James Hernandez, M.Ed. is in his third year of his Ph.D. studies in Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching at the University of Texas at San Antonio with an expected graduation date of December 2022. His research interests include game-based learning, elementary education, and teacher education. As a doctoral student, Mr. Hernandez conducted quantitative and qualitative studies with pre-service and in-service teachers about their beliefs, attitudes, and applications of game-based learning in the classroom. As a follow up, his dissertation study will focus on children’s socio-cultural learning while playing the digital game, Roblox.

Mr. Hernandez will be presenting two of his research projects at the 2022 SITE annual conference. One session is a poster presentation that surveyed 3rd grade, in-service teachers’ TPACK-G (Hsu et al., 2020) scores in a south Texas school district that serves predominately low-income families and students. His second, is a roundtable discussion of a single-subject case study with a former 6th grade teacher and his use of game-based learning in the classroom. Both studies provide insight to the teacher experience with game-based learning at a time where students and teachers are looking towards digital technology more than ever before.

Mr. Hernandez serves on his local school board as a trustee. He believes that educators must be politically and socially connected with the community they serve so that important decisions are informed by theory, practice, and care. He also volunteers as the assistant head instructor at a martial arts studio where he teaches students as young as three years old. Mr. Hernandez enjoys teaching children the value of discipline, hard work, and respect that comes with the natural progression of learning a martial art and believes that these values will benefit his students for the rest of their lives.

Dennis is a mathematics educator who has an appreciable years of teaching experience. He has experience teaching from the basic school level to the tertiary level now.

He holds Bachelor of Science Mathematics Education, 2013 and Master of Philosophy Mathematics Education, 2017, all from the University of Education Winneba, Ghana. Currently, he is pursuing his doctorate degree, Doctor of Philosophy Mathematics Education (2021 to date), from the University of Cape Coast.

He has groomed and supervised a number of research projects. He is currently a reviewer for the International Journal of Mathematics and Computer Research (IJMCR), International Journal of Research and Innovation in Applied Science (IJRIAS) and International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS).
I am full member of SITE since 2021.

Simon A. Tachie (PhD), is a Senior lecturer at the moment- School of Mathematics Science and Technology Education, Faculty of Education at North-West University, Potchefstroom campus, North-West Province, and teaches mathematics education (www.nwu.ac.za). He completed his master’s degree in Education (MEd) in 2011 (Walter Sisulu University) and Masters in Business Administration (MBA) at Management College of South Africa in 2014 respectively. He also completed his PhD in Mathematics Education in 2016 (The use of meta-cognitive skills and strategies by learners in mathematics problem-solving in the rural schools of the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa) at Walter Sisulu University. He is currently doing his 2nd PhD in Early Childhood Development Education in Mathematics problem-solving at North-West University. His research interest is situated in interrelated fields of mathematics education. This include: Meta-cognitive skills and strategies in mathematics problem-solving; TPACK, metacognition and pedagogy; challenges and opportunities of using computers in teaching and learning of mathematics; lesson study; Using ethnomathematics in problem-solving, Foundation phase mathematics problem-solving; pre-service teachers’ development; blended teaching and learning, and teacher collaboration in mathematics.

Dr Tachie has supervised and co-supervised masters and PhD students to successful completion with diverse topics. He is currently supervising Masters and Doctorate projects. He has made several presentations at both local and international conferences including Madrid, (Spain), Canada, Ireland and USA. He has co-published many articles in accredited journals; and other articles published widely in international accredited journals, more than twenty (23) peer-reviewed conference papers including SITE. Dr Tachie is an active member of many organizations including SARMSTE, AMESA, PrimTEd, AACE/SITE and NEHAWU. He also served as an ad-hoc manuscripts reviewer for internationally accredited journals (European Journal of Educational Research; Education and Information Technologies; International Journal of Learning, Teaching and Educational Research; African Education Review; South African Journal of Education; Perspectives in Education and Eurasia Journal of Mathematics Science and Technology Education).