Matthew Winsor
Associate Professor
Mathematics
Office
Stevenson Hall - STV 331B
Office Hours
By appointment
Office Phone
Email
- About
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Biography
Former junior high and high school mathematics teacher who earned a masters degree in teaching and learning as well as a masters degree in mathematics and a Ph.D. in mathematics education.
Current Courses
328.001Mathematics For Secondary Teacher: A Capstone Experience
323.001Teaching Mathematics In The Secondary School
120.004Finite Mathematics
324.001Seminars For Student Teachers Of Mathematics
Teaching Interests & Areas
Calculus, Geometry, Secondary teaching methods, History of mathematics.
Research Interests & Areas
Secondary Mathematics Teacher Preparation, Teaching English Language Learners Mathematics
Ph D Mathematics Education
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
MS Mathematics
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA
MA Teaching and Learning
University of California, San Diego
La Jolla, CA
BA Mathematics Education
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
Book, Chapter
Barker, D. D., Winsor, M. S., Kirwan, J. V., & Rupnow, T. J. (2020). Searching for the key to knowledge integration. In T. Lehmann (Ed.), International perspectives on knowledge integration: Theory, research and good practice in pre-service teacher and higher education (pp. 349–369). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Sense.
Barker, D. D., Winsor, M. S., Kirwan, J. V., & Rupnow, T. J. (2020). Searching for the key to knowledge integration. In T. Lehmann (Ed.), International perspectives on knowledge integration: Theory, research and good practice in pre-service teacher and higher education (pp. 59-78). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Sense.
Winsor, M. S., Barker, D. D., & Kirwan, J. V. (2020). Promoting knowledge integration in teacher education programs. In T. Lehmann (Ed.), International perspectives on knowledge integration: Theory, research and good practice in pre-service teacher and higher education (pp. 349–369). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill | Sense.
Winsor, M. Case 5: Advocating for ELL’s Education rights in the Mathematics Classroom.. Celedon-Pattichis, S. & Ramirez, N. G. (EDs), Beyond Good Teaching: Advancing Mathematics Education for ELLs.. NCTM (2012): 118 - 119.
Winsor, M., Lewis, G., Perez, Y., & Lesser, L. A multi-state comparison of teachers’ beliefs about teaching English language learners mathematics. Proceedings from the Thirty-third annual meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education-North America Chapter (2011): 996-1005.
Conference Proceeding
Winsor, M., Barker, D., Casey, S., Enderson, M., Preston, R., Smith, R., & Wilson, P. Research on secondary mathematics teacher preparation: Understanding how teachers learn.. Martinez, M. & Castro Superfine, A (EDs), Proceedings of the 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.. University of Illinois at Chicago (2013): 1374 – 1379.
Journal Article
Steffen, K., and Winsor, M. S. (2021). Improving high school students’ understanding of quadrilaterals by using pre-constructed diagrams on Geogebra. Journal of Teacher Action Research. 7(2). 20-39.
Barker, D., & Winsor, M. Patterns of knowledge interactions during instruction. Proceeding of the North American Chapter of Psychology of Mathematics Education (2011)
Lesser, L., & Winsor, M. English Language Learners in introductory statistics: Lessons learned from an exploratory case study of two pre-service teachers. Statistics Education Research Journal 8.2 (2009): 5 – 32.
Winsor, M., & Lesser, L. Mathematical explorations: Hot Wheels. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School 15.4 (2009): 239.
Winsor, M. One model of a capstone course for preservice secondary mathematics teachers. PRIMUS 19.6 (2009): 510-518.
Presentations
Integrating Knowledge: A Model of Secondary Mathematics Teacher Preparation. Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. AMTE. (2014)
Integrating knowledge: A model of secondary mathematics teacher preparation. University of Georgia science and mathematics education department. (2014)
Research on Secondary Mathematics Teacher Preparation. Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. (2014)
You teach (study) math? So what do you think about the Common Core. Eastern Michigan University department of mathematics. (2014)
Integrating Knowledge: A Model of Secondary Mathematics Teacher Preparation. the Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. (2013)
Research on secondary mathematics teacher preparation: Understanding how teachers learn.. 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. PME-NA. (2013)
Making your mathematics lessons ELL friendly. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting. (2012)
A multi-state comparison of teachers’ beliefs about teaching English language learners mathematics. 33rd Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME –NA 2011). (2011)
Patterns of knowledge interactions during instruction. 33rd Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME –NA 2011). (2011)
Patterns of knowledge interactions during instruction. North American Chapter of Psychology of Mathematics Education. (2011)
Grants & Contracts
Race to the Top III Federal Teacher Preparation Program Redesign Grant.. ISBE. State. (2014)
Integrating Knowledge: A Model for Secondary Teacher Preparation. NSF TUES grant #1140709. (2012)
Real Numbers in Real Situations: Modeling with Mathematics. Illinois State Board of Education. Illinois State University. (2012)
Future mathematics teachers’ use of mathematics and pedagogical knowledge while planning lessons. Illinois State University College of Arts and Science New Faculty Initiative Grant.
Illinois State University CeMaST Professional Innovation Grant. Illinois State University.