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.