Faculty Profile

Matt Wallace

Lecturer/Supervisor, Mathematics Credential

Education

  • BS—University of California, Davis
  • MA—San Francisco State University
  • PhD—University of California, Davis

Professional Experience

  • 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. (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

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 292/306 A, B, C
  • EDU 324 A, B
  • EDU 206 C, D

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