Jo Towers
Biographic Data
| ID | 4616660 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jo Towers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jo |
| FAMILY NAME | Towers |
| SIGNATURE | TOWERS J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0125-4921 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Building Mathematical Understanding Through Pollination
Bodymarking: An Interpretive Framework for Analyzing Embodied Action in Classrooms
The Emergence of Collective Mathematical Creativity Through Students’ Productive Struggle
Early Years Students’ Relationships with Mathematics
Early years mathematics experiences have been shown to be a significant predictor for students’ school readiness and future mathematics achievement. Previous research also indicates an important connection between emotion and mathematics learning. How do students in early years education in Alberta describe their emotional relationship with mathematics? This article documents the findings of our research focusing on Kindergarten to Grade 2 studen…
Building Mathematical Understanding Through Collective Property Noticing
Consistencies Between New Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices and Those Grounding Their Initial Teacher Education Program
This paper discusses the experiences of beginning teachers as they navigated their first seven years in the profession. Drawing on data from a research study that charted these teachers’ experiences during and after their initial teacher education program, I reveal that although the participants’ teaching contexts varied considerably, patterns emerged in the ways in which they articulated their roles, practices, commitments, and identities as tea…
The teacher's responsibility in whole‐class debriefing of mathematical activity
The Psychology of Human Possibility and Constraint by J. Martin and J. Sugarman
claim that The Psychology of Human Possibility and Constraint presents a unique argument for a reconceptualization of some of the significant ideas of the discipline of psychology.The book is directed primarily toward psychologists and students of psychology, and as I am neither I cannot say whether the ideas are indeed unique for the discipline.As a teacher and researcher interested in cognition, however, I am able to recognize in Martin and Sug…
The Psychology of Human Possibility and Constraint by J. Martin and J. Sugarman
claim that The Psychology of Human Possibility and Constraint presents a unique argument for a reconceptualization of some of the significant ideas of the discipline of psychology.The book is directed primarily toward psychologists and students of psychology, and as I am neither I cannot say whether the ideas are indeed unique for the discipline.As a teacher and researcher interested in cognition, however, I am able to recognize in Martin and Sug…
The teacher's responsibility in whole‐class debriefing of mathematical activity
Consistencies Between New Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices and Those Grounding Their Initial Teacher Education Program
This paper discusses the experiences of beginning teachers as they navigated their first seven years in the profession. Drawing on data from a research study that charted these teachers’ experiences during and after their initial teacher education program, I reveal that although the participants’ teaching contexts varied considerably, patterns emerged in the ways in which they articulated their roles, practices, commitments, and identities as tea…
Building Mathematical Understanding Through Collective Property Noticing
Early Years Students’ Relationships with Mathematics
Early years mathematics experiences have been shown to be a significant predictor for students’ school readiness and future mathematics achievement. Previous research also indicates an important connection between emotion and mathematics learning. How do students in early years education in Alberta describe their emotional relationship with mathematics? This article documents the findings of our research focusing on Kindergarten to Grade 2 studen…
The Emergence of Collective Mathematical Creativity Through Students’ Productive Struggle
Bodymarking: An Interpretive Framework for Analyzing Embodied Action in Classrooms
Building Mathematical Understanding Through Pollination
Psychology (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Mathematics education (3 works) · Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Education Methods and Practices (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Mathematics (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works)