Mary Kay Stein
Mary Kay Stein is an American mathematics educator who works as a professor of learning sciences and policy and as the associate director and former director of the Learning [Research and Development Center] at the University of Pittsburgh.
Education and career
Stein graduated from Pennsylvania State University in 1975, with a bachelor's degree in rehabilitation education. She stayed at Penn State for another year to earn a master's degree in counseling, and then became a staff member in the university administration. In 1980 she began her doctoral studies at the University of Pittsburgh, and she completed a Ph.D. in educational psychology there in 1986.She worked as a researcher in the Learning Research and Development Center at the University of Pittsburgh from 1986 to 2010, and became a faculty member in the university's Department of Administrative and Policy Studies in 1995, and was promoted to professor of learning sciences and policy in 2005.
Books
Stein is the co-author of:- Improving Instruction in Algebra: Using Cases to Transform Mathematics Teaching and Learning
- Improving Instruction in Geometry and Measurement: Using Cases to Transform Mathematics Teaching and Learning
- Improving Instruction in Rational Numbers and Proportionality: Using Cases to Transform Mathematics Teaching and Learning
- Reform as Learning: School Reform, Organizational Culture, and Community Politics in San Diego
- Implementing Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction: A Casebook for Professional Development
- 5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Mathematics Discussions
- ''5 Practices for Orchestrating Productive Task-based Discussions in Science''