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Christine Walker

Faculty Member

Christine Walker

Biography

Dr. Walker has been a member of the Mathematics Department at Utah Valley University (UVU) since 1992. She primarily teaches College Algebra, College Algebra with Preliminaries, Methods of Secondary School Mathematics Teaching, and Algebra for Secondary Mathematics Teaching, and is a supervisor for Secondary Mathematics Student Teachers and Interns.

Currently, she is Co-Pi on the NSF Funded Robert Noyce Teaching Scholarship ($1.2 million) and was the Founder and Editor in Chief (2008-2020), for the Utah Mathematics Teacher, an annual online journal for the Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics (UCTM). Her current, and ongoing project, is funded through Senate Bill 196, where she has developed and implemented a program for secondary students "Creating equitable access and practices to enroll and support students of color,-and low-income students into CE, particularly QL courses" with a budget of $100,000.

Education

EDD, USU, 2008

Major: Curriculum & Instruction

MA, BYU, 1991

Major: Mathematics Education

BA, BYU, 1989

Major: Mathematics Education

Teaching

MATH 1050

College Algebra QL, Fall 2024

MATH 1055

College Algebra with Preliminaries QL, Fall 2024

MATH 3010

Methods of Secondary School Mathematics Teaching, Fall 2024

EDSC 4850

Student Teaching Secondary, Fall 2024

EDSC 4850

Student Teaching Secondary, Fall 2024

MATH 1050

College Algebra QL, Summer 2024

MATH 1055

College Algebra with Preliminaries QL, Summer 2024

MATH 2000

Algebraic Reasoning with Modeling QL, Spring 2024

MATH 1050

College Algebra QL, Spring 2024

MATH 1055

College Algebra with Preliminaries QL, Spring 2024

EDSC 4850

Student Teaching Secondary, Spring 2024

EDSC 4850

Student Teaching Secondary, Spring 2024

Presentations

Walker, Christine , 2024 Annual Meeting of The Utah Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (UAMTE) “Training Math Teachers to Teach Diverse Students”, "Elementary Education Presentations", Utah Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (UAMTE), BYU - Provo. (March 22, 2024)
Walker, Christine (Presenter & Author), 2024 UCTM Conference, "Teaching Culturally Diverse Students", Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics (UCTM), Utah Valley Convention Center, Provo, Utah. (January 31, 2024)
Walker, Christine , Faurot, Vivienne , t^3: tea time talks, "What Role Do Mathematicians and Statisticians Play in the Education of Secondary School Mathematics Teachers?", UVU Mathematics Department, UVU. (September 23, 2022)
Bhattacharjee, Debanjan , Walker, Christine , Parry, Alan , Zhu, Yingxian , Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference, "Master of Science in Mathematics Education at Utah Valley University", UCTM, Davis High School, Utah. (February 26, 2022)
Walker, Christine (Coordinator/Organizer), Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference, "Make-it and Take-it", Utah Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Ogden, Utah. (August 1, 2017)
Walker, Christine , Andrist, Kathy , USHE College Success & Completion Retreat, "Improving Success with Co-requisite Courses", Utah System of Higher Education, Salt Lake City, Utah. (April 21, 2017)

Scholarly/Creative Works

Walker, Christine , (2024) "Teaching Culturally Diverse Students in a Mathematics Classroom_ Ideas Composed from a Summary of the Current Literature. " (Issue: Winter 2024, vol. 16). Utah: Utah Mathematics Teacher. https://www.utahctm.com/journal
Walker, Christine , (2013) "Mathematical Foundation Lead Writer" . http://utahmiddleschoolmath.org/

Awards

Trustee Award

Utah Valley University Awards of Excellence - April, 2020

Outstanding Service as Chair of the Affiliate Connections Committee

AMTE - February 8, 2014

Nominated for the School of Science and Health Excellence Award for Service

College of Science

Nominated for the UVUSA Wolverine Achievement Award/Full-Time Faculty

UVUSA

Online Course Production for College Algebra

Utah Valley University Innovative Programming - April, 2003