Anne Collins
Professional Title: Professor
Areas of Academic Focus and Expertise:
Professional development for teachers and its impact on student achievement; the impact of formative assessment on student achievement
Area of Work and Concentration at Lesley: Mathematics; assessment
Representative List of Recent Courses Taught:
Assessment Issues in Mathematics: Formative and Summative: An in-depth investigation of formative assessment strategies and techniques designed to improve student achievement.
Number Theory: An in-depth exploration of the theoretical mathematics underlying the arithmetic elementary and middle school teachers teach.
Problem Solving: An in-depth examination of nine problem solving strategies appropriate for teachers to develop in their elementary and middle school students.
Education: Ph.D., Boston College; C.A.G.S., Harvard University; M.A., Cambridge College; B.A., Westfield State College; B.S., Framingham State College
Representative List of Recent Publications / Exhibitions:
- Collins, Anne, 2012. 50 Leveled Mathematics Problems Grade 5. Shell Education and Lesley University Publishers
- Collins, Anne, 2012. 50 Leveled Mathematics Problems Grade 6. Shell Education and Lesley University Publishers.
- Collins, Anne. 2011. Classroom Assessment Practices: Aligned with NCTM and Common Core Standards. NCTM. Reston, VA.
- Dacey, Linda & Anne Collins. Zeroing in on Key Ideas and Misconceptions Grades PK-K. Stenhouse, 2011.
- Dacey, Linda & Anne Collins. Zeroing in on Key Ideas and Misconceptions Grades 1-2. Stenhouse, 2010.
- Dacey, Linda & Anne Collins. Zeroing in on Key Ideas and Misconceptions Grades 3-4. Stenhouse, 2010.
- Collins, Anne & Linda Dacey. Zeroing in on Key Ideas and Misconceptions Grades 5-6. Stenhouse, 2010.
- Collins, Anne & Linda Dacey. Zeroing in on Key Ideas and Misconceptions Grades 7-8. Stenhouse, 2010.
- Accepted article: Changing Practice: One Teacher's Story. Teaching Mathematics in the Middle School. NCTM. Reston, VA., 2010
- New England Journal of Mathematics. Achieving Equity for All Students, 2009.
- Changing Practice: One Teacher's Story. Accepted for publication in the Middle School Mathematics Teacher. NCTM. Reston, VA. 2010.
- Achieving Equity for All Students. 2009. New England Journal of Mathematics.
- Assessment Sampler: Items Aligned to Principles and Standards. PreK-2. Series editor.
- Assessment Sampler: Items Aligned to Principles and Standards. 3-5. Series editor.
Dr. Collins is the director of the mathematics programs in Lesley College and the Lesley School of Education, and directs the Achievement Center for Mathematics. She teaches all mathematics courses offered at Lesley in a face-to-face, online, and hybrid format. She also teaches Assessment Issues in Mathematics: Formative and Summative as well as Differentiation in the Mathematics Classroom. Dr. Collins is the past president of both the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England and the Association of Teachers of Mathematics in Massachusetts. She is an active member of the Association of State Supervisors of Mathematics, and was elected into the Massachusetts Mathematics Educators Hall of Fame in 2005. She was recently elected to the Board of Directors for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM).
Dr. Collins delivered the 2009 Richard Balomenos Memorial Lecture at the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics regional conference, where
she suggested that teachers need to change the focus of math instruction
from skill and practice to problem-solving.
Anne on a recent trip to Antarctica.