Department of Mathematics,
Education
Degree
Year
Institution
Ph.D., Mathematics Education
1984
M.A., Mathematics
1974
B.A., Mathematics
1972
Professional Experience
Professor, Mathematics
2004-present
Associate Professor, Mathematics
1987 - 2004
University of
Director,
Developmental Mathematics
1981
- 1995 University
of
Assistant
Professor, Mathematics
1985
- 1987 University
of
Instructor,
Mathematics
1979 -
1985 University
of
Instructor,
Developmental Mathematics
1978
- 1979 Augusta
College
Instructor,
Developmental Mathematics
1976
- 1978 Armstrong
Teaching
Fellow, Mathematics
1972 - 1976
University of
Memberships in Professional
Societies
Mathematical
Association of
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
American Mathematics Association for Two
Year
Colleges
Association for Mathematics Teacher
Educators
Books
Fundamental
Mathematics for Elementary and Middle School Teachers, 2nd
ed., Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 2005
Fundamental
Mathematics for Elementary and Middle School Teachers, Annotated
Instructor’s Edition, 2nd ed., Kendall/Hunt Publishing
Company,
2005
Refereed Publications
9. “Evaluating Calculus Reform: A
Review and a Longitudinal Study” (primary
author, with Robert Wynegar and Stephen Kuhn), in Research
in Collegiate Mathematics Education IV, Schoenfeld, A. H.,
Kaput, J., & Dubinsky, E., eds., 2000.
8. “National Standards for Developmental and
Introductory College Mathematics”, Proceedings
of the Nineteenth Annual Conference of the National Association for
Developmental Education, Higbee, J.L., & Dwinnell, P.L., Eds.,
1996.
7. “Standards for Introductory College
Mathematics: A Conversation with Marilyn
Mays, President of the American Mathematical Association of Two Year
Colleges”,
Journal of Developmental Education,
19(2), Winter 1995, pp. 22-26.
6. Crossroads
in Mathematics: Standards for
Introductory College Mathematics, (member of the Project Task
Force),
American Mathematical Association of Two-Year Colleges, 1995.
5. "Mathematics through the Rear View
Mirror: the Critical Importance of
Looking Back", Perspectives on
Practice in Developmental Education,
4. "Arithmetic + Calculators + College
Students = ?", Journal of
Developmental Education, 15(2), Winter, 1991, pp. 6-12.
3. "There's Something Odd About Cubics", The
Mathematics
Teacher, 76(3), March, 1983,
pp.
203-204.
2. "Misguided Mathematical Maxim-Makers"
(reprint of 1)), Matimyas Mathematika
, published jointly by the University of the Philippines Science
Education
Center and the Ateneo-FAPE Graduate Center for Mathematics, 6(2), April
1982,
pp. 25-33.
1. "Misguided
Mathematical Maxim-Makers",
Special
Report (result of a
university-wide
multi-year project)
Final Recommendations for a Revised
General Education Curriculum,
(primary
author and editor), UTC Document Source, 1997.
[Recommendations approved by the UTC faculty, January 1998.]
Other Publications
13. “Why A New
Math Curriculum for
12. “An Analysis
of Resources Needed for the Proposed General Education Curriculum”, UTC
Document Source, 1998.
11. “Professor
Explains Fears and Myths to Math Phobics”, The
University Echo,
10. “Standards
for Developmental Mathematics: A Vision
for the 21st Century”, lead article of the Mathematics
SPIN Newsletter of the National Association for Developmental Education,
Winter, 1994.
9. “Co-Chair’s Report”, Mathematics SPIN
Newsletter of the National Association for Developmental
Education, Winter, 1993.
8. “Effectiveness Committee Report”, Mathematics
SPIN Newsletter of the National
Association for Developmental Education, Winter, 1993.
7. “Living in Interesting Times”, Mathematics
SPIN Newsletter of the National
Association for Developmental Education, Spring, 1992.
6. Mathematics Section of the UTC Undergraduate
Advisement Manual, 1991.
5. The
(primary
author), The Task Force for Improving Mathematics Education,
Chattanooga State
Technical Community College Printing Office, 1991.
4. The
3. "Helping Students Meet the Challenge of
Mathematics", in Essential
Arithmetic (6th Ed.) by Johnston,
Willis & Lazaris, Wadsworth Pub Co., 1990.
2. Mathematics
106 Study Guide, UTC Graphic Services, 150 pp.
Many editions.
1. Mathematics
105 Study Guide, UTC Graphic Services, 150 pp.
Many editions.
Publications in Preparation
2. Longitudinal
Effects of Calculus Reform at Six Institutions, primary author; with S.
Ganter,
Clemson University, and J. Bookman, Duke University.
1. Effects
of
a Mathematics Content Course on the Mathematical Knowledge of Future
K-8
Teachers
National and Regional
Presentations and
Workshops
33. “Developing
a Deeper Understanding of K-8 Mathematics While Reviewing the Basics: How Little Our Future Teachers Know—and How
Much They Can Learn,” Joint MAA/AMS
Mathematics Meetings,
32. “0 to 60 in
15 Weeks: What can be Accomplished in
Mathematics Content Courses for Future K-8 teachers,” two-hour
workshop,
American Mathematical Association for Two-Year Colleges national
meeting,
Orlando, FL, November 2004.
31. “What
Algebra Teachers Wish They had Known Beforehand” (organizer), TMTA
annual
meeting,
30. “K-8
Teachers Discuss Preservice Mathematics Education” (organizer), TMTA
annual
meeting,
29. “Understanding
Basic Operations…or How to Avoid Getting Replaced by a Machine,” TMTA annual meeting,
28. “Longitudinal
Effects of Calculus Reform,” NCTM national meeting,
27. “Developing
a Profound Understanding of Division and Proportional Reasoning,” NCTM
national
meeting,
26. The Impact
of Technology in Calculus Courses on Long-Term Student Performance and
Employment (panel member), Joint MAA/AMS Math Meetings, Phoenix,
January, 2004.
25. Breaking the
Cycle of Mediocrity: Developing a
Profound Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics, American
Mathematical
Association for Two-Year Colleges national meeting,
24. Breaking the
Cycle of Mediocrity: Developing a
Profound Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics, MAA Southeastern
Regional
Meeting,
23. Breaking the
Cycle of Weak American Mathematics Education:
Educating Future Teachers to Move Beyond Facts and Procedures,
14th
Annual Mathematics
22. “New
Standards for Lower Level Mathematics”, Invited Keynote Speaker at
Crossroads
in Mathematics: Conference on Standards
for Introductory College Mathematics through Calculus,
21. “AMATYC
Standards for Introductory College Mathematics”, Annual NADE
conference,
20. “Standards
for Developmental Mathematics: A Vision
for the 21st Century”, Annual NADE conference,
19. “The World
Changed When We Weren’t Looking:
Graphing Calculators and other
Bombshells”,
Annual NADE conference,
18. “The Need
for Evaluation and Curricular Reform in Developmental Mathematics”,
Annual NADE
conference,
17. "Inside
the Japanese Classroom: It's all the
same . . . and it's all different",
Annual NCTM conference,
16. "The
Developmental Mathematics Curriculum:
Are We Out-of-Date?", Annual NADE conference,
15. "Overview
of a Developmental Mathematics Program", Annual NADE conference,
14. "Criteria
for Evaluating the Effectiveness of Developmental Mathematics
Programs",
Annual NADE conference,
13. "Arithmetic
+ Calculators + College Students = ?",
Annual NADE conference,
12. "Bridging
the Chasm: Developmental
Mathematics", overview segment of a videotape produced by the NADE
Mathematics Task Force, 1990.
11. "How to
Lie with Statistics", regional conference of Mu Alpha Theta,
10. "The
Status of Developmental Mathematics", Regional MAA conference, April
1989.
9. "The Status of Developmental
Mathematics", Annual NADE conference,
8. "The Story of a Mathematics Placement
Program . . . or How We Learned to Live
with the Facts", Annual NCTM conference,
7. "The Do's and Don'ts of Developmental
Mathematics: Practical Suggestions Based
on Field Experience", Annual NADE conference,
6. "Characteristics of the Developmental
Mathematics Program at UTC", Annual NCTM conference, April 1987.
5. "An Experiment on Class Size",
Southeast Regional MAA Conference,
4. "Do You Want a Successful and
Cost-Effective Developmental Program?
Use Tutors!" Annual NADE
conference,
3. "Admissions Policies and Developmental
Programs in the UT System", Annual
TMTA conference,
2. "Placement and Remedial Programs:
Is Justice Being Done?", Regional NCTM
conference,
1. "Critical Factors of a Developmental
Mathematics Program", TMTA conference,
Local Presentations and
Workshops
16. “0 to 60 in
15 Weeks: What can be Accomplished in
Mathematics Content Courses for Future K-8 teachers,” UTC Mathematics
Department Colloquium, January 2005.
15. “What We Wish
We Had Learned Beforehand: 7-12”
(organizer), CAMTA Winter Conference,
February, 2004.
14. “What We Wish
We Had Learned Beforehand: K-7”
(organizer), CAMTA Winter Conference,
February, 2004.
13. “Learning
How to Do It or
Why It Works: Which Should Come First?,”
UTC Mathematics Department Colloquium, Fall 2002.
12. “Beyond
2 + 3:
What Future American Teachers Need to Know about
Not-So-Elementary
Mathematics,” UTC Mathematics Department Colloquium,
February
2001.
11. “Why
Johnny Can’t Do Math: Clues to an American
Dilemma,” UTC
Mathematics Department Colloquium, January,
2000.
10. “Why
Our Mathematics Textbooks Needed to be
Changed,” presentation to the Hamilton
County School Board, Fall, 1999.
9. “Covering
and Surrounding,” workshop for
8. “A
Comparison of Student Performance in Traditional and Reform Calculus”,
Departmental Colloquium, Fall 1998.
7. “Writing and
Mathematics: Oxymoronic or Symbiotic?”,
Departmental Colloquium, September 1997.
6. “If the
Calculator Can Do It, Why Should I? . .
. or What is Important to Learn Anymore?”, Invited Address to the Fall
Meeting
of the Chattanooga Area Mathematics Teachers’ Association, October 1995.
5. “Middle and
High School Mathematics, the NCTM Standards and the Real World”,
workshop
conducted with the mathematics faculty of the
4. “Mathematics: Just
Do It!
Elementary Mathematics and the Real World”,
Three Day Workshop for Mathematics Teachers
in the K-12 Chattanooga Public Schools Paideia Program, Chattanooga,
TN, July
1995.
3. “Developmental
Mathematics and the Graphing Calculator:
An Oxymoron?”, UTC Mathematics Department Colloquium Series,
April 1995.
2. “Inside the
Japanese Classroom: It's all the same .
. . and it's all different",
Mathematics Department
Colloquium Series, October 1994.
1. “How to Lie with
Statistics", Centennial Mathematics Symposium,
Grants and Consultant Work
19. “Assessing
mathematical content knowledge of preservice K-8 teachers,” $3,000,
funded by the
UTC Faculty Research Grant program, 2004.
18. Statistical
consultant for the NSF grant, The Impact of Calculus Reform on
Long-Term
Student Performance, with principal investigators at Clemson and Duke
Universities, and participating institutions including University of
Nebraska
at Lincoln, University of Arizona, U.S. Naval Academy, Rose Hulman
Institute of
Technology, and Colorado State University, $9548, 2003-2004.
17. “The Life of
the Mind: Revitalizing General Education
at UTC, Year 3” (with Jane Harbaugh), $75,000, funded by the UC
Foundation,
2000.
16. “Standards-Based
Mathematics in the Middle School,”
$27,000, funded by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Eisenhower
Professional Development Program, 2000.
15. "Implementing
Change in Mathematics and Methods Courses for Early Childhood and
Middle School
Preservice Teachers," $25,000, (under the direction of D. McAllister),
funded by the NASA NOVA Project, 1999-2000.
14. “Evaluating
the Effectiveness of Developmental Mathematics Programs,” $2,145, funded by the UTC Faculty Research
Grant Program, 1999.
13. “Development
of a New Course for Future K-8 Teachers, $1,400, funded by the UTC
General
Education Committee, 1999.
12. “The Life of
the Mind: Revitalizing General Education
at UTC, Year 2” (with Jane Harbaugh), $125,000, funded by the UC
Foundation,
1999.
11. “The Life of
the Mind: Revitalizing General Education
at UTC” (with Jane Harbaugh), $38,000, funded by the
Foundation, 1998.
10. “Developing
Criteria for Evaluating Developmental Mathematics Programs,” $2500
grant funded
by the UTC Faculty Research Committee, Summer 1997.
9. “Updating the UTC Mathematics Curriculum for
Future K-8 Teachers, $2000, funded by UTC Instructional Excellence
grant, 1995.
8. “The Revision of Mathematics 115 and 116 for
Elementary and Special Education Majors”, $3550, funded by the
Mathematics
Department through an Instructional Excellence grant, Spring Semester,
1994.
6. "The Joint Task Force for Improving
Mathematics Education: The Tennessee
Early Mathematics Placement Test (TEMPT) Program",
$1000 grant funded by the Tennessee Collaborative
for Educational Excellence, 1991.
5. "The Joint Task Force for Improving
Mathematics Education: The Tennessee
Early Mathematics Placement Test (TEMPT) Program",
$1000, funded by the Tennessee Collaborative
for Educational Excellence, 1990.
4. "Mathematics Education in
3. "Evaluation of the UTC Developmental
Mathematics Program and Placement System: Part 2",
$1500, funded by the UTC Research Committee,
Summer 1988.
2. "Evaluation of the UTC Developmental
Mathematics Program and Placement System",
$1500, funded by the UTC Research Committee, 1987.
1. "Undergraduate Excellence in
Mathematics" (co-author), funded by the State of Tennessee, 1986-1987.
Honors and Awards
Outstanding Article of Volume 15 for
"Arithmetic
+ Calculators + College Students = ?", Journal of Developmental
Education,
1992.
Exceptional Merit Rating, 1985-1986,
1986-1987,
1988-1989, 1992-1993, 1996-1997, 1997-1998, 2003-2004.
Service to Professional
Organizations
Program Chair, Winter Conference of the
Vice-President for Higher Education,
Consultant for “Crossroads Revisited,” a
project
sponsored by the American Mathematical
Association
of Two Year Colleges, 2003-2004.
Chief organizer of “Crossroads in
Mathematics”, a
regional conference on standards for introductory college mathematics,
November
1996.
Reviewer, Journal
of Developmental Education, 1994 - 1998.
Member, College Board Computerized
Placement Test
Development Committee, 1994 - 1995.
Member, Outstanding Article Selection
Panel, Journal
of Developmental Education, 1993-1994.
Co-Chair, Developmental Mathematics
Committee of the
Curriculum and Pedagogy Reform Project for Mathematics in the First Two
Years
of College, sponsored by the American Mathematical Association of Two
Year
Colleges, 1993-1995.
Co-Chair, Developmental Mathematics
Committee,
National Association for Developmental Education, 1991-1995.
Chair, Developmental Mathematics
Committee, National
Association for Developmental Education, 1989-1991.
Co-Chair, Task Force for Restructuring the
Mathematical Bridge, National Association for Developmental Education,
1991-1993.
Co-Chair,
Chair, Effectiveness Committee, National
Association
for Developmental Education, 1990-1994.
Chair and organizer of panel discussion on
developmental mathematics, Annual NADE conference,
Reviewer, NCTM
Mathematics Teacher, 1983 - 1986.
University and Community
Service
Mathematics tutor, sixth grader, 2005.
Faculty Senate Secretary, 2004-2006.
Mathematics tutor,
Mathematics tutor,
Member, Mathematics Advisory Committee of
Hamilton
County, 1999-2000.
Co-Chair, UTC General Education
Implementation
Committees, 1998-1999.
Chair, UTC General Education Committee,
1996-2000.
Chair of Faculty-Administrative Relations
Committee,
1992-1993.
Chair of the University Admissions
Committee, 1987 -
1989.
Chair of the Mathematics Placement/Testing
Committee,
1984-1991, 1993-1995.
Member of numerous departmental and university committees.