

June 2008
DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS and STATISTICS
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY
PORTLAND, OR 97207
(503) 725-3624
MICHAEL
SHAUGHNESSY
CURRICULUM VITAE
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in mathematics,
Michigan State University, 1976
M.A. in mathematics, Indiana
University (Bloomington), 1970
B.A. in mathematics, LeMoyne
College (Syracuse, New York), 1968
EMPLOYMENT
Professor of Mathematics
& Statistics
Area: Mathematics Education
Portland State University,
1996- 2008
Visiting Professor
University of New England,
New South Wales; The University of Tasmania, & The University of Auckland,
New Zealand, January - May, 1999
Visiting Professor of
Mathematics
The Colorado College, Fall
1995
Professor of Mathematics and
Mathematics Education
Portland State University
& The Math Learning Center, 1993 - 1996
Professor of Mathematics
Area: Mathematics Education
Oregon State University,
1987 - 1993
Visiting Professor of
Mathematics
The University of Valencia,
Spain, 1990
Associate Professor of
Mathematics
Area: Mathematics Education
Oregon State University,
1981 - 1987
Visiting Associate Professor
of Mathematics, San Diego State University, 1982-1983
Assistant Professor of
Mathematics
Area: Mathematics Education
Oregon State University,
1976-1981
Instructor
Michigan State University,
1975-1976
Teaching Assistant
Michigan State University,
1972-1975
Instructor
Wichita State University,
1970-1972
Teaching Assistant
Indiana University,
1968-1970
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
Mathematical Association of
America (MAA) 1973 - present
National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics (NCTM) 1973 - present
Oregon Council of Teachers
of Mathematics (OCTM) 1976 - present
International Group for
Psychology and Mathematics Education (PME)
1983-present.
Special Interest Group for
Research in Mathematics Education (SIG/RME).
1978
- present.
International Study Group
for Research in Probability and Statistics, 1982-present
International Association
for Statistical Education (IASE, division of ISI) 1996 – present
American Educational
Research Association 1998 - present
Association of Teacher
Educators (AMTE) 1992 – present (off and on)
American Mathematical
Society (AMS) 1974 – 1993
American Statistical
Association (ASA) 2002 - present
HONORS AND AWARDS
Candidate for President of
the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2006, 2008.
Elected to the Oregon
Mathematics Education Hall of Fame, Spring 2006.
Elected to the Board of
Directors of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), term
2001-2004.
Recipient of the Elizabeth
P. Ritchie Distinguished Professor Award at
Oregon State
University. September 1986.
Nominated by Oregon State
University for a State of Oregon Faculty Excellence Award of the State Board of
Higher Education. December 1985.
Recipient of the Oregon State
University Carter Award for excellence in
Teaching in the College of
Science. 1979.
Recipient of the Indiana
University award for excellence in teaching. 1970.
BS. awarded Magna cum laude,
LeMoyne College. 1968.
New York State Regent's
Scholarship, 1964. LeMoyne College
scholarship, 1964. Gannett Newspaper Scholarship, 1964.
PUBLICATIONS
1. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1977. Sometimes maybe:
Probability and statistics in the schools. The Oregon Mathematics Teacher,
April:18-21.
2. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M.
November 1977. Misconceptions of
probability:
An experiment with a
small-group, activity-based, model building approach
to introductory probability
at the college level. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 8(3):295-316.
3. SHAUGHNESSY J.M., B.
McCAY, C.A. RANDALL,, and G.L. WINCKLER.
1978. Application Clusters in Pre-calculus Mathematics.
Prindle, Weber, and Schmidt. Boston, MA., 120 pp.
4. MUSSER, G.L. and J.M.
SHAUGHNESSY. 1978. Sources of problems and ways to
start. The Oregon Mathematics Teacher, October:6-7.
5. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. March 1980. Applications of intermediate algebra:
A possible alternative. The Two-Year College Mathematics
Journal, 11(7): 94-101.
6. MUSSER, G.L. and J.M.
SHAUGHNESSY. 1980. Problem solving strategies
in school mathematics. In S. Krulik, ed.: Problem Solving in School
Mathematics.
The 1980 NCTM Yearbook,
pp. 136-145.
7. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1981. Misconceptions of probability: From systematic errors to systematic experiments and
decisions. In A. Shulte, ed.: Teaching
Statistics and Probability. The 1981 NCTM Yearbook, pp. 90-100.
8. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1981. On advocating applications in basic mathematics
courses. In Geoffrey Akst, ed.: New Directions for College Learning
Assistance: Improving Mathematical Skills. Jossey Bass, San
Francisco, pp. 27-35.
9. BURGER, W.F., A. HOFFER,
B. MITCHELL, and J.M. SHAUGHNESSY.
November, 1981. Goals for
geometry - Can we meet them? The Oregon Mathematics Teacher.
10. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M., T.
BUTTS, and B. PHILLIPS. 1983. Intermediate
Algebra: Problem Solving
and Applications. Harper and Row Publishers,
New York, 618 pp.
11. HALADYNA, T., J.
SHAUGHNESSY, and J.M. SHAUGHNESSY.
1983. Relations of student,
teacher, and learning environment variables to attitudes towards
mathematics. School Science and
Mathematics, 83(1): 21-36.
12. HALADYNA, T., J.
SHAUGHNESSY, and J.M. SHAUGHNESSY.
1983. A Causal Analysis of Attitude Toward Mathematics. Journal for Research in Mathematics
Education, 14(1): 19-29.
13. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1983. The psychology of inference and the teaching of probability
and statistics: Two sides of the
same coin? In R. Scholz, Ed.
Decision-Making under
Uncertainty. North Holland Publishing Co.,
Amsterdam, pp. 325-350.
14. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1983. Misconceptions of probability — teaching
probability so as to
overcome intuitive systematic bias.
In L. Rade,
ed. The Proceedings of
the First International Conference on the Teaching of Statistics (ICOTS I), pp. 784-801.
15. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1984. The case of the unfriendly customer.
The Oregon Mathematics
Teacher. September:30-32.
16. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1985. Problem solving de-railers: The influence
of misconceptions on problem
solving performance. In E. Silver,
ed.: Teaching
and Learning Mathematical
Problem Solving: Multiple Research
Perspectives.
Lawrence Erlbaum: Hillsdale, N.J.:399-416.
17. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M., W.F.
BURGER. 1985. Spadework prior to deduction in
geometry. The Mathematics
Teacher, 78(6):419-428.
18. BURGER, W.F. and J.M.
SHAUGHNESSY. 1986. Characterizing the van
Hiele levels of development
in geometry. Journal for
Research in Mathematics
Education, 17(1):31-48.
19. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1987. Research reports on projects with in-service teachers: A reaction. Proceedings of the 11th annual meeting of the
International Group for Psychology and Mathematics Education, Vol II:149-159.
20. DICK, T.P. and J.M.
SHAUGHNESSY. 1988. The influence of symbolic/graphic
calculators on the perceptions of students and teacher's towards mathematics. Proceedings of the 10th annual meeting
of the Psychology of Mathematics Education (North America), PME-NA, Dekalb, IL,327-333.
21. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1988.
Computer simulations of probability challenges: From data to theory. Proceedings
of the 6th International Congress of Mathematics Education (ICME VI), Budapest.
22. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1989. Visualization in mathematics. Pages 48-49
in T.J. Cooney, ed., American
Perspectives on the Sixth International Congress on Mathematical Education, Budapest.
Reston: NCTM.
23. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1990. Alternative concepts of probability: A reaction. In G. Goldin and C. Maher, eds., Proceedings of the 11th
Annual Meeting of PME-NA Group on the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Volume 2, pp.211-213). Rutgers University Press.
24. BURGER, W.F. and J.M. SHAUGHNESSY. 1990. Assessing children's intellectual growth in geometry. Final
report of NSF grant #SED-7920568, OSU Press, 179 pages.
25. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M.
and DICK, T. P. 1991. Monty's dilemma: Should you stick or switch? The Mathematics Teacher, 84(4): pp. 252-256.
26. GUTIERREZ, A. JAIME, A.,
SHAUGHNESSY, J.M., & BURGER, W.F. 1991. A comparative analysis of two ways
of assessing van Hiele levels of thinking. In Muricito, ed., Proceedings of
15th International Meeting of Psychology of Mathematics Education, Univ. di Genova, Genova Italy, Vol. 2, pp.109-115.
27. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M.,
BURGER, W.F., GUTIERREZ, A. JAIME, A., AND FUYS, D. 1991. Continuity in the van
Hiele levels. In R. Underhill, ed. Proceedings of the 13th annual meeting of
the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of
Mathematics Education, Vol I., pp.
183-187. Blacksburg, Va.: Virginia Polytechnic Press.
28. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1992. Research in probability and statistics: Reflections and directions. In D. Grouws, ed., Handbook of
Research on Mathematics Teaching
and Learning (pp. 465 - 494). New
York: Macmillan.
29. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. &
Bergman, B. 1993. Thinking about uncertainty: Probability &
Statistics. In P. Wilson, ed., Research
Ideas for the Classroom: High School Mathematics (pp. 177 - 197). Reston: NCTM.
30. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1993.
Probability and Statistics: Pictures from Research. The Mathematics Teacher, 86, 3, 244 - 248.
31. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M.
1993. Cognitive Snapshots of the
Stochastic River. The Journal
for Research in Mathematics Education, 24, 1, 70-77.
32. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1993.
Probability and Statistics--A Course Guide for Middle School Mathematics
Teachers. Salem, OR: The Mathematics Learning Center.
33. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. &
ARCIDIACONO, M. 1993. Visual
Encounters with Chance. Volume VIII,
Math and the Mind's Eye. Salem, OR: The Math Learning Center.
34. PHILLIPS, E.D., BUTTS, T.
AND SHAUGHNESSY, J. M. 1994. Intermediate
Algebra: Applications and Problem Solving. 2nd Ed. New York: Harper-Collins Publishing.
35. SHAUGHNESSY, J. M. &
BATANERO, C. 1995. Un enfoque visual para ense–ar probabilidades binomiales. Uno:
Revista de didactica delas matem‡ticas, 5, 103 - 112.
36. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1995.
No More Excuses! Take a Chance with Statistics and Probability. The
California Mathematics Teacher. Fall Issue.
37. MAIER, E. &
SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. 1996. Graphing Algebraic Relationships. Volume
XI, Math and the Mind's Eye. Salem, OR: The Math Learning Center.
38. SHAUGHNESSY, J. M.,
GARFIELD, J. & GREER, B. 1996. Data Handling. InThe International
Handbook of Mathematics Education.
A. Bishop & J. Kilpatrick (eds.), Chap. 6, pp. 205-237, Dortrecht: Kluwer
Publishers.
39. SHAUGHNESSY, J. M.
(1997). Emerging Research Issues in the Teaching and Learning of Probability
and Statistics. In B. Phillips, (ed.) Papers on Statistical Education. From
the 8th International Congress on Mathematics Education. Swinburne University, Australia: IASE.
40. SHAUGHNESSY, J. M.
(1997). Missed Opportunities in Research on the Teaching and Learning of Data
and Chance. In F. Biddulph and K. Carr (eds.), People in Mathematics
Education (pp. 6 - 22). Proceedings of MERGA 20, AOTEAROA,
Waikato Print, The University of Waikato Printery.
41. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M.
(1997). Empirical Research on
Technology and Teaching Statistics: Summary and Suggestions. In J. Garfield and G. Burrill (eds.), Research
on the Role of Technology in Teaching and Learning Statistics (pp. 217
– 219). Proceedings of the
1996 IASE Round Table Conference, University of Granda, Spain, July 23-27 .
Voorburg: International Statistics Institute.
42. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M (1998).
Immersion in Data Handling: Using the Chance Plus Software with Introductory
Statistics Students. In L. Pereia-Mendoza (Ed.). Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Teaching
Statistics (ICOTS V)(pp. 913-919).
43. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M.
(1998). From Visual Models to Symbols and Graphs. The New England Journal of
Mathematics., 30, 2, 39-47.
44. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. &
ZAWOJEWSKI, J. (1999). Secondary Students' Performance on Data and Chance in
the 1996 NAEP. The Mathematics Teacher, 92,
713 - 718.
45. SHAUGHNESSY, J. M.,
WATSON, J., MORITZ, J., & READING, C. (1999). School Mathematics Students'
Acknowledgment of Statistical Variation. Paper for invited keynote address
presented at the research pre sessions of the 77th Annual NCTM Conference, San
Francisco, CA.
46. ZAWOJEWSKI, J. &
SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. (2000). Mean or Median: Are They Really So Easy? Mathematics
Teaching in the Middle School, 5, 436
– 440.
47. ZAWOJEWSKI, J. and
SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. (2000). Data and Chance. In E. Silver & P. Kenney (eds.).
Results from the Seventh Mathematics Assessment of the National Assessment
of Educational Progress (pp. 235
– 268). Reston: NCTM.
48. READING, C. & SHAUGHNESSY, J. M. (2000). Student
perceptions of variation in a sampling situation. In T. Nakahara & M.
Koyama (Eds.). Proceedings of the 24th Conference of the
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 4, pp. 89 – 96). Hiroshima: Hiroshima University.
49. Thorton, C., Hunting, R. P., Shaughnessy, J. Michael, SOWDER, J.
T., & WOLFF, K. C. (2001). Organizing a new doctoral program in
mathematics education. In R. E. Reys & J. Kilpatrick (eds.). On Field,
Many Paths: U.S. Doctoral Programs in Mathematics Education. Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences,
Issues in Mathematics Education, Vol. 9, (95 – 99). Providence, RI,
American Mathematics Society.
50. SHAUGHNESSY, J. M.,
& CIANCETTA, M. (2001) Conflict between studentsŐ personal theories and
actual data: The spectre of variation. Proceedings of the roundtable
conference on Statistics Reasoning, Thinking, and Literacy. (SRTL
III). University of New England, Armidale, NSW, Australia.
51. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M., &
PFANNKUCH, M. (2002). How Faithful is Old Faithful? Statistical Thinking: A
Story of Variation and Prediction. The Mathematics Teacher, 95,
252 – 259. Reston, VA: NCTM.
52. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. &
CIANCETTA, M. (2002). Students'
Understandings of Variability in a Probability Environment. In B. Phillips, Ed.
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on the Teaching of Statistics. International Statistics Institute.
53. SHAUGHNESSY,
J. M. (2002). The Teaching and Learning of Data and Chance: Cases,
Reflections, Suggestions.
Guest Editor. Of Volume XXIV, Number 2, May 2002, (100 pp.). The New England
Mathematics Journal.
Keene, New Hampshire: Association of Teachers of Mathematics in New England.
54.
Watson, J. M., Kelly, B.A., Callingham, R.A., and Shaughnessy, J. M. (2003).
The measurement of school studentsŐ understanding of statistical variation. International
Journal of Mathematics, Science, and Technology, 34, 1 – 29.
55. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M.
(2003). Research on studentsŐ understanding of probability. In G. Martin, J.
Kilpatrick, & D. Shifter, Eds. (pp. 216 – 226). A Research Companion to Principles
and Standards for School Mathematics.
NCTM: Reston, VA.
56. SHAUGHNESSY,
J. M., CANADA, D. & CIANCETTA, M. (2003). Middle School StudentsŐ Thinking
about Variability in Repeated Trials: A Cross Task Comparison. In N. Pateman,
B. Dougherty, & J. Zilliox, Eds. (Vol IV, pp. 159—165). Proceedings
of the 25th Annual Conference of the North American Group for the
Psychology and Mathematics Education. Honolulu: University of Hawaii
Press.
57. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M., PECK,
R., BARRETT, G, & KRONENDONK, H. (2004) Navigating Probability, Grades
9-12. National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics: Reston, VA.
58. SHAUGHNESSY, J. M.,
CIANCETTA, M., BEST, K., & CANDA, D. (2004). StudentsŐ attention to variability when comparing
distributions. Paper presented at the Research Presessions of the 82nd
Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics,
Philadelphia, PA.
59. READING, C. &
SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. (2004). Reasoning About Variation. In J. Garfield and D.
Ben-Zvi, Eds. (pp. 201 - 226). The Challenge of Developing Statistical
Literacy, Reasoning and Thinking.
Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dorcrecht, The Netherlands.
60. SHAUGHNESSY, J. M.,
CANADA, D, & CIANCETTA, M. (2004). Types of student reasoning on sampling
tasks. In M.J. Hoines & A. B. Fuglestad, (Eds.). Proceedings of the 28th
Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics
Education. Bergen University
College: Bergen, Norway.
61. WATSON, J. M., and SHAUGHNESSY, J. M. (2004). Proportional
Reasoning: Lessons from Research in Data and Chance. Mathematics Teaching in
the Middle School, 10, 104 – 109.
62.
SHAUGHNESSY, J. M., & CHANCE, B. (2005).
Statistical Questions from the Classroom. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics: Reston, VA.
63. SHAUGHNESSY, J. M.
(2006). Research on StudentsŐ Understanding of Some Big Ideas in
Statistics. In Gail Burrill, Ed.
(pp. 77–98). Data and
Chance. 2006 Yearbook of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics. Reston, VA: NCTM.
64. SHAUGHNESSY, J. M., and
NOLL, J. (2006). School Mathematics StudentsŐ Reasoning about Variability in
Scatterplots. In S. Alatore, J. L. Cortina, M. S‡iz, and A. MŽndez, (Eds.). (p.
269). Proceedings of the 28th
Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the
Psychology of Mathematics Education.
Merida, Mexico.: Universidad Pedag—gica Naional.
65. TARR, J. E., &
SHAUGHNESSY, J. M. 2007). Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability. In Peter
Kloosterman, Ed.(pp. 139 - 168). Results and Interpretations of the 2003
Mathematics Assessment of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Reston,
VA: NCTM.
66. SHAUGHNESSY, J. M.
(2007). Research on StatisticsŐ Reasoning and Learning. In F. Lester, Ed, (pp
957 – 1009). Second Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and
Learning. National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics. Reston, VA: NCTM.
67. SHAUGHNESSY, J. M. (2007). Research on StudentsŐ Thinking
and Reasoning about Measures of Center.
In Abstracts, Briefs, and Clips (ABCŐs) from NCTM. Published on the NCTM
website, www.nctm.org.
68. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M.
(Accepted). Research on StudentsŐ Thinking and Reasoning about Variability in
Statistics. To appear in Abstracts, Briefs, and Clips (ABCŐs) from NCTM.
IN PROGRESS:
69. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M. &
NOLL, J. (In Progress). Aspects of
StudentsŐ Reasoning about Variation in Empirical Sampling Distributions.
70. SHAUGHNESSY, J.M.,
CHANCE, B., & KRONENDONK, H. (In Progress). Topic Companion book on Data
and Chance to the Secondary Curriculum Lenses document.
EDITING, REVIEWING AND
REFEREEING
Manuscript reviewer for the Journal
for Research in Mathematics Education
(JRME), 1979-present. Member of the editorial panel of JRME 1987-1990.
Member of Editorial Board
for the journal Mathematical Teaching and Learning, 1997 - present.
NCTM Board liaison to the
Educational Materials Committee 2001 – 2004.
Chair of editorial panel for
the book Statistical Questions from the Classroom. (NCTM,
2002 - 2005).
Chair of editorial panel for
the book Navigating Probability Grades 9 – 12. (NCTM, 2002– 2004).
Reviewer of proposals for
the annual AERA, American Educational Research
Association, meeting
(SIG/RME group) 1984-present.
Manuscript reviewer for Statistics
Education Research Journal, 2001
– present.
Manuscript reviewer for Journal
of Mathematical Behavior, 2004
– present.
Manuscript reviewer for Educational
Studies in Mathematics, 1995 –
present.
Manuscript reviewer for the Journal
of Educational Psychology,
1993-present.
Manuscript reviewer for Revista
de Educaci—n Matematica, Spain, 1995
- present.
Manuscript reviewer for the Mathematics
Teacher, 1986-present. Editor of the Mathematics Teacher column
"Connecting Research to Teaching" 1993 - 1996 .
Manuscript reviewer for Teaching
Mathematics in the Middle School,
1993 – present.
Manuscript reviewer for Mathematics
Education Research Journal (MERJ)
Australia, 1997 - present. Member of the Editorial Board, 1999 – 2004.
Proposal reviewer for The
International group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME), 1984 -
present.
Proposal reviewer for the
Special Interest Group for Research in Mathematics Education of the American
Educational Research Association (AERA), 1980 – present.
INVITED PAPERS, TALKS, AND WORKSHOPS
1. Stimulation with simulation: Probability activities for secondary
school students. National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Northwest Name of Site Meeting,
Missoula, MT, March 16-18, 1978.
2. Some probability activities for middle-school students.
NCTM National Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 23-25, 1978.
3. Applications in intermediate algebra. Annual Northwest
National Council of Mathematics Meeting, Portland, OR, October 13-15, 1978.
4. Use of random numbers to
simulate probability experiments in grades 6-12. Annual Northwest Mathematics Meeting, Vernon, BC, October
18-20, 1979.
5. Invited member of a national panel on model remedial
mathematics programs
at the college and
university level. Joint MAA-AMS meeting, San Antonio, TX,
January 4-6, 1980.
6. Calculators in the Classroom. Invited panel member.
OCTM Conference on Calculators in the Classroom, Linfield College,
McMinnville, OR, October 10, 1980.
7. Triggering problem solving strategies.
The NCTM meeting, St. Louis,
MO, April 22-26, 1981.
8. Calculators in the schools. Invited member of the OCTM
Panel on Calculators in the Classroom. McKay High School, Salem, OR, April 9,
1981.
9. Assessing children's
development in geometry using the van Hiele levels.
59th Annual NCTM meeting,
St. Louis, MO, April 24, 1981.
10. Clinical research:
Problems and practices.
Organized open forum at the
research pre session meetings of the 59th Annual NCTM meeting, St. Louis, MO,
April 21, 1981.
11. Relation of student, teacher, and learning environment
variables to attitude towards math. Paper presented with Joan Shaughnessy and
Tom Haladyna at the annual meeting of American Education Research Association,
Los Angeles, CA, April, 1981.
12. Preparing all students for college mathematics (or how to
succeed
by really trying).Oregon
State University Conference for Secondary Teachers, May 9, 1981.
13. Triggering problem-solving strategies. The 20th annual
Northwest Mathematics Meeting, Portland, OR, October 8-10, 1981.
14. Preparing for college mathematics courses. The 20th annual Northwest Mathematics
Meeting in Portland, OR, October 8-10, 1981.
15. A causal analysis of attitude toward mathematics. Paper
presented with Joan Shaughnessy
and Tom Haladyna. Presented at the
Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York,
March 23, 1982.
16. Clinical procedures: An evolutionary process in doing research. Invited address
at the research pre session of the 60th Annual NCTM Meeting, Toronto, April 13, 1982.
17. Issues and concerns in school mathematics. An invited
presentation at a meeting of School District 509J's Curriculum Committee. April
6, 1982.
18. Misconceptions of
probability - teaching probability so as to overcome
intuitive, systematic bias.
An invited paper at the First International Conference on the Teaching of
Statistics, Sheffield, England, August 8-13, 1982.
19. Research in judgment and
decision making and the teaching of probability
and statistics: Two sides of the same coin? An invited
talk at the symposium,
``Individual Decision Making under Uncertainty", Universitat
Bielefeld, West Germany, November 10-12, 1982.
20. Levels of learning
geometry. An invited talk at the annual meeting of the Greater San Diego
Mathematics Council, January 10, 1983.
21. Explorations in game
theory. An invited mini-course at the annual San Diego State University High
School Mathematics Contest, February 26, 1983.
22. Spadework prior to
deduction: Our geometric
underpinnings.
Invited talk at the NCTM
annual meeting, Detroit, MI, April 15, 1983.
23. Levels of learning
geometry: Spadework prior to
deduction.
Invited lecturer for
teachers, principals, supervisors, and NCTM representatives,
San Diego County School
District Conference, June 6, 1983.
24. The van Hiele levels and
teaching high school geometry.
The Northwest Mathematics
Conference, Seattle, WA, October 16, 1983.
25. Geometric gems. Invited
workshop at the Northwest Math Conference, Eugene, OR, October 12, 1984.
26. Under-represented themes
in research on attitudes toward mathematics.
Invited paper with T.
Haladyna presented at the annual meeting of the American
Educational Research
Association, New Orleans, April 1984.
27. Stimulation with
simulation. Invited Workshop at NSF Honors Teachers Workshop. Michigan State University, December
13-15, 1984.
28. Problem solving in
geometry. Invited workshop at the Regional NCTM meeting. San Diego, CA, January 29 - February 1, 1985.
29. Geometry = Visual +
analytical + inferential approach. Invited workshop at the Annual National NCTM
meeting, San Antonio, TX, April 16-20, 1985.
30. The van Hiele levels: a
framework for studying geometric reasoning.
Invited research talk at the
Annual National NCTM meeting, San Antonio, TX,
April 16-20, 1985.
31. Misconceptions in
stochastic reasoning: Confronting
them via stimulating
simulation. Invited
colloquium for the Department of Statistics, Oregon State University, May 20,
1985.
32. Problem solving gems.
Invited workshop with Ted Nelson at the Annual TOTOM Conference, Ashland, OR,
September 12-14, 1985.
33. Probability and
statistics: Guesses + experiments
+ simulations.
Invited talk at the 24th
Northwest Mathematics Conference, Vancouver,
BC, October 10-12, 1985.
34. Stimulating computer probability simulations.
Invited Workshop at the San
Diego Mathematics Meeting, February 7, 1986.
35. Misconceptions of probability: Some results from research. Invited colloquium for the
mathematics department at San Diego State University, February 6, 1986.
36. Misconceptions of probability: Some results from research. Invited colloquium for the
mathematics department at Illinois State University, Normal, IL, March 17,
1986.
37. Probability and statistics: Experiments enhanced by microcomputer
simulations. Invited talk at
the 64ht annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics,
Washington DC., April 2-5, 1986.
38. Teaching
statistics: Look at the data.
Invited banquet address at the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Statistics Workshop,
Portland State University, July 7, 1986.
39. The van Hiele model: Research update and applications in teacher
training. Invited reaction
to symposia papers presented at the annual Psychology
and Mathematics Education
meetings, East Lansing, MI, September 25-28, 1986.
40. If you have a chance - simulate! Invited workshop at the
25th annual Northwest Mathematics meeting, Spokane, WA, October 9-11, 1986.
41. Problem solving in pre calculus. Invited talk at Lane
Community College, January 20, 1987.
42. Teachers teaching teachers. Invited keynote address at
the Oregon Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference at the coast, February
21, 1987.
43. Some chancy simulations.
Invited workshop at the Puget Sound Council of Mathematics Teachers, Woodinville
High School, Seattle, WA, March 20, 1987.
44. Alternative approaches to secondary mathematics. Invited
talk at the 65th annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Anaheim, CA, April 6-10,
1987.
45. Classroom implications of research in mathematics
education. Annual address of the Editorial Panel for the Journal of Research in
Mathematics Education to the National Council of Mathematics, Anaheim, CA,
April 6, 1987.
46. Probability and statistics through simulations. Invited
workshop at the Michigan State University Teacher Enhancement Project, East
Lansing, MI, June 29, 1987.
47. Research on teaching. Invited talk at the symposium on
research on teaching at the 11th annual meeting of the International Group for
the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Montreal, July 24, 1987.
48. Computer simulation of some favorite problems. Invited
talk at the 14th annual TOTOM meeting, September 18, 1987.
49. Probability and
statistics in modern day fairy tales:
Aesop meets Clint Eastwood.
Invited talk at the 26th annual Northwest Mathematics Meeting, Portland,
OR, October 9, 1987.
50. Model secondary mathematics curriculum. Workshop for Oregon Mathematics Project
Administrator's conference, Lincoln City, OR, January 29, 1988.
51. Simulation and
modeling: Important skills in
problem solving. Invited workshop for Linn-Benton ESD MSTP Conference on Math
and Science, Albany, OR, February 5, 1988
52. Probability and statistics for the middle schools.
Invited talk for University of Oregon Middle School Teacher Project. Eugene,
OR, February 10, 1988.
53. Testing our guesses: Some stimulating problems--probability and statistics for
the middle grades. Invited talk at the regional meeting of the National Council
Teachers
of Mathematics, Boise, ID,
March 18, 1988.
54. Clinical research methodology and the van Hiele levels.
Talk selected by the NCTM SIG/RME research committee for the research pre
session of the 66th annual meeting of the NCTM, Chicago, IL, April 5, 1988.
55. Alternative approaches to secondary mathematics
curricula: Change
and teacher networking.
Invited talk at the 66th annual meeting of the NCTM, Chicago, IL, April 8,
1988.
56. The math and the mind's
eye project.
Invited talk at the ICME VI
conference, Budapest, Hungary, August 1, 1988.
57. Probability
explorations--take a chance with your students.
Invited workshop at the
Washington State Mathematics Council meeting Mathematics for today and
tomorrow, Kennewick, October 14, 1988.
58. Guess, then gather data!
Invited work session at the 27th annual Northwest Mathematics Conference,
Victoria, October 21, 1988.
59. Good beginnings in Geometry: Pearls before proofs. Invited talk at the annual meeting of
the California Mathematics Council, northern section, Asilomar, December 3,
1988.
60. Probability Pearls
Strung on Simulations. Invited keynote address at the Mt. Lassen Mathematics
Council meeting, March 6, 1989.
61. Research on Teaching Problem Solving. Invited address and
reaction to the NCTM document Teaching and Assessing Problem Solving, given at
the Research Presession of the annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Orlando,
April 10-15, 1989.
62. Alternative Concepts of Probability. Invited reactor to
research symposium Research on Alternative Concepts of Probability at the 11th
annual meeting of Psychology and Mathematics Education, Rutgers University,
September 15, 1989.
63. Research and Teaching in
Probability and Statistics. Invited three day mini-course at the University of
Valencia, Spain, March 7-9, 1990.
64. Visualization in Mathematics--"Math and the Mind's
Eye". Invited talk for the research seminar at the University of Valencia,
Spain, February 21, 1990.
65. Visualization in Mathematics.
Invited workshop at the
University of Barcelona, Spain, March 2, 1990.
66. Problem Solving and
Decision Making in Probability and Statistics. The Western Regional Conference
of the NCTM, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 31- August 2, 1990.
67. Mini-Course on
Probability and Statistics. Invited course at the 29th Annual NW Mathematics
Meeting, Portland, Oregon, October
15-17, 1990.
68. Simulation: A Technique for Representing
Probability Problems.
The 69th Annual Meeting of
the NCTM, New Orleans, Louisiana, April 17-20, 1991.
69. Continuity in the van
Hiele levels. (Joint presentation with W.F. Burger, A. Gutierrez, and A.
Jaime). 13th annual meeting of the Group for Psychology and Mathematics
Education, Assisi, Italy, July, 1991.
70. Continuity in the van
Hiele levels. Symposium at the 13th annual meeting of the North American
chapter of PME, Blacksburg, Va., October 16-19, 1991.
71. Transitional Models in
Learning Algebra. Invited talk at Mt. Hood CC conference on the Implications of
Technology on Mathematics Education, February 22, 1992.
72. My Favorite Geometry
Problems. Invited talk at the NCTM regional conference in Eugene, Or., March
21, 1992.
73. Modeling Situations
Under Uncertainty. Invited MAPS
presentation (3-hour session with Barry Bergman) at the 70th Annual Meeting of
the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Nashville, April 1-4, 1992.
74. Those Who Can,
Count. Invited day-long workshop
at the Boston College summer teacher enhancement institute on Discrete
Mathematics. Newton, MA, July 22,
1992.
75. Teacher researchers in Action
Research. Invited talk at The
Mathematics Leaders Conference, Linfield College, August 10, 1992.
76. Visualization in
Probability and Statistics--Tools and Models. Invited workshop at the 31st Annual Northwest Mathematics
Meeting, Spokane, WA, October 8 - 10, 1992.
77. Transitional Models in
Algebra. Invited talk at the 18th
annual AMATYC Meeting, Indianapolis, November 5-8, 1992.
78. Visual Models to
Simulate and Solve Probability Problems.
Invited workshop at the NCTM regional conference, Little Rock AK,
November 12, 1992.
79. Research in Probability
and Statistics. Invited colloquium
at the Michigan State University seminar on research in Mathematics Education,
November 19, 1992.
80. Van Hiele's research.
Invited presentation at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Geometry and Patterns Seminar Planning Committee. Dallas, TX, Feb. 12-14, 1993
81. Visual Models in
Probability. Invited workshop at the Math and the Mind's Eye Leadership
Development Seminar. Hood River, Or. Feb. 18-20, 1993.
82. Multiple Representations
of Probability Concepts. Invited Address to the Lane County Math Association,
Eugene, Or, Feb. 23, 1993.
83. Visualizing Probability:
Visual Models of Experimental and Theoretical Results. Invited Workshop at the
NCTM Annual National meeting, Seattle, WA, April 6, 1993.
84. Visual Models in
Probability and Statistics. Day long invited workshop with the Kentucky Math
Leadership Project, University of Kentucky, Lexington KY, June 24, 1993.
85. Those who can,
Count! Invited presentation to the
Cal- Poly Pamona Regional conference for leadership development in Discrete
Mathematics, July 26, 1993.
86. Those who can,
Count! Invited presentation to the
Portland St. Regional conference for leadership development in Discrete
Mathematics, July 26, 1993.
87. Chance Encounters of the
Third Kind. Invited 3 hour mini-course at the 33rd Annual NW Mathematics
Meeting, Portland, OR. October 9th, 1993.
88. Visualizing Probability
and Statistics. Invited workshop at the NCTM Western Regional Meeting, Billings
MT. October 21, 1993.
89. Visualizing Chance in
Middle School Mathematics. Invited Presession mini course for the National
Middle School Annual Conference, Portland, OR. November 4th, 1993.
90. Visual Models in
Probability. Invited presentation at the Honolulu Mathematics Conference,
January 29th, 1994.
91. Chance Encounters of the
Third Kind: Visual and Tactile Approaches to Probability and Statistics.
Invited Workshop at the San Francisco Regional NCTM, February 24-26th 1994.
92. Visual Models in
Probability and Statistics. Invited workshop at the NCTM National
meeting, Indianapolis, April 13th - 16th, 1994.
93. Teaching Geometry and
the van Hiele Levels. Invited keynote presenter at the NCTM mini conference on
Geometry, August 8-9, 1994, Charlotte, NC.
94. What are we really
doing?—A Time of Change in Teaching Mathematics. Invited keynote address
at the annual meeting of the Oregon Mathematics Leaders conference, McMinville,
OR, August 15, 1994.
95. Multiple Approaches to
Geometry Problems: Sharing our Thinking. Invited workshop at the NCTM National
meeting, Boston, April 6th - 9th, 1995.
96. The Portland State
University Middle Grades Mathematics Teacher Preparation Program. Invited talk
at the Middle Math Project. East Carolina University, Greenville NC. August
3-6, 1995.
97. A Visual Encounter with
Probability and Statistics. Invited workshop at the 34th Annual Northwest
Mathematics meeting, Seattle, WA. October 12-14, 1995.
98. Using a Visual Approach
to Algebra as a Bridge from Patterns to Symbols. Invited Mini-course at the
NCTM National meeting in San Diego, April 25th, 1996.
99. Emerging Research Issues
in the Teaching and Learning of Probability and Statistics. Invited paper at
the 8th International Congress on Mathematics Education, Sevilla, Spain, July
14-21, 1996.
100. What we have learned
about teaching probability: A multiplicity of implications. Invited talk at the
35th Annual North West Mathematics Conference, Portland, OR, October 11th,
1996.
101. Connections between
research and teaching in probability. Invited Keynote address at the Goals 2000
Conference on Mathematics Teaching, Western Washington University, Bellingham,
WA, November 22, 1996.
102. Weather Wonder Ifs.
Invited workshop at the 75th annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics meeting in Minneapolis, MN, April 16 - 20th, 1997.
103. Missed Opportunities in
Research in on the teaching and learning of probability and statistics. Invited
Keynote address at MERGA 20 (Math Education Research Group of Australasia),
July 7 - 11th, 1997, Rotorua, New Zealand.
104. Issues in the Teaching
of Statistics in the Middle Grades. Invited day-long workshop to thirty
Portland Public School teachers, grades 3 - 9 in there Wells Fargo Teacher
Enhancement Grant, August 20, 1997.
105. From Patterns to Symbols: A Visual
Approach to Algebra. Invited session at the regional meeting of the National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Anchorage AK, October 17-19, 1997.
106. Variability,
Randomness, and Graph Sense: Some Thoughts on Students' Conceptions".
Invited colloquium at the Center for Research on Science and Mathematics
Education, San Diego State University, November 7, 1997.
107. Student's Intuitive
Ideas about Data and Chance. Invited keynote address for the Rocky Mountain
area ASA West Co conference on teaching undergraduate statistics, Colorado
Springs, March 27, 1998.
108. How Faithful is Old
Faithful? Exploring Geyser Blasts and Representing Data Sets. Invited workshop
at the 76th annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
meeting in Washington DC, April 2-4, 1998.
109. Issues in the Teaching
of Statistics for the Oregon CIM. Invited address for middle and secondary mathematics
teachers at the Portland Public Schools Inservice Retreat. May 27th, 1998.
110. Immersion in Data
Handling. Invited Paper at the Fifth International Conference on the Teaching
of Statistics (ICOTS V), Singapore, June 21-26, 1998.
111. Some Questions for
Research on the Learning of Statistics. Invited Keynote at the LOGOS conference
of Statistics Educators at the University of Auckland, NZ, March 31st, 1999.
112. Research and Assessment
Issues in the Teaching and Learning of Probability and Statistics" What
Questions might we be Asking? Invited keynote Plenary Address at the Research
Presessions of the 77th Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, April 19th, 1999, in San Francisco.
113. There's more to Life
than Centers! Students' Conceptions of Variability. Invited symposium at the
Research Presessions of the 77th Annual Meeting of the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics. San Francisco ,April 20th, 1999.
114. Favorite Chance
Situations: Do we need to Revise our Thinking Once the Data are in? From Data
Gathering to Models. Workshop presented at the 77th Annual Meeting of the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. San Francisco, April 23rd, 1999.
115. Geometry Problems
Worthy of Our Effort. Invited session at the annual TOTOM meeting (Teachers of
Teachers of Mathematics), September 16-18, 1999,
Ashland, Oregon.
116. Some Favorite Chance
Activities: What does the Data Say? Invited session at the 38th Annul Meeting
of the NW Math Conference, October 7-9, 1999, Portland, OR.
117. Getting the Spread of
Things—What our data representations do and do not show. Invited presentation on at the 78th
annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM),
Chicago, April 11-15, 2000.
118. ThereŐs more to life
than Centers: attending to variation. Invited workshop at the 39th
Annual Meeting of the NW Math Conference, October 13-15th, 2000,
Victoria, BC.
119. Exploring Ňwait until
problemsÓ—the Tortoise and The Hare and others. Invited session at the 79th
NCTM in Orlando, April 4-7, 2001.
120. Conflict between
studentsŐ personal theories and actual data: The Specter of Variation. Invited
paper and talk presented at the second conference on Statistics Reasoning,
Thinking, and Literacy (SRTL2) in Armidale, NSW, Australia, August 15 –
20, 2001.
121. Visual approaches to
problem solving. Invited Keynote Address at the annual meeting of the Mt.
Lassen Mathematics Council, October 12-13, 2001, Redding, CA.
122. Navigating Probability
in Secondary School Mathematics: Some Goals and Explorations. Invited
presentation at the 80th Annual meeting of the National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Las Vegas, April 21 – 24, 2002.
123. Students' Understanding
of Variability in a Probability Environment. Paper presented at ICOTS VI, The
Sixth International Conference on the Teaching of Statistics, Capetown, South
Africa, July 7 - 12, 2002.
124. Training Future
Researchers in Statistics Education: Reflections from the American Experience.
Invited presentation at the roundtable on the training of statistics educators,
at ICOTS VI, The Sixth International Conference on the Teaching of Statistics,
Capetown, South Africa, July 7 - 12, 2002.
125. Problem Solving in
Geometry. Invited workshop at two CASME (Conference of African Students of
Mathematics Education) conferences, at the University of Natal, Durban, on July
13th, and at the University of Zululand, Kwa-Zulu Natal province, on July 15th,
2002.
126. Navigating the Good
Ship Probability. An Invited workshop presented at the Regional Conference of
the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM), Montreal, August 15-17th,
2002.
127. Reflecting on Geometry:
Conjecturing, Problem Solving, Communicating. Invited talk at the 41st
Annual Northwest Mathematics Meeting, Portland, OR. October 9-11, 2002.
128. Communication and
Connections Through Problem Solving: Sharing Approaches. Invited talk at the 81st.
Annual meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, San Antonio,
April 9 – 12, 2003.
129. Middle School StudentsŐ
Thinking About Variability in Repeated Trials. An invited presentation at the
27th annual meeting of the International Group for Psychology and
Mathematics Education, Honolulu, HI, July 13 – 18, 2003.
130. Statistical Knowledge
Necessary for K –12 Teachers of Mathematics. Invited panel at the Annual
Joint Statistical Meeting of the American Statistical Association (ASA), San
Francisco, August 3, 2003.
131. The van Hiele levels of
Thinking in Geometry. Invited keynote talk (given with Steve Blair) at the
annual TOTOM (Teachers of Teachers of Mathematics) meeting, Blue Mountain
Community College, September 6th, 2003.
132. Research issues in
Statistics Education for Prospective Teachers and their Instructors. Invited presentation
given at the TEAMS meeting of the ASA (American Statistical Association),
Athens, GA, October 30 – Nov 1, 2003.
133. StudentsŐ attention to
variability when comparing distributions. Invited presentation at the Research
Presessions 82nd Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics, Philadelphia, April 19 – 24. 2004
134. Steering the good ship
probability: Investigations from the NCTM 9-12 Navigations book on Probability.
Invited workshop at the 82nd Annual Meeting of the National Council
of Teachers of Mathematics, Philadelphia, April 19 – 24. 2004
135, Some Issues Involving
Students' Thinking about Variability While Working on Rich Tasks. Invited
address presented at the 10th International Congress of Mathematical Education
(ICME X) in Copenhagen Denmark, July 4 - 11, 2004.
136. Types of Students'
Thinking about Variability. Invited Research Report presented at the 28th
Annual Meeting of the International Group for Psychology and Mathematics
Education in Bergen, Norway, July 14 - 18, 2004.
137. School StudentsŐ
attention to variability when comparing data sets. Research symposium presented
at the 2005 Annual Research Pre-session of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics. Anaheim, CA, April 4-6, 2005.
138. Data Detectives in the
Classroom. The case of Variability. Research reflecting on practice session
presented at the 2005 Annul Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics. Anaheim, CA, April 4-6, 2005.
139. Reasoning about
Variation in Sampling and Datasets in Context. Invited Workshop at the NW
Mathematics Conference. Portland, October 14, 2005.
140. The Tortoise and the
Hare Revisited: When Chance gets into the Act! Invited address to the Dead
Mathematicians Society at Mt. Hood Community College. Gresham, Oregon. March 7,
2006.
NCTM St. Louis—April,
2006—two presentations (lost info).
141. Student Work and Student Thinking:
An Invaluable Source for Teaching and Research. Invited Plenary Address for the
Seventh International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS VII). Salvador,
Brazil, July 2 – 7, 2006.
142. School Mathematics StudentsŐ Reasoning
about Variability in Scatterplots. Peer reviewed poster presentation at the 30th
Conference of the North American Group for the Psychology of Mathematics
Education, Merida, Mexico, November 16 – 18, 2006.
143. Predicting and Representing
Variation in Data Sets: An issue in all grades. Invited peer-reviewed General Interest presentation for the
2007 Annual meeting (85th) of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, Atlanta, GA. March 21 – 24, 2007.
144. Important Issues in Research
on the Teaching and Learning of Statistics. Invited Plenary Address for USCOTS
II, U.S. Conference on the Teaching of Statistics, Columbus, Ohio, May 20-22,
2007.
145. What if we didnŐt start with
Centers? A Focus on Variability. Invited Featured Session at the Regional
meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Richmond, VA, Oct
11-12, 2007.
146. Helping our students to see
there is more to life than 'Centers' in Data" Invited Highlight session at
the Regional meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in
Kansas City, MO, Oct 25-26, 2007.
147. Understanding Statistical
Variability: Present and Future. Peer reviewed Symposium at the Research
Presession of the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, Salt Lake City, April 7-9, 2008.
148. WhatŐs the Probability that
Pigs can Fly? Determining Outcomes and Assigning Probabilities in Real
Environments. Gallery workshop
presentation at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, Salt Lake City, April 9-11.
GRANTS obtained
$1444 from Oregon
Mathematics Education Council for Research with Pre calculus users departments
to determine appropriate content and to collect uses and applications of pre
calculus mathematics in non science areas. (Spring 1977)
$3927 from Oregon
Mathematics Education Council to develop applications
packets of pre calculus
mathematics especially for Home Economics, Agriculture,
business, and Forestry. (Summer 1977)
$21,573 from National
Science Foundation with Professor Gary L. Musser, Director; Shaughnessy the
Assistant Director, to provide a two-week summer workshop on problem solving
and applications for middle school teachers, with follow-up during the
subsequent academic year. (Summer
1977, School year 1977-1978)
$252,181 from National
Science Foundation to direct an Honors Teachers
Workshop for secondary
mathematics teachers (with Marjorie Enneking of Portland State
University). March 1985 - March
1987.
$360,544 from the National
Science Foundation to co-direct (with Marjorie Enneking of PSU) the Mathematics
Teachers Leadership Development grant ``Alternative Approaches to Secondary
Mathematics." July 1986 - January 1989.
$91,000 from Michigan State
University. Subcontracted from The Connected Mathematics Project--A
Professional Development and Implementation Center for the CMP materials for
middle schools. Sept. 1991—
Dec. 1995.
$50, 000 from the National
Science Foundation--a SGER grant to support and advise 10 classroom teachers as
they carry out Action Research projects in their classrooms investigating the
effects of visual mathematics approaches. February 1992 -January 1994.