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Stephanie Purington
Professional Lecturer of Education
Bio
Dr. Purington received her PhD in Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies from the University of Massachusetts Amherst where she studied math identity and mathematical knowledge for teaching (MKT). Prior to her doctoral work, Stephanie taught math (and a bit of science) in both public and independent schools. She was also a trainer for the Developing Mathematical Ideas program and provided professional development to K-8 classroom teachers, special education teachers, and paraprofessionals. Her research interests include further work on MKT and practices-based teacher education.
Education
PhD, Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2020
MEd, Secondary Education, University of Hartford, 1992
BS, Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1988
Research Interests / Areas of Focus
Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching; Pedagogical Content Knowledge; Math Identity; Practices-based Teacher Education
Selected Publications
Purington, S. & Nieswandt, M. (2022). Integrated Concentration in Science: An Interdisciplinary Problem-Solving Program. Journal of College Science Teaching, 51(3).
Gonzales, A., Purington, S., Robinson, J., & Nieswandt, M. (2019). Teacher Interactions and effects on group triple problem solving space. International Journal of Science Education, 1-20.
Accurso, K., Gebhard, M., & Purington, S. B. (2017). Analyzing Diverse Learners’ Writing in Mathematics: Systemic Functional Linguistics in Secondary Pre-Service Teacher Education. International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 18(1).
Selected Presentations
McEneaney, E. H., & Purington, S. (2022, April). Social Network Analysis as a Lens on Social Inclusion: An Example from High School Biology. American Education Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California.
Purington, S. (2019, November). A Changing Tide? Exploring Math Identity in Preservice Elementary Teachers. Psychology of Math Education – North American Chapter. Annual Conference, St. Louis, Missouri.
Purington, S. (2017, October). A Five-Step Path to Student-Generated Environmental Sustainability Projects. NSTA Regional Conference, Baltimore, Maryland.
McEneaney, E. H., & Purington, S. (2017, August). Turning it Around: Relational Evolution of a Challenged Small Group in Secondary Biology. ESERA, Dublin, Ireland.
Gonzales, A., Purington, S., & Nieswandt, M. (2017, August) Teacher Intervention and Effects on a Group’s Triple Problem Solving Space. ESERA, Dublin, Ireland.
Accurso, K., Gebhard, M., & Purington, S. (2017, April). Developing pre-service teachers’ capacity for giving feedback on math writing with systemic functional linguistics. American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, Texas.
Purington, S.B., & Gonzales, A.C. (2017, March). Bringing the M out in STEM: Revising an Engineering Task. IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference, Princeton, New Jersey.
Purington, S.B., Carey, D., Howard, R., Light, E. & Losch, C. (2016, November). Real World Learning: Teaching Science Through Case Studies. Massachusetts STEM Summit, Worcester, Massachusetts.
