STEM Education Researcher
Program/Areas of Interest
- Middle school mathematics
- Mathematical argumentation
- Emergent multilinguals/bilinguals
- Teacher professional development
- Curriculum design
- Mathematics and 3D Design
Biography
Elise Levin-Güracar is a math educator and a researcher at TERC. She participates on both design and research teams. She studied education, public policy, and sociology at the University of California at Berkeley, and received her secondary math teaching credential after student teaching with a 7th-grade class. She continues to teach math to third- through eleventh-graders. As a maker, she enjoys gardening, playing with acrylic paint, and learning new crafts (most recently ceramics and water marbling).
Education
- B.A., Interdisciplinary Studies (Education, Public Policy, Sociology), UC Berkeley, 2016
Highlighted Publications
Levin-Güracar, E., Jaumot-Pascual, N., Rafanan, K., Lara-Meloy, T., Eways, J. & Mitchell, I. (2024, September 28-October 1). Object Elicitation Interviews: Engaging Youth in Conversations About Their STEM Learning Through Making [Conference presentation]. ASTC Annual Conference, Chicago, IL, United States.
Levin-Güracar, E., & Merson, M. (2024, September 20). Creating an inclusive experience: Accessibility for blind and deaf visitors at Science Museums. informalscience.org. https://informalscience.org/creating-an-inclusive-experience-accessibility-for-blind-and-deaf-visitors-at-science-museums/
Rafanan, K., & Levin-Güracar, E. (2023, July 20-21). Integrating Designing and Making for Others in the Mathematics Classroom [Conference presentation]. 2023 Play Make Learn, Madison, WI, United States.
