Visiting Scholars

 

Hagit Sela, EDCI Math Education
	“Algebra is so interesting.” That’s what visiting scholar, Hagit Sela, believes. She is a post-doctoral student in EDCI Math Education working with Dr. Dan Chazan studying how mathematics teachers think and how this influences behavior in teaching situations.   The study uses animated comics depicting teaching situations and asks study participants to describe how they think the lesson is going. The data will be used in teacher preparation to generate discussions of alternative teaching methods.   Dr. Sela received her Master’s in Math Education and Ph.D. in Education in Science and Technology from Technicon, Israel Institute of Technology. She is joined in Maryland by her husband and two daughters, ages 6 and 10.	Quick Facts: Who: Hagit Sela From: Israel Department: EDCI Math Education Visiting from/until: July 2007 to July 2009

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