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Tanya Blais
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Tanya Blais earned her B.A. and elementary (K-6) teachers’ credential at Fresno State University. She earned her M.A. in Teaching at Grand Canyon University. She taught first, second, and third grade in California for thirteen years. She was also a Distinguished Teacher-In-Residence at San Diego State University, where she taught Math Specialist Certificate courses to practicing teachers. Currently, Tanya is a full-time instructor at Texas Tech University teaching elementary level math methods courses.
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Tanya enjoys leading math professional development for practicing teachers. Her specific emphasis is Cognitively Guided Instruction (CGI), a research-based framework for how elementary school students learn concepts of number, operations, and early algebra. She regularly leads CGI workshops and presents at math education conferences nationwide.
Recent Conference Presentations
Mathematical Reasoning in Problem Solving: Access for All
California Mathematics Council-Asilomar Mathematics Conference, Monterey, CA, Dec. 2007
California Mathematics Council-South Annual Conference, Palm Springs, CA, Nov. 2007
Addition and Subtraction Computation Using True Place Value Understanding
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA, Mar. 2007
California Mathematics Council-South Annual Conference, Palm Springs, CA, Nov. 2005
Making Sense of the Constructs of Linear Measurement and Fractions
National Cognitively Guided Instruction Conference, Raleigh, NC, Mar. 2007
Looking Deeper into Attributes of Geometric Shapes
Greater San Diego Math Council Conference, San Diego, CA, Feb. 2007
California Mathematics Council-South Annual Conference, Palm Springs, CA, Nov. 2006