jesse lm wilkins “jay” - Virginia Tech

JESSE L. M. WILKINS “JAY”

CURRICULUM VITAE

2021

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Office: Virginia Tech

School of Education 330 Sterrett Drive Public Safety Building, Suite 201 (0313)

Blacksburg, VA 24061

Phone: (540) 231-8326

E-mail: [email protected]

EDUCATION

1997 Ph. D., Curriculum and Instruction, Mathematics Education

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Advisor: Dr. Kenneth J. Travers

1992 M.S., Mathematics


1987 B.S., Mathematics

Davidson College

North Carolina Teacher Certification: Secondary School Mathematics

CONTINUING RESEARCH INTERESTS

Students' development of quantitative literacy

Mathematical beliefs and attitudes

Students’ development of fraction concepts

Teaching and learning of probability and statistics

Models of mathematical learning

Curriculum Vitae, Jesse L. M. Wilkins 2

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2011-present Professor, School of Education

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

2017-present Professor, Affiliate Faculty, Department of Mathematics


2003-2011 Associate Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning


1998-2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Teaching and Learning


1997-1998 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction


1997-1998 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Committee on Institutional Cooperation


1996-97/1994-95 Teaching Assistant, Department of Curriculum and Instruction


1995-1996 Visiting Lecturer, Department of Curriculum and Instruction


1994-1995 Research Assistant, Department of Educational Psychology


Summer, 1994 Teaching Assistant, Department of Curriculum and Instruction


1991-1994 Academic Advisor, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences


1989-1990 Mathematics Teacher (Grades 9-12)

Ragsdale High School, Greensboro, NC

1987-1989 Mathematics Teacher (Grades 9-12)

Carver High School, Winston-Salem, NC

AWARDS

Teaching Award, School of Education, Virginia Tech, 2009

Excellence in Outreach Award, College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia Tech,

2009

William C. Lowry Mathematics Teacher of the Year (College/University Level), Virginia

Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2008

P-12 Outreach Award, School of Education, Virginia Tech, 2008

Innovative Teacher Award, Phi Delta Kappa, Virginia Tech, 2002

North Carolina Congressional Teachers Scholarship, 1987


GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Ulrich, C. (PI), Wilkins, J. L. M. (Co-PI), Kreye, B. C., (Co-PI), Norton, A. H., (Co-PI,

Wawro, M. (Co-PI). (2013-2018). Virginia Teach, Phase II: A Community-Based

Approach to Serving Mathematics Students in Need, National Science Foundation,

$800,000.

Ulrich, C. (PI), Wilkins, J. L. M. (Co-PI). (January 2015 - June 2015). CLAHS Grant-Writing

Incentive Grant, Sponsored by College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences, Virginia

Tech, $3,000.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (PI), Norton, A. (Co-PI), Lovin, L. A. (Co-PI), Stevens, A. (Co-PI),

Siegfried, J. (Co-PI), Busi, R. (Co-PI). (2014-2015). Fraction Schemes and Operations:

An Extension to Prospective PreK-8 Teachers (Scale-Up Grant Proposal), 4-VA,

$20,000.

Lovin, L. A. (PI), Norton, A. (Co-PI), Wilkins, J. L. M. (Co-PI), Stevens, A. (Co-PI),

Siegfried, J. (Co-PI). (2013-2014). Fraction Schemes and Operations: An Extension to

Prospective PreK-8 Teachers, 4-VA, $4,988.

Skaggs, G. E. (PI), Wilkins, J. L. M. (Co-PI), & Hein, S. F. (Co-PI). (2011-

2013). Determining Algebra Readiness and Cognitive Skills Profiles by Using a

Diagnostic Cognitive Model to Set a Performance Standard on a Pre-Algebra Test.

National Science Foundation, $348,000.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (PI). (2011-2014). K-8 Mathematics Specialist Program (Abingdon).

Sponsored by Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, $25,000.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (PI). (2008-2011). Assessing Quantitative Literacy of Undergraduate

Students, National Science Foundation, $199,964.

Norton, A. (PI), Wilkins, J. L. M. (Co-PI), Kreye, B. C. (Co-PI), Ulrich, C. (Co-PI), &

Wawro, M. (Co-PI). (2008-2013), Virginia Teach: Serving Mathematics Students in

Need. National Science Foundation (Robert C. Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program),

$890,307.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (PI) & Norton, A. H. (Co-PI). (2008-2009). Strategies for collaborative

teaching of mathematics in grades 6 and 7, Virginia Department of Education, $311,649.

Evans, M. A. (PI), Wilkins, J. L. M. (Co-PI), Quek, F. (Co-PI)., & Ehrich, R.(Co-PI). (2008-

2011). Social Organization, Learning Technologies & Discourse: System Features for

Facilitating Mathematical Reasoning in PreK-3 Students. National Science Foundation,

$355,129.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (PI), & Lloyd, G. M. (Co-PI). (2005-2006). Mathematics Specialists in

Southwest Virginia. Virginia Department of Education, $74,000.

Evans, M. A. (PI), & Wilkins, J. L. M. (Co-PI). (2005). The Interaction between

Organizational Style and Interface Mode: Investigating Factors for Designing Advanced,

Research-based Instructional Technologies for Mathematics. Office of Educational

Research and Outreach, School of Education, Virginia Tech, $5,620.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2005). The Virginia Mathematics Specialist Project. Sub-contract from the

University of Virginia, $5,083.


Patty, C. W. (PI), & Wilkins, J. L. M. (Co-PI) (2000-2005, no cost extension until 2008).

Systemic Reform of Mathematics K-5 for Virginia, National Science Foundation,

$2,894,459.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Graham, G. (2000). The Relationship between Academic Achievement

and Allocated Time for Art, Music, and Physical Education. Department of Teaching and

Learning Research Grant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, $1,766.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (PI). (2000). Enhancing Preservice Teachers' Understanding of Probability

and Data Analysis. Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Mini-Grant,

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, $380.

Doolittle, P. E. (PI), Wilkins, J. L. M. (Co-PI), Hicks, D. (Co-PI), Hess, E. (Co-PI), Brown,

L. (Co-PI) (2000). Development of Cross-Curricular Teaching Strategies: An Internet

Resource Project. Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Instructional

Enhancement Grant, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, $3590.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (Spring, 1999). American Educational Research Association Grant to attend

the Advanced Institute on HLM for Education Policy Research, Montreal, CA.

Wilkins, J. L. M., (Fall, 1998). U. S. Department of Education (NCES) Grant to attend Third

International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) Training Seminar, Rockville,

Maryland.

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

Wilkins, J. L. M., Woodward, D., & Norton, A. (in press). Children’s number sequences as

predictors of later mathematical development. Mathematics Education Research Journal.

Wilkins, J. L. M., MacDonald, B. L., & Norton, A. (in press). Construction of subitized units

is related to the construction of arithmetic units. Educational Studies in Mathematics.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Bowen, B. D., & Mullins, S. B. (2021). First mathematics course in college

and graduating in engineering: Dispelling the myth that beginning in higher-level

mathematics courses is always a good thing. Journal of Engineering Education, 110(3),

616-635.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Jones, B. D., & Rakes, L. (2021). Students’ class perceptions and ratings of

instruction: Variability across undergraduate mathematics courses. Frontiers in

Psychology, 12:576282. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.576282

Zwanch, K., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2021). Releasing the conceptual spring to construct

multiplicative reasoning. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 106(1), 151-170.

Gu, F., Wu, H., Yung, Y-F., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2021). Standard error estimates for rotated

estimates of canonical correlation analysis: An implementation of the infinitesimal

jackknife method. Behaviormetrika, 48, 143-168.

Stevens, A. L., Wilkins, J. L. M., Lovin, L. A. H., Siegfried, J., Norton, A., & Busi, R.

(2020). Promoting sophisticated fraction constructs through instructional changes in a


mathematics course for preK-8 prospective teachers. Journal of Mathematics Teacher

Education, 23(2), 153-181.

Skaggs, G., Hein, S. F. & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2020). Using diagnostic profiles to describe

borderline performance in standard setting. Educational Measurement: Issues and

Practice, 39(1), 45-51.

MacDonald, B. L. & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2019). Subitising activity relative to units

construction: A case study. Research in Mathematics Education, 21(1), 77-95.

Bowen, B., Wilkins, J. L. M., & Ernst, J. (2019). How calculus eligibility and at-risk status

related to graduation rate in engineering degree programs. Journal of STEM Education,

19(5), 26-31.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Norton, A. (2018). Learning progression toward a measurement concept

of fractions. International Journal of STEM Education, 5:27.

Lovin, L. H., Stevens, A. L., Siegfried, J., Wilkins, J. L. M., & Norton, A. (2018). Pre-K-8

prospective teachers’ understanding of fractions: An extension of fractions schemes and

operations research. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 21(3), 207-235.

Norton, A., Wilkins, J. L. M., & Xu C. Z. (2018). A progression of fraction schemes common

to Chinese and U.S. students. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 49(2),

210-226.

Uribe-Flórez, L. J., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2017). Manipulative use and elementary school

students' mathematics learning. International Journal of Science and Mathematics

Education, 15(8), 1541-1557.

Skaggs, G., Wilkins, J. L. M., & Hein, S. F. (2017). Estimating an observed score distribution

from a cognitive diagnostic model. Applied Psychological Measurement, 41(2), 150-154.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Ulrich, C. (2017). The role of skip counting in children's reasoning.

Virginia Mathematics Teacher, 43(2), 8-14.

Ulrich, C., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2017). Using written work to investigate stages in sixth-

grade students' construction and coordination of units. International Journal of STEM

Education, 4:23.

Parkes, K., Jones, B., Wilkins, J. L. M. (2017). Assessing music students’ motivation using

the MUSIC model of academic motivation inventory. Applications of Research in Music

Education, 35(3), 16-22.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2016). An assessment of the quantitative literacy of undergraduate

students. Journal of Experimental Education, 84(4), 639-665.

Skaggs, G., Wilkins, J. L. M., & Hein, S. F. (2016). Grain size and parameter recovery with

TIMSS and the general diagnostic model. International Journal of Testing, 16(4), 310-

330.

Skaggs, G., Hein, S. F. & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2016). Diagnostic profiles: A standard setting

method for use with a cognitive diagnostic model. Journal of Educational Measurement,

53(4), 448-458.

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Wilkins, J. L. M. (2015). Standards-based mathematics curricula and the promotion of

quantitative literacy in elementary school. International Journal of STEM Education,

2:19.

Norton, A., Boyce, S., Phillips, N., Anwyll, T., Ulrich, C., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2015). A

written instrument for assessing students' units coordination structures. Journal of

Mathematics Education, 10(2), 111-136.

Kosko, K. W., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2015). Does time matter in improving mathematical

discussions? The influence of mathematical autonomy. Journal of Experimental

Education, 83(3), 368–385.

Norton, A., Wilkins, J. L. M., Evans, M. A., Deater-Deckard, K., Balci, O., & Chang, M.

(2014). Technology helps students transcend part-whole concepts. Mathematics Teaching

in the Middle School, 19(6), 352-358.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Norton, A. & Boyce, S. J. (2013). Validating a written instrument for

assessing students' fractions schemes and operations. The Mathematics Educator, 22(2),

31-54.

Norton, A., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2013). Supporting students' constructions of the splitting

operation. Cognition and Instruction, 31(1), 2-28.

Jones, B., Wilkins, J. L. M. (2013). Testing the MUSIC model of academic motivation

through confirmatory factor analysis. Educational Psychology, 33(4), 482–503.

Norton, A., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2012). The splitting group. Journal for Research in


Jones, B., Wilkins, J. L. M., Long, M. H., & Wang, F. (2012). Testing a motivational model

of achievement: How students’ mathematical beliefs and interests are related to their

achievement. European Journal of Educational Psychology. 27(1), 1-20.

Kosko, K. W., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2012). Students' quality of mathematical discussion and

their self-determination in mathematics. Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 4(3),

15-30.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Norton, A. (2011). The splitting loope. Journal for Research in


Kosko, K. W., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2011). Communicating quantitative literacy: An

examination of open-ended assessment items in TIMSS, NALS, IALS, and PISA.

Numeracy, 4(2): Article 3.

Evans, M. A., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2011). Classroom organization and instructional artifacts:

Emergent socio-technical affordances and constraints for children’s geometric thinking.

Journal of Educational Computing Research, 44(2), 141-171.

Uribe, L. & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2010). Elementary teachers' use of manipulatives. School

Science and Mathematics, 110(7), 363-371.

Kreye, B. C., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2010). Providing real-world experiences: The Virginia

Tech externship for mathematics specialists. Journal of Mathematics and Science:

Collaborative Exploration, 12, 119-130.

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Norton, A. H., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2010). Students’ partitive reasoning. Journal of

Mathematical Behavior, 29(4), 181-194.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2010). Modeling quantitative literacy. Educational and Psychological

Measurement, 70(2), 267-290.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2010). Elementary school teachers’ attitudes toward different subjects.

The Teacher Educator. 45(1), 23-36.

Kosko, K., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2010). Mathematical communication and its relation to the

frequency of manipulative use in fifth grade classrooms. International Electronic Journal

of Mathematics Education, 5(2), 79-90.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Jones, B. D. (2009). An examination of a state-level mathematics test:

What type of learning does the test actually measure? Planning and Changing, 40(3/4),

194-206.

Norton, A. & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2009). A quantitative analysis of children’s splitting

operations and fraction schemes. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 28(2/3), 150-161.

Kosko, K., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2009). General educators’ inservice training and their self-

perceived ability to adapt instruction for students with IEPs. The Professional Educator,

33(2), 14-23.

Kosko, K., Wilkins, J. L. M., & Pitts Bannister, V. R. (2009). Writing sophistication in

students answers to algebraic questions. The Mathmate, 33(1), 18-22.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2008). The relationship among elementary teachers' content knowledge,

attitudes, beliefs, and practices. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 11(2), 139-

164.

Ma, X., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2007). Mathematics coursework regulates growth in

mathematics achievement. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 38(3), 230-

257.

Pitts Bannister, V. R., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2007). "I can't write all the way to 100":

Recognizing students' emerging algebraic strategies. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle

School, 13(5), 278-282.

Brand, B. R., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2007). Using self-efficacy as a construct for evaluating

elementary science and mathematics methods courses. Journal of Science Teacher

Education, 18(2), 297-317.

Nichols, W. D., Wilkins, J. L. M., Rupley, W. H., Helfeldt, Jr., Young, C. A., & O'Connor,

C. R. (2006). Examining elementary and middle- school teachers' beliefs and instructional

practices related to reading. Journal of Balanced Reading Instruction, 13, 37-58.

Wilkins, M. M., Wilkins, J. L. M., & Oliver, T. (2006). Differentiating the curriculum for

elementary gifted mathematics students. Teaching Children Mathematics, 13(1), 6-13.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2004). Mathematics and science self-concept: An international

investigation. Journal of Experimental Education, 72(4), 331-346.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Brand, B. R. (2004). Change in preservice teachers’ beliefs: An

evaluation of a mathematics methods course. School Science and Mathematics, 104(5),

226-232.

https://courseware.vt.edu/users/wilkins/TCM_Aug2006.pdf

https://courseware.vt.edu/users/wilkins/TCM_Aug2006.pdf

https://courseware.vt.edu/users/wilkins/JXE_2004.pdf

https://courseware.vt.edu/users/wilkins/JXE_2004.pdf

https://courseware.vt.edu/users/wilkins/SSM_2004.pdf

https://courseware.vt.edu/users/wilkins/SSM_2004.pdf


Baroody, A. J., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2004). Inverting a triangular array: Involving students in

mathematical inquiry. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 9(6), 306-313.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Ma X. (2003). Modeling change in student attitude toward and beliefs

about mathematics. Journal of Educational Research, 97(1), 52-63.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Reese, G. C. (2003). The persuasiveness of computer-based simulations

on students' probabilistic misconceptions. Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics,

25(3), 18-46.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Graham, G., Parker, S., Westfall, S., Fraser, R. G., Tembo, M. (2003).

Time in the arts and physical education and school achievement. Journal of Curriculum

Studies, 35(6), 721-734.

Wilkins, J. L. M. & Ma, X. (2002). Predicting student growth in mathematical content

knowledge. Journal of Educational Research, 95(5), 288-298.

Ma, X. & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2002). The development of science achievement in middle and

high school: Individual differences and school effects. Evaluation Review, 26(4), 395-

417.

Lovin, L. H. & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2002). How high-stakes testing can inhibit computational

fluency. Virginia Mathematics Teacher, 29(1), 24-26.

Graham, G., Wilkins, J. L. M., Westfall, S., Parker, S., Fraser, R., Tembo, M. (2002). Art,

music, and physical education in elementary schools and high stakes testing. Journal of

Physical Education, Recreation and Dance, 73(8), 51-54.

Westfall, S., Parker, S. Graham, G., Fraser, R., Tembo, M., Wilkins, J. L. M. (2002). How

much time do Virginia elementary schools allocate for specialists in art, music, and

physical education. The Virginia Journal, 24(1), 11-13.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Hicks, D. (2001). A s(t)imulating study of map projections: An

exploration integrating mathematics and social studies. Mathematics Teacher, 94(8), 660-

671.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Baroody, A. J., & Tiilikainen, S. (2001). Kindergartner’s understanding of

additive commutativity within the context of word problems. Journal of Experimental

Child Psychology, 79(1), 23-36.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2000). Preparing for the 21st century: The status of quantitative literacy in

the United States. School Science and Mathematics, 100(8), 405-418.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2000). Why divide by n-1? Illinois Mathematics Teacher, 51(1), 13-18.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2000). Why is the year 2000 a leap year? Mathematics Teaching in the

Middle School, 5(6), 360-362.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1999). Demographic opportunities and school achievement. Journal of

Research in Education, 9(1), 12-19.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1999). Predicting school-level success on the mathematics Standards of

Learning tests. Virginia Mathematics Teacher, 26(1), 16-19.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1999). An investigative approach to teaching mathematics: Excitement and

concerns of K-8 preservice teachers. The Journal of Mathematics and Science:

Collaborative Explorations, 2(2), 105-109.

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Wilkins, J. L. M. (1999). The cereal box problem revisited. School Science and Mathematics,

99(3), 117-123.

Book Chapters

Sloane, F. C., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2017). Aligning statistical modeling with theories of

learning in mathematics education research. In J. Cai (Ed.), Compendium for Research in

Mathematics Education (pp. 183-207). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of

Mathematics.

MacDonald, B. L., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2017). Seven types of subitizing activity

characterizing young children's mental activity. In S. Marx (Ed.), Qualitative research in

STEM, (pp. 256-286). New York, NY: Routledge.

Jones, B. D., Uribe-Florez, L., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2011). Motivating mathematics students

with manipulatives: Using self-determination theory to intrinsically motivate students. In

D. J. Brahier, Motivation and disposition: Pathways to learning mathematics (pp. 215-

227). Reston, VA: National Council of Teacher of Mathematics.

Wilkins, M. M., Wilkins, J. L. M., & Oliver, T. (2008). Differentiating the curriculum for

elementary gifted mathematics students. In J. M. Bay-Williams & K. Karp (Eds.).

Growing professionally: Readings from NCTM Publications for Grades K-8, (pp. 136-

144), Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Reprinted by NCTM

from Wilkins, Wilkins, & Oliver (2006).

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Hicks, D. (2004). A s(t)imulating study of map projections: An

exploration integrating mathematics and social studies. In K. W. Girard & M. P.

Aukshun (Eds.), Using activities from the "Mathematics Teacher" to support principles

and standards, (pp. 211-222). Reston , VA: National Council of Teachers of

Mathematics. Reprinted by NCTM from Wilkins & Hicks (2001).

Baroody, A. J, Wilkins, J. L. M., & Tiilikainen, S. (2003). The development of children’s

understanding of additive commutativity: From protoquantitive concept to general

concept? In A. J. Baroody and A. Dowker (Eds.), The development of arithmetic concepts

and skills: Constructing adaptive expertise (pp. 127-160). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence

Erlbaum Associates.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Zembylas, M., & Travers, K. J. (2002). Investigating correlates of

mathematics and science literacy in the final year of secondary school. In D. F. Robataille

& A. E. Beaton, (Eds.), Secondary Analysis of the TIMSS Results: A Synthesis of

Current Research (pp. 291-316). Boston, MA: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Baroody, A. J., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (1999). The development of informal counting, number,

and arithmetic skills and concepts. In J. V. Copeley (Ed.), Mathematics in the Early

Years. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Sanchez Robayo, B. J. & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2020). Conditional probability in early

childhood. A case study. In Sacristán, A.I., Cortés-Zavala, J.C. & Ruiz-Arias, P.M.

(Eds.). Mathematics education across cultures: Proceedings of the 42nd Annual

Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology


of Mathematics Education (pp. 1331-1335). Cinvestav / AMIUTEM / PME-NA.

https:/doi.org/10.51272/pmena.42.2020

Mullins, S. B., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2019). Investigating teachers’ probability literacy. In

Otten, S., Candela, A. G., de Araujo, Z., Haines, C., & Munter, C. (Eds.), Proceedings of

the forty-first annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group

for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 375-379). St Louis, MO: University of

Missouri.

Serbin, K. S., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2019). An undergraduate preservice teacher’s

mathematical and pedagogical content knowledge of conditional probability. In Otten, S.,

Candela, A. G., de Araujo, Z., Haines, C., & Munter, C. (Eds.), Proceedings of the forty-

first annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the

Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1192-1196). St Louis, MO: University of

Missouri.

Tiraphatna, M., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2019). College students’ understanding of conditional

probability. In Otten, S., Candela, A. G., de Araujo, Z., Haines, C., & Munter, C. (Eds.),

Proceedings of the forty-first annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 385-389). St

Louis, MO: University of Missouri.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Norton, A., & Ulrich, C. (2017). Activating a fourth level of units

coordination. In Galindo, E., & Newton, J. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 39th annual

meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of

Mathematics Education (pp. 271-274). IN: Hoosier Association of Mathematics Teacher

Educators.

MacDonald, B. L., Boyce, S., Xu, C. Z., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2015). Frank's perceptual

subitizing activity relative to number understanding and orientation: A teaching

experiment. In Bartell, T. G, & Bieda, K. N., Putnam, R. T., Bradfield, K., & Dominguez,

H. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 37th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 149-156). East

Lansing, MI: Michigan State University.

Busi, R., Lovin, L. A., Norton, A., Siegfried, J., Stevens, A., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2015). An

investigation of preK-8 preservice teachers’ construction of fraction schemes and

operations. In Bartell, T. G, & Bieda, K. N., Putnam, R. T., Bradfield, K., & Dominguez,

H. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 37th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 616-623). East

Lansing, MI: Michigan State University.

Norton, A., Wilkins, J. L. M., Boyce, S. (2012). Supporting students’ constructions of

fractions schemes: is there an app for that, too? In Van Zoest, L. R., Lo, J.-J., & Kratky, J.

L. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 34th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1135-1138).

Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University.

Baldwin, R. M., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2011). Pre-service teacher conceptions of real number.

In Wiest, L. R., & Lamberg, T. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the

North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics

Education (pp. 1259-1268). Reno, NV: University of Nevada, Reno.


Boyce, S. J., Wilkins, J. L. M., & MacDonald, B. L. (2011). Teaching students to estimate

probabilities: The frequentist approach and its relationship with statistical understanding.

In Wiest, L. R., & Lamberg, T. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the



Johnston, A. L., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2011). Probabilistic misconceptions of preservice

teachers. In Wiest, L. R., & Lamberg, T. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting

of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of

Mathematics Education (pp. 259-267). Reno, NV: University of Nevada, Reno.

Mistele, J. M., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2011). Probability knowledge and a preservice teacher. In

Wiest, L. R., & Lamberg, T. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Meeting of the North

American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics


Norton, A., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2011). The genesis of splitting: A gateway to algebraic

reasoning. In Wiest, L. R., & Lamberg, T. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 33rd Annual

Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of

Mathematics Education. Reno, NV: University of Nevada, Reno.

Norton, A., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2010). Mathematical structures and mental structures. In

Brosnan, P., Erchick, D. B., & Flevares, L. (Eds.). (2010). Proceedings of the 32nd

annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the

Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 728-735). Columbus, OH: The Ohio State

University.

Uribe, L., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2010). Hispanic students’ mathematics learning and

manipulative use. In Brosnan, P., Erchick, D. B., & Flevares, L. (Eds.). (2010).

Proceedings of the 32nd annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 481-488).

Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University.

Kosko, K. W., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2010). Communicating quantitative literacy. In Brosnan,

P., Erchick, D. B., & Flevares, L. (Eds.). (2010). Proceedings of the 32nd annual meeting


Mathematics Education (pp. 345-353). Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University.

Conn, A., Johnston, A., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2010). Quantitative literacy: Preservice

teachers’ mathematical knowledge, beliefs, and dispositions. In Brosnan, P., Erchick, D.

B., & Flevares, L. (Eds.). (2010). Proceedings of the 32nd annual meeting of the North


Education (pp. 902-909). Columbus, OH: The Ohio State University.

Evans, M. A., Wilkins, J. L. M., Motto, A., Brunger, A., & Crider, J. (2011). Group meaning

in mathematical discourse: A multimodal analysis of preK students using multi-touch

virtual manipulatives. In Spada, H., Stahl, G., Miyake, N., Law, N. (Eds.) Connecting

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice: CSCL2011

Conference Proceedings. Volume II — Short Papers & Posters (pp. 806-810).

International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Evans, M. A., Cider, J., Motto, A., Brunger, A., Wilkins, J. L. M. (2011). PreK teachers &

students using multi-touch virtual manipulative: an analysis of usability and learner-


centered design. In Spada, H., Stahl, G., Miyake, N., Law, N. (Eds.) Connecting

Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning to Policy and Practice: CSCL2011

Conference Proceedings. Volume II — Short Papers & Posters (pp. 934-935).

International Society of the Learning Sciences.

Norton, A., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2009). A comparison of part-whole and partitive reasoning

with unit and non-unit proper fractions. In S. L. Swars, D. W. Stinson, & S. Lemons-

Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st annual meeting of the North American Chapter of

the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 5, (pp. 748-

756). Atlanta, GA: Georgia State University.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2007). Teachers' probabilistic thinking related to the representativeness

heuristic. In T. Lamberg & 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, (pp. 158-166). Reno, NV: University of Nevada-Reno.

Wilkins, J .L. M. (2005). What are state-level mathematics tests actually measuring? In G. M.

Lloyd, M. Wilson, J. L. M. Wilkins, & S. L. Behm (Eds.). Proceedings of the 27th annual


Mathematics Education [CD-ROM]. Eugene, OR: All-Academic.

Behm, S. L., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2004). Quantitative literacy: The creation of a framework

to analyze instructional materials for the promotion of a literate society. In D. E.

McDougall, J. A. Ross (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-sixth Annual Meeting of the


Education, Vol. 1, (pp. 343-349).

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2002). The impact of teachers' content knowledge and attitudes on

instructional beliefs and practices. In D. S. Mewborn (Ed.), Proceedings of the Twenty-

first Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the

Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, (pp. 1579-1587).

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1999). Students' perceptions of instruction and its relationship to the

development of quantitative literacy. In F. Hitt, & M. Santos (Eds.), Proceedings of the

Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group

for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 1, (pp. 327-334).

Books

Lloyd, G. M., Wilson, M., Wilkins, J. L. M., & Behm, S. L. (Eds.). (2005). Proceedings of

the 27th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for

the Psychology of Mathematics Education [CD-ROM]. Eugene, OR: All Academic.

Wilkins, J. L. M. & Girves, J. E. (1998). Degrees earned by CIC women in science,

engineering, and mathematics: Baseline data 1966-1995. Champaign, IL: Committee

on Institutional Cooperation.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1996). Probability and statistics: Solutions to selected exercises using

Resampling StatsTM. Champaign, Illinois: Stipes Publishing L. L. C.

Book Reviews

http://www.math.vt.edu/people/lloyd/pmena2005/proceedings_info.htm




Kosko, K. W., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2016). What mathematics do students know and how is

that knowledge changing? Evidence from the National Assessment of Educational

Progress [Book Review]. Teachers College Record.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2000). [Review of the books Teaching fractions and ratios for

understanding and MORE in-depth discussion of the reasoning activities in "teaching

fractions and ratios for understanding"]. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School,

5(6), 405.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1999). [Review of the book Middle-grade teachers' mathematics

knowledge and its relationship to instruction: A research monograph]. Mathematics

Teaching in the Middle School, 4(8), 548.

REPORTS AND OTHER SCHOLARLY PAPERS

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Norton, A. (2009). Strategies for collaborative teaching of mathematics

in grades 6 and 7: Final report. Submitted to the Virginia Department of Education.

Patty, C. W., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2008). Systemic reform of mathematics K-5 for Virginia.

Final report. Submitted to the National Science Foundation.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Lloyd, G. M. (2006). Mathematics specialists in southwest Virginia:

Final report. Submitted to the Virginia Department of Education.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2001). Systemic reform of mathematics K-5 for Virginia: Teacher

questionnaire (FORM E). Blacksburg, VA: COMET.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2000). Systemic reform of mathematics K-5 for Virginia: Teacher

questionnaire (FORM A-D). Blacksburg, VA: COMET.

Houck, C. K., O'Reilly, P., Sherman, G. P., Sherman, T. M., Wilkins, J. L. M. (Spring, 2001).

Department of teaching and learning academic assessment report. Blacksburg, VA:

Department of Teaching and Learning, Virginia Tech.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1999). Assessment of early number concepts and counting skills: An

assessment of kindergartners at Price's Fork elementary school (AR-01-1999).

Blacksburg, VA: Virginia Tech.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Girves, J. E. (1998, May). An evaluation of the CIC women in science and

engineering (WISE) student leadership conference (WISE-ER-03-1998). Champaign, IL:

Committee on Institutional Cooperation.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Girves, J. E. (1998, May). An evaluation of the CIC women in science and

engineering (WISE) best practices workshop: Undergraduate research and living-

learning programs (WISE-ER-02-1998). Champaign, IL: Committee on Institutional

Cooperation.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Travers, K. J., Girves, J. E. (1998, April). An evaluation of the CIC women

in science and engineering (WISE) best practices workshop: The classroom (WISE-ER-

01-1998). Champaign, IL: Committee on Institutional Cooperation.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1997). Degrees earned by women in science, engineering, and

mathematics from member institutions of the Committee on Institutional Cooperation

(CIC) women in science and engineering (WISE) initiative: Baseline data for 1992-1994


and trend data from 1966-1994. In J. Z. Daniels (Ed.) Best Practices Guidebook: The

Classroom. Champaign, IL: Committee on Institutional Cooperation.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1997). Modeling correlates of problem-solving skills: The effects of

opportunity-to-learn on the attainment of higher-order thinking skills in mathematics.

(Doctoral Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997). Dissertation

Abstracts International, 58-06A, 2124.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1994). Additive versus interactive models of learning: A different look at

Gamoran’s Study (1991). Unpublished manuscript.

PRESENTATIONS

Invited

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2010, March). Promoting quantitative literacy in the mathematics

classroom. Featured presentation at the annual meeting of the Virginia Council of

Teachers of Mathematics, Harrisonburg, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2008, May). Virginia's Standards of Learning tests of mathematics: Are

they telling us what we need to know? Keynote address to the spring conference of the

Rappahannock Region Association Teachers of Mathematics, Fredericksburg, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2004, September). Quantitative literacy: Thinking about mathematics for

all. Keynote address presented at the annual meeting of the Southwest Virginia Council

of Teachers of Mathematics, Abington, VA.

Research Presentations and Symposia

Mondesir, S., Jones, B. D., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2021, August). The effects of students'

mathematics class perceptions on their mathematics identification. Paper presented at

the 2021American Psychological Association Annual Convention.

Mullins, S. B. & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2021, April). A conceptual framework for understanding

students’ quantification of angularity. Paper presented at the annual conference of the

American Education Research Association.

Kokushkin, V., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2019). The use of paradoxes for understanding and

revealing students’ misconceptions in probability and statistics. Poster presented at the

forty-first annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for

the Psychology of Mathematics Education, St Louis, MO.

Ulrich, C., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2016, November). Written assessment of units coordination

in whole number continuous contexts. Poster presented at the 38th annual meeting of the

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Tucson, AZ.

Ulrich, C., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2016, April). Using student written work to investigate

stages in sixth-grade students' ways of operating with numbers. Paper presented at the

2016 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington,

DC.


Zwanch, K., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2015, November). Exploring upper elementary students'

use of the representativeness heuristic. Brief report presented at the 37th annual meeting

of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, East Lansing,

MI.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Lovin, L. A., Norton, A., Siegfried, J., Stevens, A., & Busi, R. (2015,

February). Fraction Schemes and Operations: A Data-Driven Course Redesign for

Prospective PreK-8 Teachers. Presentation at the annual Association of Mathematics

Teacher Educators Conference, Orlando, FL.

Jones, B. D., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2015, February). More validity evidence for the use of the

music model of academic motivation inventory with upper-elementary and middle school

students. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Eastern Educational Research

Association, Sarasota, FL.

Parkes, K. A., Jones, B. D., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2015, February). Validity evidence for the

use of a motivation inventory with music students: A pilot study. Paper and poster

presented at the 5th International Symposium on Assessment in Music Education,

Williamsburg, VA.

Stevens, A., & Wilkins, J. (2013, November). Understanding students’ attitudes towards and

perceptions of homework journals. Brief Report presented at the 35th annual meeting of

the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of

Mathematics Education, Chicago, IL.

Skaggs, G., Hein, S., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2013, April). Diagnostic profiles: A method for

determining a performance standard on a test developed from a cognitive diagnostic

model (CDM). Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on

Measurement in Education, San Francisco, CA.

Bryant, L., Jones, B. D., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2013, April). Rural middle school students'

beliefs about science ability: Examining a network of motivational variables. Poster

presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San

Francisco, CA.

Jones, B. D., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2013, May). Validity evidence for the use of a motivation

inventory with middle school students. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the

Society for the Study of Motivation, Washington, DC.

Norton, A., Wilkins, J. L. M., & Boyce, S. J. (2012, November). Supporting students'

constructions of fraction schemes: Is there an app for that, too? Brief Report presented at

the 34th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the

Psychology of Mathematics Education, Kalamazoo, MI.

Stevens, A., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2012, November). College mathematics students'

perceptions of journal writing. Poster presented at the 34th annual meeting of the North


Education, Kalamazoo, MI.

MacDonald, B. L., Xu, C. Z., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2012, November). Relating children’s

topological understandings with number understanding through subitizing. Poster

presented at the 34th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International

Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Kalamazoo, MI.


Wilkins, J. L. M. (2010, May). Epistemological beliefs related to mathematics. Paper

presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association,

Denver, CO.

Kosko, K. W., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2010, April). Students’ quality of mathematical

discussion and their self-determination in mathematics. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Denver, CO.

Kreye, B. C., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2010, March). The design of an externship within a

master’s degree program for mathematics specialists at Virginia Tech. Paper presented at

the annual meeting of the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Harrisonburg,

VA.

Norton, A., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2009, September). A comparison of part-whole and partitive

reasoning with unit and non-unit proper fractions. Paper presented at the annual meeting


Mathematics Education, Atlanta, GA.

Norton, A., Wilkins, J. L. M., Hackenberg, A., & Steffe, L. (2009, April). Testing hypotheses

about students’ operational development of fractions. Symposium presented at the

research pre-session of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Washington,

DC.

Evans, M. A., Wilkins, J. L. M., McNeill, D., Ehrich, R. W., & Quek, F. (2009, April).

Second graders’ geometric reasoning with peers and manipulatives: Requirements for a

multitouch, tabletop learning technology. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Evans, M. A., Wilkins, J. L. M., Ehrich, R. W., McNeill, D., & Quek, F. (2009, April).

Facilitating Collaborative Inquiry: A Tangible User Interface for Pre-K-3 Mathematics

Instruction. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research

Association, San Diego, CA.

Kosko, K. W. & Wilkins, J. L. M. (November, 2008). Is mathematics discussion effective:

Interesting results from a national data set and what they might mean. Paper presented at

the 2008 Annual Convention of the School Science and Mathematics Association,

Raleigh-Durham, NC.

Jones, B. D., Wilkins, J. L. M., Long, M. H., & Wang, F. (2008, August). Students' beliefs

about mathematical intelligence and their effects on achievement. Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.

Evans, M.A., & Wilkins, J.L.M. (2008, November). The transparency of instructional

artifacts: Influences on geometric thought in second graders. Paper presented at the

Association for Educational Communications and Technology International Conference,

Orlando, FL.

Evans, M. E. & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2008, March). Talk, technology, and transparency:

Investigating second graders' exploration of geometry. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2007, April). School-level mathematics achievement of Appalachian

schools in Virginia. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational

Research Association, Chicago, IL.


Wilkins, J. L. M. (2007, March). Elementary school teachers' favorite subject to teach. In J.

L. M. Wilkins (Chair/Organizer), Mathematics Education Research in Virginia, research

session at the annual meeting of the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics,

Virginia Beach, VA.

Pitts Bannister, V. R., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2006, November). Exploring an intermediary

phase of arithmetic and algebraic thinking. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the


Education, Merida, MEXICO.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2006, March). Standards-based curricula and the promotion of

quantitative literacy. In Wilkins, J. L. M. (Chair/Organizer), Mathematics Education

Research in Virginia, research session at the annual meeting of the Virginia Council of

Teachers of Mathematics, Blacksburg, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2005, October). What are state-level mathematics tests actually

measuring? Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Roanoke, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2005, April). Standards-based mathematics curricula and the promotion of

quantitative literacy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational

Research Association, Montreal, Quebec, CA.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Brand, B. R. (2005, April). Promoting teacher self-efficacy in

elementary mathematics and science methods courses. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Quebec, CA.

Brand, B. R., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2005, April). Using self-efficacy as a construct for

evaluating elementary science and mathematics methods courses. Paper presented at the

annual meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, Dallas,

TX.

Behm, S. L., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2004, October). Quantitative literacy: The creation of a

framework to analyze instructional materials for the promotion of a literate society.

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International

Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Toronto, Ontario, CA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2004, April). Modeling children's early developmental patterns in

mathematics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the National Council of Teacher of

Mathematics Research Presession, Philadelphia, PA.

Ma, X., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2004, April). Mathematics coursework regulates growth in

mathematics achievement. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American

Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2003, April). Validating a model of quantitative literacy. Paper presented

at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2003, April). The relationship between self-concept and achievement in

mathematics and science: An international perspective. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Susuwele-Banda, W. J., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2002, October). Mathematics curriculum

reform and the rooted culture of teaching and learning: The case of Malawi. Paper


presented at the annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International

Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Athens, GA.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Nichols, W. D., & O'Connor, R. (2002, December). Examining middle-

school teachers' beliefs and self reports of instructional practices. Paper presented at the

National Reading Conference, Miami, FL.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Ma, X. (2002, April). Predicting change in students' attitude toward and

beliefs about mathematics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American

Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Graham, G., Parker, S., Westfall, S., Fraser, R. G., Tembo, M. (2002,

April). School success on high-stakes tests and time allocated to art, music and physical

education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research

Association, New Orleans, LA.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Ma, X. (2001, April). Predicting student growth in mathematical

content knowledge. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational

Research Association, Seattle, WA.

Soares, D., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2001, April). Predicting college aspirations for African-

American high-school students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American

Educational Research Association, Seattle, WA.

Doolittle, P. E., Hess, E., Hicks, D., Brown, L., Wilkins, J. L. M., & Triplett, C. F. (2000,

November). Effective teaching strategies for higher education. Paper presented at the

Lilly Conference on College Teaching, Miami, OH.

Doolittle, P. E., Brown, L., Hess, E., Hicks, D., Wilkins, J. L. M., & Triplett, C. F. (2000,

October). Pedagogy: 15 strategies and a web page. Paper presented at the Lilly

Conference on College Teaching - NE, Boston, MA.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Baroody, A. J. (2000, October). An additional explanation for

production deficiencies. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the North American

Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education,

Tuscon, AZ.

Hicks, D., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2000, July). Investigating representations of our world:

Playing with map projections in a collaborative social studies and math classroom. Paper

presented at the National Council for the Social Studies International Conference Forum

2000: Building Democratic Villages, Calgary, Canada.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2000, April). Characteristics of demographic opportunity structures and

their relationship to school-level achievement: The case of Virginia's Standards of

Learning. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research

Association, New Orleans, LA.

Ma, X., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2000, April). The dynamics of science achievement in middle

and high school: Individual differences and school effects. Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1999, October). Students' perceptions of instruction and its relationship to

the development of quantitative literacy. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the


Education, Cuernavaca, Mexico.


Wilkins, J. L. M. (1999, October). Quantitative literacy for the 21st century. Paper presented

at the Research Tomorrow Project Conference. Roanoke, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1999, September). Quantitative literacy: The emerging literacy of the 21st

century. Paper presented at the joint meeting of School Science and Mathematics

Association and the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Greensboro,

N.C.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (Organizer; 1999, April), Understanding quantitative literacy. Symposium

conducted at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association,

Montreal, Canada, with Garden, R. (Chair), Fey, J. (Discussant), McKnight, C., Travers,

K, Miller, J., & Kimmel, L.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1999, April). A comparison of growth of quantitative literacy between

middle-school and high-school students. Paper presented in Garden, R. (Chair),

Understanding quantitative literacy, a symposium at the annual meeting of the American

Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1999, March). An investigative approach to teaching mathematics:

Excitement and concerns of K-8 pre-service teachers. Paper presented at the conference

on Preparing Virginia's K-8 Teachers in Math and Science, Charlottesville, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Reese, G. C. (1998, October). The pedagogical persuasiveness of

simulation in situations of uncertainty. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the


Education, Raleigh, NC.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Girves, J. (1998, April). Women in Science, Engineering, and

Mathematics: How does the “BIG 10 Plus” stack up? Paper presented at the annual

meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Baroody, A. J., Tiilikainen, S. (1997, October). Kindergartner’s

understanding of commutativity within the context of word problems. Paper presented at

the annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the

Psychology of Mathematics Education, Normal, IL.

Baroody, A. J., Tiilikainen, S., Wilkins, J. L. M. (1997, October). The development of

children’s understanding of additive commutativity. Paper presented at the annual


Mathematics Education, Normal, IL.

Tiilikainen, S., Baroody, A. J., Wilkins, J. L. M. (1997, October). The effects of problem size

on children’s understanding of additive commutativity. Paper presented at the annual


Mathematics Education, Normal, IL.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Harnisch, D. L. (1997, March). Item response patterns and classroom

indicators of opportunity-to-learn. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.

Harnisch, D. L., Wilkins, J., Burton, N., Singley, K., Tatsuoka, K. K., Everson, H., Braun, H.,

Hambleton, R. (1996, April). Perspectives on reporting proficiency scaling results to

students and teachers. Invited symposium presented at the annual meeting of the

National Council on Measurement in Education, New York, NY.


Harnisch, D. L., Tatsuoka, K. K., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (1995, November). Reporting math

proficiencies based on new SAT-M. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

American Evaluation Association, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Sloane, F. C. (1995, April). Modeling correlates of gender differences

in beliefs and attitudes about mathematics. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the

American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

Wilkins, J. L., Jr. (1985, October). Jeff Sebens: North Carolina builder of hammered

dulcimers. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Folklore Society,

Cincinnati, OH.

Professional presentations and workshops for K-12 Teachers

Jones, B. D., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (2021, March). Using motivation science to engage students

in mathematics classes. Presentation at the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics

2021 Virtual Conference.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2014, March). Understanding independent and dependent events.

Presentation at the annual meeting of the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics,

Harrisonburg, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2007, October). The gambler's fallacy: Understanding the

representativeness heuristic. Presentation at the National Council of Teachers of

Mathematics Regional Conference, Richmond, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2007, March). Understanding the gambler's fallacy and other probabilistic

misconceptions. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Virginia Council of Teachers of

Mathematics, Virginia Beach, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2007, November). Probability and statistics for K-5 teachers. Workshop

presented at the Albemarle County “Making Connections” Conference.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2006, March). What are Virginia's mathematics Standards of Learning

measuring? Presentation at the annual meeting of the Virginia Council of Teachers of

Mathematics, Blacksburg, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M., Wilkins, M. M., & Oliver, T. (2005, March). A jumpstart for

differentiating mathematics for gifted elementary students. Presentation at the annual

meeting of the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Williamsburg, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2004, October). Probability and statistics for primary students. Workshop

presented at the annual meeting of the Blue Ridge Council of Teachers of Mathematics,

Roanoke, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2004, August). The importance of early mathematical experiences.

Workshop presented at the Montgomery County Public Schools Staff Development Day,

Christiansburg, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2003, November). Hands-on fractions. Workshop presented at the Virginia

Valley Council of Teacher of Mathematics, Bridgewater, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2003, March). Recognizing misrepresentations of data. Presentation at the

annual meeting the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Richmond, VA.


Wilkins, J. L. M. (2002, March). Everyday investigations in probability and statistics.

Presentation at the annual conference of the Virginia Council of Teachers of

Mathematics, Manassas, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2001, October). Hands-on fractions.. Presentation at the fall conference of

the Blue Ridge Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Salem, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M., & Hicks, D. (2000, March). Investigating map projections using Monte

Carlo simulations. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Virginia Council of Teachers

of Mathematics, Harrisonburg, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2000, October). Attribute blocks: More than just shapes. Presentation at

the fall conference of the Blue Ridge Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Roanoke, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (2000, March). How much did you say Inspector Gadget costs?

Presentation at the annual meeting of the Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics,

Norfolk, VA.

Wilkins, J. L. M. (1999, March). Frogs and peanut butter: Statistical investigations for the

K-8 classroom. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Virginia Council of Teachers of

Mathematics, Roanoke, VA.

Travers, K. J., Hendrix, T., Wilkins, J. L. M., & Reese, G. C. (1997, April). Technology and

teamwork: A model for pre-service teaching. Presentation at the annual meeting of the

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Minneapolis, MN.

Harnisch, D. L., Campion, J., & Wilkins, J. L. M. (1994, October). Proficiency scaling of

new SAT tests. Presentation at the annual meeting of the Illinois Council of Teachers of

Mathematics, Springfield, IL.

TEACHING AT VIRGINIA TECH

Instructor of graduate mathematics and mathematics education courses for pre-service and in-

service teachers:

Advanced Curriculum and Instruction in Elementary and Middle School Mathematics

(EDCI 5234) (Additional section specifically for mathematics specialists*)

Research in Mathematics Education (EDCI 5784)

Issues in Mathematics Education: Understanding Quantitative Literacy (EDCI 5784)

Teaching and Learning Probability and Statistics (EDCI 5784)

Number and Operations for K-8 Teachers (MATH 5614) *

Rational Number and Proportional Reasoning for K-8 Teachers (MATH 5614) *

Probability and Statistics for K-8 Teachers (MATH 5614) *

Geometry and Measurement for K-8 Teachers (MATH 5614) *

Algebra and Patterns for K-8 Teachers (MATH 5614) *

Mathematics Education Leadership I (EDCI 5774) *

Mathematics Education Leadership II (EDCI 5784) *

Externship in Education (EDCI 5764) *

Teaching Elementary Mathematics (EDCI 4234)


Mathematics Education Professional Seminar (EDCI 6944)

Topics for In-Service Teachers (MATH 5614)

Designed and developed 33-hour mathematics specialist masters program at Virginia Tech.

Program designed to meet Virginia state certification for K-8 mathematics specialist.

Designed, developed, and taught courses for the program (see * above).

Provide professional development workshops, summer institutes, and courses for in-service

elementary and middle school teachers, 2000 – present.


ADVISING AT VIRGINIA TECH

Mathematics Specialist (K-8) Program Area Leader, 2005- present

Mathematics Education Program Area Leader, 2005 - present

Mathematics Education Doctoral Program Coordinator, 2005 - present

Member Elementary Education Program, 1998 - present

Doctoral Students

Cheryl Vallejo (Chair), Ph. D., expected 2024.

Alex Moore (Chair), Ph. D., expected 2023.

Brigitte Sanchez Robayo (Chair), Ph. D., expected 2022.

Cong ze Xu (Chair), Ph. D., expected 2021.

Brooke Mullins (Chair), Ph. D., May 2020.

Dissertation: Examining the Relationship between Students’ Measurement Schemes for

Fractions and Their Quantifications of Angularity

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University

Karen Zwanch (Chair), Ph. D., May 2019.

Dissertation: Number Sequences as Explanatory Models for Middle-Grades Students'

Algebraic Reasoning

Award: 2020 Outstanding Dissertation Award in Social Science, Business, Education

and Humanities, Virginia Tech

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Oklahoma State University

Jean Mistele (Chair), Ph. D., May, 2014.

Dissertation: Exploring Middle School Students’ Heuristic Thinking about Probability

Current Position: Associate Professor, Radford University.

Beth MacDonald (Chair), Ph. D., December 2013.

Dissertation: Subitizing Activity: Item Orientation with Regard to Number Abstraction

Current Position: Associate Professor, Utah State University.

Alexis Johnston (Chair), Ph. D., May 2012.

Dissertation: Homework Journaling in Undergraduate Mathematics

Current Position: Associate Professor, James Madison University.

Jonathan Schulz (Chair), Ed. D., December 2011.

Dissertation: Promoting Teaching as Design in Elementary Mathematics: Exploring the

Potential of Curriculum Support Materials

Current Position: Supervisor of Grants and Innovation, Montgomery County Public

Schools.

Karl Kosko (Chair), Ph. D., May, 2010.

Dissertation: Mathematical Discussion and Self-Determination Theory

Current Position: Associate Professor, Kent State University

Lida Uribe (Chair), Ph. D., June 2009.


Dissertation: Teacher Variables and Student Mathematics Learning Related to

Manipulative Use

Current Position: Associate Professor, Boise State University.

Bettibel C. Kreye (Chair), Ed. D., May 2009.

Dissertation: Evaluating the externship experience for Virginia Tech mathematics

specialists

Current Position: Clinical Professor, School of Education, Virginia Tech.

Stephanie L. Behm (Co-Chair), Ph. D., May 2008.

Dissertation: Preservice elementary teachers’ learning with and about mathematics

curriculum materials during preservice teacher education

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Georgia State University.

Donna Watson (Co-Chair), Ph. D., 2005.

Dissertation: Learning mathematic in Central Appalachia: Life histories of future

elementary teachers, Awarded Outstanding Dissertation (third place) from the AERA

Rural Education Special Interest Group.

Current Position: Professor and Dean, School of Education, King University.

Ahsan Chowdhury (committee member), Ph. D., 2021.

Kevin Watson (committee member), Ph. D., 2020.

Rachel Rupnow (committee member), Ph. D., May 2019.

Jessica Chittum (committee member), Ph. D., May 2015.

David Plaxco (committee member), Ph. D., May 2015.

Steven J. Boyce (committee member), Ph. D., August 2014.

Lauren H. Bryant (committee member), Ph. D., May 2012.

Fred J. Figliano (committee member), Ph. D., 2011.

Laura J. Spielman (committee member), Ph. D., 2006.

Masters Students

Academic advisor for Roanoke cohort of 5 K-8 Mathematics Specialist Masters students,

2018-2021, expected graduation May, 2021.

Academic advisor for Blacksburg cohort of 12 K-8 Mathematics Specialist Masters

students, 2014-2017, graduated in May, 2017.

Academic advisor for Abingdon cohort of 12 K-8 Mathematics Specialist Masters students,

2011-2014, graduated in May, 2014.

Academic advisor for Roanoke cohort of 14 K-8 Mathematics Specialist Masters students,


Academic advisor for the first cohort of 17 K-8 Mathematics Specialist Masters students,


Committee member for approximately 10 elementary education Masters students each year.


SELECTED UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Chair, Search Committee for Associate Director in the Office of Educational Research and

Outreach, 2019-2020.

Member, Search Committee for Assistant Professor of Practice for Elementary Education,

2019.

Chair, Search Committee for Associate Director in the Office of Educational Research and

Outreach, 2018-2019.

Member, Search Committee for Educational Research and Evaluation, 2018-2019.

Chair, Promotion and Tenure Committee, School of Education, 2016-2018.

Member, Promotion and Tenure Committee, School of Education, 2016-2018.

Member, Search Committee for Associate Director in the Office of Educational Research

and Outreach, 2015.

Member, Search Committee for Director of School of Education, School of Education,

2014-2015.

Member, School of Education, Promotion and Tenure Task Force, Dec. 2013-April 2014.

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Promotion and Tenure Committee,

Representative for the School of Education, 2014-2016.

Virginia Tech Faculty Senate, 2012-2015. Representative for Department of Teaching and

Learning.

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Promotion and Tenure Committee,

Representative for Department of Teaching and Learning, 2012-2014.

Member, Search Committee for Director of School of Education, School of Education,

2012-2013.

Virginia Tech Faculty Senate, 2009-2012. Representative for Department of Teaching and

Learning.

Member, Search Committee for Mathematics Education, Department of Mathematics,

2012-2013.

Chair, Search Committee for Mathematics Education, Department of Teaching and

Learning, 2011-2012.

Department of Teaching and Learning Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2011-2012.

College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2007-

2008.


Learning, 2006-’07.


Learning, 2004-’05.

Search Committee, Senior STEM, School of Education, 2004-2006.


Chair, Graduate Curriculum Committee, Department of Teaching and Learning, Spring

2004-2006

Curriculum Committee, Department of Teaching and Learning, Fall 2001-2003.

Co-chair, Search Committee for Mathematics Education, Department of Teaching and

Learning, Spring 2004.

Search Committee, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Spring 2004.

Search Committee, Science Education, Department of Teaching and Learning, Blacksburg

and NOVA Campus, 2000-2001.

Search Committee, Elementary/Literacy Education, Department of Teaching and Learning,

Fall and Spring 2000-2001.

Search Committee, Early Childhood Development Specialist for Virginia Tech Child

Development Laboratory School, Department of Human Development, Spring, 2001.

Academic Assessment Committee for the Department of Teaching and Learning, 2000-01

Search Committee, Curriculum Director and Program Director for Virginia Tech Lab

School, Spring, 2000.

SELECTED PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Editorial Panel of the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, (2016-2020).

Served on US Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (IES) panel to

review Mathematics and Science Education grant proposals, Spring, 2010.

Served on Virginia Department of Education panel to review grant proposals for the

Mathematics and Science Partnership Grants, Fall, 2009.

Co-led, with Hollylynne Lee and Todd Lee, the ‘Working group for the complexity of

learning to reason probabilistically’ at the 2007 and 2009 annual meeting of the North

American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.

Co-led, with Arthur Powell, the ‘Working group for the complexity of learning to reason

probabilistically’ at the 2006 annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.

Elected to two terms on the Executive Board of the Virginia Council of Teachers of

Mathematics. Four-year college representative, 2006-2008, 2004-2006.

Organized and led the Mathematics Education Research Session for the Virginia Council of

Teachers of Mathematics (March, 2007), Virginia Beach, VA.

Organized and led Mathematics Education Research Session for the Virginia Council of

Teachers of Mathematics (March, 2006), Blacksburg, VA.

Served on the statewide probability and statistics course development team to design and

develop a course appropriate for the Virginia Mathematics Specialist Program, 2004.

Served on program committee for planning and hosting the 2005 annual meeting of the

North American chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics

Education, 2005. Hosted by Virginia Tech.


Conducted a workshop for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders in the Roanoke County Gifted Program,

February 28, 2004.

Served on National Science Foundation panel to review 16 grant proposals submitted to the

Education and Human Resources Directorate for the 2001 CAREER program awards.

Served as lead reviewer on two of these proposals, Fall 2000.

Conducted a Super Saturday Workshop for 4th and 5th graders in the Roanoke County

Gifted Program, February 19, 2000.

Reviewer for Journals:

Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

American Educational Research Journal

Mathematics Education Research Journal

Educational Studies in Mathematics

Mathematics Teacher

Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School

Teaching Children Mathematics

Numeracy

International Journal of STEM Education

Journal of Curriculum Studies

International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education

Early Childhood Research Quarterly

Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis

Journal of Advanced Academics

Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice

Asian Pacific Educational Researcher

Virginia Mathematics Teacher

Reviewer for Conferences:

Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association

Annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the

Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA)

MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

American Educational Research Association (AERA)--SIG Research in Mathematics

Education

Blue Ridge Council of Teacher of Mathematics (BRCTM)

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)


Education (PME-NA)

School Science and Mathematics Association (SSMA)

Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics (VCTM)

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