Department of Mathematics, University of North Alabama

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Email: clstenger@una.edu
Telephone: 256-765-4286
Office: MAB 101

Postal: UNA Box 5051
University of North Alabama
Florence AL, 35632

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Current Courses

MA 125 Calculus I
MA 421 College Geometry

Education

1999 Ph.D., University of Missouri-Kansas City
1983 M.A., University of Alabama in Huntsville
1980 B.A., Mid-America Nazarene University

Research Interest

STEM education
Advanced mathematical thinking
Using computer programming as an instructional tool
Conceptions of countably and uncountably infinite sets

Publications

[11]	Establishing the Impact of a Computer Science/Mathematics Anti-Symbiotic Stereotype in CS Students (James A. Jerkins, Cynthia Stenger, Jessica Stovall, Janet Jenkins), In Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges (To appear), Consortium for Computing Sciences in Colleges, 2013.
[10]	Using Computational Thinking to Push Students to Acquire Mathematical Reasoning Skills (Cynthia Stenger, Janet L. Jenkins, James A. Jerkins), In 24th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, 2012.
[9]	Using Programming to Build Abstraction, Generalization, and Proof (Cynthia Stenger, James A. Jerkins, Janet Jenkins), In 62nd Annual Alabama Association of College Teachers of Mathematics Conference, 2012.
[8]	A plan for immediate immersion of computational thinking into the high school math classroom through a partnership with the Alabama math, science, and technology initiative (Janet T. Jenkins, James A. Jerkins, Cynthia L. Stenger), In Proceedings of the 50th Annual Southeast Regional Conference, ACM, 2012. [pdf] [doi]
[7]	The Influence of Stereotypes on STEM majors in a Problem-Based Curriculum Investigation: Computer Science vs. Mathematics Majors (Janet Jenkins, James A. Jerkins, Cynthia Stenger, Jessica Stovall), In Proceedings of the 53rd Annual ACM Mid-Southeast Conference, 2011.
[6]	Using spherical trigonometry to develop proof writing skills in a geometry for teachers course (Cynthia Stenger), In Abstract, in the proceedings of the Conference of the Southeastern Sectional of the Mathematical Association of America, 2010.
[5]	A search for a constructivist approach for understanding the uncountable set P (N) (C. Stenger, K. Weller, I. Arnon, E. Dubinsky, D. Vidakovic), In Revista latinoamericana de investigación en matemática educativa, Comité Latinoamericano de Matemática Educativa, volume 11, 2008.
[4]	Infinite iterative processes: The Tennis Ball Problem (K. Weller, C. Stenger, E. Dubinsky, D. Vidakovic), In European Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics, volume 1, 2007.
[3]	Where did the tennis balls disappear to? Things you can see from over there, behind infinity, you can not see from here. (Weller K. Vidacovic D. Stenger C., Arnon I.), In Abstract, in the proceedings of the 2005 yearly conference of the mathematics teachers in Israel, 2005.
[2]	Intimations of infinity (K. Weller, A. Brown, E. Dubinsky, M. McDonald, C. Stenger), In Notices AMS, volume 51, 2004.
[1]	Thinking processes of GCM: A cognitive inquiry (I. Dubinsky E. Stenger C. Weller K. Vidakovic D. Arnon), In Abstract, in the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Creativity in Mathematics and the Education of Gifted Students.