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Kristie Jones Newton
Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education
Curriculum, Instruction and Technology in Education

Ritter Hall 438
1301 Cecil B. Moore Ave.
Ritter Hall, College of Education
Philadelphia, PA 19122

phone/fax: (215) 204-6135/ (215) 204-1414
kjnewton@temple.edu

Education

2006, Ph.D. Human Development, University of Maryland at College Park
2001, M.S. Human Development, University of North Texas
1995, B.S. Mathematics, University of Texas at Dallas

Areas of Professional Interest

  • Teacher and student knowledge of mathematics in the middle grades
  • Links between motivation, learning, and instruction in mathematics
  • Characteristics of high-quality mathematics instruction

Recent Scholarship

Newton, K. J. (In press). An extensive analysis of elementary preservice teachers' knowledge of fractions. American Educational Research Journal.

Newton, K. J. (2008, March). Seeing the Whole: Error Patterns, Flexibility, and the Assessment of Preservice Teachers' Knowledge of Fractions. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association conference in New York City.

Newton, K. J. (2008, March). Elements of Instruction that Contribute to Preservice Elementary Teachers' Motivation Toward Fractions. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association conference in New York City.

Jones, K. K., & Byrnes, J. P. (2006). Characteristics of students who benefit from high-quality mathematics instruction. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 31, 328-343.

Jones, K. K. (2006). 4th- and 5th- grade teaching: Reform Recommendations and the Realities of Teaching. Paper presented at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics regional conference in Atlantic City, NJ.

Graeber, A. O., Jones, K. K., & Chambliss, M. (2005). What counts as teaching? Challenges in comparing reading and mathematics instruction In G. Natriello (Chair), Promoting the Public good through Investigations of Teaching: Challenges and Possibilities. Symposium presented at the American Educational Research Association conference in San Francisco.

Jones, K. K. (2005). Against the odds: Examining High-quality Mathematics Instruction within High-poverty Schools. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association conference in San Francisco.