Director of the Investigations Center for Curriculum and Professional Development

Program/Areas of Interest
- 罢丑别听Investigations听Center for Curriculum and Professional Development
This group鈥檚 work focuses on providing professional development and other support to schools and districts looking to use听Investigations听to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics for all students and teachers. - Investigations in Number, Data, and Space庐
滨苍惫别蝉迟颈驳补迟颈辞苍蝉听is a comprehensive K-5 mathematics curriculum that pays deep and careful attention to mathematics content and to student thinking and understanding. Making sense of mathematics is the heart of the work, for students and teachers. - Where鈥檚 the Math in the Kindergarten Classroom?
A professional development project, funded by Exxon Education Foundation, focused on identifying and supporting mathematics in the Kindergarten classroom.
Biography
Karen is director of the听滨苍惫别蝉迟颈驳补迟颈辞苍蝉听Center for Curriculum and Professional Development. Since coming to 成人快播 in 1991, the majority of her work has focused on the development and support of the elementary mathematics curriculum Investigations in Number, Data and Space庐. Her听work on听Investigations spans all three editions. She oversaw the development of K-2 for the 1st edition and co-directed the development of the 2nd and 3rd editions. When not in a development phase, Karen works extensively with classroom teachers, administrators, and school districts in the area of curriculum implementation and reform. Karen has served on numerous advisory boards including the Mathematical Sciences Education Board. She is a former K-2 teacher with a special interest in supporting the range of learners in elementary classrooms and in Early Childhood mathematics.
Associations
- NCSM
- NCTM
- ATMIN
Investigations 3 Blog Posts
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Highlighted Publications
Economopoulos, K. & Sussman, A. (2019). Online or In-Person: The Power of Collaborative Conversations.听Hands On! Magazine.听10-11. 成人快播
成人快播.听Investigations in Number, Data, and Space庐, 3rd ed.听Glenview, IL: Pearson, 2017.
Russell, Susan Jo, Economopoulos, Karen, Wittenberg, Lucy, et al. (2008).听Investigations in Number, Data, and Space庐.听A complete K-5 mathematics curriculum. Second edition.听Glenview, IL: Pearson Scott Foresman.
Russell, Susan Jo, Mokros, Jan, Tierney, Cornelia, Economopoulos, Karen et al. (1998).听Investigations in Number, Data, and Space庐.听First edition.听Palo Alto, CA: Dale Seymour Publications.
Economopoulos, Karen. (1998). What Comes Next? The Mathematics of Patterns in Kindergarten.听Teaching Children Mathematics, v5 n4, 230-233.
Mokros, J., Russell, S., Economopoulos, K. (1995).听Beyond Arithmetic: Changing Mathematics in the Elementary Classroom.听Dale Seymour Publications.




