Christopher Parrish, Ph.D.
Education
B.S., Mathematics Education, Auburn of Montgomery, 2011
M.A., Mathematics Education, University of West Alabama, 2013
Ph.D., Mathematics Education, Auburn University, 2016
Teaching Philosophy
My teaching responsibilities are related to (1) methods of teaching mathematics, (2) curriculum and teaching in secondary schools, and (3) field supervision. Courses related to methods of teaching mathematics and curriculum and teaching in secondary schools have each been adapted to the TBL framework for both the in-person and online sections. Within many of my courses, I have also invited our Innovation in Learning Center (ILC) to conduct mid-semester Small Group Instruction Feedback sessions to inform immediate course adjustments and long-term course improvements. I have invested a considerable amount of effort to regularly collaborate with math teacher educators at other institutions to plan and implement modules in my methods of teaching courses; many of these modules have concluded in reviewed papers and conference presentations. I currently have one course that is Quality Matters Certified.
Research
My work as a researcher in mathematics education and teacher educator has primarily focused on two overlapping areas, cognitively demanding tasks and team-based learning (TBL). I have examined cognitively demanding tasks in secondary mathematics education from four different foci: (1) the role of cognitively demanding tasks within an informal learning community, (2) improving inservice teachers鈥� instruction and content-knowledge through their own engagement with cognitively demanding tasks, (3) learning t