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Name: |
Matthew Clark |
| Title: |
Assistant Professor of Mathematics |
| Education:
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Ph.D., Mathematics Education, North Carolina State University
M.S., Biostatistics, Columbia University
B.A., Mathematical Sciences, Clemson University
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| Office: |
170 Bancroft Hall |
| Phone: |
803/323-4549 |
| E-mail: |
clarkm@winthrop.edu |
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| Area(s):
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Proportional Reasoning, Teacher Preparation, Geometry Education
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Dr. Clark joined the Winthrop faculty in fall 2010. His primary area of research is middle-school students’ understanding of ratios and fractions and their use in proportional reasoning. Clark has taught geometry, pre-calculus, introductory statistics, regression analysis, college algebra, probability and logic, history of math, methods in teaching secondary mathematics, methods in teaching elementary mathematics, educational psychology, technology in teaching mathematics, problem solving, a variety of math courses for prospective elementary-school teachers, and a course on laws and ethics in the teaching profession. He has supervised 25 student-teachers completing their coursework to become math or science teachers in high schools and middle schools.