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. (2004). Mathematics teaching as a
deliberate practice: An investigation of elementary
preservice teachers’ reflective thinking during
student teaching. Journal of Mathematics Teacher
Education, 7 (1), 33 – 61. Refereed.
- Roth McDuffie, A., & Graeber, A. O. (2003).
Institutional norms and policies that influence college
mathematics professors in the process of changing to
reform-based practices. School Science and Mathematics,
103 (7), 331 - 344. Refereed.
- Roth McDuffie, A., & Young, T. (2003).
Promoting discourse through children’s
literature. Teaching Children Mathematics, 9 (7), 385 -
389. Refereed.
- Roth McDuffie, A., Mather, M.* & Reynolds, K.*
(2004). Professional Development for teacher and
teacher educator through sustained collaboration
[Monograph]. In T. Watanabe & D. Thompson (Eds.)
The work of mathematics teacher educators: Exchanging
ideas for effective practice. San Diego, CA:
Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. Refereed.
- Akerson, V., & Roth McDuffie, A. (2005). The
teacher as researcher. In K. Appleton (Ed.), Elementary
science teacher education: Contemporary issues and
practices. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum. Refereed.
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.