Dr. Neet Priya Bajwa
Assistant Professor
Mathematics
- About
- Education
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Current Courses
130.006Dimensions Of Numerical Reasoning
130.013Dimensions Of Numerical Reasoning
130.004Dimensions Of Numerical Reasoning
402.001Instructional Strategies For The Middle School Teacher
Ph D Mathematics Education
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, IL
MS Curriculum and Instruction
University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign, IL
BS Elementary Education
University of Delhi
Delhi, India
Faculty Impact Award
Illinois State University
2019
Service, Teaching, & Research (STaR) Fellow
Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
2018
Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences Dissertation Research Grant
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2016
Hardie Dissertation Award
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2015
Book, Chapter
Wang, S., Bajwa, N., Tong, R., & Kelly, H. Transitioning to Online Teaching. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer Singapore (2021): 177-188.
Conference Proceeding
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.
Bajwa, N. P., Tobias, J. M., Olanoff, D., & Welder, R. M. (2021, June). Developing Prospective Teachers’ Representational Fluency of Whole Number Multiplication Using Array Representations. Presented online at the 42nd Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico.
Journal Article
Bajwa, N., & Perry, M. (2019). Features of a pan balance that may support students’ developing understanding of mathematical equivalence. Mathematical Thinking and Learning.
Flevares, L.M., Perry, M., Beilstein, S., Bajwa, N. P. (2021). Examining First Graders’ Developing Understanding of Place Value via Base-ten Virtual Manipulatives. Early Childhood Education Journal.
Bajwa, N., Tobias, J.M. (2020). Atypical Arrays to Stimulate Multiplicative Thinking. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching Pre-K-12, 11, 931 – 935.
Bajwa, N., Tobias, J., & Lawton, C. Children’s Conceptions on the Structure of an Array: Using Quick Images as a Gateway to Multiplicative Ideas. Elsevier
Presentations
Developing Prospective Teachers’ Representational Fluency of Whole Number Multiplication Using Array Representations. North. North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Annual Conference. (2021)
Using Arrays to Develop Students’ Strategies for Whole Number Multiplication. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. NCTM. (2021)
Tobias, J.M., Bajwa, N.P., Olanoff, D., & Welder, R. (2021). Deepening Prospective Teachers’ Understandings by Focusing on Reflective Analysis Within Task Design. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference.
Tasks for Teachers: Approaches to the Design of Tasks for Preservice and Inservice Learners. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference. AMTE. (2020)
Fostering Representational Fluency: Deepening Prospective Teachers’ Understanding of Multiplication. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference. (2019)
Bajwa, N. P. & Saclarides, E. (2019). Solving Word Problems: Fostering Conceptual Understanding and Problem-Solving Skills. Presented at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference. San Diego, CA.
Bajwa, N. P., Welder, R. M., Feldman, Z., Olanoff, D., Tobias, J., & Thansheiser, E. (2019). Fostering Representational Fluency: Deepening Prospective Teachers’ Understanding of Multiplication. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Annual Conference. Orlando, FL.
Using the Array Model to Develop Prospective Teachers’ Understanding of Multiplication and Its Properties. Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (2018)