We are UMaine faculty and graduate students who are interested in the teaching and learning of mathematics. We conduct research on how people learn and how people teach, with a particular focus on high school and university students and teachers.

Recently, many of our members participated in the 2012 Integrating STEM Education Research into Teaching: Knowledge of Student Thinking National Conference hosted by the Research in STEM Education (RiSE) Center at UMaine. Presentations by group members included:

• Blaisdell, R. (2012). Teacher knowledge of student difficulties with the concept of limit in calculus. Poster presentation (PDF).

• Conlogue, A. (2012). Solving problems using recursion: When students use recursion and why. Poster presentation. Poster presentation (PDF).

• Dorko, A. (2012). Calculus students’ understanding of volume in non-calculus contexts. Poster presentation (PDF) and contributed talk (PowerPoint slideshow).

• Rizzo, S. (2012). College studentsʼ understanding of geometric dilations. Poster presentation (PDF).