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SELECTED Academic Conference Presentations
2023 |
Beck, S., *Ako, M., & Jao, L. (2023, May). The perspectives of secondary mathematics pre-service teachers in general education courses. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Toronto, ON.
*Choi, S. J., & Jao, L., Wiseman, D. (2023, May). Interdisciplinary teacher collaboration: Teachers' experiences with a Professional Learning Community. Poster presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Toronto, ON. *Di Placido, C., *Ako, M., Jao, L., & Wiseman, D. (2023, May). Beyond data collection: Reflections supporting students’ learning about themselves. Poster presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Toronto, ON. Jao, L., *Ako, M., & *Bran Lopez, M-J. (2023, May). Research projects in teacher education programs: The experiences of secondary mathematics pre-service teachers. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Toronto, ON. *Kiyani, M. N., & Jao, L. (2023, May). Is interdisciplinarity beneficial or challenging? A commentary on interdisciplinary mathematics education from students’ perspectives. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Toronto, ON. Jao, L., Beck, S., & *Ako, M. (2023, April). Seeking utility: Exploring secondary mathematics preservice teachers’ experiences in general education courses. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. *Kiyani, M. N., Jao, L., & *Di Placido, C. (2023, April). The real world is interdisciplinary: Exploring students’ perspectives and experiences with interdisciplinary mathematics education. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL. |
2022 |
*Choi, S. J., Jao, L., *Kiyani, M. N., *Di Placido, C., & Wiseman, D. (2022, November). Professional learning communities: Supporting interdisciplinary teaching in STEM. Paper presented at the 7th STEM in Education Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Wiseman, D., Jao, L., *Rubin, T., *Grobbecker, K., *Campo, S., & *Boisvert, M-L. (2022, November). Meeting curricular requirements: A mapping of student-directed STEM. Paper presented at the 7th STEM in Education Conference, Sydney, Australia. *Kiyani, M. N., Jao, L., *Di Placido, C., *Choi, S. J., & Wiseman, D. (2022, November). ‘ME or IdME’: How interdisciplinary mathematics education (IdME) contributes to students’ learning experiences with mathematics. Paper presented at the 44th Annual Meeting, North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Nashville, TN. *Kiyani, M. N., Jao, L., *Di Placido, C., & *Choi, S. J. (2022, August). Lifestyles Project: An Interdisciplinary Integration of Mathematics with Science, Arts and English. Paper presented at the 2022 Mathematics and its Connection to the Arts and Science International Symposium, online. Wiseman, D., Jao, L., *Rubin, T., *Boisvert, M-L., ~Loupelle, C., *Campo, S., & *Grobbecker, K. (2022, May). Mapping student-directed STEM inquiry onto the Québec Education Program. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, online. Jao, L., Sahmbi, G., & *Pearce, R. (2022, April). Becoming teacher-researchers: Secondary mathematics pre-service teachers’ experiences of research projects in their teacher education program. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA. *Kiyani, M. N. & Jao, L. (2022, March). Designing an SDG STEM Club to Educate University Students about Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Poster presented at the 95th Annual International Conference, National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), Vancouver, BC. |
2021 |
Jao, L., & Sahmbi, G. (2021, October). “Education fish in a world full of sharks”: Preservice teachers' experiences in mathematics content courses. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting, North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Philadelphia, PA.
Sahmbi, G., & Jao, L. (2021, October). Fending for themselves: Secondary mathematics pre-service teachers’ experiences as outsiders in their program. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting, North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Philadelphia, PA. Hall, J., & *Robinson, T., Jao, L. (2021, May). Non-binary people’s views of gender and mathematics. Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting, North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Mazatlán, Mexico. Jao, L., Sahmbi, G., & *Bran Lopez, M-J. (2021, April). “Sticking together in a world full of sharks”: Pre-service teachers’ perspectives of mathematics content courses. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, online. |
2020
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[Presentations in 2020 did not occur due to cancellation of conferences (COVID-19 pandemic)]
Jao, L., *Boutros, I., Wiseman, D., & *Kim, K. (2020, June). Girls’ first experiences with student-directed inquiry in their science class. Paper accepted to the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, London, ON. Jao, L., *Boutros, I., Wiseman, D., & *Kim, K. (2020, April). “I’m proud of myself and my classmates”: Girls’ experiences with student-directed inquiry in science class. Paper accepted to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Jao, L. & Radakovic, N. (2020, April). Exploring the role of borders in mathematics pre-service teacher education. Symposium accepted to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Jao, L., *Stewart, A., & *Rao, N. (2020, April). Making connections: Secondary mathematics pre-service teachers’ perceptions about their teacher education program. In Exploring the Role of Borders in Mathematics Pre-Service Teacher Education. Paper accepted to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. *Sahmbi, G., & Jao, L. (2020, April). Supporting novice teacher-educators: The teacher-educator educator. Paper accepted to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. Wiseman, D., *Kim, K., Jao, L., *Boutros, I. (2020, April). What is meaningful to students in meaningful student-directed STEAM inquiry? Paper accepted to the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. |
2019
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Jao, L., Wiseman, D., & ~Loupelle, C. (2019, June). The READ Dress Project: Student-directed STEAM inquiry. Paper presented at the 2019 National Coalition of Girls’ Schools (NCGS) Conference, Pasadena, CA.
Wiseman, D. & Jao, L. (2019, June). The READ Dress Project: Student-directed STEAM inquiry and change in practice. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Vancouver, BC. Jao, L., *Rao, N. (2019, April). Lived experiences: Secondary mathematics pre-service teachers’ perspectives about their teacher education program. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON. Jao, L., *Sahmbi, G., & *Bran Lopez, M-J. (2019, April). The Cycle of Enactment and Investigation: An approach for novice teacher educator professional development. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON. Lunney Borden, L., Wiseman, D., Beatty, R., *Carter, E., & Jao, L. (2019, April). STEM emerging from and contributing to community. Paper presented as part of the Symposium, Re-imagining the M in STEM: Mathematical Actions for Innovative, Resilient, and Culturally Rich Communities at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON. |
2018
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Hall, J., & Jao, L. (2018, December). The general public’s views of gender: Australian and Canadian perspectives. Paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, Sydney, Australia.
Hall, J., & Jao, L. (2018, July). The Australian general public’s views of gender and mathematics: A comparison of findings from binary and non-binary studies. Paper presented at the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Annual Conference, Auckland, New Zealand. Hall, J., & Jao, L. (2018, June). The Canadian general public’s views of gender and mathematics: A comparison of findings from binary and non-binary studies. Paper presented at the Canada International Conference on Education Annual Conference, Toronto, ON. Jao, L., *Sahmbi, G., & *Huang, Y. S. (2018, April). “I would've been a lost puppy”: Communities of practice to support novice teacher educators. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY. Jao, L., *Sahmbi, G., & *Huang, Y. S. (2018, April). Pre-service teachers as teaching assistants in a teaching methods course: A unique context for professional growth. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY. |
2017
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*Sahmbi, G., Jao, L., McDougall, D. (2017, May). "It's like going to Mars!": Middle school educators' perspectives on the student transition from middle to high school mathematics. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Toronto, ON.
*Sahmbi, G., Jao, L., McDougall, D. (2017, May). Educators' perspectives on collaboration in middle school mathematics. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Toronto, ON. Jao, L., Kobiela, M., *Proietti, M., & *Friedmann, D. (2017, April). Integrating urban arts and mathematics: The journey of one teacher and his students. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, San Antonio, TX. |
2016
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Jao, L. (2016, July). The important thing about secondary pre-service teacher education: Pushing pedagogical boundaries. Paper presented at the 13th International Congress on Mathematics Education, Hamburg, Germany.
Radakovic, N., Jao, L., & Jagger, S. (2016, July). Investigating interdisciplinary approaches and commitments through pre-service teachers’ use of mathematics and poetry. Paper presented at the 13th International Congress on Mathematics Education, Hamburg, Germany. Jao, L., Jagger, S., & Radakovic, N. (2016, May). Un-numbing: Pre-service teachers’ poetic understandings of number, quantity, and scale. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Calgary, AB. ~Roberts, J., TurtleCaps., Jao, L., Kobiela, M. (2016, May). Teaching scale through graffiti muralism. Paper presented as part of the Panel, The artist as cultural broker: Building an urban arts high school in Montreal through a school-university-community partnership at the Canadian Popular Culture Association Conference, Montreal, QC. Radakovic, N., Jagger, S., & Jao, L. (2016, April). My universe: Pre-service teachers' understanding of quantity and scale through poetry. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. |
2015 |
Jao, L. (2015, June). The becoming of a mathematics educator: Affirming experiences in the teacher education program. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Ottawa, ON.
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2014 |
Jao, L. (2014, July). Examining pre-service teacher education: The effects of a methods course on teachers’ beliefs. Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 38) and the North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA 36), Vancouver, BC.
Jao, L. (2014, April). Changing pre-service teachers’ beliefs about mathematics education: The effects of a mathematics pedagogy course. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, PA. |
2013
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Jao, L. (2013, November). Teacher perceptions and practices: Increasing student engagement in the Grade 9 Applied Mathematics classroom. Paper presented at the 35th Annual Meeting, North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Chicago, IL.
Jao, L., Oztok, M., & Zingaro, D. (2013, November). Constructing preservice teachers' identities through online journaling. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Meeting, North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Chicago, IL. |
2012 |
Jao, L. (2012, November). Turning beliefs into actions: A teacher’s role in the classroom to support developing mathematical learning. Paper presented at the 34th Annual Meeting, North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Kalamazoo, MI.
Jao, L., Oztok, M., & Zingaro, D. (2012, October). Online learning journals: A strategy to support teacher candidates’ professional identity development. Paper presented at World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2012, Montreal, QC. |
2011
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Jao, L. (2011, October). The Ten Dimensions and peer coaching: A collaborating combination for professional development among elementary mathematics teachers. Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Meeting, North American Chapter of the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Reno, NV.
Jao, L. (2011, July). Multiple representations as a strategy for constructing mathematical knowledge in a grade one classroom. Paper presented at the 3rd Paris International Conference on Education, Economy and Society, Paris, France. Jao, L. (2011, May). Constructing mathematical knowledge with multiple representations: A case study of a grade one teacher. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Fredericton, NB. Jao, L. (2011, May). Peer coaching and the use of the Ten Dimensions: A framework for professional development in primary mathematics. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, Fredericton, NB. |