Candace Walkington Explained

Candace Walkington is an associate professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Southern Methodist University, and a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers.

Education

Walkington received her B.S. and M.S. in Mathematics from Texas A&M University in 2004 and 2006, respectively. She received her PhD in Mathematics Education in 2010 from the University of Texas, and was an Institute of Education Sciences Postdoctoral Fellow in Mathematical Thinking, Learning, and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin - Madison from 2010 to 2012.

Publications

Walkington has published articles in the Journal of Educational Psychology,^[1] American Educational Research Journal,^[2] Contemporary Educational Psychology,^[3] and Cognitive Research: Principles & Implications.^[4]

Research funding

Walkington has received grants from the U.S. Department of Education,^[5] and the National Science Foundation.^{[6] [7]}

Honors received

Walkington was awarded the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in 2019.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Walkington, C. (2013). Using learning technologies to personalize instruction to student interests: The impact of relevant contexts on performance and learning outcomes. Journal of Educational Psychology, 105(4), 932-945.
2. Walkington, C., Clinton, V., & Shivraj, P. (2018). How Readability Factors Are Differentially Associated with Performance for Students of Different Backgrounds When Solving Math Word Problems. American Educational Research Journal, 55(2), 362-414. DOI: 10.3102/0002831217737028
3. Pier, E. L., Walkington, C., Clinton, V. E., Boncoddo, R., Williams-Pierce, C., Alibali, M.A., & Nathan, M. J. (2019). Embodied Truths: How Dynamic Gesture and Transformational Speech Contribute to Mathematical Proof Practices. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 58, 44-57.
4. Nathan, M. & Walkington, C. (2017). Grounded and Embodied Mathematical Cognition: Promoting Mathematical Insight and Proof Using Action and Language. Cognitive Research: Principles and Implications, 2(1), 9. DOI: 10.1186/s41235-016-0040-5
5. Web site: Search Funded Research Grants and Contracts - Details.
6. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award # 1759195 - Personalizing Mathematics to Maximize Relevance and Skill for Tomorrow's STEM Workforce.
7. Web site: NSF Award Search: Award # 1950246 - A Community-focused Pathway for Mathematics Teacher Preparation.
8. The awards announced in 2019 were for the years of 2015 - 2017.