Documenti di Didattica
Documenti di Professioni
Documenti di Cultura
Professional Preparation
Ph.D. Mathematics Education
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
May 2014
Dissertation: An Examination of Teachers' Perceptions of Learning Trajectory
Based Professional Development in Relation to Student Thinking and Classroom
Instruction.
Chair: Dr. Cynthia Langrall
Committee Members: Dr. Jae Baek
Dr. Beth Hatt
Dr. Jeffrey Barrett
Dr. Tami Martin
M.S. Mathematics Education
Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
May 2009
Thesis: The Effects of Playing Board Games on Pre-probability Knowledge of
Fourth Grade Students
Chairs: Dr. Edward Mooney
Dr. Cynthia Langrall
B.A. Mathematics
Saint Marys College, Notre Dame, Indiana
May 2007
Senior Paper and Presentation: Network Flows and the Max-Flow Min-Cut
Theorem
Advisor: Dr. Mary Connolly
Mathematics Teaching Certification (Grades 6 12)
State of Indiana and State of Illinois
May 2007
Publications
Journal Articles
Baek, J. M., Wickstrom, M. H., Tobias, J., Wessman-Enzinger, N. M., Miller, A. L.,
Safak, E., & Kirwan, J. V. (in preparation). Elementary Preservice Teachers' Pictorial
Strategies for Representing Fractions as Operators.
Carlson, M. A., Wickstrom, M. H., Burroughs, E. A., & Fulton, E. W (under review). A
case for mathematical modeling in the elementary classroom.
Miller, A. L., Tobias, J. M., Safak, E., Kirwan, J. V., Wessman-Enzinger, N. M., Baek, J.
M., & Wickstrom, M. H. (under review). Algebraic reasoning and symbol use in
preservice teachers on a multi-step fraction task.
Wickstrom, M. H., (in press) Challenging a teachers perceptions of mathematical
smartness through reflections on students thinking. Equity and Excellence in Education.
Wickstrom, M. H., Wilm, S., Johnson, A., Mills, E., Leonard, N., and Larberg, R. (under
review). Learning from our own lessons. Pre-service teachers' narratives of teaching as an
experiment.
Practitioner Articles
Wickstrom, M. H. (2014). Piecing it together. Teaching Children Mathematics, 21(4), 220-227.
Conference Papers
Wickstrom, M. H., ( in press). Do you notice what I notice? Productive mediums for
teacher noticing. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter
of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp.XX-XX ).
East Lansing, Michigan: Michigan State University.
Wickstrom, M.H., Baek, J., Barrett, J., Cullen, C., & Tobias, J. (2013). The effects of
Appointments
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education: Department of Mathematical Sciences,
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, August 2014-Present.
Courses Taught:
Math 132: Number and Operations for K-8 Teachers
Math 133: Geometry and Measurement for K-8 Teachers
Math 424:Algebraic Thinking and Number Sense in the Middle Grades.
Math 520: Standards-based Mathematics for Teachers
DoctoralTeachingInstructor:DepartmentofMathematics.IllinoisStateUniversity,
Normal,Illinois,January2013May2014.
CoursesTaught:
Math130:DimensionsofNumericalReasoning
Math201:TeachingMathematicsintheElementarySchool
DoctoralResearchAssistant:DepartmentofMathematicsandtheStateofIllinois,
Normal,Illinois,August2011September2013.
ResearchassistantfortheFormativeAssessmentinElementaryMathematics
(FAEM)grant.
Withinthisprofessionaldevelopment,Iworkedwith24elementaryteachers(K
5)astheylearnedhowtouselearningtrajectoriesasatoolforformative
assessment.Dutiesincluded:assistinginpreparingsummerandschoolyear
professionaldevelopmentdays,developingandteachingmathematicaland
pedagogicalcontentactivities,mentoringsmallgroupsofteachers,conducting
groupdiscussionsaswellasindividualinterviews,collectingandorganizingdata
forlateranalysis,analyzingvideodata,interviews,andassessments,preparing
presentations,andcontributingtothepreparationoftheannualreport.
Middle School Mathematics Teacher: Holy Trinity Junior High School, Bloomington,
Illinois, August 2009-May 2011.
Courses Taught:
Basic Mathematics
Pre-Algebra
Algebra
Graduate Research Assistant: Department of Mathematics, Illinois State University,
Normal, Illinois, August 2007- May 2009.
Research assistant for the National Science Foundation Partnership for Research
in Science and Mathematics Education (PRISM) grant.
Within this position, I partnered with elementary and middle school teachers
across central Illinois to design and research mathematics lessons collaboratively.
Responsibilities included: designing lesson plans and assessments, co-teaching
classroom lessons and activities, and sharing these experiences with other
teachers in professional development settings.
Presentations
Wickstrom, M. H, Carlson, M. A., Fulton, E. W., & Arnold, L. (2015). Mathemagic.
Expanding Your Horizons Workshop for Middle School Students. Montana State
University, Bozeman, Montana.
Baek, J. M., Tobias, J., Wickstrom, M. H., & Safak, E. (2015, February). Preservice
Teachers Understanding of Sizes of Wholes in Fraction Multiplication. Association
of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida.
Wickstrom, M. H. (2014, October). Rethinking what it means to be "smart" at
Related Experiences
Conference Reviewer: 2015-Present
Student Teacher Supervisor: Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, Spring 2012.
Illinois State University
Professional Memberships
Member: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Member: Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators