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Premkumar Pugalenthi

Middle Grades Secondary & K-12
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mathematics
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COED 312
ppugalen@uncc.edu

Profile

Dr. Premkumar Pugalenthi completed his degree in Curriculum and Instruction in Mathematics Education (2019) from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and has both a bachelors (2009) and masters degree (2012)  in mechanical engineering. His dissertation, Integration of Engineering in a Middle Grade Mathematics Classroom: A Conceptual Framework for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Integration, showcases his expertise in a high needs educational field as well as his connection to Teaching and Learning. Dr. Premkumar Pugalenthi has extensive experience teaching both at the university and K-12 level. At the university level, he taught undergraduate and graduate Science, Mathematics, and STEM methods courses, including Foundations  of Problem Based Learning (PBL) and Rational Numbers & Operations: K-5 Learning Trajectories. He has delivered courses face-to-face, hybrid/blended, and online. He also brings extensive teaching experience formally and informally working with K-12 students at the middle and secondary levels as a Mathematics Teacher (Grades 5 – 8) at a local private school in Charlotte and as a research associate with the STEM Education.Profile

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