Matt Wallace
Associate Professor of Teaching in Education
Education
- BS—University of California, Davis
- MA—San Francisco State University
- PhD—University of California, Davis
Professional Experience
- Associate Professor of Teaching in Education, UC Davis, 2023–present
- Lecturer/Supervisor of Teacher Education, UC Davis, 2012–2023
- Director, Math for America Berkeley, 2012
- Lecturer, University of California, Berkeley, 2012
- University Supervisor, California State University, East Bay, 2011-2012
- Mathematics Teacher, Elk Grove Unified School District, 2002-2008
Professional Organization Membership
- America Educational Research Association
- Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
- California Mathematics Council
- California Council on Teacher Education
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Presentations and Publications
Wallace, M. (2023). Mentoring for Advocacy & Equity: Preservice Teachers’ Perspectives on Effective Mentoring Practices. Presentation at the 4th annual Building a Community of Supervisors for Equity and Justice conference.
Huang, A., & Wallace, M. (2023). Observation Notes: Using Questions to Lift Voices and Deepen Practice Presentation at the 4th annual Building a Community of Supervisors for Equity and Justice conference.
Huang, A., Muldrew, L., & Wallace, M. (2022). Equity through Engagement. Presentation at the 3rd annual Building a Community of Supervisors for Equity and Justice conference.
Wrenn, R., Wallace, M., & Ballinger, H. (2022). Beyond Constraints: Looking Critically at, and Moving Beyond, the TPEs. Presentation at the 3rd annual Building a Community of Supervisors for Equity and Justice conference.
Carreron, O., Banes, L., Ambrose, R., & Wallace, M. (2022). Advocacy Takes Courage and Courage Takes Pracitce: Teacher Candidates Learning by Listening to Multilingual Youth. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 21 – 26.
Bjorkman, B., Gladding, J., & Wallace, M. (2020, December). The struggle is real: Practical productive struggle pedagogy. Presentation at the annual meeting of the California Mathematics Council North Asilomar Conference, Pacific Grove, CA.
Wallace, M. (2020, July). Student-Centered Supervision. Presentation at the 1st annual Building a Community of Supervisors for Equity and Justice conference.
Wallace, M. (2019, December). Using Mistakes for Learning’s Sake. Presentation at the annual meeting of the California Mathematics Council North Asilomar Conference, Pacific Grove, CA.
Wallace, M. (2018, December). Real Learning versus Apparent Learning. Presentation at the annual meeting of the California Mathematics Council North Asilomar Conference, Pacific Grove, CA.
Wallace, M. (2017, September). Using Mistakes for Learning’s Sake. Invited keynote address at SCOE’s Strategies for Advancing Students’ Mathematical Understanding event, Sacramento, CA.
Wallace, M. (2016, December). Using Tests to Promote a Growth Mindset. Presentation at the annual meeting of the California Mathematics Council North Asilomar Conference, Pacific Grove, CA.
Wallace, M. (2014). Assess your assessments. Communicator, 39, 14 – 15.
Wallace, M. & White, T. (2014). Secondary mathematics teachers’ assessment perspectives and practices: An evolutionary portrait. Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 16(2), 27 – 45.
Wallace, M. (2013). High school teachers and African American parents: A (not so) collaborative effort to increase student success. The High School Journal, 96, 195 – 208.
Wallace, M. (2013). Exploring assessment reform: Preservice teachers’ experiences with and views of assessment in mathematics teacher education. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
Wallace, M. (2012). Preparing Preservice Teachers to use Contemporary Assessment Practices. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the UTeach Institute – National Math & Science Initiative Conference, Austin, TX.
White, T., Wallace, M., & Lai, K. (2012). Graphing in Groups: Learning about Lines in a Collaborative Classroom Network Environment. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 14, 149 – 172.
White, T., Sutherland, S., & Wallace, M. (2011). Integrating and Analyzing Multiple Levels of Classroom Activity: A Design-Based Approach. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA.
Okhremtchouk, I., Seiki, S., Gilliland, E., Ateh, C., Wallace, M., & Kato, A. (2009). Voices of pre-service teachers: Perspectives on the Performance Assessment for California Teachers (PACT). Issues in Teacher Education, 18(1), 39 – 62.
White, T., & Wallace, M. (2009). Graphing in groups: Collaborative learning in a classroom network. Paper presented at the Research Presession of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C., April 20 – 22.
White, T., Wallace, M., & Lai, K. (2009). Graphing in groups: Collaboration in classroom device networks. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 13 – 17.
Wallace, M., & White, T. (2007). The collaborative speedway: Motion and interaction in two dimensions. In T. Lamberg & L. Wiest (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty Ninth Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Reno, NV: University of Nevada, Reno
Service
Reviewer
- Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education (2014 – 2018)
- Teacher Education Quarterly (2012 – 2016)
Campus Service
- Mathematics and Science Teaching (MAST) Advisory Committee (2013 – present)
- Recruitment Advisory Committee for UC Davis School of Education Dean (2016 – 2017, 2022 – 2023)
- Academic Federation Personnel Committee (2018-20)
- Teacher Education Program Graduate Student Advisor (School of Education; 2015 – 2017)
Broader Education Community
- Black and African American Advisory Board to District Superintendent (2020 – present)
- California Teacher Education Research and Improvement Network (2018 – 2022)
- Adult Education Regional Consortium Math Alignment Development Team (2017 – 2020)
Distinctions
Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship, 2011
Graduate Group in Education Academic Distinction Award, 2009
Teacher Education Fellowship, 2007
Graduate Scholars Fellowship in Education, 2006
Elk Grove Unified School District Professional Development Trainer, 2004 – 06
Courses Taught at UC Davis
- EDU 206B
- EDU 81
- EDU 292/306 A, B, C
- EDU 324 A, B
- EDU 206 C, D
