presented at the Third Annual Research Conference of School of Education. Blacksburg, VA

Lloyd, G. M., & Pitts-Bannister, V. (2008). Improving the learning of preservice secondary mathematics teachers through engagement with middle and high school curriculum materials. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Tulsa, OK.

Lloyd, G. M. (Chair). (2008). Getting published in JRME. Session of the JRME Editorial Panel at the Research Presession of the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Norton, A., & Rutledge, Z. (2007). Assessing cognitive activity in the context of letter writing. Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.

Uribe-Flórez, L. J. & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2007) Characteristics and Beliefs of Elementary School Teachers and Manipulative Use. Poster presented at Psychology of Mathematics Education-North American Chapter. Lake Tahoe, NV

Lloyd, G. M. (2007, September). Invited co-leader of the Induction of Doctoral Graduates into the Profession session at the National Conference on Doctoral Programs in Mathematics Education, Kansas City, MO. (with Barbara Reys).

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2007, April). School-level mathematics achievement of Appalachian schools in Virginia. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Lloyd, G. M. (2007). Preservice teachers’ views of Standards-based curriculum materials and traditional textbooks. Paper presented in the symposium, Teachers' use of Standards-based curriculum materials and traditional textbooks (Chair: J. Moyer, Marquette University; Other participants: J. Cai, University of Delaware; B. Herbel-Eisenmann, Iowa State University), at the research presession of the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Atlanta, GA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2007, March). Understanding the gambler's fallacy and other probabilistic misconceptions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Virginia Beach, VA.

Trespalacios, J.H. & Uribe, L. (2006)An Instructional Model for Learning the Concept of Fractions with Virtual Manipulatives. Poster presented at Psychology of Mathematics Education-North American Chapter. Mérida, MX

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2006, March). What are Virginia's mathematics Standards of Learning measuring? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Blacksburg, VA

Kosco, K. (2007). The first semester transition experience of full-time professionals transitioning to doctoral students in education. Presenter, Eastern Education Research Association, Hilton Head, SC.

Wilkins, J .L. M. (2005). What are state-level mathematics tests actually measuring? In Lloyd, G. M., Wilson, M., Wilkins, J. L. M., & Behm, S. L. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 27th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education [CD-ROM]. Eugene, OR: All-Academic.

Norton, A. (2005). The power of operational conjectures. In G. M. Lloyd, M. R. Wilson, J. L. M. Wilkins, & S. L. Behm (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Seventh Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. [CD-ROM]. Eugene, OR: All Academic.

Lloyd, G. M., Herbel-Eisenmann, B. A., & Remillard, J. T. (2005). Researching teachers' use of mathematics curriculum materials: Advancing the research agenda. In G. M. Lloyd, M. Wilson, J. L. M. Wilkins, & S. L. Behm (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education [CD-ROM]. Eugene, OR: All Academic.

Behm, S. L., & Lloyd, G. M. (2005). The issue of flexibility in one student teacher’s use of mandated curriculum materials and other instructional resources. In G. M. Lloyd, M. Wilson, J. L. M. Wilkins, & S. L. Behm (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education [CD-ROM]. Eugene, OR: All Academic.