Bio

Temple Walkowiak is a Professor of Mathematics Education at North Carolina State University. Prior to her appointment at NC State, Dr. Walkowiak worked as a teacher and mathematics specialist for nine years in Virginia public schools and completed a Ph.D. in 2010 at the University of Virginia. She received her undergraduate and master’s degrees from James Madison University.

Central to her research has been identifying and examining mathematics teaching practices in elementary school classrooms to better understand teacher growth and development. As a part of this work, she has focused on how to measure mathematics teaching practices quantitatively through rigorous instrument development and validation processes. Her current research focuses on mathematics teacher on-the-job learning. She is working in partnership with elementary and middle school teachers to identify features of workgroups (e.g., grade-level planning teams, PLCs [Professional Learning Communities]) and the broader system that allow teachers’ expertise to be amplified and leveraged in mathematics teaching and learning.

Courses that Dr. Walkowiak has taught recently include:

• Undergraduate Courses
  • ELM 410 Children’s Thinking and Multiplicative Reasoning
  • ECI 296 Contemporary Approaches for Supporting All Learners

• Master’s Courses
  • ELM 555 Number Systems and Operations: K-5 Mathematical Tasks
  • ELM 654 Internship in Elementary Education

• Doctoral Courses
  • ECI 724  Professional Learning in SteM Education
  • ECI 735  Seminar in Teaching & Teacher Education