Engaging Teachers in Integrating Human-Centered Design for Geometry Problem-based Instruction

Conference Presentations

González, G., Powers, E., & Pak, J. (2027, February). Teacher Noticing of Students’ Mathematical and Design Thinking during Design-based Instruction. Poster accepted to be presented at the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators Conference, Baltimore, MD.

Pak, J., Garg, S., González, G., & Malik, M. G. (2026, November). Humanizing geometry through an ethnomodeling design-based lesson about cultural textiles. Paper accepted to be presented at the 2026 International Conference of Joint Societies for Mathematics Education: KSME & KSESM, Seoul National University of Education, Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Shehab, S., & González, G. (2026, November). Examining teachers’ engagement in design thinking processes during online lesson study. Paper accepted to be presented in the symposium Integrating design thinking in lesson study for teacher learning and innovation at the World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS) online conference.

González, G., & Malik, M. G. (2026, October). Exploring modeling with geometry through lantern designs. Invited presentation for the Eastern Illinois University’s Math Energy Club.

Garg, S., & González, G. (2026, September). Teaching a lesson for designing a learning space. Presented at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Northern Illinois University, Naperville, IL.

Malik, M. G., Pak, J., & González, G. (2026, September). A modeling lesson designing lanterns with Geometry. Presented at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Northern Illinois University, Naperville, IL.

Pak, J., Garg, S., & Malik, M. G. (2026, September). Designing cultural textiles with Geometry. Presented at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Northern Illinois University, Naperville, IL.

González, G., Garg, S., Malik, M. G. (2026, September). A modeling lesson for designing mazes. Presented at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Northern Illinois University, Naperville, IL.

Malik, M. G., González, G., & Shehab, S. (2026, August). Students as designers: A method for tracing mathematical learning during modeling design challenges. Presented at 9^th International Designs for Learning Conference, Stockholm University, Sweden.

Shehab, S., & González, G. (2026, August). Supporting teachers as designers of culturally relevant design-based geometry challenges. Presented at 9^th International Designs for Learning Conference, Stockholm University, Sweden.

Malik, M. G., & González, G. (2026, June). Reimagining geometry through design to promote empathy: Creating a lantern with math modeling. Presented at the TODOS conference, Orange County, CA.

Shehab, S., & González, G. (2026, May). Designing for teacher learning in online lesson study: Artefacts, boundary objects, and distributed human-centered design practices. Presented at the International Society for Design and Development in Education Conference, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile.

Garg, S., González, G., & Heredia, M. (2026, April). Materiality, math, and design: Middle school students prototyping water conservation solutions. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

González, G., Garg, S., & Pak, J. (2026, April). Empathy-driven lesson study: The case of the community garden design-based lesson. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

Shehab, S., González, G., & Powers, E. (2026, April). Examining geometry teachers’ changes to design-based lessons for engaging students in math modelling. Poster presented at the American Educational Research Association annual meeting, Los Angeles, CA.

González, G., Shehab, S., & Powers, E. (2025, November). Supporting teacher learning to create and teach design-based mathematics lessons through lesson study. Paper presented at the World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS), Hiroshima, Japan.

Garg, S., González, G., & Pak, J. (2025, October). Designing a water conservation solution. Presentation at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.

González, G., Powers, E., & Heredia, M. (2025, October). Using geometry to design a cultural values poster. Presentation at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.

Powers, E., González, G., & Heredia, M. (2025, October). Using geometry to design a zero-waste belt bag. Presentation at the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Illinois State University, Normal, IL.

González, G., Garg, S., Powers, E., & Shehab, S. (2025, August). Designing a math modeling lesson about zero-waste fashion designs for middle school math students. Paper presented at the Mathematics and its Connections to the Arts and Sciences (MACAS) Conference (online), Université de Moncton, Campus de Shippagan, Canada.

González, G., & Shehab, S. (2025, June). Engaging teachers in integrating human-centered design for Geometry problem-based instruction. Poster presented at the National Science Foundation’s Discovery Research K-12, Principal Investigators’ Meeting, Washington, D.C.

González, G. (2025, March). Exploring the intersections of mathematical modeling and design through Geometry. Presentation at the 2025 Latinx in the Mathematical Sciences Conference (LatMath), Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), University of California, Los Angeles.

González, G., & Heredia, M. (2024, August). Möbius Zipscarf. Presented at the Bridges Conference Math+Fashion Show, Richmond, VA.

Ortega Betancourt, J., Garg, G., & González, G. (2024, August). The Math Party T-Shirt. Presented at the Bridges Conference Math+Fashion Show, Richmond, VA.

Workshops

Shehab, S., & Powers, E. (2026, November). Analyzing lesson prototypes and anticipating students’ thinking: Key activities in online lesson study for design-based learning. Accepted to be presented at the World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS) online conference.

Shehab, S., Garg, S., & Pak, J. (2026, February). Using geometry and data science to design a community garden. Presented at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Spring Conference, Indianapolis, IN.

Shehab, S., & González, G. (2025, November). Using human-centered design to facilitate lesson study activities to implement a virtual professional development on design-based lessons. Presented at the World Association of Lesson Studies (WALS), Hiroshima, Japan.

Outreach

González, G., Pak. J., Garg, S., & Kong, A. (February, 2026). Geo Design Lab. Creative Connections: At the Intersection of Art and STEMM, 2026 C-U STEAMM Fair with Illinois Center for Family and Community Engaged STEAMM (FACES), University of Illinois.