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Associate Professor, Faculty of Education
Assistant Dean, School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Ontario Tech University 61 Charles St. Oshawa, Ontario L1H 4X8 ami.mamolo@ontariotechu.ca Faculty Profile ResearchGate Profile |
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
My research is in mathematics education. My work explores how to foster and elicit reasoning that can disrupt misguided and ingrained preconceptions about mathematics content, learning, and teaching. I'm especially interested in how creative and multi-modal approaches to math teaching and learning can be networked to encourage conceptual growth, meaningful engagement, and enjoyment with mathematics.
Check out our new website www.thinkmath.ca!
New Research:
Mamolo, A., Rodney, S., & Tepylo, D. (2022). Coding and climate change: Investigating prospective teachers' pathways of attention. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior. Online First, open access doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2022.101014
How can we understand the role of technology in influencing prospective teachers’
attention during their exploration of interdisciplinary connections and learning opportunities
related to modelling social justice issues with mathematics?
attention during their exploration of interdisciplinary connections and learning opportunities
related to modelling social justice issues with mathematics?
In this research, we examine the experiences, perceptions, and needs of prospective teachers as they navigate a complex set of new and interweaving ideas for how to teach mathematics with socially relevant and responsible connections. In doing so, we draw on Mason’s (1998) perspectives about the structure of attention and awareness for mathematics teaching, to investigate the pathways of attention of middle school prospective teachers in a technology-intensive undergraduate coding course. The research findings show that teachers face challenges when they try to navigate the interdisciplinary space of mathematics, technology and societal issues (climate change) and that curiosity acts as a potential stimulus for determining how each pathway is developed and sustained.
New Project
Inclusive and experiential pedagogies for undergraduate mathematics and computer science instruction
New Project
Inclusive and experiential pedagogies for undergraduate mathematics and computer science instruction
- Funding Agency: eCampus Virtual Learning Strategy Grant (2022-2023)
- Principal Investigator: Robyn Ruttenberg-Rozen
- Collaborators: Miroslav Lovric (McMaster), Jeremy Bradbury (Ontario Tech), Ami Mamolo (Ontario Tech)
Read more about my research projects:
Mathematical Reasoning & Ambiguity
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Math Knowledge in / for Teaching
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Technology & Task Design
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SERVICE & LEADERSHIP
Currently, I serve as:
- Canadian representative on the Editorial Panel member of the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
- Editorial Board member of the Journal of Mathematical Behavior, and the Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education
- Steering Committee Member of the Fields Institute Mathematics Education Forum
- Executive Committee member, recording secretary, and newsletter editor of the Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group / Groupe Canadien d"Etude en Didactique des Mathematiques
- Board of Directors member and recording secretary of For the Learning of Mathematics
- Member of the Program Committee for the Special Interest Group of the MAA, Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education Conference
- Co-chair of the Fields Institute MathEd Forum Steering Committee
EDUCATION
- PhD in Mathematics Education (2009), Simon Fraser University
- MSc in Mathematics (2005), McMaster University
- BSc (Hons) in Mathematics (2003), McMaster University