About Me

About Me: I am a math education professor at GVSU; I earned my PhD in Mathematics Education at Montana State University, and have worked as a faculty member since 2006.

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Regular Teaching: I have taught the following courses as part of my normal teaching load in the last few years:

• student teaching field experience (with seminar)
• mathematics methods (includes a "teacher assisting" field experience)
• mathematics for elementary teachers
• probability and statistics for elementary teachers
• intermediate algebra and college algebra

Current Professional Interests: My current professional interests are in the following areas:

• Assessment best practices, including feedback and formative assessment
• K-12 statistics education (esp. K-8)
• Standards-based grading and growth mindset
• Cognitive Coaching* for pre-service teacher development
  *certified: 2013-present

Other Teaching: I have taught all of the following courses at least once over the years:

• geometry for elementary teachers
• problem solving for elementary teachers
• high school algebra
• intermediate algebra
• college algebra
• precalculus/trigonometry
• calculus I, II, and III
• modern geometry
• history of mathematics
• introductory statistics
• the language of mathematics
• math for liberal arts

Other Professional Interests: I also have interest and experience in the following areas:

• educational technology
• teaching for understanding, including Understanding by Design
• in-service teacher professional development

Current Professional Memberships:

• Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE)
• Michigan Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (MI-AMTE) (Stats Ed SIG)
• National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

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Get Connected! I actively promote the use of social media (twitter, blogging, and facebook) as tools for individual professional development among both pre-service and in-service teachers, and also for the collective development of the teaching profession. You can follow me on Twitter @ProfJonH.

Publications: Here are my most recently published scholarly contributions:

• (2017) Billings, E., Gerson, H., & Hasenbank, J. F. A tale of two mentoring models: Supporting university student-tutors in STEM courses. In N. Domínguez, B. Berkeley, N. Barka, T. Chrisman, B. Kelley, & E. Westfall (Ed.), 10th annual mentoring conference proceedings (10th ed.): A Decade of Cultivating an Inclusive Mentoring Community [Special Issue 10]. The Chronicle of Mentoring and Coaching. (10th ed., vol. 2, pp. 259-265). 
• (2014) "Are We There Yet? Using Rubrics to Support Progress Toward Proficiency and Model Formative Assessment" (pg. 109). (with L. Kinne and D. Coffey; AILACTE Journal)
• (2014) "Flipping Class with a WSQ (Wisk)". (with C. Grubb; MACUL Journal)
• (2012) "Does a² + b² really equal c²? The case of the Mystery Triangle" (with B. Sturomski; Wisconsin Teacher of Mathematics)
• (2011) "Quantifying Instructional Focus on Procedural Understanding in Algebra" (with T. Hodgson & J. Kosiak; in the Proceedings of the 33rd Annual PME-NA Conference). 
• (2008) "A Digital Observation Instrument for Quantifying Educator Effectiveness" (with J. Kosiak, in the proceedings of the WI Research Seminar on Improving Educator Quality.)
• (2008) "The Implementation of a Framework for Procedural Understanding in 7-12 Mathematics" (with J. Kosiak; Wisconsin Teacher of Mathematics journal.
• (2006) My dissertation: The Effects of a Framework for Procedural Understanding in College Algebra

Presentations: Here are a few of the conferences where I have recently given talks:

• Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Mentoring Institute.
• The Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE 2015)
• The Math In Action Conference at GVSU (2013[1][2][3], 2014, 2015, 2016)
• The Wisconsin Mathematics Council's Annual Conference in Green Lake (WisMath 2013)

Good Reads: A few of my favorite math education books are:

• Minds On Mathematics: Using Math Workshop to Develop Deep Understanding in Grades 4-8 (Ward Hoffer, 2012) (view it on Amazon)
  
• What's Math Got to Do with It? (Boaler, 2009) (view it on Amazon)
• The Teaching Gap (Stigler & Hiebert, 1999; updated in 2009) (view it on Amazon)
• Principles to Actions (NCTM, 2014) 
• Mathematical Mindsets (Boaler & Dweck, 2016)
• Five Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions (Smith & Stein, 2011) 
• Empowering the Beginning Teacher of Mathematics: Middle School (NCTM, 2004)
• Empowering the Beginning Teacher of Mathematics: High School (NCTM, 2004)

Service: Assessment has been a focus for much of my recent service work at the university; my recent university service includes:

• chairing the University Assessment Committee
• serving on my department's assessment committee
• serving on my department's personnel committee
• coordinating my department's math education SPA accreditation reports (NCTM/CAEP)

For More Info: Please view my professional vita spanning 2010-2015 and 2001-2010 for more details about my professional background.

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