Biography
Holly Henderson Pinter, Ph.D. is a professor of middle grades education at Western
Carolina University. My teaching and research center on developmentally responsive
teaching at the middle level, the implementation of standards based mathematical teaching
practices, and pre-service teacher education policy and practice. I teach methods
and pedagogy courses in the elementary and middle grades department as well as serving
as the Math 1 teacher at the university’s laboratory school, The Catamount School.
Additionally I serve as program coordinator for the middle grades education and the
assistant director of the School of Teaching and Learning.
Teaching Interests
Mathematics Education Courses focused on NCTM principles and standards;<br>Middle
School Education Courses;<br>Freshman courses in education
Research Interests
Mathematics Teaching Quality<br>Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching<br>Professional
Development