Curriculum & Instructional Technology

Education: Ph.D., Human Development and Social Policy, Northwestern University, 2000; M.S., Special Education, Rosary College, 1996; B.S., Biological Sciences, University of Chicago, 1994.

Research Interests: Mathematics Education

Office: N158 Lagomarcino Hall
Phone: 515.294.3701
Fax: 515.294.6206
Email: cdrake@iastate.edu
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Research Projects

Highlighted Publications

• Calabrese Barton, A., Drake, C., Perez, G., St. Louis, K., & George, M. (2004). Ecologies of Parental Engagement in Urban Education. Educational Researcher 33(4): 3-12.

• Drake, C. (2006). Turning Points: Using Mathematics Life Stories to Understand the Implementation of Mathematics Education Reform.  Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education 9(6): 579-608.

• Drake, C. & Sherin, M.G. (2006). Practicing Change: Curriculum Adaptation and Teacher Narrative in the Context of Mathematics Education Reform. Curriculum Inquiry 36(2): 153-187.

• Perez, G., Drake, C. & Calabrese Barton, A. (2005). The Importance of Presence: Immigrant Parents' Experiences of School Engagement.  American Educational Research Journal 42(3): 465-498.

Professional Experience

• 01/2005-Present, Assistant Professor, Mathematics Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Iowa State University
  

• 01/2002-01/2005, Assistant Professor, Elementary Mathemativs Education and Special Education, College of Education, Division of Teaching and Learning, University of Missouri-St.Louis
  

• 01/2001-01/2002, Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Science Education, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Texas at Austin
  

• 01/1997-01/2000, Teaching Assistant, Northwestern University, School of Education and Social Policy
  

• 01/1997-01/2000, Research Assistant, Northwestern University
  

• 01/1994-01/1996, Special Education Teacher (Grades 6-8), John Hope Community Academy, Chicago Public Schools

Courses Taught

CI 290, CI 438, CI 448, CI 590G, CI 690G, CI 699G

Current Duties

Selected Honors and Awards

Significant Grants

• CAREER: Constructing Coherence: Elementary Teachers' Strategies for Using Standards-Based Mathematics Curriculum Materials, National Science Foundation, $198,822, 5/31/2012
  

• CAREER: Constructing Coherence: Elementary Teachers Strategies for Using Standards-Based Mathematics Curriculum Materials, National Science Foundation, $39,237, 8/31/2009
  

• Ecologies of Engagement: An Investigation into Teacher Learning About Teacher-Parent Engagement in Science and Mathematics Education, Michigan State University, $15,289, 5/31/2009
  

• Connecting Children’s Mathematical Thinking to Community and Family Funds of Knowledge in Elementary Mathematics Methods Courses, National Science Foundation, $99,673, 12/31/2008

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