the Undergraduate Curriculum and Pedagogy Research Option


of the doctoral program in the Department of Mathematics
at the University of Oklahoma

a.k.a.
The Pedagogy Program

Website last updated November 11, 2004

An option in the Ph.D. program within the Department allows students to pursue a Ph.D. in Mathematics with a specialization in research in undergraduate curriculum and pedagogy. A degree with this option is awarded for a combination of excellence in mathematics mastery and excellence in research scholarship within the field of undergraduate curriculum and pedagogy. It signifies a combination of general professional competence and a specialized competence and creative expertise in the study of undergraduate mathematics curriculum and pedagogy.

faculty: Nancy Matthews, Curtis McKnight, Teri Jo Murphy

degree requirements (PDF); see also the graduate student handbook

recent course offerings

graduate students (past, present, and future)

recent Pedagogy Seminar (Math 5950) and Topics Courses (Math 5803)

semester course number course title/topic reading materials
Spring 2006 5950 Socio-Cultural Learning Lave, Jean & Wenger, Etienne (1991). Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Partipation. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Fall 2005 5950 Assessment National Research Council (2001). Knowing What Students Know: The Science and Design of Educational Assessment. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Fall 2004 and Spring 2005 5950 RUME Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education Volumes 1-5
Spring 2004 5950
Fall 2003 5950 Physics Education Research and Practice
  • Mazur, Eric (1996). Peer Instruction: A User's Manual. Prentice Hall
  • Novak, Gregor; Gavrin, Andrew; Christian, Wolfgang; and Patterson, Evelyn (1999). Just in Time Teaching: Blending Active Learning with Web Technology. Prentice Hall
  • Knight, Randall D. (2002). Five Easy Lessons: Strategies for Successful Physics Teaching. Addison Wesley.
Spring 2003 5950
  • Berger, P. L. & Luckman, T. (1966). The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge. New York, NY: Anchor Books.
  • Goffman, E. (1959). The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life. New York, MY: Anchor Books.
Fall 2002 5950
Spring 2002 5950 Questionnaire Research Converse, J. M. & Presser, S. (1986). "Survey Questions: Handcrafting the Standardized Questionnaire." Sage University Paper series on Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences, series no. 07-001. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Fall 2001 5950 Policy Documents: The Calculus Reform Movement
Summer 2001 Math 5803 Research Design in Mathematics Education Kelly, A. E. & Lesh, R. A. (Eds.). (2000). _Handbook of Research Design in Mathematics and Science Education._ Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
Spring 2001 Math 5950 TIMSS
Fall 2000 Math 5950 Retention of Students in STEM Majors Seymour, E., & Hewitt, N. M. (1997). _Talking About Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences._ Cumnor, Oxford: Westview Press.
Summer 2000 Math 5803 Educational Theories: Piaget and Vygotsky

graduate students (past, present, and future)

Dora Ahmadi
Ph.D. 1995 (advisor: McKnight)
A Comparison Study between a Traditional and Reform Calculus Program
Associate Professor (Chair), Mathematics, Morehead State University
Frank Anderson
Ph.D. 2001 (advisor: McKnight)

Lecturer, Mathematics, University of Oklahoma
Trisha Bergthold
Ph.D. 1999 (advisor: McKnight)
Patterns of Analytical Thinking and Knowledge Use in Students' Early Understanding of the Limit Concept
Assistant Professor, Mathematics, San Jose State University
Linda Braddy
Ph.D. 2000 (advisor: McKnight)
Constructing Graphs to Meet Specified Conditions: A Generalizability Study
Associate Professor (Chair), Mathematics, East Central University
Hamide Dogan-Dunlap
Ph.D. 2001 (advisor: McKnight)
A Comparison Study Between a Traditional and Experimental First Year Linear Algebra Program
Assistant Professor, Mathematics, University of Texas at El Paso
Krista Hands
Ph.D. 2007 (advisor: Murphy) The Business Calculus GMTA: An Exploration of Teaching Experiences in an Unfamiliar Course
 Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Ashland University
Steve Lancaster
Ph.D. 2007 (co-advisors: McKnight and Murphy)
Pre-Service Teachers and Statisticss: Interrelationships between Content Confidence, Knowledge, and Attitutdes; Pedagogical Beliefs; Classroom Practices; and Teacher Interest in Professional Development in Statistics
Assistat Professor, Mathematics, California State University, Fullerton
Jay Malmstrom
Ph.D. in progress
Professor, Mathematics, Oklahoma City Community College
Jason Martin
Ph.D. in progress
Sarah Marsh
Ph.D. in progress
Andrea Stone
Ph.D. 2006 (advisor: Murphy)
A Psychometric Analysis of the Statistics Concept Inventory
consultant
Jana Talley
Ph.D. in progress
Jon White
Ph.D. 2003 (advisor: Murphy)
Using Technology to Facilitate Visualization in Multivariable Calculus
Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Coe College

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