Dr. Julien Corven
Assistant Professor
Mathematics
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Biography
Julien Corven received his Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Delaware. He previously taught middle school and high school mathematics for 10 years in Baltimore, MD.
Current Courses
599.005Dissertation
352.001Probability and Statistical Inference for Educators
452.001Probability and Statistical Inference for Educators
302.001Teaching Mathematics in the Middle School
405.001Teaching Mathematics in the Middle School
315.001Mathematical Modeling For Middle School Teachers
415.001Mathematical Modeling For Middle School Teachers
Teaching Interests & Areas
Probability and statistical inference for future secondary teachers; algebra, number theory, combinatorics, and mathematical inquiry for current and future middle level teachers; teaching methods for future middle level teachers; and assessment for current teachers.
Research Interests & Areas
My research interests include how preservice teachers evaluate students' written mathematical work, integrating content and methodological knowledge in teacher preparation, and the agentic decision-making processes of undergraduate students pursuing STEM degrees. My research incorporates both quantitative and qualitative methods.
PhD Education
University of Delaware
Newark, DE
MS Mathematics Education
Towson University
Towson, MD
BA Mathematics
Haverford College
Haverford, PA
Book Review
Corven, J. (2022). Book review: Foundations for the next era of elementary mathematics teacher education. Yiping Li, Roger E. Howe, W. James Lewis, and James J. Madden (Eds.) (2021) Developing mathematical proficiency for elementary instruction. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 110(1), 193–203. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-021-10103-7
Conference Proceeding
Corven, J. (2023). Responsive evaluation of student work: A theoretical process. In T. Lamberg & D. Moss (Eds.), Proceedings of the forty-fifth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Volume 1 (pp. 916–926). Reno, NV.
Corven, J., DiNapoli, J., Johnson, K., Long, V., Olanoff, D., & Tobias, J. (2023). Mathematics curriculum recommendations for elementary teacher preparation: Establishing a research base. In T. Lamberg & D. Moss (Eds)., Proceedings of the forty-fifth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Volume 2 (pp. 659–661). Reno, NV.
Corven, J., DiNapoli, J., Johnson, K., Long, V., Olanoff, D., Tobias, J., An, T., Clark, D., Velasco, R., Litster, K., & Kang, B. (2023). Working group on mathematics curriculum recommendations for elementary teacher preparation: Second report. In T. Lamberg & D. Moss (Eds)., Proceedings of the forty-fifth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Volume 2 (pp. 649–658). Reno, NV.
Corven, J., Paoletti, T., & Gantt, A. L. (2023). An international comparison of performance on TIMSS elementary mathematics items with potential for covariational reasoning. In T. Lamberg & D. Moss (Eds.), Proceedings of the forty-fifth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Volume 1 (pp. 253–259). Reno, NV.
MacDonald, B. L., Cullen, A. L., Kroesch, A. M., Bajwa, N. P., Mooney, E., & Corven, J. (2023). Reimagining the emergent perspective within research-practice learning communities. In T. Lamberg & D. Moss (Eds.), Proceedings of the forty-fifth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Volume 1 (pp. 910–915). Reno, NV.
Journal Article
Hohensee, C., Paoletti, T., Gantt, A. L., Acharya, S., & Corven, J. (2025). Elementary preservice teachers' flexible use of strategies for solving linear relationship problems using strip diagrams. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 13(2), 108-121. https://doi.org/10.5951/mte.2023-0012
Renninger, K. A., Benke, G., Böheim, R., Corven, J., De Dios, M. C., Hogan, M. R., Kyaw, M. H., Michels, A. G., Nakayama, M., Torres, P. E., Werneck de Souza Dias, H., Yared, F. (2025). Exploring math moments: Middle-schoolers' phases of problem-solving, executive functions in practice, and collaborative problem solving. Frontline Learning Research, 13(2), 67-101. https://doi.org/10.14786/flr.v13i2.1371
Deal, E., Mooney, E., Cullen, A. L., Kroesch, A., Bajwa, N. P., Corven, J., & MacDonald, B. (2024). Accessing and assessing components of elementary and middle school students’ mathematical disposition through metaphors. Investigations in Mathematics Learning. https://doi.org/10.1080/19477503.2024.2419291
Litke, E., Corven, J., & Sternberg, K. A. (2023). Algebra-focused features of instruction: An integrated investigation of curricular guidance and instructional enactment. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 27(6), 885-914. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10857-023-09573-8
Gantt, A. L., Paoletti, T., & Corven, J. (2023). Exploring the prevalence of covariational reasoning across mathematics and science TIMSS 2011 assessment items. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 21(8), 2349–2373. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-023-10353-2
Presentations
Follow the Map to Discovering Student Brilliance: A Responsive Evaluation Process for Student Work. 2024 Annual Meeting and Exposition of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (2024)
Corven, J. (2022, May 18–19). Prospective elementary teachers’ evolving evaluations of student reasoning [Research presentation]. 16th Annual Symposium of the Pennsylvania Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Shippensburg, PA.
Corven, J., Long, V., & DiNapoli, J. (2022, February 10–12). Mathematics curriculum recommendations for elementary teacher preparation [Working group]. 26th Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Las Vegas, NV.
Corven, J. (2021, February 11–13; 18–20). Scaffolding and cognitive demand in a three-dimensional geometry lesson [Poster presentation]. 25th Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Online.
Corven, J. (2021, April 23). Prospective elementary teachers’ development of specialized content knowledge for whole number division [Research report]. 2021 University of Delaware College of Education and Human Development Steele Research Symposium, Online.
Corven, J. (2020, February 6–8). Modeling prospective teachers’ SCK development for division of whole numbers [Brief report]. 24th Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Phoenix, AZ.
Corven, J., DiNapoli, J., & Hiebert, J. (2019, February 7–9). Complicated relationships between time spent studying mathematics topics in teacher preparation and graduates’ useable knowledge [Research report]. 23rd Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Orlando, FL.
Corven, J. (2018, May 16–17). Periodic confusion: Examining two contemporary textbook units on trigonometric functions [Brief report]. 12th Annual Symposium of the Pennsylvania Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Shippensburg, PA.
Yost, D., & Colvin, J. (2014, October 17). Flipping instruction without flipping out [Brief report]. 2014 Conference of the Maryland Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Baltimore, MD.