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Dr. Juanita M Silva

  • Associate Professor - Curriculum And Instruction
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Biography and education

Dr. Silva is an associate professor at Texas State University in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Dr. Silva received her Ph.D. from the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education program in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Texas at Austin. She earned her B.S. in Mathematics from UT Austin. Prior to beginning her doctorate work, she taught middle school mathematics for five years at a public school in Dallas, TX with culturally diverse populations.

Research Interests

  • White, Dorothy Y. (Principal), Maldonado Rodriguez, Luz A (Principal), Silva, Juanita M (Co-Principal), Eley, Peter (Principal). Identifying Systemic Racism in Mathematics Teacher Education: Building a Cross-Site Community with Preservice Teachers of Color, National Science Foundation, Federal, $1377808. (Submitted: January 17, 2023, Funded: October 2023 - Present). Grant.
  • Silva, Juanita M (Principal), Maldonado, Luz A (Co-Principal). Equity and STEM integration: Using wearable technology to enhance STEM education, Teaching and Learning Technology Innovation Grant, Texas State University, $4357. (Funded: September 2019 - August 2020). Grant.
  • Silva, J. M., Hunt, J. H., & Welch-Ptak, J. J. (2023). From (and for) the invisible 10%: Including students with learning disabilities in problem solving instruction. Journal of Research in Mathematics Education. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5951/jresematheduc-2020-0117
  • Martínez Hinestroza, J., Silva, J. M., & Maldonado Rodriguez, L. A. (2022). Attending to others’ mathematical ideas: A semiotic alternative to logocentrism in bilingual classrooms. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2022.2098398
  • Silva, J. M. (2020). Exploring the mathematical agency of a multilingual child with an identified learning disability. Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics, 11(3), 25–31.
  • Hunt, J. H., Martin, K., Khounmeuang, A., Silva, J. M., Patterson, B., & Welch-Ptak, J. (2020). Design, development, and initial testing of asset-based intervention grounded in trajectories of student fraction learning. Learning Disability Quarterly, 00(0), 1–14.
  • Krause, G. H., Silva, J. M., & Aguilar, J. J. (2020). Bilingual pre-service teachers and their opportunities to learn. Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 12(4), 289–303. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1080/19477503.2020.1836458
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  • Award / Honor Recipient: College Achievement Award for Teaching, Assistant Professor Rank, Presidential Award for Excellence Program. 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Keynote Speaker Award, Intervention Leadership Conference, The Math Learning Center. October 21, 2022 - October 22, 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award for Exemplar Service during the Covid 19 Crisis, Texas State Alumni Association. 2020
  1. Reviewer / Referee

    American Educational Research Journal

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    Educational Researcher

  3. Member

    Elementary Math Search Committee

  4. Chair

    Search Committee for Elementary Education Tenure-Track Position

  5. Reviewer / Referee

    Journal of Mathematical Behavior

  6. Co-Chair

    Research Enhancement Committee

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