CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
Currently conducting a mixed methods research study investigating the relationships between assessments in a calculus classroom with students’ Future Time Perspectives. This research motivates my dissertation to discover how emphasis and feedback on assessments influence a student’s perceived instrumentality of the assessment and their connectedness with their future.
Currently assisting Tony Nguyen, a Ph.D. student in Clemson’s Engineering and Science Education department, with work coinciding with his dissertation topic. We are using the limited literature about symbols in mathematics to determine the symbol load and symbol density of calculus exams.
Currently assisting Khushi Patel, a Ph.D. candidate in Clemson’s Engineering and Science Education department, with work coinciding with her dissertation topic. We are taking concept maps students in a chemistry course drew to conceptualize stoichiometry and turning those maps into mathematical graphs in order to analyze the relationships students perceive.
Currently assisting Dr. Neil Calkin, Dr. Billy Bridges, and Dr. Matt Saltzman concerning placing kings on an m× n chess board and on an l × m × n board in relation to Knuthian Theory using methods from combinatorics, probability, statistics, algebraic graph theory, and computation.
Research Interests: Mathematics Education, Student Motivation, Future Time Perspective Theory, Combinatorics
For past research projects, publications, and presentations, please refer to my CV.