Department of Learning, Teaching and Curriculum

Dr. Lisa Poling, a professor and chair of the Department of Learning, Teaching, and Curriculum in the Reich College of Education, has been a faculty member of Appalachian State University since 2010. She holds a Ph.D. in mathematics education from The Ohio State University and a master’s degree in educational leadership from Wright State University.

Currently, she teaches both junior and senior-level mathematics education courses in the elementary education program. Her research and teaching interests include applying quantitative and statistical literacy skills to critically examine societal issues, working with pre-service and in-service teachers to improve pedagogical practices in the mathematics classroom, and working to change the perception of what mathematics is. With her research being grounded in quantitative and statistical literacy, the combination of mathematics (statistics) and critical education is somewhat unique therefore, she has had the privilege of sharing her research at several national and international conferences.

In 2023, she received the Reich College of Education Outstanding Mentoring Award. 

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Selected Publications

• Weiland, T. & Poling, L., (2022) Taking a spatial turn in mathematics teacher education. Mathematics Teacher Educator, 11(1), 57-67.
• Moss, D.L, Poling, L., & Goodson-Espy, T. (2021). Effectiveness of diagnostic interviews: Preservice teachers’ patterns of conceptions inn student understanding of number and operation. In P. Jenlink (Ed), Mathematics as the Science of Patterns” Making the Invisible through Teaching., Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing, Inc.
• Poling, L. & Weiland, T. (2020). Using an interactive platform to recognize the intersection of social and spatial inequalities. Teaching Statistics,42(3), 108-116.
• Poling, L. (2020). Academic agency: The impact of underlaying dispositions that effect teacher’s sense of responsibility to educate all children in a middle grades mathematics classroom. International Journal of Mathematics Teaching and Learning,21(1), 54-76.

Dr. Poling's curriculum vitae.