Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D.

CU Boulder - Classroom assessment; math education; teacher beliefs, training, and practices - Former math teacher - she/her/hers

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

Classroom assessment research in the US has been ignoring teacher-made tests for nearly 2 decades. I explain why this is a problem and describe a framework for analyzing math tests in my latest article. https://t.co/PHBDm1Pbdf

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

The article I wrote with @CarlaMEvans during my internship with @NCIEA1 last year has been published! We developed a framework identifying the assumptions that must hold for performance assessments to actually drive instructional improvements.
https://t.co/cEI97qp1pW

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

Implications of these findings and future directions for research are discussed.

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

First first journal article is now live!

I investigated math teachers' use of computation in classroom tests before & during distance learning.

(Abstract is too long for alt text and is reproduced in the comments below)

https://t.co/RHfP5CSbH6

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

Despite continued use of computational questions, few teachers reported using shown work to determine student understanding or to assign partial credit. Instead, they relied heavily on auto-grading and reported collecting student work mostly to deter cheating...

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

@DrThembot The midnight photo shoot in particular...there was no reason for that

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

Got my first journal article acceptance today!

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

@mhlittle312 relevant citation: Leatham, K. R. (2006). Viewing Mathematics Teachers’ Beliefs as Sensible Systems. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 9(1), 91–102. https://t.co/dAt6kwp1cN

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

@mhlittle312 I like the framework of beliefs as a "sensible system" where people can hold some beliefs generally, but there may be stronger beliefs that overpower them in certain contexts (e.g., problem solving is important in math, but these S's aren't ready for that...)

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

@eggyonline I can lay back while propped on pillows. If the angle is too low, I get the head tingles right away and know to adjust. You can play around with how propped up you are and find something that works for you.

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

@CmonMattTHINK Recent research (e.g., Kop et al., 2020) suggests that graphing by hand is associated with greater symbol sense and reasoning about parent functions/transformations.

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

@mathletters @imostafaa2 @drawboard I have the basic version

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

@mathletters @imostafaa2 @drawboard Hm, it looks like your selected tool icon is different from the ones I have. Here's a video with the two icons that work for me to click links

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

@imostafaa2 @mathletters @drawboard I've been using it for years and find it really helpful. They also have bookmarking options and tons of annotations using either the mouse/keyboard or a touchscreen and stylus to make notes/draw freehand

[Sarah Wellberg, Ph.D. @SWellberg]

I did this internship last summer, and it was a wonderful experience! Highly recommend for any grad students interested in educational assessment/measurement!

[Scott Marion @ScottFMarion]

We're proud to continue our summer internship for advanced grad students in educational measurement. Come work with top professionals to address current technical, policy, and practical challenges. @AndrewDeanHo @RbnLake @DerekCBriggs @NCME38 @AERA_Div_D https://t.co/0koIGdTxmQ