Sharon Strickland Assistant Professor of Mathematics Office: Math/CS 459 Phone: 512-245-3414 Fax: 512-245-3425 Email: ss67@txstate.edu

Research Interests:
Mathematics Education.

Dr. Strickland received her Ph. D. from Michigan State University in 2008. Her research seeks to better understand and strengthen the curricular/pedagogical experiences and opportunities of students in undergraduate mathematics, especially those that seek to become teachers and/or mathematics majors. Her research revolves around these three nodes:
1) the undergraduate mathematics (and implicit pedagogical) preparation of future teachers,
2) mathematics teacher education and
3) geometry instruction with technology.

Selected Publications:

• Star, J.R., Strickland, S.K. (2008). Learning to observe: Using video to improve preservice teachers' ability to notice. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 11, 107-125.
• Star, J.R., Strickland, S., Hawkins, A. (2008). What is mathematical literacy? Exploring the relationship between literacy and content learning in middle and high school mathematics. In M. Conley, J. Freidhoff, M. Sherry, S. Tuckey (Eds.), Adolescent literacy policy and instruction: The research we have and the research we need (pp. 104-112). New York: Guilford.
• Sinclair, N., Strickland, S. K., Kozse, L. (under revision). Abductive inferences in mathematics thinking: Necessary risks. Educational Studies in Mathematics.
• Speer, N. M., Strickland, S., Johnson, N., Gucler, B. (under review). Mathematics graduate students' knowledge of undergraduate students' strategies and difficulties. Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education.