Michelle Chamberlin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor

• Phone: (970) 351-2953
• Email: michelle.chamberlin@unco.edu
• Office: Ross Hall 2240-D
• Personal Web Page

On leave (2007-2008) at the University of Wyoming:

• Phone: (307) 766-4017
• Email: mchambe5@uwyo.edu
• Office: Ross Hall 221
• Mailing address: University of Wyoming, Ross Hall 202 Dept. 3036, 1000 E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071

Education

• Ph.D. Mathematics Education, Purdue University (2002)
• M.S. Mathematics, Colorado State University (1999)
• B.S. Mathematics, Colorado State University (1997)

Current Research and Publications

• Chamberlin, M. T. (in press). Teacher discussions of students’ thinking: Meeting the challenge of attending to students’ thinking. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education.
• Chamberlin, M. T. (in press). Design principles for teacher investigations of student work. Mathematics Teacher Education and Development.
• Zawojewski, J., Chamberlin, M. T., Hjalmarson, M., & Lewis, C. (in press). The role of design experiments in teacher professional development. In A. Kelly & R. Lesh (Eds.), Design Research in Mathematics, Science & Technology Education. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Chamberlin, M. T. (2003). Teacher investigations of students' work: Meeting the challenge of attending to students' thinking. In N. A. Pateman, B J. Dougherty, and J. Zilliox (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2003 Joint Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and the North-American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education: Vol. 2 (pp.189-196). Honolulu: University of Hawaii Center for Research and Development Group.
• Middleton, J., Lesh, R., & Heger, M.(2003). Interest, identity, and social functioning: Central features of modeling activity. In R. Lesh & H. M. Doerr (Eds.), Beyond constructivism: Models and modeling perspectives on mathematics problem solving, learning, and teaching (pp. 405-431). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
• Chamberlin, M. T. (2002). Teacher investigations of students' work: The evolution of teachers' social processes and interpretations of students' thinking. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, Purdue University, West Lafayette.
• Lesh, R., & Heger, M. (2001).Mathematical abilities that are most needed for success beyond school in a technology based age of information (invited). The New Zealand Mathematics Magazine, 38(2), 1-15.