Dr. Laurie Cavey is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mathematics. Prior
to coming to Boise State she served as an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education
and Director of the Content Teaching Academy at James Madison University. As a passionate
advocate of mathematics education, Dr. Cavey has taught in a variety of settings,
including the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, as well as teaching
mathematics methods courses for prospective middle and high school teachers. She has
extensive experience working collaboratively with teachers, school district personnel,
and university colleagues. Most recently she has been working with faculty from Virginia
Commonwealth University (VCU) to assess VCU’s K-5 mathematics specialist endorsement
program. Additionally, Dr. Cavey has presented for organizations such as the National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics and Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, and
published in Educational Studies in Mathematics and the Journal of Mathematical
Behavior.

Articles

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Investigating Teachers' Mathematics Teaching Understanding: A Case for Coordinating Perspectives, Educational Studies in Mathematics (2007)
This paper provides a microanalysis of one Algebra I teacher's instruction to explore the advantages...
 

Presentations

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Proportional Reasoning 101, 30th Annual Conference of the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics (2009)
 

The Instructor's Imporlant Role In Supporting Mathematical Arguments in a K-5 Mathematlos Specialist Program (with Joy Whitenack and Aimee Ellington), 2009 Conference on Research In Undergraduate Mathematics Education (2009)
In this presentation, we use examples from a one lesson taken from an algebra course...
 

Mathematical Inhibitions and Reality: Riding the Wave of Rigor (Invited Presentation), Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics (2007)
How is school mathematics like real mathematics? In particular, what are some ways that we...