Dr. Holm’s research focuses on the knowledge and beliefs of both preservice and in-service teachers in mathematics. This research looks at identifying beliefs and how they support how mathematics is taught, as well as ways to possibly change or challenge beliefs to support teaching mathematics as experiential and connected. Interconnected with the beliefs a teacher holds are how personal knowledge of mathematics impacts teaching and ways to support developing a more specialized knowledge of mathematics. The current portion of Dr. Holm’s research examines how experiences, in particular traumatic ones, in previous mathematics classrooms impacts future teachers within a teacher education program. Her courses and research focus on uncovering the sources of anxiety and making steps towards healing through experiencing mathematics through modeling and problem solving.
