Medina Valley High School Room# 231

Travis.Brown@MVISD.org

Courses 2018-19

1st Calculus AB

2nd- Dual Credit Statistics

3rd- Dual Credit Statistics

4th- Dual Credit Statistics

5th- Confrence

6th- Pre Calculus

7th- Calculus AB

8th- Dual credit Statistics

 Education

B.S., Mathematics with a Teacher’s Certification, 2012, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

M.S., Mathematics Education, 2015, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX

Ed.D., Curriculum and Instuction with an Emphasis in Mathematics, in process, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX

Association Memberships

• Association of Texas of Professional Educators
• National Council of Mathematic Teachers

Research Interests

I have broad interests in using numeracy to increase students ability and aptitude towards mathematics. Specifically, I believe that students who increase their “basic” math skills will be better students at the secondary level. This is inclusive of skill drills. For example, solving linear equation, performing operations with fractions,... basic foundation level skills.

Current Research

I am continuing my exploration in numeracy at the secondary level.  I had the privilege of doing my research in my own classroom, and now I want to expand the research to the campus level.  I was able to show statistically that students numeracy levels increased, although I was very close to showing that it was reflected in overall classroom performance.  My goal is to show an increase in student scores and aptitude towards mathematics.

Teaching Experience

• Teacher, John Jay Science and Engineering Academy, Taught AP Calculus AB and AP Statistics Aug 2012-2013
• Teacher, Medina Valley ISD, Taught Algebra 2, Precalculus Honors, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, and Dual Credit Statistics Aug 2013-Current

Publications and Papers

• Brown, T. J. (2015). IMPROVING NUMERACY AT THE SECONDARY MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM