Research interests
Amy Roth McDuffie conducts research on the professional development of preservice and practicing teachers in mathematics education. She focuses on professional growth toward more student-centered approaches that incorporate current research and theory on how students come to understand mathematics.
Teaching/professional interests
Roth McDuffie regularly teaches methods of teaching mathematics courses, including Mathematics Methods for Elementary and Middle School for undergraduate preservice teachers and graduate Masters in Teaching students, and Research in Elementary Mathematics Education for practicing elementary teachers who are Masters in Education students.
Recent accomplishments
- Roth McDuffie, A. (2009). Mathematics Curriculum Implementation via Collaborative Inquiry: Focusing on Facilitating Mathematics Classroom Discourse. In D. Slavit, T. Holmlund Nelson, and A. Kennedy (Eds.), Perspectives on Supported Collaborative Teacher Inquiry (pp. 46 – 71). Oxford, UK: Routledge.
- Roth McDuffie, A. & Mather, M.* (2009). Middle school teachers use of curricular reasoning in a collaborative professional development project. In J. Remillard, G. Lloyd, & B. Herbel-Eisenmann (Eds.), Mathematics teachers at work: Connecting curriculum materials and classroom instruction (pp. 302-320). Oxford, UK: Routledge.
- Roth McDuffie, A., Drake, C., & Herbel-Eisenmann, B. (2008). The elementary mathematics methods course: Three professors’ experiences, foci, and challenges. In B. Jaworski (Vol. Ed.) & T. Wood (Series Ed.), Handbook of mathematics teacher education: Vol. 4. The Mathematics teacher educator as a developing professional (pp. 247-264). Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense.
- Roth McDuffie, A., & Eve, N. (2009). Developing students’ understanding of area: The work of a professional learning team. Teaching Children Mathematics, 16 (1), 18-27.
- Sullivan, D., & Roth McDuffie, A. (2009). Learning multiplication with connections to meaningful contexts and language arts. Teaching Children Mathematics, 15 (8), 502-510.
- Morrison, J., & Roth McDuffie, A. (2009). Connecting science and mathematics: Using inquiry investigations to learn about data collection, analysis, and display. School Science and Mathematics, 109 (1), 31-44.
Educational background
- Ph.D Mathematics Education, University of Maryland, 1998.
- M.S. Technology for Education, Johns Hopkins University, 1991.
- Maryland Advanced Professional Certificate for Secondary Mathematics and Computer Science, 1989.
