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About Laurie Edwards

Participant in the Gesture and Multimodality Group, University of California at Berkeley

Pedagogical Interests: 
  • The development of new teachers
  • Learning through design/project-based learning
  • Problem solving as a means of learning mathematics
  • The role of the body in learning
  • Collaborative learning

Positions

2012 - Present Program Director, Master of Arts in Teaching, Kalmanovitz School of Education, Saint Mary's College of California
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2003 - Present Professor of Education, Saint Mary's College of California
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Kalmanovitz School of Education
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Present Faculty Member, Saint Mary's College of California ‐ Multiple Subject Program
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2017 - 2018 Chair, Graduate and Professional Studies Educational Policies Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2017 - 2018 Co-Director, Multiple Subject Teacher Education Program, Kalmanovitz School of Education, Saint Mary's College of California
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2014 - 2017 Chair, Department of Teacher Education, Kalmanovitz School of Education, Saint Mary's College of California
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2014 - 2016 Member, Grievance Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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1999 - 2016 Member, Technology Advisory Committee/Technology Policy and Planning Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2010 - 2015 Member, Faculty Technology Group/Education Technology Group, Saint Mary's College of California
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2001 - 2015 Member, Masters Research Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2009 - 2011 Director, Multiple Subject Credential Program, Saint Mary's College of California
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2009 - 2011 Member, Graduate and Professional Studies Educational Policies Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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2008 - 2010 Member, Committee on Committees, Saint Mary's College of California
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2005 - 2006 Member, Rank and Tenure Committee, Saint Mary's College of California
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1999 - 2003 Associate Professor of Education, Saint Mary's College of California
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

Research Interests

Grants

2000 - 2017 Travel Grants
Saint Mary's College of California
Professional Development Awards
2007 Spencer Foundation Grant
Spencer Foundation
Conceptual Foundations of Proof
$38,000
2001 Departmental Initiative Grant
Saint Mary's College of California
Intensive Technology Workshops for Education Faculty
$1,000
2001 LaSallian Scholar Grant
Saint Mary's College of California
"Invert and multiply: An investigation of prospective elementary school teachers' understanding of fractions,"
$5,000
1996 - 1999 Monterey Bay Area Mathematics Project
California Mathematics Project
Colleague(s): Co-PI: Professor Bruce Cooperstein, Mathematics
$195,000
1997 - 1998 Teacher Research Grant
University of California Office of the President
Constructing geometric knowledge together
$15,000
1996 - 1997 Teacher Research Grant
University of California Office of the President
Learning mathematics and language together
$15,000
1996 Division of the Social Sciences Research Awards
University of California at Santa Cruz
The social and cognitive impacts of learning Lego Logo
$5,034
1996 Faculty Research Committee Grants
Academic Senate, University of California at Santa Cruz
The social and cognitive impacts of learning Lego Logo
$1,500
1996 Instructional Improvement Grants
Academic Senate, University of California at Santa Cruz
A high-quality collection of educational software,
$5,000
1994 - 1996 Project SAME
National Science Foundation
Special Programs for Girls and Women, Science and Mathematics Equity
Colleague(s): Co-PIs: Miriam Landesman, Gini Matute-Bianchi, Trish Stoddardt
$280,000
1994 Faculty Research Committee Grants
Academic Senate, University of California at Santa Cruz
Girls' learning in an integrated science, math, and technology context
$1,500
1993 Affirmative Action Award
University of California at Santa Cruz
Junior Faculty Development Award Program
$2,250
1993 Division of the Social Sciences Research Awards
University of California at Santa Cruz
The social construction of logical reasoning in a computer context
$2,500
1993 Faculty Research Committee Grants
Academic Senate, University of California at Santa Cruz
The social construction of logical reasoning in a computer context
$2,250
1992 Faculty Research Committee Grants
Academic Senate, University of California at Santa Cruz
Social and technological contexts for the development of mathematical reasoning
$1,500
1992 Pre-Tenure Development Award
University of California at Santa Cruz
Junior Faculty Development Award Program
$5,057
1991 - 1992 Faculty Research Committee Grants
Academic Senate, University of California at Santa Cruz
Children's mathematical reasoning in a computer microworld
$3,700
1991 Division of the Social Sciences Research Awards
University of California at Santa Cruz
Children's mathematical reasoning in a computer microworld
$5,000
1990 Bilingual Research Group Grant
University of California at Santa Cruz
$4,869
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Professional Service and Affiliations

2010 - 2016 Member, Editorial Board, Educational Studies in Mathematics
2006 - 2016 Member, Editorial Board, Mathematical Thinking and Learning
2010 - 2014 Secretary, International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
2007 - 2012 Member, Board of Trustees, Northern Light School
1996 - 2010 Member, Editorial Board, International Journal for Computers in Mathematical Learning
2000 - 2003 Volunteer Robotics Teacher, Computer Street Academy
1996 - 1999 Member, Editorial Board, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
1999 Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Mathematics and College of Educatio, San José State University
1998 Educational Software Producer, Learning in Motion, Inc.
1989 - 1990 Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Washington
1984 - 1989 Graduate Research Assistant, University of California - Berkeley
1983 - 1984 Technical Support Staff, Signetics Corporation
1982 - 1983 Math Tutor & Computer Lab Assistant, Mission College
1983 Director, Atari Computer Camp
1980 - 1981 Staff Research Associate, Mathematics Imagery Group (Dr. Kristina Hooper, PI), University of California at Santa Cruz
1978 - 1981 Mathematics Teacher, Holy Trinity Secondary School,
1978 - 1981 Mathematics Teacher, Santa Cruz High School
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Honors and Awards

  • University of California at Santa Cruz: Honors in the Major, College Honors, Senior Thesis in Mathematics Passed with Honors, Crown College Service Award, 1978

Courses

  • MATH 101 Fundamental Mathematical Concepts II
  • MATH 1 Fundamental Mathematical Concepts I
  • EDUC 582 Research Methods II (Graduate)
  • EDUC 572 Research Methods I (Graduate)
  • EDAD 608 Quantitative Research Design, Doctorate of Education Program
  • MSTE 223 Integrating Technology across the Curriculum, Multiple Subject Teacher Education Program
  • MSTE 350 Curriculum & Instruction: Mathematics, Multiple Subject Teacher Education Program
  • MSTE 212 Learning & Development in Multicultural Society, Multiple Subject Teacher Education Program
  • MAIT 404 Capstone Project (Graduate)
  • MAIT 403 Pedagogical Knowledge (Graduate)
  • MAIT 401 Introduction to Inquiry (Graduate)

Education

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1989 Ph.D. Science and Mathematics Education, University of California - Berkeley
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1979 Post-Graduate Certificate Education (Secondary Teaching Credential, Mathematics), University of Sussex
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1978 B.A. Mathematics and "Society & Culture", Honors in the Major, Crown College Honors, University of California, Santa Cruz
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Contact Information

Office
Filippi Academic Hall - 231

Phone: (925) 631-8031
Fax: (925) 376-8379

Mail: P.O. Box 4350

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