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Profile
Priscila holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education and a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering. She has been involved in research about mathematics education in Canada and in Brazil. As a mathematics educator, Priscila is concerned about making the most out of her students' experiences in mathematics.
Research Interests
- Mathematics education.
- Assessment in mathematics.
- Teaching for mathematical proficiency.
- School mathematics curricula.
- Anti-Black racism and mathematics.
- Computational thinking.
- Mathematics high-level tasks.
- Mathematical modelling.
- Innovative approaches in mathematical teaching.
Courses Taught
- Mathematics (Teachable)
- Mathematics (Intermediate/Senior Division)
- Mathematics Foundations (Junior/Intermediate Division)
- Mathematics Methodology (Junior/Intermediate Division)
- Mathematics Foundations (Primary/Junior Division)
- Mathematics Methodology (Primary/Junior Division)
- Curriculum and Teaching for Secondary School Mathematics Majors I
- Curriculum and Teaching for Secondary School Mathematics Majors II
- Integrating Theory and Classroom Practice in the Advanced Professional Term
- Curriculum and Teaching for Secondary School Mathematics Minors
- Specialized Methods in Secondary School Mathematics Teaching
- The Use of Computers in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
- Curriculum Development in Mathematics Education
- Comparative and International Education
- The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
- Secondary Mathematics Education: Examining Tasks, Curricula and Programs
Publications
Rangel, L., & Corrêa, P. D. (In Press). Uma trajetória curricular sobre números a partir de documentos curriculares de matemática da educação básica do Brasil e do Canadá [A curricular trajectory on Numbers based on mathematics curriculum documents for elementary education in Brazil and Canada]. Revista Educación Matemática.
Corrêa, P. D., & Rangel, L. (2024). Combined Reading – A Methodological Approach for Documental Curricular Analysis. In: D. Thompson, M.A. Huntley, & C. Suurtamm (Eds.). Lessons Learned from Research on Mathematics Curriculum. Research in Mathematics Education Series (pp. 23-42). Information Age Publishing.
Oloo, J. A., & Corrêa, P. D. (2024). A narrative inquiry into experiences of Black women in undergraduate STEM disciplines in Ontario. In: V. Watson, M. Knight-Manuel, & P. Smith (Eds.), Educating African Immigrant Youth: Schooling and Civic Engagement in K–12 Schools (pp. 68-83). Teachers College Press.
Corrêa, P. D., & Oloo, J. A. (2023). Racialized Mathematics Learning Experiences of Black Undergraduate Students. International Educational Review, 1(1), 41-55.
Guerra, P. A. R. da S., Corrêa, P. M. D., de Sousa, R. C. S., & Meirelles, R. M. C. (2022). Otimização de algoritmos na formação de professores [Optimization of algorithms in teacher education]. Proceedings of the XIV Encontro Nacional de Educação Matemática, Brazil.
de Moraes, C. E. O, Marinho, F. C. V., Almeida, L. F. A., Alves, M. M. de O., & Corrêa, P. M. D. (2022). Estrutura de algoritmos: Um relato na formação de professores [The structure of algorithms: A report in teacher education]. Proceedings of the XIV Encontro Nacional de Educação Matemática, Brazil.
Corrêa, P. D., & Oloo, J. A. (2022). Racialized Mathematics Narratives of Black Undergraduate Students in Ontario. In C. Fernández, S. Llinares, A. Gutiérrez, & N. Planas (Eds.), Proceedings of the 45th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 4, p. 194). PME.
Corrêa, P. D., & Rangel, L. (2021). The teaching of fractions – Emerging questions from the combined reading of Brazilian and Canadian curricular documents. International Journal for Cross-Disciplinary Subjects in Education, 12(2), 4473-4483. https://doi.org/10.20533/ijcdse.2042.6364.2021.0547
Corrêa, P. D. (2021). The mathematical proficiency promoted by mathematical modelling. Journal of Research in Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 4(2), 107-131. https://doi.org/10.31756/jrsmte.424
Corrêa, P., & Haslam, D. (2021). Mathematical proficiency as the basis for assessment: A literature review and its potentialities. Mathematics Teaching Research Journal, 12(4), 3-20.
Corrêa, P. D., & Rangel, L. (2021). A Combined Reading between Brazilian and Canadian Mathematics Curricula: The Teaching of Numbers. Proceedings of the Canada International Conference on Education, Canada, 118-123.
Corrêa, P. D., Marynowski, R., & McFeetors, P. J. (2021). Authenticity in Mathematics Education Assessment. Proceedings of the 43rd Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, USA, 1947-1949.
Corrêa, P. D., & Simmt, E. (2020). Formação de professores de matemática no Canadá. In: H. D. Lacerda, M. V. Maltempi, & D. S. Cabanha (Eds), Formação Inicial de Professores de Matemática em Diversos Países (pp. 27-47). Editora Livraria da Física.
Corrêa, P. D. (2018). Observing for mathematical proficiency in secondary mathematics education. In: A. Kajander, J. Holm, & E. Chernoff (Eds), Advances in Mathematics Education. Teaching and learning secondary school mathematics: Canadian perspectives in an international context (pp. 453-464). Springer.
Corrêa, P. D. (2015). Teaching mathematics for understanding: Approaching and observing. Delta-K - Journal of the Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers’ Association, 52(2), 37-43.
Corrêa, P. M. D. (2015). Logotipos, funções e Geogebra: Uma combinação bem-sucedida. Revista do Professor de Matemática, 86, 36-40.
Education
Ph.D., University of Alberta
M.Eng., Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
B.Ed., Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
B.Eng., Federal Centre of Technological Education of Rio de Janeiro