Jeff Halliday

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Jeff Halliday

Communication Studies Assistant Professor Jeff Halliday is featured in the latest edition of the ‘Journal of Sports Media,’ Volume 7, Number 1.  Halliday’s article, entitled “Dinosaurs Approaching Extinction: Local Television Sports Threatened by Job Losses, Cuts in Time and Changes in Newsroom Philosophy,” detailed the results of his recently completed mixed-method study.  He surveyed local […]

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Leah Shilling-Traina

Posted on April 18, 2012 by David Shoenthal

Leah Shilling-Traina, assistant professor of mathematics education, presented the paper “Prospective Teachers’ Challenges In Teaching Reasoning-and-proving In Their Mentor Teachers’ Classrooms” at the 2012 meeting of the American Education Research Association held in Vancouver, British Columbia.  Along with co-authors Gabriel Stylianides (University of Oxford) and Andreas Stylianides (University of Cambridge), Dr. Shilling-Traina examined the challenges […]

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David Shoenthal

Posted on April 18, 2012 by David Shoenthal

David Shoenthal, associate professor of mathematics, was elected to be Chair of the Maryland-DC-Virginia Section of the Mathematical Association of America beginning in 2013; next year he will serve as Chair-Elect of the Section.

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Wendy Smith

Posted on April 18, 2012 by David Shoenthal

Wendy Smith, assistant professor of mathematics education, presented “The Impact of Post-Secondary Teaching Methods in Gen-Ed Math Courses” during the contributed paper sessions at the Spring 2012 Conference of the Maryland-DC-Virginia Section of the Mathematical Association of America.  Dr. Smith’s talk discussed constructivist methods in a general education math course.

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Wendy Smith

Posted on April 18, 2012 by David Shoenthal

Wendy Smith, assistant professor of mathematics education, published her article “Developing Mathematical Reasoning Through Collaborative Discovery” in the Spring 2012 issue of Virginia Mathematics Teacher.  Her article investigates the use of carefully designed activities that enhance classroom discourse as a means of collaborative discovery.

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