Dr. Teomara (Teya) Rutherford

@drteyar.bsky.social

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Academic (Assoc Prof Learning Sciences), former pro photog, lover of things geeky. Trying to make a difference researching Ed Tech, Motivation, STEM Ed

screenshot of the iPoster interactive system showing where a pdf can be uploaded.
A screenshot of the AERA iPoster format showing that if you scroll past the templates you are able to choose to upload your own pdf
Example board game images created by ChatGPT. They are only partial images and have nonsense words.
Theory of change for the study. GPT Lessons and Process feed increased teacher knowledge of student interests and creation of engaging/relatable lessons. Increased knowledge supports better T/S relationships and teachers making more connections with self, students, and math. Lessons support use of non-standard examples. Better relationships supports improved feedback and through this, stronger competence beliefs. More connections and use of non-standard examples supports increased student value for math. All inform more positive emotions in math for students.
Screen shot of article title page. Article is titled "I just think it is the way of the future": Teachers' use of ChatGPT to develop motivationally-supportive math lessons
Lab members' epistemology "score" on a number line from zero (constructivist) to 15 (positivist). Scores range from two to nine. Names are redacted.
Pie chart of "Fall 2024 Work Distribution." Green represents research and takes up nearly 40% of pie, with most in writing and lab management. Yellow is teaching/mentoring and is 29%, roughly evenly split between the two. Service is blue and is 22%, with more in service to the field. PD, Admin, Networking are other categories w/small percents.
18 red and white gift bags lined up on a table ready for distributing. Each has different color tissue paper within. In front of the bags is an example of their contents: little penguin stickers and a plush tomato holding a sign.
A picture of a small black and white Havanese dog curled up asleep on a black and white cow-patterned blanket
The Rutherford Lab logo. A cute, young blue hen with glasses using a yellow laptop surrounded by a lighted gold circle frame.
A gray university classroom table with an in-progress Magic: The Gathering game atop. One deck is red/green and the other is white/blue. Both have a handful of tapped land and creatures. Red/Green is currently attacking. A life counter is partially visible on a phone, displaying the white/blue deck's owner has 10 life.
A screenshot of a journal status update portal showing a manuscript submitted September 21 with a status date of December 3 and a current status of "Required Reviews Completed"
Figure showing CS motivation across Waves. CS Importance steadily declines, CS utility declines early and then stabilizes, CS self-concept increases early and then stabilizes. CS interest is stable, CS belonging increases slightly.
A simplified version of Eccles & Wigfield (2020) SEVT Model, including belonging as on the same level with expectancies and values as predicting choice and performance
Header of article image showing title, "How self-beliefs, values, and belonging change and relate with performance during introductory computer science" and authors: Teya, Hye Rin, Cory Bart, Andrew Rodrigues, Megan Englert
An in-progress game of Code Master, where players follow instructions to navigate pieces through a course using physical codes and a board.
A cluster of cherry and grape tomatoes and peppers with colors ranging from yellow through orange and red. Some have a few spots and they don't quite look summer ripe.
a word cloud where "mathematics" features the largest, but other words also feature largely: achievement, learning, game, motivation, self-regulated, elementary, digital, students...
A mock-up of a light blue t-shirt with the Rutherford Lab logo (a child-like blue hen wearing glasses and using a laptop)
A pie chart of Teya's average time worked per category. The largest category is ADGS (Assoc Dir Grad Studies) at near 15%, next is teaching at just under 14%, then research writing at 12.8%. Other categories include mentoring, research prep, research meetings, research data collection, lab management, networking, admin, PD, email, and service to school, university, and field.
A picture of the back of Independence Hall on a cloudy day. Trees obscure the building's facade. Most of the leaves from the trees cover the lawn in front of the buildings.
Picture of the tabletop mid-game during a game of Wingspan
foggy hills with out of focus yellow flowers in the foreground
A sunny day showing the carnival set up and waiting for attendees. There is a bounce house and ping pong and tents with festive pennants.