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MathFinder has been widely covered in the media, and our team members regularly deliver presentations and papers describing our work. We also produce a newsletter highlighting how our learning site partners use MathFinder. We encourage you to explore the links on this page for more details on all these topics.

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MathFinder in the News

November 21, 2023

Kids Test SMU Math App at Dallas Zoo – Fox News Highlight

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November 1, 2016

Want To Teach Kids About Math And Science? Take A Stroll Through The Dallas Arts District

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April 15, 2019

Explore Mathematics During a Virtual Walk Through SMU With talkSTEM’s New Video Series

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March 12, 2020

Take a Walk on the Science Side

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January 7, 2023

Celebrating the Impact of SMU Ignited Donors

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September 15, 2022

talkSTEM® Wins Math Power Prize!

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June 14, 2021

ICYMI: What’s New and Next in Dallas-Fort Worth Innovation Today

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November 22, 2021

Finding Math Everywhere – SMU Magazine

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September 17, 2021

Facilitating Student-Created Math Walks

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July 20, 2021

Opinion: The Way Texas Teaches Math Just Doesn’t Add Up

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October 26, 2020

talkSTEM® Fall Program Offers Engaging, Educational walkSTEM® Opportunities at Eight Noteworthy Dallas Spaces

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September 4, 2019

Personalizing Algebra for Kids

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Presentations

Walkington, C. (February, 2023)

Augmented Reality for Collaborative, Embodied Geometry Learning. Invited talk given at the Future of Education for Virtual and Augmented Reality (FEVAR) colloquium, Arizona State University.

Sager, M.T., Sherard, M.K., Walkington, C., Petrosino, A.J., Milton, S. (2023)

Examining Mathematical Questioning during Math Walks. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2023. Montreal, Canada: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Milton, S., Sager, M.T., Walkington, C., Petrosino, A.J., Sherard, M.K., Dhingra, K. (2023)

Student’s Affective and Physiological Attitudes toward Mathematics while Participating in Math Walks. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2023. Montreal, Canada: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Dhingra, K., Walkington, C., & Stringer, E. (in press).

Preparing Researchers: Seeing the World through a Mathematical Lens: A Place-Based Mobile App for Creating Math Walks. NSF CIRCL Center Whitepaper.

Walkington, C. (February, 2023)

Augmented Reality for Collaborative, Embodied Geometry Learning. Invited talk given at the Future of Education for Virtual and Augmented Reality (FEVAR) colloquium, Arizona State University.

Sager, M.T., Sherard, M.K., Walkington, C., Petrosino, A.J., Milton, S. (2023)

Examining Mathematical Questioning during Math Walks. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2023. Montreal, Canada: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Milton, S., Sager, M.T., Walkington, C., Petrosino, A.J., Sherard, M.K., Dhingra, K. (2023)

Student’s Affective and Physiological Attitudes toward Mathematics while Participating in Math Walks. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2023. Montreal, Canada: International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Dhingra, K., Walkington, C., & Stringer, E. (in press)

Preparing Researchers: Seeing the World through a Mathematical Lens: A Place-Based Mobile App for Creating Math Walks. NSF CIRCL Center Whitepaper.

Articles, News, and Media

Dhingra et al., 2023

Seeing the World through a Mathematical Lens: A Place-Based Game for Creating Math Walks

Sager, M.T., Sherard, M. K., Walkington, C., Milton, S., & Petrosino. A.J. (2023)

Sager, M.T., Sherard, M. K., Walkington, C., Milton, S., & Petrosino. A.J. (in review). Seeing mathematics together: A comparative case study of youths and facilitators collaborating to learn mathematics in informal settings.

Using the Outdoors to Teach STEM (2019)

An engaging activity encourages students to explore math in everyday spaces like parks and school campuses.

Bringing Math To Life (2021)

The National Science Foundation has awarded a new $2.5 million grant to SMU math curriculum researcher Candace Walkington.

SMU (2022)

Celebrating the Impact of SMU Ignited Donors.

Walkington, C., Milton, S., Petrosino, A., Sager, M., & Dhingra, K. (2022)

Student-created math walks in informal learning spaces. In Chinn, C., Tan, E., Chan, C., & Kali, Y. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 16th International Conference of the Learning Sciences – ICLS 2022 (pp. 2006-2007). Hiroshima, Japan: International Society of the Learning…

Wang, M., Walkington, C., & Dhingra, K. (2021)

Facilitating Student-Created Math Walks, Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 114(9), 670-676.