Dr. Annie Savard
Title:
Associate Professor
Department:
Department of Integrated Studies in Education (DISE)
Area(s):
Educational Technology and Teaching Innovation
STEM Education
Areas of expertise:
- Mathematics Education
- Ethnomathematics
- Critical Thinking and Decision-Making
- 鈥婩inancial Literacy Education
- Inquiry Based-Learning
- Robotics
- Learning and Teaching Probability
- Professional Development for Teachers
- Epistemological Stances
- Collaborative Research
- Professional Learning Communities
Biography:
Professor Savard's research focuses on the contribution of mathematics in elementary school to the development of citizenship competencies, such as decision-making and critical thinking about gambling, from an ethnomathematical perspective. Dr. Savard's research attempts to define the conceptual field of probability for learning and teaching in the mathematical context.鈥ㄢ�� Her work also looks at the use of robotics to develop scientific and mathematical competencies within a context of interdisciplinarity, and at the professional development of teachers through Professional Learning Communities. In addition, Professor Savard's research focuses on how financial education, decision-making and critical thinking in K-12 contribute to developing citizenship.
Degree(s):
- 2008, Ph.D. Didactique des math茅matiques, Faculty of Education, Universit茅 Laval, Qu茅bec City, Canada. "Le d茅veloppement d鈥檜ne pens茅e critique envers les jeux de hasard et d鈥檃rgent par l鈥檈nseignement des probabilit茅s 脿 l鈥櫭ヽole primaire: Vers une prise de d茅cision."
- 2004, M.A. Didactique des sciences, Faculty of Education, Universit茅 Laval, Qu茅bec City, Canada. "Les conceptions des parents concernant les sciences 脿 l鈥櫭ヽole primaire."
- 1992, B.A. Baccalaur茅at en enseignement primaire et pr茅scolaire, Faculty of Education, Universit茅 Laval, Qu茅bec City, Canada.
Selected publications:
- Savard, A. & Cyr. S. (2018) A Waterfall Model for providing Professional Development for teachers: A Pilot project to implement a competency-based approachGlobal Education Review, 5(3), 165-182.
- Jao, L. Wiseman, D., Kobiela, M., Gonsalves, A. & Savard, A. (2018).Practice-based pedagogy in mathematics and science teaching methods: Challenges and adaptations in context.Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 18(2), 177-186.
- Polotskaia, E. & Savard, A. (2018). Reasoning development in solving additive word problems: The relational paradigm. Research in Mathematics Education.
- Kobiela, M., Jackson, K., Shahan, E. & Savard, A. (2018). Sorting to develop definitional reasoning. Teaching Children Mathematics, 24(4), 250-257.
- Polotskaia, E., Savard, A. & Freiman, V. (2017). Des 茅l茅ments indispensables dans le d茅veloppement du raisonnement alg茅brique au d茅but de l鈥檃pprentissage des math茅matiques. Nouveaux c@hiers de la recherche en 茅ducation,20(3), 79-105.
- Savard, A. (2017). Implementing Inquiry-Based Learning Situation in Science and Technology: What Are Elementary School Teachers鈥� Learning Intentions about Mathematics? Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, (32) Special Issue: Mathematics Education and the Environment.
- Freiman, V., Polotskaia, E. & Savard, A. (2017). Introducing algebraic way of solving word problems in early grades using computer-based environment and classroom discussion. ZDM Mathematics Education, 49(6), 835-849.
- Savard, A. & Polotskaia, E. (2017). Who's wrong? Tasks fostering understanding of mathematical relationships in word problems in elementary students. ZDM Mathematics Education, 49(6), 823-833.
- Savard, A. & Manuel, D. (2016). Teaching Statistics in Middle School Mathematics Classrooms: Creating an Intersection for intra and interdisciplinarity. Statistics Education Research Journal, 15(2), 239-256.
- Cyr, S., Savard, A. & Braham, E. (2016). Analyse d鈥檜n Projet Pilote d鈥橧nt茅gration d鈥檜ne Approche par les Situations dans l鈥櫭塪ucation de Base de la R茅publique D茅mocratique du Congo. Comparative and International Education / 脡ducation Compar茅e et Internationale. 45(3), Article 4.
