Brian Swink

Senior Instructor

Education

• M.S.Ed. Elementary Education - Elementary Mathematics Specialists program; Northwest Missouri State University, 2015
• B.S.Ed. Elementary Education; Northwest Missouri State University, 2001

Courses Taught

• Strategies for Fundamentals (17-071)
• Fundamentals of Mathematics (17-171)
• Math Methods (17-471)

Academic Interests

• Co-requisite mathematics courses
• Mathematical mindset
• Mathematical discourse
• First-year student success

Scholarly Activity

• Swink, B. (December 2019). Building Better Problem Solvers. Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Fall Conference in Columbia, Missouri.
• Katsion L. and Swink, B. (December 2018). Power-Up Learning: Teach Like a Video Game. Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Fall Conference in Columbia, Missouri.
• Missouri Department of Higher Education Corequisite at Scale Taskforce, Swink, B. chair. (Spring 2018) Implementation Strategies for Corequisite Offerings in Mathematics. https://dhewd.mo.gov/documents/implementationstrategies.pdf
• Swink, B. and Wilmes, B. (February 2018). Deal Me In: Card Games that Grow Number Sense. Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Interface Conference in Osage Beach, Missouri.
• Swink, B. and Wilmes, B. (December 2017). Deal Me In: Card Games that Grow Number Sense. Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Fall Conference in Columbia, Missouri.
• Swink, B. and Swink, J. (December 2017). Grading Practices that Promote a Growth Mindset. Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics Fall Conference in Columbia, Missouri.

Other Professional Experiences

• University Seminar Director, Northwest
• Elementary Math-education Course Coordinator, Mathematics and Statistics Department
• President, Missouri Council of Teachers of Mathematics