Faculty Vita

Catherine Brown, Ph.D.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty load

Selected Publications

Brown, C. A., Arbaugh, F., Allen, A., & Koc, Y. (2000). Learning together: Teachers' use of common planning time. In M. L. Fernandez (Ed.), Proceedings of the Twenty-Second Annual Meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education - North America: Discussion groups, research papers, oral reports, and poster presentations (p. 620). Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse of Mathematics, Science, and Environmental Education.

Forman, E. A., Larreamendy-Joerns, J., Stein, M. K., & Brown, C.A. (1998). "You're going to want to find out which and prove it": Collective argumentation in mathematics classrooms. Learning and Instruction, 8(6), 527-548.

Stein, M. K., & Brown, C. A. (1997). Teacher learning in a social context: Social interaction as a source of significant teacher change in mathematics. In E. Fenemma & B. Nelson (Eds.), Mathematics Teachers in Transition (pp. 155-191). Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Brown, C. A. & Smith, M. S. (1997). Supporting the development of mathematical pedagogy. Mathematics Teacher, 90(2), 138-143.

Brown, C. A., Stein, M. K., & Forman, E. A. (1996). Assisting teachers and students to reform the mathematics classroom. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 31, 63-93.

Curcio, F. R., Schwartz, S., & Brown, C. A. (1996). Developing preservice teachers' strategies for communicating in and about mathematics. In P. C. Elliott & Margaret J. Kenny (Eds.), Communication in mathematics K-12 and beyond, 1996 Yearbook of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Funded Projects

Learning How to Teach Mathematics: The Evolution of Novice Teachers' Instructional Decisions and Actions, funded by National Science Foundation June 1988 - July 1992 $400,000 Catherine Brown, Hilda Borko, & Robert Underhill, R., Principal Investigators

Lesson Study in Secondary Mathematics, funded by Lucent Technologies Foundation August 2000 - July 2003 $429, 553 Catherine Brown, Principal Investigator

The Internet Learning Forum: Fostering and Sustaining Knowledge Networking to Support a Community of Science and Mathematics Teachers, funded by National Science Foundation September 1999-August 2002 $1,473,303 Sasha Barab, Principal Investigator Catherine Brown, Rob Kling, Thomas Duffy, Donald Cunningham, Co- Principal Investigators

QUASAR (Quantitative Understanding Amplifying Student Achievement and Reasoning) Project, funded by Ford Foundation 1993-1996 Approximately $6,000,000 Edward A. Silver, Principal Investigator Catherine Brown, Program Development Coordinator

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE)

Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics (ICTM)

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME)

Mathematical Association of America (MAA)

Conference Presentations

Brown, C. A., Arbaugh, E. F., Koc, Y., Allen, A. F. (April 2001). Learning Together: Middle School Mathematics Teachers' Use of Common Planning Time. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Seattle.

Brown, C. A., Arbaugh, E. F., Lutz, M. P., McGraw, R. E. (April, 2001). Studying Professional Development is Messy Work. What are the Research Issues? Working Session conducted at the Research Presession of the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Orlando

Brown, C.A., Arbaugh, E. F., McGraw, R. E., Koc, Y. (April, 2001). Lesson Study in Secondary Math: Professional Development Through Lesson Development. Talk given at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, Orlando.

Galindo, E. & Brown, C. A. (April 2001). The Inquiry Learning Forum: A Web-based Tool for Professional Development Talk given at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, Orlando

Brown, C. A., Stage, F. K., Musoba, Glenda, D. (April, 2000). An Examination of Mathematics Achievement and Course Taking Patterns of High School Students by Ethnicity. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans.

Brown, C. A, Lambdin, D. V., D'Ambrosio, B., Preston, R. (April, 2000). What Are We Learning From Evaluations of Local Systemic Change Projects? Talk given at the Research Presession of the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Chicago.

Brown, C. A. & Parke, C. S. (March 1997). Justice Middle School: Initiating and developing reform from without. Paper presented in a symposium entitled "Improving Mathematics Instruction in Urban Middle Schools: Facilitating and Inhibiting Conditions Encountered in the QUASAR Project," at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago.