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Gwyneth Hughes

Boise State University

United States of America - MADISON

Provides mathematics professional development to in-service teachers in Idaho and Wisconsin via in-person and hybrid courses.

Biography

Dr. Gwyneth Hughes currently provides professional development to in-service teachers both as the online math specialist for the Initiative for Developing Mathematical Thinking at Boise State University, and through the office of Educational Outreach and Partnerships at University of Wisconsin Madison. After studying mathematics and geology at Oberlin College, she taught high school mathematics in Washington DC. She went on to study volcanology at Stanford University, completing a PhD in Geological Sciences and an MS in Geophysics. Finding that her real passion was still mathematics education, she has been working with K-12th grade math teachers at Boise State since 2010 to build content knowledge and make mathematics more accessible for all students. She is particularly interested in representing challenging mathematics topics visually and with context to connect to students' informal thinking. Much of her work at Boise State over the past three years has involved utilizing asynchronous interactive technology to make math professional development more accessible to in-service teachers, particularly in rural areas.