Heather Bleecker

• Doctor of Education
• Managing Director at Salish Kootenai College

This talking circle article explores the partnership between Carnegie Math Pathways and Tribal Colleges and Universities (TCUs) in improving the success and persistence of Native American students in developmental mathematics courses. Through a comprehensive approach that incorporates cultural relevance, student-centered learning, and social-emotio...

Preparing preservice teachers to teach effectively with digital technologies and media (DTM) is at the heart of initial teacher preparation as digital access continues to increase throughout society. The development of preservice teacher technological pedagogical content knowledge (TPACK) is important in order to create DTM-rich instruction. This s...

This paper reports on a project aimed at developing a system of professional support for the improvement of the Geometry for Teachers course that mathematics departments teach to preservice secondary teachers. We share data from interviews with 20 instructors to report on how they perceive their position of geometry instructors and the work they do...

Currently, the literature contains multiple approaches to teacher candidate TPACK development. The Learning Activity Types Short Courses, which assist with scaffolding the process of combining content, pedagogy, and technologies in instruction for teacher candidates, are a recent addition to the literature. The purpose of this study was to characte...