Kara Jackson

Kara Jackson

Kara Jackson is an assistant professor of mathematics education in the College of Education at the University of Washington. She received her Ph.D. at the University of Pennsylvania (Janine Remillard, chair) and frequently collaborates with Paul Cobb on work related to the MIST project.

• Faculty page: https://education.uw.edu/people/faculty/karajack

Publications

Jackson, K., Garrison, A., Wilson, J., Gibbons, L., & Shahan, E. (2013). Exploring relationships between setting up complex tasks and opportunities to learn in concluding whole-class discussions in middle-grades mathematics instruction. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 44(4), 646–682.

Jackson, K. J., Shahan, E. C., Gibbons, L. K., & Cobb, P. (2012). Launching complex tasks. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 18(1), 24–29.

Cobb, P., & Jackson, K. J. (2011). Assessing the quality of the Common Core State Standards for Mathematics. Educational Researcher, 40(4), 183–185. http://doi.org/10.3102/0013189X11409928

Cobb, P., & Jackson, K. J. (2011). Towards an empirically grounded theory of action for improving the quality of mathematics teaching at scale. Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 13(1), 6–33.