Kim Johnson

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Professor

Office: UNA 115
Phone: 610-430-3249
Fax: 610-738-0578

Email

Education

  • B.S. Millersville University of Pennsylvania
  • M.S. Mathematics Education, Millersville University of Pennsylvania
  • Ph.D. Mathematics Education, Pennsylvania State University

Research Interests

 

  • Teacher Education
  • Proportional Reasoning
  • Mathematics Education

Professional Experience

 

  • Fall 2013 - present: Assistant Professor, West Chester University
  • 2007-2013: Research Assistant for Mid-Atlantic Center for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
  • 1995-2007: Mentor Teacher for Penn State University Students, The Grier School, Tyrone, PA
  • 2000-2002: Chairperson mathematics department, The Grier School, Tyrone, PA
  • 1991-2007: Mathematics Teacher, The Grier School, Tyrone, PA

Selected Publications

  • Johnson, Kim (2016). UNDERSTANDING AND TRANSFORMING PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS’ PROPORTIONAL REASONING. Liljedahl, P., Nicol, C., Oesterle, S., & Allan, D. (Eds.).Proceedings of the 38th Conference of the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education(Vol. 1). Tucson, AZ: PMENA.
  • Zbiek, R. M., Peters, S. A., Johnson, K. H., Cannon, T., Boone, T. M., & Foletta, G. M. (2014). Locally logical mathematics: An emerging teacher honoring both students and mathematics.Journal of Mathematical Behavior.(34)58-75.
  • Erik Tillema, Tenille Cannon, Kim Johnson, Rose Mary Zbiek. (2015). Chapter 36: Area of Plane Figures. In M. K. Heid & P. S. Wilson, with G.W. Blume (Eds.),Mathematical understanding for secondary teaching: A framework and classroom-based situations. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Selected Presentations

  • Johnson, K (2016)Transforming Pre-service Teachers Proportional Reasoning.Presentation at the twentieth annual meeting of Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Irvine, CA.
  • Johnson, K., Zbiek, R.M., Bonafini, F., Kinol, D. & Cannon, T. (2013)Connecting teacher understanding of mathematics and classroom opportunities.Paper presented at the Research Pre-session of the American Educational Research Association/Special Interest Group on Research on Mathematics Education and Research Advisory Council at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 90th Annual Meeting, Denver, CO
  • Johnson, K (2012, October).Tasks that elicit proportional reasoning.Presentation at 61st Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Camp Hill, PA.
  • Johnson, K. (2012, May).Understanding proportional reasoning of pre-service teachers. Presentation at the Annual Symposium of the Pennsylvania Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Shippensburg, PA.
  • Johnson, K. (2011, November).An area model for dividing fractions.Presentation at 60th Annual Meeting of the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics, State College, PA.