Dr. Kate Riley
Office: Bldg 25 Room 304
California Polytechnic State University
San Luis Obispo, California 93407
Phone: (805) 756-5070
Fax: (805) 756-6537
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Dr. Kate Riley Office: Bldg 25 Room 304 California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, California 93407 Phone: (805) 756-5070 Fax: (805) 756-6537 |
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| RESEARCH INTERESTS - My research interests are in the following areas: the preparation of secondary mathematics teachers; reasoning and proof; geometry; and integration of technology in the teaching and learning of mathematics. I am also interested in working with in-service teachers through professional development activities. |
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Riley, Kate J. (In Press). Reasoning and proof in geometry. In M. Burke (Eds.), Navigating through Reasoning and Proof in Grades 9 - 12, (Chapter 4). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Riley, Kate J. (2004). Prospective secondary mathematics teachers' conceptions of proof and its logical underpinnings. In D. McDougall & J. Ross (Ed.) Proceedings of the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Volume II, pp.729 - 735). Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Hodgson, Ted & Riley, Kate J. (2001). Real-world problems as contexts for proof. The Mathematics Teacher, 94, 9, 724-728. |
| GRANTS - California Mathematics and Science Partnership Grant (CaMSP). California Department of Education. The purpose of the CaMSP grant is to research the impact of professional development on teachers' content and pedagogical knowledge, as well as research how professional development impacts students' academic achievement. A component of this grant is the Teacher Apprentice Project. (Funded: $982,000; 2006 - 2007 and additional funding $1.3 million 2007 - 2009). |
| TEACHER APPRENTICE PROJECT - The Teacher Apprentice Project (TAP) is a win-win situation for both the Santa Maria-Bonita School District and Cal Poly. Approximately 30 - 40 undergraduate mathematics, engineering, and science students from Cal Poly will be recruited as TAP students. Their mission will ask them to work for a maximum of 10 hours per week with teachers in Santa Maria as a teacher-aide/tutor in mathematics classes grades 6th – 8th and science classes for 5th and 7th/8th grades. A grant goal is to foster the Cal Poly students into a possible path of teaching science or mathematics. |
| To sign up as a Teacher Apprentice (tutor), complete the TAP - Tutor Application Form and email (or mail) to Dr. Kate Riley. |
| CAL POLY MATHEMATICS COURSES - |
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| MATH 143 - CALCULUS II | |
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ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS |
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| Educational Java Programs-Arcytech Great Base-10 and Base-n Block Activities; Fraction Bars; Integer Bars (Cuisenaire Rods) | |
| MATH 329 - Mathematics for Elementary Teachers III | King's Math Activities |
| Shodor Mathematic Activities | National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics grades K - 12 |
| Problems with a Point | The Math Forum |
| Math.com General math to calculus topics | Malati-Mathematics Learning and Teaching Initiative |
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MATH 442 - EUCLIDEAN GEOMETRY |
| MATH 443 - MODERN GEOMETRIES | |
| GEOMETER'S SKETCHPAD LESSONS Dr. Jim Wilson - University of Georgia | |
| SCIENCEU GEOMETRY CENTER | |
| The Geometry Center (U of MN) | |
| Geometry from the Land of the Incas Problems, theorems, proofs, quizzes, with animations and sounds. Euclidean Geometry. | |
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MATH LINKS - |
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| California Mathematics Standards | |
| Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools | |
| California Commission on Teacher Credentialing |
CUT-THE-KNOT Interactive Mathematics |
| California High School Exit Exam | |
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INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE Applets in Geometry, Trigonometry, Linear Algebra and Calculus |
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| Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) |
Abstract Algebra--Quilts |
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meanwhile, back at the ranch....... |
