Elizabeth A. Burroughs, Ph.D.
Professor, Mathematics Education
Research and Projects
- connections between the mathematics pre-service teachers study as undergraduates and the mathematics they will teach to school students
- mathematical modeling in elementary classrooms
- classroom coaching in elementary mathematics classrooms
- developing courses appropriate for pre-service mathematics teacher preparation programs
Interested in a Ph.D. in Mathematics with a focus in mathematics education?
Some of my past projects
- Mathematics and Shakespeare Students in an undergraduate modeling class optimized traveling routes for Montana Shakespeare in the Parks
- Meta Math Material for Undergraduate Teacher Preparation
- Montana Models Mathematical modeling in informal settings
- Immersion Mathematical Modeling with Elementary Grades Teachers
- Fulbright Award I spent 2014-2015 at the University of York in York, U.K., collaborating on issues in mathematics education.
- EMC Examining Mathematics Coaching
Teaching
Courses Taught
- M 135: Mathematics for K-8 Teachers I (replaced by M 132 and M 234)
- M 242: Methods of Proof
- M 328: Higher Mathematics for Secondary Teachers
- M 329: Modern Geometry
- M 428: Modeling for Teachers
- EDU 497R (now EDM 404): Methods of Teaching 5 - 8 Mathematics
- EDU 497 (now EDM 405): Methods of Teaching 9-12 Mathematics
- M 424: Algebraic Thinking and Number Sense in the Middle Grades
- M 520: Standards-based Mathematics
- M 524: Linear Algebra for Teachers
- M 528: Curriculum Design in Mathematics
- M 588: Professional Development in Mathematics
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Links
- EMC Examining Mathematics Coaching
- AMTE The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
- NCTM The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- MAA The Mathematical Association of America
- MCTM Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- AWM The Association for Women in Mathematics
- Humboldt State University Department of Mathematics
- University of New Mexico Mathematics Department
Education
- Ph.D. (Mathematics), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM, 2003
Dissertation: Convection in a Closed-Loop Thermosyphon: Bifurcation and Stability Analysis - MA(Mathematics), Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 1999
- Teaching Certificate , Post-Baccalaureate Education Program, Kennesaw State University, Atlanta, GA, 1995
- BA (Mathematics and English), University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, 1992