2019 WCGTC World Conference

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3.9.14 Using 3D Printing to Engage Gifted Learners

This presentation reports on an investigation of the influence of Prototype Problem Solving Activities using 3D printing on gifted student engagement and understanding of mathematics. Designing and creating prototypes provides teachers new teaching tools to bring mathematics and engineering to life. It uses a mixed methods approach to understand the perceptions of teachers prior to implementing the lessons and changes in students’ engagement and persistence throughout the process. This session shares lesson plans and findings on how to increase gifted students’ creativity, engagement, and understanding. It also highlights the perceptions of teachers and how to support them as they explore new ways of teaching.

Author(s):

Antonia (Toni) Szymanski
antonia.szymanski@wku.edu
Western Kentucky University
United States

   

Antonia (Toni) Szymanski is an Associate Professor of Gifted Studies at Western Kentucky University. Dr. Szymanski has published several articles on the needs of gifted students and how teachers can improve the educational experience of these learners. She has done extensive work regarding advanced diverse students and the ways that schools can support them. Her work focuses on underrepresented advanced students, the psychological and social needs of these learners, creativity, and talent development. Dr. Szymanski has devoted her professional career to improving the educational experience for gifted students and supporting parents and teachers in understanding their needs.

Andrea Paganelli
andrea.paganelli@wku.edu
Western Kentucky University
United States

   

Andrea Paganelli is an associate professor at Western Kentucky University. She served as a guest editor for the Power to the Pupil: Student Agency in the School Library, March/April 2017 issue and wrote the Jan/Feb 2016 article “Storytime in a Digital World: Making a Case for Thinking Outside of the Book” for Knowledge Quest. Her coauthored publications include “The Makerspace Experience and Teacher Professional Development,” “School Library eBook Providers and Spanish Language Equity: An Analysis of eBook Collections Available to School Libraries,” and “The Online Embedded Personal Librarian Approach to Providing Reference Services via a Course Management System.”

Janet Tassell

Western Kentucky University
United States

   

With 17 years of public school experience in teaching mathematics and in K-12 administration, Dr. Janet Tassell is now an Associate Professor at Western Kentucky University, where she teaches Gifted Master’s/Specialist courses, Elementary Math Methods, and directs the Elementary Mathematics Specialist Endorsement program. She has been the co-director for Toyota Math and Technology Leadership Academy, professional development coordinator for Javits grant Project GEMS (Math and Science) initiative, and is now the co-director of DuPont-funded project, “Bowling Green Scholars of Promise (Math for High Potential Underserved Students)”. Her latest co-edited book is from Springer, Creativity and Technology in Mathematics Education.

 



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