Elaine Young, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Mathematics Office: ST 207B Phone: (361) 825-2819 Fax: (361) 825-3056 E-Mail: elaine.young@tamucc.edu

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Education

• Ph.D. Instructional Leadership & Academic Curriculum (emphasis in Math Ed), University of Oklahoma 2002
• M.S. Mathematics, University of Oklahoma 1998
• M.Ed. Educational Psychology: Social Foundations of Education, University of Virginia 1992
• B.S. Mathematics, University of New Mexico 1988
  

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Research Interests

• Teaching and learning mathematics with children and preservice teachers
• Frustration and learning on the edge of chaos
• Kinesthetic learning of mathematics in mesospace

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Publications

• Young, E. (in press 2007). Excelling with Fibonacci and the golden mean. ON-Math.
• Young, E. (2007). Euler squares. Convergence.
• Young, E. (2006). TEKS: A mathematical continuum for the early grades. Texas
  Mathematics Teacher, LIII(2), 10-15.
• Bennett, C., Rutledge, J. J., DeYoung, M. J., & Young, E. (2006). Con-fusing pairs: An intriguing investigation of LCMs. Mathematics Teacher, 100(2), 140-144.
• Bennett, C., Rutledge, J. J., DeYoung, M. J., & Young, E. (2006). Dialogue: A route to ACT-ive learning. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 12(1), 37-39.
• Young, E., & Marroquin, C. (2006). Posing problems from children's literature. Teaching Children Mathematics, 12(7), 362-366.
• Collins, J. W. III, & O'Brien, N. P. (Eds.). (2003). The Greenwood Dictionary of Education. Westport, CN: Greenwood Press. Contributed geometry, invented procedures, operation, parallel postulate, logico-mathematical knowledge; spatial visualization, number systems, empty number line, CGI, geometric properties, Euclidean space, Non-Euclidean space, regular/irregular shapes.
• Fleener, M. J., Reeder, S. L., Young, E., & Reynolds, A. M. (2002). History of mathematics: Building Relationships for Teaching and Learning. Action in Teacher Education, 24(3), 73-84.
• Young, Elaine. (2002). Unpacking mathematical content through problem solving. Dissertation Abstracts International A, 63(08), 2819.
• Young, Elaine. (1999, Nov/Dec). What do children know about Y2K? ATE Newsletter.

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Service

• Advisor to the Council of Teachers of Mathematics (CTM), a student affiliate of the National Council of Mathematics (NCTM)