Dr. Cynthia Langrall
Professor
Mathematics
Office
Stevenson Hall - STV 326C
Office Hours
By appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
- Awards & Honors
- Research
Teaching Interests & Areas
I enjoy teaching at the undergraduate level in the elementary and middle school mathematics education programs. At the graduate level I teach theory and research coursed in the Master's and Doctoral programs.
Research Interests & Areas
My research is focused on two main areas of interest: the development of elementary and middle school students' probabilistic and statistical reasoning and issues related to teacher development
Outstanding University Researcher Award
Illinois State University
2012
Book, Chapter
O’Hanlon,W., Barker, D., Langrall, C., Dossey, J., McCrone, S., and El-Zanati, S. (2014). Mathematics research experiences for preservice teachers: Applying the scholarship of teaching and learning. In C. Bennett and J. Dewar (Eds.), MAA Notes Volume: Doing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Mathematics.
Mooney, E., & Langrall, C. Data analysis and probability. F. Fennell (EDs), Achieving fluency: Special education and mathematics. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (2011): 219 – 242.
Langrall, C. Does context expertise make a difference when dealing with data? (CD-Rom). C. Reading (EDs), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Teaching Statistics. International Association for Statistical Education (2010)
Langrall, C., & Mooney, E. Probability and statistics in the secondary classroom. J. Lobato & F. K. Lester Jr. (EDs), Teaching and learning mathematics: Translating research for secondary school teachers. NCTM (2010): 27 – 31.
Langrall, C. W., Mooney, E. S., Nisbet, S., & Jones, G. A. (2008). Elementary students’ access to powerful mathematical ideas. In L. English (Ed.), Handbook of international research in mathematics education, 2nd edition. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum (pp. 109 – 135).
Conference Proceeding
Mooney, E., Langrall, C. & Nisbet, S. (2006). Developing a model to describe the use of context knowledge in data explorations. In A. Rossman & B. Chance (Eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Teaching Statistics (CD-Rom).
Mooney, E. Duni, D. VanMeenen, E. & Langrall, C. (2014). Preservice teachers’ awareness of variability. In K. Makar, B. de Sousa, & R. Gould (Eds.), Sustainability in statistics education. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS9, July, 2014), Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. iase-web.org
Journal Article
Odell, J., Langrall, C. W., & Cullen, A. L. (2022). Challenging students to experience mathematics as mathematicians. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK–12, 115(3), 191–201. https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2021.0160
Langrall, C. Identity, power, and stewardship: Perspectives of a new editor. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education 44.1 (2013): 3-4.
Langrall, C., Nisbet, S., Mooney, E., & Jansem, S. The role of context expertise when comparing data. Mathematical Thinking and Learning 13 (2011): 47 - 67.
Langrall, C., Nisbet, S., Mooney, E., & Jansem, S. (2011). The role of context expertise when comparing data. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 13, 47-67.
Barker, D., O’Hanlon, W., Langrall, C., & El Zanati, S. Teacher scholars in secondary mathematics education. Team-Math Conference Proceedings (2009)
Presentations
Influence of Graduate Coursework on Teaching: Changing Teacher Questioning. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Research Presession. (2012)
Investigating Secondary Mathematics Teacher PCK across the Professional Continuum. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Presession. (2012)
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Research Presession. (2012)
Making an Effective Argument in JRME: Supporting Claims with Evidence. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Research Presession. (2012)
Meaningful Professional Development through a Graduate Degree Program. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference. (2012)
Teacher Questioning as an Indicator of Change. Thirty-fifth annual meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (2011)
Teacher Questioning: Trying Not to Reinvent the Wheel. Thirty-third annual conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (2011)
Teacher beliefs: The influence of mathematical experiences. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference. (2010)
REU Site: Mathematics research experience for pre-service and in-service teachers. American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical Association of America. (2009)
The role of representation in elementary level generalization activities. The Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (2009)
Grants & Contracts
Institutes for Integrating Content-Knowledge with Classroom Instruction [IICC]. Illinois State Board of Education, Mathematics & Science Partnership Grant. State. (2011)
Institutes for Integrating Content-Knowledge with Classroom Instruction. Illinois State Board of Education, Mathematics & Science Partnership Grant. State. (2007)
Institutes for Integrating Content-knowledge with Classroom-instruction (IICC): A Partnership for Improving Middle-School Mathematics and Science. Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). State.