Dr. Marta Kobiela (she/her)
- Mathematics learning and teaching, especially geometry and spatial mathematics
- Learning of disciplinary and professional practice and reasoning
- Teacher education and teacher educator practice and learning
- Design-based research methodology
Marta Kobiela is an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE) and Director of the Visualization, Interaction, and Reasoning Lab. Marta鈥檚 research focuses broadly on understanding how individuals learn disciplinary and professional practices and the environments that support their learning. She is particularly interested in the learning of visual practices through interactions with materials and people.
In one line of work, Marta investigates how to develop students鈥� reasoning and 鈥渟eeing鈥� to cultivate authorship and agency in mathematics, especially in contexts involving geometry and spatial mathematics, because of the belief that they have particular material and bodily affordances for supporting students鈥� reasoning and visualization. Moreover, space and geometry are foundational to other STEM disciplines, so that reasoning about space makes other forms of STEM more accessible to students of all ages.
In another line of work, Marta investigates how to support the development of pre-service teachers, teachers, and teacher educators in engaging in the professional practices of teaching and facilitation, in the context of mathematics education. Part of her research in this area seeks to characterize the interactional practices that support professional learning. A second part of this research focuses on characterizing professional noticing within moments of interaction.
To learn more about Marta's research, please visit her lab website:听/virl/
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Ph.D., Teaching & Learning (Math & Science Education), Vanderbilt University
M.S., B.S., Mathematics, Texas A&M University
Kobiela, M., Iacono, H., Cho, S., & Chandrasekhar, V. (2023). .听
Kobiela, M., & Lehrer, R. (2019). Supporting dynamic conceptions of area and its measure. Mathematical Thinking and Learning. 21(3), 178-206.
Kobiela, M., Jackson, K. J., Shahan, E., & Savard, A. (2018). Sorting to develop definitional reasoning. Teaching Children Mathematics. 24(4). 250-257.
Kobiela, M., & Lehrer, R. (2015). . 46(4), 423-454.
Lehrer, R., Kobiela, M., & Weinberg, P. J. (2013). Cultivating inquiry about space in a middle school mathematics classroom. The International Journal on Mathematics Education (ZDM), 45(3), 365-376.
Lehrer, R., Kobiela, M., & Weinberg, P. J. (2013). Cultivating inquiry about space in a middle school mathematics classroom. The International Journal on Mathematics Education (ZDM), 45(3), 365-376.
Prospective graduate students should review Marta's research projects listed as part of the听Visualization, Interaction, & Reasoning Lab听and contact her directly to enquire about grad studies and supervision.
