Jennifer Marsala
Instructional Designer
University of Houston Department of Mathematics
Email:  jmarsala@central.uh.edu



Current and Past Projects:

• Creating accessible mathematics course materials for students who are visually impaired.
  
  
• Taught Math 2413 - Calculus I, accessible section, Spring 2022 through Spring 2023
  
  
• Taught Math 2312 - Precalculus, accessible section, Fall 2021
  
  
• Co-authored the following online textbooks, available through CCS/Courseware:

• Support high school math teachers using the University of Houston's High School Mathematics Quizzes, covering topics in AP Calculus, AP Statistics, Precalculus and Algebra 2.

• TExES 4-8 Teacher Preparation Materials - Preparation for Math Teacher Certification Exams

Created over 20 online quizzes based around the TExES 4-8 Mathematics Competencies, covering a wide range of mathematical topics and concepts. Useful for Texas educators preparing for the TExES 4-8 Mathematics Exam, and educators everywhere who are preparing for other math-based certification exams. Manage the TExES 4-8 Mathematics Preparation online course, assist students with course registration and technical difficulties, monitor and participate in the discussion board.

• UH Mathematics Contest - Author of the Geometry high school contest exam (2005-2023).
  Also coordinate the exam writers and organize the materials for other subject exams.

• Middle School Mathematics Training Materials - developed content for portions of the Measurement and Geometry & Spatial Reasoning modules
  

• Create and code math exams for Courseware, using LaTeX along with Mathjax to render mathematical expressions and equations.

• Conducted departmental training on the use of The Geometer's Sketchpad software.

• Created CASA tutorial videos - to train instructors to view and build exam content using Courseware.

• Maintain and update numerous departmental websites, improving the appearance and navigation of files in current desktop and mobile web environments.
  
  Past Teaching & Training Experience:

• Lecturer for Math 1330 (Precalculus), University of Houston
• Lecturer for Math 1310 (College Algebra), University of Houston
• High School: Taught AP Calculus, Precalculus, Geometry, Algebra 3/Trigonometry, and Technical Math
• Middle School: Taught 7th and 8th grade mathematics
• Taught Intermediate Algebra while completing M. Ed in Mathematics at North Carolina State University
• Presented workshops at the NCTM and NCCTM conventions, comparing the Geometer's Sketchpad software to the TI-92 graphing calculator for use in the Geometry classroom.
• Served as a high school math team advisor.
   

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