Andrew M. Tyminski

Assistant Professor
Mathematics Education
Department of Curriculum and Instruction

Research

Research interests include effectiveness of preservice mathematics education; teacher education and professional development, the influence of teacher lust, and preservice teachers’ development of pedagogical design capacity.

Education

Ph.D.	University of Georgia, 2006, Mathematics Education
M.Ed.	University of Georgia, 2003, Mathematics Education
B.S.	Buffalo State College, 1992, Elementary Education with extension in Mathematics Education

Selected Publications

• Tyminski, A. M. (in press). Teacher lust: Reconstructing the construct. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education.
  
  
• Tyminski, A. M., Richardson, S. E., & Winarski, E. (in press). Enhancing
  think-pair-share: Mathematical communication in early childhood classrooms. Teaching Children Mathematics.
  
  
• Tyminski, A. M., Weilbacher, M., Lenburg, N., & Brown, C. (2008).
  Ladybugs and lengths: A beginning lesson on measurement. Teaching Children Mathematics. 15(1), 34 – 37.
  
  
• Tyminski, A. M. (2007). The marshmallow problem: Enacted teacher lust in a collegiate mathematics course. In T. Lambert & L. R. Weist (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 2, pp. 899-902). Stateline (Lake Tahoe), NV: University of Nevada, Reno.
  
  
• Mewborn, D. S., & Tyminski, A. M. (2006). Lortie's apprenticeship of
  observation revisited. For the Learning of Mathematics, 26(3), 39 - 42.
  
  
  

Courses Taught

EDCI 635	Content in Mathematics Education
EDCI 620C	Designing Research in Mathematics Education
EDCI 620A	Developing as a Mathematics Education Researcher
EDCI 59100	Number and Operation for Teachers of Middle Level Mathematics
EDCI 591E	Data Analysis and Probability for Teachers of Middle Level Mathematics
EDCI 591S	Algebra and Functions for Teachers of Middle Level Mathematics
EDCI 591G	Geometry and Measurement for Teachers of Middle Level Mathematics
EDCI 364	Mathematics in the Elementary School

Professional Experience

2006-present	Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
2002-2005	Graduate Assistant/Instructor University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2001-2002	Middle Grades Mathematics Teacher Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Virginia Beach, VA
2000-2001	Middle Grades Mathematics Teacher The American School of The Hague, Wassenaar, Netherlands
1993-1999	Middle Grades Mathematics and Science Teacher Virginia Beach City Public Schools, Virginia Beach, VA