Dr. Julien Corven
Assistant Professor
Mathematics
Office
Stevenson Hall - STV 329B
Office Hours
Fall 2023: In person: Tuesdays 12-1 PM, Thursdays 12-1 PM, or by appointment
Via Zoom: Tuesdays 4:15-5:15 PM or by appointment (https://illinoisstate.zoom.us/my/jccorve)
Via Zoom: Tuesdays 4:15-5:15 PM or by appointment (https://illinoisstate.zoom.us/my/jccorve)
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Biography
Dr. Julien Corven received his Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Delaware. He is currently in his second year as an Assistant Professor of Middle School Mathematics Education at Illinois State University. Prior to his graduate studies, he worked as a middle school and high school mathematics teacher for ten years in the Baltimore City Public School system.
Current Courses
202.001Algebraic Reasoning for Middle School Teachers
309.001Number Theory for Middle School Teachers
409.001Topics In Algebra & Combinatorics For K-8 Teachers
406.001Advanced Topics In Assessment In Elementary & Jr High Math
599.010Dissertation
309.001Number Theory for Middle School Teachers
Research Interests & Areas
My research interests include how preservice teachers evaluate students' written mathematical work, the curriculum of elementary teacher preparation programs, 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., DiNapoli, J., Gibbons, L., Johnson, K., Long, V., Olanoff, D., & Starks, R. (2022). Mathematics curriculum recommendations for elementary teacher preparation working group: Phase II. In A. E. Lischka, E. B. Dyer, R. S. Jones, J. N. Lovett, J. Strayer, & S. Drown (Eds.), Proceedings of the forty-fourth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 2114–2116). Nashville, TN.
Corven, J., DiNapoli, J., Gibbons, L., Long, V., & Starks, R. (2022). Working group on mathematics curriculum recommendations for elementary teacher preparation: First report. In A. E. Lischka, E. B. Dyer, R. S. Jones, J. N. Lovett, J. Strayer, & S. Drown (Eds.), Proceedings of the forty-fourth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 2109–2113). Nashville, TN.
Corven, J., DiNapoli, J., Gibbons, L., Long, V., & Starks, R. (2021). New working group: Mathematics curriculum recommendations for elementary teacher preparation. In D. Olanoff, K. Johnson, & S. Spitzer (Eds.), Proceedings of the forty-third annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1941–1943). Philadelphia, PA.
Paoletti, T., Gantt, A. L., & Corven, J. (2022). A local instruction theory for emergent graphical shape thinking. In S. S. Karunakaran & A. Higgins (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th annual conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 1252–1253). Boston, MA.
Paoletti, T., Gantt, A. L., Corven, J., & Hohensee, C. (2022). Moving beyond solving equations: Characterizing elementary pre-service teachers’ development of algebraic reasoning. In S. S. Karunakaran & A. Higgins (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th annual conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 437–445). Boston, MA.
Journal Article
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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10763-023-10353-2
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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10857-023-09573-8
Corven, J., DiNapoli, J., Willoughby, L., & Hiebert, J. (2022). Long-term relationships between mathematics instructional time during teacher preparation and specialized content knowledge. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 53(4), 277–306. https://doi.org/10.5951/jresematheduc-2020-0036
Colvin, J., DiMatteo, D., & Sorokina, T. (2016). Dimension of trivariate C1 splines on bipyramid cells. Computer Aided Geometric Design, 45, 140–150. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cagd.2015.12.001
Colvin, J. C., & Tomayko, M. C. (2015). Putting TPACK on the radar: A visual quantitative model for tracking growth of essential teacher knowledge. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 15(1). https://www.citejournal.org/volume-15/issue-1-15/current-practice/putting-tpack-on-the-radar-a-visual-quantitative-model-for-tracking-growth-of-essential-teacher-knowledge
Presentations
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.