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Associate Professor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Associate Vice Chancellor for 足彩app哪个是正规的 Success<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
\"Cinnamon<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

B.S. Mathematics, Utah State University
Ph.D. Mathematics, Utah State University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Office: UW1-186
Phone: 425-352-3169
Email: ch7@uw.edu<\/a>
Mailing Box: 358511, 11136 NE 180th ST, Bothell, WA 98011-1713<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Teaching interdisciplinary mathematics, statistics, and data visualization is my passion. I believe anyone can learn mathematics if explicit connections are made between the content, previous mathematical concepts, and students’ lives. I find it exciting and challenging to help students make those connections. I strive to make my courses interactive, non-threatening, and as applicable as possible. I use group work to solve problems, discuss methods, and investigate solutions. I bring in examples from the media, multiple disciplines, and the world around us to illustrate a problem. I also encourage students to collect their own data. Critical thinking about numerical and mathematical arguments including those presented visually is always a primary goal in my courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recent Courses Taught<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

BIS 231 Linear Algebra with Applications
BIS 232 Using, Understanding, and Visualizing Quantitative Data
BIS 315 Understanding Statistics
BMATH 121 Algebraic and Quantitative Reasoning (Quantway\u00ae)
BMATH 122 Introduction to Elementary Functions<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research\/Scholarship<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

My primary research area is undergraduate mathematics and statistics education with a focus on Quantitative Literacy (QL). I study how people use (and mis-use) numbers and data visualizations to make decisions, analyze connections between QL and other literacies, investigate ways to extend models of QL to the upper division college curriculum, and work on issues surrounding assessment of QL. I am also interested in the cultural and disciplinary contexts of QL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition, I study non-cognitive factors that influence success in college level mathematics courses. I am interested in how students\u2019 growth and fixed mindsets, anxiety, social belonging, and sense of purpose affect persistence to and through a college degree. I\u2019m interested in how institutions design systems to influence these factors and what strategies can be implemented in classroom and co-curricular activities to make positive change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n