Dr. Jeffrey Barrett
Professor
Office
STV Stevenson Hall 329D
Office Hours
3:00 PM until 5:00 PM on Wednesdays
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- About
- Education
- Awards & Honors
- Selected Research
Biography
Jeffrey E. Barrett is Professor of Mathematics Education and Associate Director of the Center for Mathematics, Science and Technology at Illinois State University.
Current Courses
MAT 130.002 Dimensions Of Numerical Reasoning
MAT 586.001 Mathematics Teaching And Teacher Education
Teaching Interests & Areas
Since 1997, I have taught a variety of courses including content courses for non-majors, methods courses for undergraduate majors, courses designed for practicing teachers, and graduate courses for Ph.D. or Masters -level students. I am interested in teaching about cognition and measurement, as well as the content of geometric reasoning. I am also interested in teaching about the use of dynamic computer tools for pedagogy such as dynamic geometry software in K-12 schooling.
Research Interests & Areas
Primary research interests include the learning and teaching of the mathematics of measurement, geometric reasoning, the use of computer software to model mathematical ideas, and the professional development of teachers engaged in teaching elementary and middle-school level mathematics or science. Dr. Barrett served as Principal Investigator of two NSF-funded projects: "Learning Trajectories to Support the Growth of Measurement Knowledge: Pre-K through Middle School" and "A Longitudinal Examination of Children’s Developing Knowledge of Measurement: Mathematical and Scientific Concept and Strategy Growth from Pre-K to Grade 5". Both projects were part of the Discovery Research K-12 Program of the National Science Foundation.
BS Applied Mathematics
Biola University
La Mirada, CA
MS Elementary Education
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Ph D Mathematics Education
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
Outstanding College Researcher in Sciences and Mathematics
College of Arts and Sciences
2018
Alumni of the Year
Department of Learning and Instruction, Graduate School of Education, University at Buffalo, SUNY
2009
Member of the Million Dollar Club
Illinois State University
2009
Grants and Contracts
The Utilizing Number to Initative Fravtion Inquiry (UNIFI) for Students with Learning Disabilities
Beth L. MacDonald, Allison Kroesch, Jessica Hunt, Jeffrey Barrett, Neet Priya Bajwa, Jennifer Tobias, Julien Corven.
Illinois State University. 2023 - 2024
Learning Trajectories to Support the Growth of Measurement Knowledge: Pre-K through Middle School
Jeffrey Barrett, Doug Clements, Julie Sarama, Craig Cullen.
National Science Foundation: Discovery Research K-12. July 15 2014 - July 30 2016
Mathematical Concept Development through Measurement for teachers of Grades 1 through 5
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Jennifer Tobias, Jae Baek.
Illinois Mathematics and Science Partnerships Program. June 2012 - October 2012
Formative Assessment Improving Teachers' Instructional Practices
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Jae Baek, Jennifer Tobias.
Illinois State Board of Education. 2011 - 2013
Mathematics and Science Partnership: STEM Education and Leadership
Jeffrey Barrett, C Merrill.
Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). September 1 2008 - August 31 2009
Industrial/Engineering (STEM) Master’s degree
William J Hunter, C Merrill, J Barrett, M K Morey.
Illinois State Board of Education. May 2007 - May 2010
A Longitudinal Examination of Children’s Developing Knowledge of Measurement: Mathematical and Scientific Concept and Strategy Growth from Pre-K to Grade 5
Jeffrey Barrett, Doug Clements.
National Science Foundation: Discovery Research K-12. - October 2007
A Longitudinal Examination of Children’s Developing Knowledge of Measurement: Mathematical and Scientific Concept and Strategy Growth from Pre-K to Grade 5
Jeffrey Barrett, Doug Clements, Julie Sarama.
National Science Foundation. - August 2007
Formative Assessment Improving Teachers' Instructional Practices
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Jae Baek, Jennifer Tobias.
Mathematics and Science Partnerships (Illinois State Board of Education). - March 2011
Illinois Mathematics and Science Partnerships Program- Mathematical Concept Development through Measurement for teachers of Grades 1 through 5 stage II
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Jennifer Tobias.
Department of Education. - September 2011
Illinois Mathematics and Science Partnerships Program-Mathematical Concept Development through Measurement for teachers of Grades 1 through 5
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Jennifer Tobias, Jae Baek.
Department of Education. - June 2011
Institutes for Integrating Content-knowledge with Classroom-instruction (IICC): A Partnership for Improving Middle-School Mathematics and Science
Jeffrey Barrett, Cynthia Langrall.
Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). - September 2007
Measuring Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Geometry and Measurement at the Middle School level
Jeffrey Barrett, Agida Manizade, Gary Martin.
Education Research of the Department of Education. - 2007
Book Review
Analyzing the development of children’s thinking: a review of “learning and teaching early math: the learning trajectories approach”.
Jeffrey Barrett.
(2022), 25, 257-262, 10.1007/s10857-022-09533-8, Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education
Surveying current research on young children’s mathematical learning
Amanda Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett.
(2016), 47, 312–316, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
Book, Authored
A Pleasure to Measure
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, David Klanderman, Dianne Behnke.
(2017), 250, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Book, Chapter
Children’s Measurement Project: Sharing Trajectories with Teachers
Jeffrey Barrett, Megan Wickstrom, Jennifer Tobias, Craig Cullen, Amanda Cullen, Jae Baek.
(2019), Learning Trajectories for Teachers: Designing Effective Professional Development for Math Instruction
Area in the middle and later elementary grades
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Miller, Cheryl Eames, Melike Kara, David Klanderman.
(2017), 16, 105–127, Children’s measurement: A longitudinal study of children’s knowledge and learning of length, area, and volume., Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
Integration of results: A new learning trajectory for area
Jeffrey Barrett, Douglas Clements, Julie Sarama, Amanda Miller, Craig Cullen, Douglas Van Dine, David Klanderman.
(2017), 16, 129-148, Children’s measurement: A longitudinal study of children’s knowledge and learning of length, area, and volume., Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
Integration of results: A new learning trajectory for volume
Craig Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett, Melike Kara, Cheryl Eames, Miller, David Klanderman.
(2017), 16, 181–201, Children’s measurement: A longitudinal study of children’s knowledge and learning of length, area, and volume., Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
The learning and teaching of measurement: Coordinating quantity and number
John P. Smith, Jeffrey Barrett.
(2017), 355-385, Compendium for Research in Mathematics Education, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Chapter 4: Examples of Research Tools Developed in Mathematics Education and Science Education.
Jeffrey Barrett, Hui Jin.
(2014), GeoProgressions: Learning Progressions for Maps, Geospatial Technology, and Spatial Thinking: A research Handbook (a working handbook for research in geography education). Washington, DC: Association of American Geographers.
Comparing Learning Trajectories and Levels of Sophistication in the Development of Students’ Reasoning about Length: A Case Study
Jeffrey Barrett, Michael Battista.
(2014), Learning Over Time: Learning Trajectories in Mathematics Education, Information Age Publishing
Strategy use indicative of an understanding of units of length
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen.
(2010), 2, 281-288, Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Lesson study characterized as a multi-tiered teaching experiment
Jeffrey Barrett, N C Presmeg.
(2009), 304-314, International comparative studies on influence of teachers’ views about education on mathematics lessons at primary schools, International Research Fund
Prototypes and Categorical Reasoning: A Perspective to Explain How Children Learn about Interactive Geometry Objects
P Yu, Jeffrey Barrett, N Presmeg.
(2009), 109-125, Understanding Geometry for a Changing World (Seventy-first Yearbook of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics), NCTM
Conference Proceeding
Using Design-Based Tasks to Teach Area Measurement
Edward S Mooney, Jeffrey E Barrett.
Cinvestav / AMIUTEM / PME-NA, (42.2020), 689-693, (2020), 10.51272/pmena.42.2020
Using a Virtual Manipulative Environment to Support Students’ Organizational Structuring of Volume Units
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig J Cullen, Jenna O'Dell.
(2017)
Linking children’s knowledge of length measurement to their use of double number lines.
Pam S Beck, Cheryl L Eames, Craig Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett, Douglas H Clements, Julie Sarama.
(2014)
The longitudinal development of unit concepts in area and volume measurement contexts: A case study
Amanda Cullen, Craig Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett.
(2013)
A comparison of three students’ responses to area invariance tasks across grades 2-5
Amanda Cullen, Craig Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett.
(2012)
A retrospective analysis of students’ thinking about volume measurement across grades 2-5
Amanda Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen.
(2012)
Developing an understanding of area measurement concepts with triangular units
Melike Kara, Cheryl L Eames, Amanda Cullen, Craig Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett.
1015--1023, (2011)
Developing and understanding of area measurement concepts with triangular units
M Kara, C E Eames, A L Miller, Craig Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett.
University of Nevada, Reno, 1015-1023, (2011)
Unit eliciting task structures: Verbal prompts for comparative measures
Craig Cullen, Amanda Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett.
(2011)
Key components for measurement tasks
Craig Cullen, C Witkowski, A L Miller, Jeffrey Barrett, J A Sarama, D H Clements.
Ohio State University, 6 (599-606), (2010)
Strategy use indicative of an understanding of units of length
Craig Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett.
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2, 281-288, (2010)
The key components for measurement tasks
Craig Cullen, Amanda Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett.
(2010)
Children's abstraction of iterative units to measure linear space: A trajectory
Jeffrey Barrett, Douglas H Clements, Craig Cullen, Jenni McCool, Chepina Witkowski, David Klanderman.
(2009)
Journal Article
Children’s Construction of a Volume Calculation Algorithm for a Rectangular Prism with a Dynamic Virtual Manipulative
Theodore J Rupnow, Jenna R O'Dell, Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Douglas H Clements, Julie Sarama, George Rutherford.
Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 67, (2022), 10.1016/j.jmathb.2022.100998
Length Measurement in the Early Years: Teaching and Learning with Learning Trajectories
Julie Sarama, Douglas H Clements, Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Aaron Hudyma, Yuly Vanegas Munoz.
Mathematical Thinking and Learning, Taylor and Francis, (2022), DOI: 10.1080/10986065.2020.1858245
Examining and Developing Fourth Grade Children’s Area Estimation Performance
Cheryl Eames, Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, David Klanderman, Douglas H Clements, Douglas Van Dine, Julie Sarama, George Rutherford.
School Science and Mathematics, 120 (2), 67-78, (2020), https://doi.org/10.1111/ssm.12386
Area measurement: structuring with nonsquare units
Amanda Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett.
Routledge, 1-31, (2019), 10.1080/10986065.2019.1608619
Effects of Three Interventions on Children’s Spatial Structuring and Coordination of Area Units
Amanda Cullen, Cheryl L. Eames, Craig Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett, Julie Sarama, Douglas H. Clements, Douglas W. Van Dine.
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 49 (5), 533-574, (2018)
Evaluation of three interventions teaching area measurement as spatial structuring to young children
Douglas H Clements, Julie Sarama, Douglas Van Dine, Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Aaron Hudyma, Ron Dolgin, Amanda Cullen, Cheryl L Eames.
Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 50, 23-41, (2018), doi:10.1016/j.jmathb.2017.12.004
Developing an Understanding of Children's Justifications for the Circle Area Formula.
Jenna R O'Dell, Theodore J Rupnow, Craig Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett, Douglas H Clements, Julie Sarama, Douglas W Van Dine.
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, (2016)
Prompting Teacher Geometric Reasoning through Coaching in a Dynamic Geometry Software Context
Andrea K Knapp, Cynthia Moore, Jeffrey Barrett.
School Science and Mathematics, 116, 326-337, (2016), 10.1111/ssm.12184.
Evaluating and Improving a Learning Trajectory for Linear Measurement in Elementary Grades 2 and 3: A Longitudinal Study
Jeffrey Barrett, D Clements, J Sarama, Craig Cullen, J McCool, C Witkowski, D Klanderman.
Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 14 (1), 28-54, (2012)
Teachers' Noticing of Children's Understanding of Linear Measurement.
Megan H Wickstrom, Jae Baek, Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Jennifer Tobias.
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, (2012)
Children’s Unit Concepts in Measurement: A Teaching Experiment Spanning Grades 2 through 5. ZDM
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, J Sarama, D Clements, D Klanderman, A Miller, C Witkowski-Rumsey.
The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 43 (5), 637-650, (2011)
Children’s unit concepts in measurement: a teaching experiment spanning grades 2 through 5
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Julie Sarama, Douglas H Clements, David Klanderman, Amanda Cullen, Chepina Rumsey.
Zdm, 43 (5), 637–650, (2011)
Evaluation of a Hypothetical Learning Trajectory for Length in the Early Years. ZDM
J Sarama, D H Clements, Jeffrey Barrett, D W VanDine, J S McDonel.
The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 43 (5), 667-680, (2011)
Learning Trajectories in Mathematics: A foundation for standards, curriculum, assessment, and instruction
P Daro, F A Mosher, T Corcoran, Jeffrey Barrett, , , , M Battista, D Clements, J Confrey, V Daro, A Maloney, W Nagakura, M Petit, J Sarama.
Teachers College-Columbia University, (2011)
Unit eliciting task structures: Verbal prompts for comparative measures
Craig Cullen, A L Miller, Jeffrey Barrett, D H Clements, J Sarama.
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, (2011)
Presentations
Using Design-Based Tasks to Explore Area Measurement
Edward Mooney, Jeffrey Barrett.
2021 Midwest Annual Robert Noyce Conference, Online, February 6, 2021
Middle Grades and High School Students Three-Dimensional Reasoning
Jeffrey Barrett.
Research Conference of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, San Diego, CA, April 2, 2019
Development, Refinement, and Evaluation of Learning Trajectories for Geometric Measurement
Jeffrey Barrett, Jenna J O'Dell.
Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD, March 20, 2019
The Ongoing Process of Validating and /or Adapting Learning Trajectories Over Time
Jeffrey Barrett.
Discovery Research PreK-12 PI Meeting, Washington, D.C., June 07, 2018
Measurement Concepts in Virtual Reality for Children with Cerebral Palsy
Megan L Nickels, Jeffrey Barrett.
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York, NY, April 17, 2018
Teaching Multiplication with Area Measurement Models
Jeffrey Barrett.
33rd Annual Meeting of the ICTM Southern Region, Carbondale, IL, February 15, 2018
Ridiculous Rulers and other Zany Measurement Ideas
Jeffrey Barrett, Diana A. Behnke.
NCTM Regional Conference at Nashville, Nashville, TN, November 19, 2015
The effects of learning trajectory based professional development on teachers' noticing
Megan H Wickstrom, Jae Baek, Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Jennifer Tobias.
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Online, November, 2013
Microgenetic studies of Children's Area measurement
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Amanda Miller, Melike Kara, Cheryl Eames.
seminar for the fourth annual mini-center on measurement, ISU, Chicago Offices, November 14, 2013
Creating Powerful Learning Environments Based on Learning Trajectories
Jeffrey Barrett.
NCTM Regional Conference and Exposition, Louisville, KY, November 6, 2013
Mathematics Ignites
Jeffrey Barrett.
Common Visions, Common Goals (for teacher development), Illinois State University, Normal, IL, October 17, 2013
The Longitudinal Development of Children’s Conceptions of Spatial Measurement
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Amanda Miller, Cheryl Eames, Melike Kara, Douglas Clements, Julie Sarama.
Annual Meeting of the Jean Piaget Society, Chicago, IL, June 6, 2013
Framing and revising a hypothetical learning trajectory for area measurement.
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Miller Amanda, Eames Cheryl, Kara Melike, clements Douglas.
Annual Research PreSession, Denver, CO, April 16, 2013
Measurement Study Topics and LTs
Jeffrey Barrett.
MAT 585 Seminar on Mathematics Education Research, ISU, February 5, 2013
Development and Use of Learning Trajectories as Tools"
Jeffrey Barrett, Cheryl Eames.
CeMaST Symposium Series 2013, Normal, IL, January 15, 2013
A ten-day workshop series for a summer institute with Peoria District 150 elementary teachers through the Formative Assessment project
Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen, Jae Baek, Jennifer Tobias.
Online, 2012
A Study of the Struggling Learner’s knowledge and Development for Number and Operation
Jeffrey Barrett.
Video Conference, Missouri, Columbia, , 2012
Teacher’s Noticing of Children’s Understanding of Linear Measurement
M H Wickstrom, Jae Baek, Craig Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett, Jennifer Tobias.
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Annual Conference, Kalamazoo, MI, November, 2012
Extending length measurement into the middle school with CCSSM
A L Miller, Craig Cullen, Jeffrey Barrett.
Regional Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Chicago, IL, November, 2012
Using a Learning Trajectory to Conduct Professional Development
Jeffrey Barrett, M Wickstrom.
Measurement Mini-Center Annual Meeting, Lansing, Michigan, October 19, 2012
Developing and Improving an Area Measurement Learning Trajectory
A Miller, Jeffrey Barrett.
Measurement Mini-Center Annual Meeting, Lansing, Michigan, October 18, 2012
Issues and opportunities for using learning trajectories as research tools
C Clements, Jeffrey Barrett.
PI Conference for the DRK12 Program of the National Science Foundation, Washington D.C, June 15, 2012
Surveying the challenges of conducting longitudinal research in DR K-12 research and development projects
Jeffrey Barrett, D Clements, J Sarama.
PI Conference for the DRK12 Program of the National Science Foundation, Washington D.C, June 14, 2012
The Role of Learning Trajectories in Professional Development
Jeffrey Barrett.
Mathematics Science Partnership Conference of the U.S. Department of Education, Chicago, IL, April, 2012
Trajectories of three students’ learning of area measurement: Grades 2 – 5
A L Miller, C L Eames, M Kara, Jeffrey Barrett, Craig Cullen.
Research Pre-session of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Philadelphia, PA, April, 2012