Publications
- Schwartze, M., Research-Based Easy Read for New Teachers, review of You’re a Teacher Now: What’s Next? by Tom Hierck and Alex Kajitani, Middleweb, August 8, 2025, https://www.middleweb.com/52544/research-based-easy-read-for-new-teachers/
- Schwartze, M. (2017). Carpenter, J., Lutz, A., Samek, L., Caskey, M. M., Greene, W. L., Kim, Y. M., Casbon, J., & Musser, M. (Eds.), Imagine a place: Stories from middle grades educators (pp. 67-68). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
- Schwartze, M. (2016). An examination of how one university is preparing elementary and middle level education majors for common core mathematics (Doctoral dissertation). Retrieved from ProQuest. (10194017).
- Schwartze, M. (2016). Nancy Doda. In S. B. Mertens, M. M. Caskey, & N. Flowers (Eds.), The encyclopedia of middle grades education (2nd ed., pp. 138 – 139). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
- Schwartze, M. & Hatch, D. (2015, May). Common core standards and interdisciplinary instruction: Do Common Core Standards help or hinder interdisciplinary instruction? AMLE Magazine, 2(9), 22 – 23.
- Schwartze, M. (2015, March). What are your greatest challenges in implementing the Common Core State Standards [Perspectives]? AMLE Magazine, 2(7), 6 – 7.
Presentations
Northcut, K. M., Schneider, R. M., Schwartze, M. E., & Burns, D. (Accepted 2026). Teaching Evaluations as Opportunities for WAC Activity. Proceedings of the 2025 International Writing Across the Curriculum conference.
Schwartze, M. (2025, Nov 14). Training Preservice Teachers to STEMify Their Classrooms. Presentation at the School Science and Mathematics Association annual conference, Fort Worth, TX.
Schwartze, M. (2025, Nov 8). Making all of your Lessons STEAM-y. Presentation at the Association for Middle Level Education annual conference, Indianapolis, IN.
Stefanski, H., Murphy, W., Mason, M., & Schwartze, M. (2025, Nov 7). Practical Action Research. Presentation at the Association for Middle Level Education annual conference, Indianapolis, IN.
Murray, S., Reardon, E., Schwartze, M. & Braegger, N. (2025, Oct 23). 5 Minutes for Teaching: Short Lessons – Broad Impact. Presentation at the Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference, St. Louis, MO.
Northcut, K., Schneider, R., & Schwartze, M. (2025, July 19). Focus on Faculty: Developing a Cross-Disciplinary Teaching Evaluation Rubric. Presentation at the International Writing Across the Curriculum annual conference, Fort Collins, CO.
Schwartze, M. (2025, March 13). Making Lectures Interactive. Presentation at ITLC, Rolla, MO.
Chalfant, J. & Schwartze, M. (2025, February 18). Improving MEES Scores with Culturally Responsive Lessons. Presentation at Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education spring conference, Columbia, MO.
Schwartze, M. (2025, January 6). STEAMy Lessons for Elementary Students. Presentation at Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, HI.
Schwartze, M. (2024, November 8). STEAMy Lessons for Middle School. Presentation at Association for Middle Level Education National Conference, Nashville, TN.
Bentley, M., Murphy, W., Plump, J., Salyar, S., Schwartze, M., & Tripp, L. (2024, November 7). From Transactional to Relational: Building Authentic Connections with Students. Presentation at Association for Middle Level Education National Conference, Nashville, TN.
Schwartze, M. (2024, November 7). Fun FACTs for Formative Assessment. Presentation at Association for Middle Level Education National Conference, Nashville, TN.
Stefanski, H., Engle, K., Murphy, W., Pizzo, J., Rogers, S., Saylar, S., Schwartze, M., Tripp, L., & Gibson, M. (2024, November 7). Early Career Educators: What do you need? Panel discussion at Association for Middle Level Education National Conference, Nashville, TN.
Schwartze, M. , Sharp, K., & Alexander, J. (2024, March 14). Creative Ways to Assess for Learning. Presentation at Innovations in Teaching and Learning Conference, Rolla, MO.
Schwartze, M., Sharp, K. & Alexander, J. (2024, February 29). Spice up your Formative Assessment with these FACTs. Presentation at Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education spring conference, Columbia, MO.
Schwartze, M. (2023, November 16). Getting Your Feet Wet: High School Field Trip Activities for Geoscience Integration. Presentation at Missouri State Teachers Association Annual Convention, Columbia, MO.
Schwartze, M. & Jolly, M. (2023, November 1). Teaching Practices to Support Adolescents Experiencing Trauma. Presentation at Association of Middle Level Educators Annual Conference, National Harbor, MD.
Schwartze, M. & Janes, C. (2023, October 1). Launching into STEM with Project Lead theWay. Presentation at Interface Conference, Lake of the Ozarks, MO.
Schwartze, M. & Meek, A. (2023, March 23). Getting Your Feet Wet: High School Field Trip Activities for Geoscience Integration. Presentation at National Science Teaching Association National Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Schwartze, M., Gillis, M., & Alexander, J. (2023, March 2). Building More Meaning Through Field Experiences. Presentation at Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Spring conference, Columbia, MO.
Schwartze, M. & Tiemann, S. (2023, March 2). STEM Thinking with Preservice Teachers. Presentation at Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Spring conference, Columbia, MO.
Schwartze, M. & Meek, A. (2022, November 5). Getting Your Feet Wet: High School Field Trip Activities for Geoscience Integration. Presentation at Kansas & Missouri Environment Education Conference, Kansas City, MO.
Schwartze, M. (2022, October 27). Where are all the qualified teachers going? TEDx, Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO.
Kania-Gosche, B., Meek, A., Schwartze, M., & Grote, K. (2022, October 25). Collaborating Across Colleges for Rural Science Teacher Training. Virtual Presentation at Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Fall Conference.
Schwartze, M., Beistel, T., French, K., & Sherer, D. (2022, September 23). Racing with Slope. Presentation at Expanding Your Horizons Conference, Missouri S&T, Rolla, MO.
Nevalga, J., Schwartze, M., Torrusio, A., Wernke, K., Westenberg, D., Wyckoff, G. (2022, March 17). Effective Teaching: Tips from Award-Winning Instructors. Panel at Missouri S&T’s Innovation in Teaching and Learning Conference, Rolla, MO.
Schwartze, M. (2022, March 17). eFellows and ACUE and COVID… Oh, My! Presentation at Missouri S&T’s Innovation in Teaching and Learning Conference, Rolla, MO.
Schwartze, M. (2022, March 17). Engaging Students with Pear Deck. Presentation at Missouri S&T’s Innovation in Teaching and Learning Conference, Rolla, MO.
Schwartze, M. (2021, April). Let’s Talk! Increasing Mathematical Discourse Among Preservice Teachers. Virtual presentation at National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Annual Meeting.
Kania-Gosche, B. & Schwartze, M. (2020, September 25). Flipgrid for Engaging and Inclusive Student Reading. Virtual presentation for Focus on Teaching and Technology Conference.
Kania-Gosche, B. & Schwartze, M. (2020, July 15). Breaking out with STEM in the classroom. Virtual presentation for South Central Learning Summit.
Schwartze, M. & Kania-Gosche, B. (2019, November 15). Escape room STEM-style. Presentation at Expanding Your Horizons Conference, Rolla, MO.
Schwartze, M. & Janes, C. (2019, November 10). “Launch”-ing off preservice preparation. Presentation at PLTW Summit, Kansas City, MO.
Schwartze, M. (2019, March 14). Redesigning higher education. Presentation at Teaching and Learning Technology Conference, Rolla, MO.
Schwartze, M. & Carter, K. (2019, March 25). Building lifelong teachers through the use of dispositions. Presentation at Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Conference, Columbia, MO.
Schwartze, M. (2018, October 5). Awesome patterns in mathematics. Presentation at Expanding Your Horizons Conference, Rolla, MO.
Schwartze, M. (2018, March 26). Where can I STEM in elementary? Presentation at Missouri Association of Colleges for Teacher Education Conference, Columbia, MO.
Schwartze, M. (2018, March 15). STEM in elementary. Presentation at Teaching and Learning Technology Conference, Rolla, MO.
Schwartze, M. (2018, January 27). Learning and assessment. Presentation at Missouri S & T, Rolla, MO.
Schwartze, M. (2017, November 17). STEM Flashback. Presentation at Expanding Your Horizons Conference, Rolla, MO.