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Allison Waling McCulloch
Academic Background
Professional Experience
University Experience
K-12 Teaching Experience
Scholarship
Selected Sample of Peer-Reviewed Articles
Note: *graduate student, **undergraduate student
Wilson, P.H., McCulloch, A.W., Wonsavage, F.P.*, Hare, E.*, & Baucom, L.* (2024). Secondary teachers’ anticipations of student responses to cognitively demanding tasks. Investigations in Mathematics Learning. https://doi:10.1080/19477503.2024.2309109
McCulloch, A.W., Dick, L.K., & Lovett, J.N. (2023). A framework for teacher noticing of students’ mathematical thinking in technology tool-mediated learning environments. School Science and Mathematics Special Issue on Teacher Noticing. https://doi.org/10.1111/ssm.12601
Bailey, N.*, & McCulloch, A.W., (2023). Habits of Mind Related to Critical Statistical Literacy: A Framework. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, Special Issue on Mathematics in society: Exploring the mathematics that underpins social issues. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2023.101063
Dick, L., Lovett, J. N., McCulloch, A. W., Bailey, N. G., Yalman Ozen, D., & Cayton, C. (2022). Preservice teacher noticing of students’ mathematical thinking in a technology-mediated learning environment. International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, 29(3), 129-142. DOI: 10.1564/tme_v29.3.02
Bailey, N.G.*, Yalman Ozen, D.*, Lovett, J.N., McCulloch, A.W., Dick, L, & Cayton, C. (2022). Using a framework to develop preservice teacher noticing of students’ mathematical thinking within technology-mediated learning environments. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 22(1). https://citejournal.org/volume-22/issue-3-22/mathematics/using-a-framework-to-develop-preservice-teacher-noticing-of-students-mathematical-thinking-within-technology-mediated-learning/
McCulloch, A.W., Lovett, J.N., Sherman, M., & Meagher, M. (2022). Challenging preservice secondary mathematics teachers’ conceptions of function. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 34, 343 – 368. doi.org/10.1007/s13394-020-00347-6
McCulloch, A.W., Lovett, J.N., Dick, L.K., & Cayton, C. (2021). Positioning each and every student as a mathematical explorer with technology. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12: Special issue on Digital Equity and the Digital Divide. 114(10), 738-749, 10.5951/MTLT.2021.0059
McCulloch, A.W., Leatham, K.R., Lovett, J.N. Bailey, N.G.*, & Reed, S.* (2021). How are we preparing secondary mathematics teachers to teach with technology?: Findings from a nationwide survey. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 52(1), 94-107.
McCulloch, A.W., Leatham, K.R., Bailey, N.G.*, Cayton, C., Fye, K.*, & Lovett, J.N. (2021). Theoretically framing the pedagogy of learning to teach mathematics with technology. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 21(2). https://citejournal.org/volume-21/issue-2-21/mathematics/theoretically-framing-the-pedagogy-of-learning-to-teach-mathematics-with-technology
Hollebrands, K.F., McCulloch, A.W., & Okumus, S. (2021). High school students’ strategies for reasoning about geometric representations of function. Dynamic Experiences in Mathematics Education, doi.org/10.1007/s40751-021-000085-9.
McCulloch, A.W., Lovett, J.N., Sherman, M., & Meagher, M. (2020). Challenging preservice secondary mathematics teachers’ conceptions of function. Mathematics Education Research Journal. doi.org/10.1007/s13394-020-00347-6
Bailey, N.*, Reed, S.*, Fye, K.*, McCulloch, A.W., Lovett, J.N. (2020). #WODB: The power of dynamic representations. To appear in Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching in PK-12, 113(10), doi.org/10.5951/MTLT.2019.0395.
McCulloch, A.W., Bailey, N.*, Fye, K.*, & Scott, G. (2020). Creating a third-space for learning to design technology-based math tasks. To appear in Mathematics Teacher Educator, 9(1), 7-11.
Lovett, J.N., McCulloch, A.W., Dick, L., & Cayton, C. (2020). Design principles for examining student practices in a technology-mediated environment. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 8(3), 120 – 133.
Lovett, J.N., McCulloch, A.W., Patterson, B.A.*, & Martin, P.S.** (2020). Is this vending machine FUNCTIONing correctly? Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching in PK-12. 113 (2), 132 – 139.
Lovett, J. N., Dick, L. K., McCulloch, A. W., & Sherman, M. F. (2019). Preservice mathematics teachers’ professional noticing of students’ mathematical thinking with technology. In L. Liu, & D. Gibson (Eds.), Research highlights in technology and teacher education 2018 (pp.71-79). Waynesville, NC: AACE – Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education. Retrieved from: https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/207261/.
McCulloch, A.W., Hollebrands, K.F., Lee, H.S., Harrison, T.*, & Mutlu, A.* (2018). Factors that influence secondary mathematics teachers’ integration of technology in mathematics lessons. Computers and Education. 123, 26 – 40.
Hollebrands, K.F., McCulloch, A.W., & Lee, H.S. (2016). Prospective teachers’ incorporation of technology in mathematics lesson plans. In Niess, M., Driskell, S., & Hollebrands, K. (Eds). Handbook of Research on Transforming Mathematics Teacher Education in the Digital Age (pp.272-292). Hearshey, PA.: IGI Global.
McCulloch, A.W., Marshall, P.L., DeCuir-Gunby, J.T. & Caldwell, T.* (2013). Math autobiographies: A window into teachers’ identities as mathematics learners. School Science and Mathematics, 113(8), 380 – 389.
DeCuir-Gunby, J.T., Marshall, P.L. & McCulloch, A.W. (2012). Using mixed methods to analyze video data: A mathematics teacher professional development example. Journal of Mixed Methods Research, 6(3), 199 – 216.
McCulloch, A.W. & Marshall, P.L. (2011). K-2 teachers’ attempts to connect out-of-school experiences to in-school mathematics learning. The Journal of Urban Mathematics Education, 4(2), 44-66.
McCulloch, A.W. (2011). Affect and graphing calculator use. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 30, 166-179.
DeCuir-Gunby, J.P., Marshall, P.L., & McCulloch, A.W. (2011). Developing and using a codebook for the analysis of interview data: An example from a professional development research project. Field Methods, 23(2), 136-155.
McCulloch, A.W., Marshall, P.L., and DeCuir-Gunby, J.P. (2009) Revealing cultural capital in children’s number representations. Teaching Children Mathematics, 16(3), 184-189. [Note: Special issue on equity with competitive acceptance rate.]
Books
McCulloch, A.W. & Lovett, J.N. (2024). Exploring Math with Technology: Practices for Secondary Math Teachers. Routledge.
Marshall, P.L, DeCuir-Gunby, J.T., & McCulloch, A.W. (2015). Beyond Axioms and Orthodoxy: A Critique of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Elementary Teaching and Professional Development. New York, NY: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. McCulloch, A.W., Lee, H.S., & Hollebrands, K. (2015).
McCulloch, A.W., Lee, H.S., & Hollebrands, K.F. (2015). Preparing to Teach Mathematics with Technology: An Integrated Approach to Algebra. (1st Edition). NC State University, Raleigh NC. Available at: http://ptmt.fi.ncsu.edu.
Honors, Awards & Recognition
2021 Awarded the National Technology Leadership Initiative Fellowship for Mathematics Education, co-sponsored by the Society for Technology and Teacher Education and Association of Mathematics Teacher Education, for best research paper “Using a framework to teach preservice mathematics teachers how to professionally notice within technology mediated environments”.
2020 Selected by the Research Council on Mathematics Learning to serve on the Editorial Board for Investigations in Mathematics Learning Journal.
2018 Selected by the president of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators to serve on the AMTE CITE Journal Editorial Board.
2018 Awarded the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics Innovator Award for my leadership in the North Carolina Collaborative for Mathematics Learning and our work supporting mathematics teachers across the state of North Carolina. This award recognizes outstanding and noteworthy contributions to mathematics education in North Carolina by having founded, initiated, pioneered, or developed some program of service that benefits mathematics education across the state.
2018 Awarded the National Technology Leadership Initiative Fellowship for Mathematics Education, co-sponsored by the Society for Technology and Teacher Education and Association of Mathematics Teacher Education, for best research paper “Preservice mathematics teachers’ professional noticing of students’ mathematical thinking with technology”. 4
2017 Recognized by the NC State Thank a Teacher Program through the NC State Office of Faculty Development.
2017 Elected President-elect of the North Carolina Chapter of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators.
2016 Nominated for the NC State Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award. Awarded at College level. Not selected at the University level.
2015 Recognized by the NC State Thank a Teacher Program through the NC State Office of Faculty Development.
2014 Recognized by the NC State Thank a Teacher Program through the NC State Office of Faculty Development.
2013 Appointed by the NC State Chancellor as Park Faculty Scholar for the Park Scholars Class of 2017.
2012 Awarded the Silvius-Wolansky Outstanding Publication Award, sponsored by the Council on Technology & Engineering Teacher Education, for the best paper published in the journal during 2012 – 2013 for the paper “Signature Approaches to Support STEM Integration”.
2011 Recognized by the NC State Thank a Teacher Program through the NC State Office of Faculty Development.
2010 Nominated by the NC State College of Education for the NC State Outstanding Teaching Award. Not selected at the University level.
2009 Awarded best early career conference paper at the 12th Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, Sponsored by the Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education for the paper “Mathematicians, Mathematics Educators and High School Mathematics Teachers Interpretations and Judgments Regarding Calculus Students’ Problem Solving Methods”.
1998 Awarded the Tandy Technology Scholars National Outstanding Teacher Award, a national teaching award sponsored by Tandy Corp. and RadioShack recognizing teachers who have “achieved excellence in the areas of science, computer science, and mathematics”.
1996 Awarded the A+ Teacher Award, recognizing the Tomball Independent School District high school teacher of the year.