Contact Information
Biography
Education
Courses
- LTEC 322 - Numeracy pedagogy PK-4
- LTML 412- Mathematics Content Knowledge for Teaching Grades 4 - 8
- EDLS 341- Teaching Secondary Mathematics
Affiliations and Service
American Education and Research Association (AERA)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE)
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)
Reviewer for Professional Research Conferences
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)-2015 research conference
Comparative and International Education Society (CIES)-2015 research conference
Honors/Grants
2013 -Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society
2013-2014 AERA Dissertation Research Grant
Publications and Professional Presentations
Ayieko, R. A. (2014) Opportunity to learn to teach mathematics: A comparative study. Poster presented at the Promising Scholarship in Education: Dissertation Fellows and their Research at the American Education Research Association in Philadelphia on April 6th.
Ayieko, R.A. (2013). Opportunity to learn how to plan instruction and teacher knowledge and beliefs about teaching and learning: A comparative study. Paper presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in New Orleans on 13th March.
Ayieko, R.A., Floden, R.E., Hu, A., Lepak, J., Reinholz, D.L., & Wernet, J. (2012). Transitioning from executing procedures to robust understanding of algebra. In Van Zoest, L.R., Lo, J.-J., & Kratky, J.L. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University, 845-848.
Hu, S., Ayieko, R., Floden, R.E., Lepak. J., & Wernet, J. (2012). Robustness criteria as a framework to capture students' algebraic understanding through contextual algebraic tasks. In Van Zoest, L.R., Lo, J.-J., & Kratky, J.L. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 34th Annual Meeting of North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Kalamazoo, MI: Western Michigan University, 1004.
Ayieko, R.A. (2012). Factors influencing student achievement in eighth grade algebra: A comparative study of Botswana, Singapore, and the United States. Presented at the Comparative and International Education Society Conference in Puerto Rico on 26th April.
Kuo, N. & Ayieko, R. A. (2010). Cherries, plums and peaches and damsons all have their own beauty and qualities: The emphasis on differentiated instruction in teacher education programs. Presented at the Critical Questions in Education Conference Chicago, IL, on 9th October 2010.
Githua, B.N. & Nyabwa, R.A. (2007). Effects of advance organizer strategy during instruction on secondary school students' mathematics achievement in Kenya's Nakuru District. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 6(3)439-475