Papers and Presentations

Walkington, C. (2021). The way Texas teaches math just doesn’t add up. Austin American-Statesman. https://www.statesman.com/story/opinion/columns/your-voice/2021/07/20/way-texas-teaches-math-just-doesnt-add-up/7991390002/

North Texas E-News (2021). Dramatic math-learning losses demand a new approach. http://www.ntxe-news.com/artman/publish/article_125103.shtml

Walkington, C. (2019). Five Ways to Make Math More Meaningful. Inside Sources Op-Ed. https://www.insidesources.com/five-ways-to-make-math-more-meaningful/

Yancey, R. (2019). Personalizing Algebra for Kids. TV Appearance on Good Morning Texas. https://www.wfaa.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/good-morning-texas/personalizing-algebra-for-kids/287-c71b5645-74fd-4127-aa99-40abb3236f54

Crowell, R. (2018). Algebra that fits with career goals may be key to math-loving kids. Forbes. https://www.forbes.com/sites/rachelcrowell/2018/10/03/algebra-that-fits-with-career-goals-may-be-key-to-math-loving-kids

Baron, K. (2014). Take Your Physics Class Out to the Ballgame. Education Week, Time and Learning Blog.http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/time_and_learning/2014/10/take_your_physics_class_out_to_the_ballgame.html

Schwartz, K. (2013). In Teaching Algebra, the Not-So-Secret Way to Students’ Hearts. Mindshift: A National Public Radio/PBS/KQED publication: http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/12/to-learn-algebra-the-not-so-secret-way-to-students-hearts/

Sparks, S. (2012). Studies probe power of “personalization.” Education Week, 32(5), 1-2. http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2012/09/26/05personalize_ep.h32.html

Darwin, T., Walkington, C., & Pruitt-Britton, T. (2022). Connecting Learning in Higher Education to Students’ Career and Personal Interests. In S. Huffman, D. Cunningham, M. Shavers, & R. Adamson (Eds.) Opening Pathways for Marginalized Individuals in Higher Education (pp. 147-170), IGI Global Publishing. link

Leyva, E., Walkington, C., Perera, H., & Bernacki, M. (2022). Making Mathematics Relevant: An Examination of Student Interest in Mathematics, Interest in STEM Careers, and Perceived Relevance. International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. Access full paper at: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40753-021-00159-4

Bernacki, M. L., Greene, M. J., & Lobczowski, N. G. (2021). A Systematic Review of Research on Personalized Learning: Personalized by Whom, to What, How, and for What Purpose (s)?. Educational Psychology Review, 1-41. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10648-021-09615-8

Istas, B., Walkington, C., Bernacki, M., Wang, M., & Leyva, E. (2021). When am I (n)ever going to use this? How engineers use algebra. To appear in Proceedings of the 2021 American Society for Engineering Education Annual Conference and Exposition. Virtual Meeting. link

Leyva, Elizabeth & Walkington, Candace & Bernacki, Matthew & Perera, Harsha. (2021). Making Mathematics Relevant: An Examination of Student Interest in Mathematics, Interest in STEM Careers, and Perceived Relevance. International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. link

Pruitt-Britton, T., & Walkington, C. (2021). Measuring high school students’ funds of knowledge for learning mathematics. In Proceedings of the 42^nd annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. St. Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico. link

Walkington, C., & Bernacki, M. (2021). Making classroom learning personalized. APA Division 15 Policy Brief. https://apadiv15.org/making-classroom-learning-personalized/

Howell, E., Walkington, C., Bernacki, M., & Istas, B. (2020). The connection between perception of utility in careers with math and STEM career interest. In Karunakaran, S.S., Reed, Z., & Higgins, A. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 1168-1169). Boston, Massachusetts. link

Walkington, C., & Bernacki, M. (2020). Appraising research on Personalized Learning: Definitions, theoretical alignment, advancements, and future directions. Journal of Research on Technology in Education, 52(3), 235-252. DOI: 10.1080/15391523.2020.1747757. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15391523.2020.1747757

Howell, E., & Walkington, C. (2019). An Exploration of Math Attitudes and STEM Career Interests for Community College Students. In Weinberg, A., Moore-Russo, D., Soto, H., & Wawro, M. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 1121-1122). Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. link

Walkington, C., (2017). Design research on personalized problem-posing. In Galindo, E., & Newton, J., (Eds.) Proceedings of the 39th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 195-202). Indianapolis, IN: Hoosier Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED581302.pdf

Walkington, C. & Hayata, C. (2017). Designing Learning Personalized to Students’ Interests: Balancing Rich Experiences with Mathematical Goals. ZDM Mathematics Education, 49(4), 519-530. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11858-017-0842-z

Walkington, C., & Bernacki, M. (2015). Students Authoring Personalized “Algebra Stories”: Problem-Posing in the Context of Out-of-School Interests. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 40B, 171-191. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/280716975_Students_Authoring_Personalized_Algebra_Stories_Problem-Posing_in_the_Context_of_Out-of-School_Interests

Walkington, C., Bernacki, M., Greene, M., Istas, B., & Darwin, T. (April, 2022). Personalizing Mathematics to Students’ Career Interests Using the “Stories of Algebra” Online Environment. Presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA. [link to slides and paper]

Bernacki, M., Perera, H., & Walkington, C. (April, 2022). An Integrative Variable- and Person-Centered Framework for Representing the Dimensionality of Math Interest. Presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA. link forthcoming

Bernacki, M., & Perera, H. (April, 2022). Bifactor Models to Improve Theoretical and Analytical Precision and the Opportunity to Study Motivational Processes. Presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA. link

Perera, H., Bernacki, M., & Walkington, C. (April, 2021). Profiles of STEM Vocational Interests: Relations with Socio-Demographics and Math Academic Interest. Paper presented at 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. link

Walkington, C., Bernacki, M., Wang, M., Greene, M., Istas, B., & Howell, E. (April, 2021). Posing Math Problems about STEM Careers: An Examination of Scaffolds and the Role of Interest. Paper presented at 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. link

Walkington, C., Wang, M., & Istas, B. (February, 2021). Teaching High School Math as Connected to Student Career Interests. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 2021 Virtual Conference.

Bernacki, M. L., Perera, H. N., & Walkington, C. (2020, August). Interest two ways: Examining competing (or complementary) measures and what they tell us about student interest in mathematics. Paper presented at the 2020 Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. link

Walkington, C. A., Howell, E., Istas, B.* & Bernacki, M. L. (2020, Apr 17 - 21) The Relationship Between Math Interest and STEM Career Interest: When Am I Ever Going to Use This? [Roundtable Session]. AERA Annual Meeting San Francisco, CA. link