Assistant Professor
Department of Teaching & Learning

Ayse Ozturk

3134 EDUCATION BUILDING
NORFOLK, 23529

Ayse Ozturk is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Old Dominion 91¶ÌÊÓƵ. Her research focuses on learning and teaching mathematics as a humanizing practice. She is interested in building teacher candidates’ capacity to transfer their passion and knowledge to students in meaningful ways. To make mathematics more relevant and accessible, she has focused on designing and teaching equitable mathematics curricula through enacting mathematical modeling, which involves using mathematics and personal experience to inform decisions about the real-world situations.

Ph.D. in STEM Education/Mathematics Education, The Ohio 91¶ÌÊÓƵ 91¶ÌÊÓƵ, (2021)

M.A. in Mathematics, Sam Houston 91¶ÌÊÓƵ 91¶ÌÊÓƵ, (2015)

M.S. in Mathematics, Hacettepe 91¶ÌÊÓƵ, (2012)

Expertise

Mathematics Education
Mathematics Teacher Preparation and Professional Learning
Elementary Math Education
Accessible Instruction
STEM for Mathematics Learning

Research Interests

Mathematical Modeling, Access and Equity in Mathematics Classrooms, Elementary Teacher Preparation

Articles

(2024). McNeal, B., Ghosh Hajra, S., Battista, M., & Ozturk, A. (2024). Prospective Teachers’ Conceptions of Area. Education Sciences, 14(11), 1216..
Ozturk, A. N. (2024). Ozturk, A. (2024). From Switching Languages to Switching Units. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 117(6), 437–441. . Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 117 (6) , pp. 437–441.
Ozturk, A. N. (2023). Ozturk, A. (2023). Fostering Quantitative Reasoning Through a Question of Fairness. Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12, 116(4), 265–272. . Mathematics Teacher: Learning and Teaching PK-12 116 (4) , pp. 265–272.
Ozturk, A. N., Schramm, L., Milligan, M., Canning, M., Rapol, M. and Wilson, S. (2023). Ozturk, A., Schramm, L.*, Milligan, M.*, Canning, M.*, Rapol, M.*, & Wilson, S.* (2023). Examining Textbooks to Support Prospective Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Geometry. Ohio Journal of School Mathematics, 94(1), 13–20. . Ohio Journal of School Mathematics 94 (1) , pp. 13-20.

Book Chapters

Ozturk, A. N. (2024). Ozturk, A. (2024). Examining Translanguaging Practices during the Mathematical Modeling Process. In H. Siller, V. Geiger, & G. Kaiser (Eds.), Researching Mathematical Modelling Education in Disruptive Times. (pp. 435–444). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. Researching Mathematical Modelling Education in Disruptive Times (pp. 435–444) Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Conference Proceeding

Ozturk, A. N. (2024). Ozturk, A. (2024). Payday Power-Up: Let’s Make a Raise Distribution. In Kosko, K. W., Caniglia, J., Courtney, S., Zolfaghari, M., & Morris, G. A., Proceedings of the 46th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME-NA)., Kent 91¶ÌÊÓƵ 91¶ÌÊÓƵ, OH (pp. 323-327). Available at (pp. 323-327).
(2023). Ozturk, A. (2023). Deciding Between Fair and Not Fair: Emerging Models of Proportional Reasoning. In Lamberg, T. & Moss, D (Eds.), Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group of Mathematics Education (PME- NA)., Reno, NV (pp. 388–393). Available at (pp. 388–393) Proceedings of the 45th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group of Mathematics Education (PME- NA).
Chao, T., Adams, M., Ozturk, A. N., Lin, H. and Li, Y. (2022). Chao, T., Adams, M., Ozturk, A., Lin, H., & Li, Y (2022). Eliciting Youth Digital Mathematics Stories: The Impact of a Digital Mathematics Storytelling Summer Camp Experience. In Lischka, A. E., Dyer, E. B., Jones, R. S., Lovett, J. N., Strayer, J., & Drown, S (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group of Mathematics Education (PME- NA)., Nashville, TN (pp. 363–372). Available at (pp. 363–372) Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group of Mathematics Education (PME- NA).
Ozturk, A. N. (2022). Ozturk, A. (2022). Translanguaging as a source of Mathematical Sense-Making Practice during Problem-Solving. In Lischka, A. E., Dyer, E. B., Jones, R. S., Lovett, J. N., Strayer, J., & Drown, S (Eds.), Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group of Mathematics Education (PME- NA)., Nashville, TN (pp. 455–459). Available at (pp. 455–459) Proceedings of the 44th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group of Mathematics Education (PME- NA.

Presentations

Ozturk, A. N. ( 2025). Method Instructors’ Messages of Access and Equity in Their Syllabi Paper Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) .
Ozturk, A. N. ( 2024). Analysis Across Geometry Textbooks to Link Content, Curriculum and Children’s Reasoning Poster Annual Conference of the Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME) .
Ozturk, A. N. ( 2024). Connecting Group Approaches to Mathematical Modelling Competencies Poster International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematical Modeling and Applications (ICMI) Sydney, Australia.
Ozturk, A. N. ( 2024). Payday Power-Up: Let’s Make a Raise Distribution Paper North American Chapter of the International Group of Mathematics Education (PME-NA) .
Ozturk, A. N. ( 2023). Stimulating Mathematical Mindsets with the Mathematics Portfolio Project Poster Annual Conference of the Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (RUME) .
Ozturk, A. N. ( 2023). A Mathematical Modeling Lesson from a Social Justice Perspective Paper Research Council on Mathematics Learning (RCML) .
Ozturk, A. N. ( 2022). Enabling Translanguaging in the Context of Mathematical Modeling Paper International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematical Modeling and Applications (ICTMA) .
  • 2024: Best Undergraduate Research Mentor Award (Finalist), The Ohio 91¶ÌÊÓƵ 91¶ÌÊÓƵ, Newark
  • 2023: Recognition on The Ohio 91¶ÌÊÓƵ 91¶ÌÊÓƵ Graduation Survey- The Most Influential Faculty , The Ohio 91¶ÌÊÓƵ 91¶ÌÊÓƵ, Newark
  • 2022: Teaching Excellence Award , The Ohio 91¶ÌÊÓƵ 91¶ÌÊÓƵ, Newark
  • 2021: Susan Gay Conference Award, Association of Mathematics Teacher Education (AMTE)

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