Jessica Shumway

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

Associate Professor and Program Director, Mathematics Education


Jessica Shumway

Contact Information

Office Location: EDUC 399
Phone: 435-797-2501
Email: jessica.shumway@usu.edu
Additional Information:

Educational Background

PhD, Curriculum & Instruction, (Mathematics Education and Leadership), Utah State University, 2016
A Counting-Focused Instructional Treatment for Developing Number System Knowledge in Second Grade: A Mixed Methods Study on Children’s Number Sense
Med, Elementary Education, The George Washington University, 2003
BA, International Affairs, (Minor: Spanish Language and Literature), The George Washington University, 2002

Biography

Jessica Shumway is an Associate Professor of Mathematics Education at Utah State University. Dr. Shumway’s research is centered on improving elementary mathematics education. Specifically, she investigates instructional practices and learning technologies that foster mathematical and computational thinking in preschool and elementary classrooms. She was a Fulbright Scholar at Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp) in Rio Claro Brazil in 2023. Dr. Shumway mentors doctoral students interested in mathematics education research and is currently the Program Director for the mathematics education doctoral program. Dr. Shumway also teaches mathematics methods courses for preservice elementary school teachers. She is the author of Number Sense Routines books and the professional development video Go Figure! Number Sense Routines that Build Mathematical Understanding. She was an elementary teacher and a PreK-Grade 5 mathematics coach in Texas and Virginia Title I public schools.

Dr. Shumway's funded research projects:
Investigating Early Elementary Students’ Computational Thinking Development in Integrated Mathematics-Coding Instruction: National Science Foundation DRK-12 Award 2300357 (2023-2027). Project website: Mathematical and Computational Thinking in Grades 1 and 2….coming soon
Collaborative Research: Supporting Rural Paraprofessional Educators and their Students with Computer Science Professional Learning and Expansively Framed Curriculum: National Science Foundation CS4All Award 2031382 (2020-2024). Project website: Cache Code Math https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/eled_support_instructional/
Kindergarten Children’s Abilities to Reason Computationally with Mathematical Problem-Solving Skills: National Science Foundation STEM+C Award 1842116 (2018-2023). Project website: Coding in Kindergarten https://cehs.usu.edu/cik/

Teaching Interests

Elementary Mathematics Methods
PreK-16 Mathematics Education Research Foundations, Theory, and Methods

Research Interests

Number sense, spatial reasoning, problem solving, and computational thinking
Technology for STEM learning
Mathematics teaching practices and curriculum and children's mathematical thinking

Awards

Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award, 2023

Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, United States Department of State and Comissão Fulbright Brasil

Graduate Faculty Mentor of the Year Award, 2023

School of Teacher Education & Leadership

Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year, 2022

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

Undergraduate Research Mentor of the Year, 2020

School of Teacher Education and Leadership, Utah State University


Publications | Books

  • Shumway, J., (2018). Number sense routines: Building mathematical understanding every day in grades 3-5. Stenhouse Publishers

    Publications | Book Chapters

  • Shumway, J., (2023). Teaching coding in kindergarten: Supporting students' activity with robot coding toys: Teaching coding K-12. Springer

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Curriculum

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Publications | Journal Articles

Academic Journal

  • Welch, L., Shumway, J., Clarke-, J., Lee, V., (2022). Exploring Measurement Through Coding: Children's Conceptions of a Dynamic Linear Unit with Robot Coding Toys. Educational Sciences, 12:2, doi: https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12020143
  • Shumway, J., Reeder, R., (2021). Characteristics of 3-year-old preschoolers’ evolving mathematics knowledge: A one-year multiple-case analysis. International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 22:2
  • Shumway, J., Bundock, K., King, J., Burnside, M., Gardner, H., Messervy, F., (2020). Visualizing number: Instruction for number system knowledge in second-grade classrooms.. Investigations in Mathematics Learning, 12:2, doi: 10.1080/19477503.2020.1740383
  • Shumway, J., Moyer-Packenham, P., (2019). A counting-focused instructional treatment to improve number sense: An exploratory classroom-based intervention study. The Mathematics Enthusiast, 16:1, Article 14.
  • Player, C., Shumway, J., (2018). Emerging number system knowledge ideas: A case study. American Journal of Undergraduate Research, 15:3, 23-34.
  • Beck, K., Shumway, J., Shehzad, U., Clarke Midura, J., Recker, M.M, (2024). Facilitating mathematics and computer science connections: A cross-curricular approach. International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology (IJEMST), 12:1, 85-98. doi: https://doi.org/10.46328/ijemst.3104
  • Clarke-Midura, J., Lee, V., Shumway, J., Silvis, D., (2023). Designing Formative Assessments of Early Childhood Computational Thinking Using an Indicator of Knowledge Refinement Approach. Early Childhood Research Quarterly
  • Bundock, K., Shumway, J.F, King, J., Burnside, M., Messervy, F., (2023). Teachers’ actions and students’ engagement behaviors during number system knowledge discussions: Implications for enhancing active engagement. . International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science, and Technology
  • Silvis, D., Lee, V., Clarke-Midura, J., Shumway, J., Lewis, S., (2022). The technical matters: Young children debugging (with) tangible coding toys. Information of the Learning Sciences, doi: https://doi.org/10.1108/ILS-12-2021-0109
  • Shumway, J., Jordan, K.E, (2018). Synechistically using test scores and interviews to understand students' computational fluency. International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2, 159-175.
  • Bullock, E., Shumway, J., Watts, C., Moyer-Packenham, P., (2017). Affordance access matters: Preschool children's learning progressions while interacting with touch-screen mathematics apps. Technology, Knowledge, and Learning, 1-27.
  • Shumway, J., Westenskow, A., Moyer-Packenham, P.S, (2016). An exploratory study of a story problem assessment: Understanding children's number sense. International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 17:3, 1-40.
  • Shumway, J., Moyer-Packenham, P., Baker, J.M, Westenskow, A., Anderson-Pence, K.L, Tucker, S.I, Boyer-Thurgood, J., Jordan, K.E, (2016). Using open-response fraction items to explore the relationship between instructional modalities and students’ solution strategies. International Journal of Education in Mathematics, Science and Technology, 4:2, 112-132. doi: DOI:10.18404/ijemst.20845
  • Watts, C.M, Moyer-Packenham, P., Tucker, S.I, Bullock, E.P, Shumway, J., Westenskow, A., Boyer-Thurgood, J., Anderson-Pence, K., Mahamane, S., Jordan, K.E, (2016). An examination of children’s learning progression shifts while using touch screen virtual manipulative mathematics apps. Computers in Human Behavior, 64, 814-828. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2016.07.029

Professional Journal

  • Welch, L., Shumway, J., Clarke-Midura, J., Lee, V., (2021). Using coding toys to understand equality.. Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 26:3, 21-25.
  • Throndsen, J., Shumway, J., Moyer-Packenham, P.S, (2020). The relationship between mathematical literacy at kindergarten entry and preschool attendance, type, and quality. Early Childhood Education Journal, doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10643-019-01014-7
  • Shumway, J., Clarke Midura, J., Lee, V.R, Hamilton, M.M, Baczuk, C., (2019). Coding in Kindergarten: Putting spatial orientation and measurement skills to work. Teaching Children Mathematics, 25:5, 314-317.
  • Shumway, J., Hoggan, J., (2019). Developing spatial structuring with Quick Images. Teaching Children Mathematics, 25:5, 290-296.
  • Shumway, J., Pace, L., (2017). Preschool problem solvers: CGI promotes mathematical reasoning. Teaching Children Mathematics, 24:2, 23-34.
  • Clarke Midura, J., Silvis, D., Shumway, J., Lee, V.R, Kozlowski, J.S, (2021). Developing a kindergarten computational thinking assessment using evidence-centered design: the case of algorithmic thinking. Computer Science Education, 1--24.
  • Clarke Midura, J., Kozlowski, J.S, Shumway, J., Lee, V.R, (2021). How young children engage in and shift between reference frames when playing with coding toys. International Journal of Child-Computer Interaction, 28, 100250.
  • Hamilton, M., Clarke Midura, J., Shumway, J., Lee, V.R, (2020). An emerging technology report on computational toys in early childhood. Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 25:1, 213--224.
  • Clarke Midura, J., Lee, V.R, Shumway, J., Hamilton, M., (2019). The building blocks of coding: A comparison of early childhood coding toys. Information and Learning Sciences

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Publications | Other

An asterisk (*) at the end of a publication indicates that it has not been peer-reviewed.

Teaching

TEAL 7552 - Mathematics Education Learning Theory, Spring 2023
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Spring 2023
TEAL 7551 - Mathematics Education Research Foundations, Fall 2022
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2022
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Spring 2022
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Spring 2022
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2021
TEAL 7551 - Mathematics Education Research Foundations, Spring 2021
ELED 4062, 4063 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Spring 2021
ELED 4062, 4063 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2020
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2020
ELED 4063, 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2020
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Spring 2020
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Spring 2020
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2019
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2019
TEAL 7551 - Mathematics Education Research Foundations, Spring 2019
TEAL 6551 - Mathematics for Teaching K - 8: Assessment and Intervention, Spring 2019
TEAL 6523 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Algebraic Reasoning, Spring 2019
TEAL 6525 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Data Analysis and Problem Solving, Spring 2019
TEAL 6525 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Data Analysis and Problem Solving, Spring 2019
TEAL 6524 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Geometry and Measurement, Spring 2019
TEAL 6521 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Numbers and Operations, Spring 2019
TEAL 6522 - Mathematics for Teaching K-8 - Rational Numbers and Proportional Reasoning, Spring 2019
TEAL 6300 - Workshop in Mathematics Education, Spring 2019
TEAL 6300 - Workshop in Mathematics Education, Spring 2019
TEAL 6300 - Workshop in Mathematics Education, Spring 2019
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2018
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2018
ELED 4061 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics I: Rational Numbers, Operations, and Proportional Reasoning, Spring 2018
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Spring 2018
TEAL 7553 - Mathematics Education Curriculum Content and Evaluation, Fall 2017
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Fall 2017
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Spring 2017
ELED 4062 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II: Number, Operations, and Algebraic Reasoning, Spring 2017
ELED 4060 - Teaching Mathematics and Practicum Level III, Fall 2016
ELED 4060 - Teaching Mathematics and Practicum Level III, Spring 2016

Graduate Students Mentored

Camille Lund, Teacher Education & Leadership
Michelle Rich, Teacher Education & Leadership
Kimberly Beck, Teacher Education & Leadership, May 2021
Jameson Hardy, Teacher Education & Leadership
Jason Hart, Teacher Education & Leadership, August 2020
Trent Fawcett, Teacher Education & Leadership
Vicki Lyons, Teacher Education & Leadership 2024
Jet Warr, Teacher Education & Leadership 2024
Lise Welch Bond, Teacher Education & Leadership 2023
Joseph Kozlowski, Teacher Education & Leadership 2022
Jennifer Throndsen, Teacher Education & Leadership, August 2016 - May 2018