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Teresa Lara-Meloy

Mathematics Education Researcher

Teresa Lara-Meloy's is a mathematics education researcher in The Center for Technology and Learning at SRI International. Her present focus is the professional development of mathematics teachers and professional developers (in and out of school, on- and off-line). In CTL, Ms. Lara-Meloy is working on designing curriculum and professional development opportunities for students, teachers, and professional development leaders. She has designed workshops for professional development providers, teacher workshops using SimCalc, created a 15-week for middle school girls to design their own computer game, and co-designed an intensive summer workshop for middle school teachers on argumentation in coordinate geometry. One of her recent workshops was a 2-day seminar with 50 MSP providers in Texas on Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching. She observes schools and classrooms for evaluation projects and provides research-based recommendations to some of CTL's corporate clients. Prior to working at SRI, Ms. Lara-Meloy was a technical assistance provider for the America Connects Consortium at EDC, and a mathematics researcher with TERC. Being a dual citizen, she also has recent experience working and teaching in Mexico.

Education 

• Ed.M. Technology in Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2000
• B.S. Foreign Service, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, 1996

Professional Experience 

• Research Associate, Education Development Center, Newton, MA (2004-2007)
• President and Co-founder, Alfabetización y Asesoría Tecnológica, A.C., Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico (2001-2004)
• Faculty, Universidad Autónoma Popular del Estado de Puebla, Tehuacán, Puebla, Mexico (2001-2004)
• Research Associate, TERC, Cambridge, MA (1999-2001)
• Project Coordinator, Political Database of the Americas, Center for Latin American Studies, Georgetown University (1996-1998)

Research Areas at CTL

Teacher Learning

Current Projects at CTL

• Build IT: Girls Building Information Technology Fluency Through Design (Staff)
• InnovaTE³ Girls Innovating with Technology as Entrepreneurial Environmental Engineers (Staff)
• SimCalc (Staff)
• SunBay Digital Mathematics (Staff)

Past Projects at CTL

• Bridging Professional Development (Staff) ended 2009
• Evaluation of Math Curricula (Staff) ended 2008

Publications

• Vahey, P., Lara-Meloy, T., Knudsen, J. (2009). Meeting the needs of diverse student populations: Findings from the Scaling Up SimCalc project. In Swars, S. L., Stinson, D. W., & Lemons-Smith, S. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 31st annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Atlanta, GA: Georgia State University. pp. 416-424.
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• Vahey, P., Lara-Maloy, T. (2008). Using a Technology-Enhanced Curriculum to Improve the Learning of Important Mathematics for English Language Learners. Invited presentation to the 2008 CREATE conference, October 2008, Minneapolis, MN.
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• Vahey, P., Lara-Meloy, T. (2008). Supporting All Students in Learning Advanced Math: Findings From a Technology-enhanced Curriculum Study. Presented at the 40th Annual National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Conference. April 2008, San Jose, CA
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• SRI International. (2007). "I think it makes me not give up on dreams. What students say about HERO." Interim Report for College Success Foundation. Menlo Park, CA: SRI International.
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