Dr. Neet Priya Bajwa
Associate Professor
Mathematics
- About
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Current Courses
MAT 130.005 Dimensions Of Numerical Reasoning
MAT 402.001 Instructional Strategies For The Middle School Teacher
MAT 130.002 Dimensions Of Numerical Reasoning
MAT 403.001 Theories Of Mathematics Learning
MAT 403.002 Theories Of Mathematics Learning
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
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
Kroesch, A. M., Bajwa, N. P., MacDonald, B. L., Mattoon, C., Gonzalez Hatch, A. M., Cullen, A. L., Mooney, E. S., & Corven, J. (2024). Kindergarteners as sense makers! Mathematics Teacher: Learning & Teaching PK-12, 117(11), 802-812. https://doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2023.0284
Tobias, J., & Bajwa, N. Using Benchmarks to Support Fraction Addition. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PreK-12 117.7 (2024): 495-501.
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.
Presentations
Navigating policy recommendations and their alignment for mathematics content courses for elementary teacher preparation. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. (2025)
Arrays as Quick Images to Elicit Early Multiplicative Ideas. International Congress on Mathematical Education. (2024)
Building elementary students’ multiplicative reasoning through arrays. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (2024)
Primary Students’ Use of Counting Strategies in Supporting Their Understanding of Arrays. International Congress on Mathematical Education. (2024)
Reflecting on prospective teachers’ responses to understand task effectiveness and inform task modifications. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. (2024)
Reflecting on and evaluating tasks: What happens when learning goals are not met?. North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (2023)
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)
Grants & Contracts
The Utilizing Number to Initative Fravtion Inquiry (UNIFI) for Students with Learning Disabilities. Illinois State University. Illinois State University. (2023)