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Education

PhD in Educational Psychology and Educational Technology (May 2009)
Major: Mathematics Education and Technology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Master of Arts in Teaching and Learning with Technology (May 2004)
Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Bachelor of Science in Mathematics Education (July 1999)
Department of Mathematics Education
College of Education
Marmara University
Istanbul, Turkey

Research Experience

Research Assistant (Jan. 2008 – May 2009)
Project: Teachers for a New Era (TNE) Project
PI: Robert Floden & Joan Ferrini-Mundy
Michigan State University

Research Assistant  (Aug. 2005 – May 2008)
Project: Promoting Rigorous Outcomes in Mathematics and Science Education
(PROM/SE)
PI: Joan Ferrini-Mundy & William Schmidt
Michigan State University

Research Assistant (Jan. 2006 – Dec. 2008)
Project: Teacher Education and Development Study in Mathematics (TEDS-M)
PI: Maria Terasa Tatto, Sharon L. Senk & Jack Schwille
Michigan State University

Research Assistant (Aug. 2004 – May 2005)
Mathematical Flexibility Project
PI: Jon R. Star
Michigan State University

Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant (Sept. 1999 – May 2001)
Department of Mathematics
Ondokuz Mayis University
Samsun, Turkey
Courses taught: Linear Algebra, Calculus (I-II), Differential Equations

Mathematics Teacher (Jan. 1999 – May 1999)
Science High School
Istanbul, Turkey
Courses taught: Mathematics

Accepted Papers
Demir, M., & Putnam, R. T. (2009). Effects of virtual manipulatives with two differentinstructional    approaches on students’ knowledge of slope. Paper was accepted to the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Denver, Colorado.

Senk, S. L., Park, J., Demir, M. & Crespo, S. (2009, September). Pre-service elementary teachers’ reasoning about geometry. Research Report was accepted to the thirty-first annual conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (PME-NA), Atlanta, Georgia.

Demir, M. & Star, J.R. (2007, October). Effectiveness of the cognitive tutor software on students’ conceptual knowledge of linear functions. Research Report was accepted to the twenty-ninth annual conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (PME-NA), Lake Tahoe, Nevada.

Demir, M. & Star, J.R. (2005, October). Effectiveness of the change in variable strategy for solving linear equations. Poster was accepted to the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (PME-NA), Roanoke, Virginia.

Star, J. R., Glasser, H., Lee, K., Gucler, B., Demir, M., & Chang, L. (2005, April). Investigating the development of students’ knowledge of standards algorithms in algebra. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Montreal, Canada.