| Dr. Elizabeth Senger Associate Professor of Elementary Education
 Dr. Elizabeth Senger is an associate professor in the College of Education and the Department of Curriculum and Teaching. She specializes in mathematics education at the elementary and middle school levels. Dr. Senger has been at Auburn University since January 2,1996. Prior to coming to Auburn, she was an assistant professor at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. She received her doctorate from the University of Arizona, Tucson. She has 20 years of elementary school teaching experience including all grade levels (of math) from grades 1st through 10th. Dr. Senger's teaching interests include teacher development in mathematics through an understanding of current national reforms and through the use of classroom research. Pedagogical issues include teaching as problem solving, and setting the stage for mathematical understanding through inquiry-based learning and writing/discussion of children's ideas. Math curricular areas of special interest are spatial sense/geometry, technology, probability, problem solving, and logic. Related to her teaching interests is Dr. Senger's desire to work with experienced teachers in elementary/middle schools in graduate coursework and field research. Dr. Senger's current research interests include: (1) philosophical and cognitive issues of teaching, (2) practicing teachers' manner and style in teaching mathematics, (3) teachers' beliefs about mathematics and teaching, and (4) the development of spatial thinking in teachers and students.Academic Degrees
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