2010 Conference Keynote Speakers
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Dr. Koeno Gravemeijer
Eindhoven
School of Education |
Dr. Gravemeijer is currently Professor of Science and Technology Education at the Eindhoven University of Technology. Earlier he was affiliated with the Freudenthal Institute of Utrecht University and Vanderbilt University. At that time, his primary focus was on mathematics education. His research interests focus on curriculum development, instructional design, domain-specific instruction theories such as the theory for Realistic Mathematics Education (RME) teacher professional development, and students’ use of symbols and modeling. In relation to the latter, he developed the so-called ‘emergent modeling’ design heuristic. His interest in instructional design is not only theoretical. He headed a team that developed a textbook series for primary school, in the Netherlands, and he was part of the group that developed the NSF-funded, middle school textbook series, ‘Mathematics in Contexts’. His current research involves using design-based research to develop local theories of instruction as a means to understand and support learning processes. |
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Dr. Bob Wright holds a Bachelor's and a Master's degree in Mathematics from the University of Queensland (Australia), and a Doctoral degree in Mathematics Education from the University of Georgia. Until recently he was an Adjunct Professor at Southern Cross University in New South Wales. Bob has spent most of his working life researching and teaching in children's early arithmetical learning, and has published widely in this field. He is the primary author of three books on intervention and classroom teaching of number, published by Sage in London. Bob has led several projects funded by the Australian Research Council, on intervention with low-attaining students, including a current project in collaboration with the Catholic Education Office Melbourne, focusing on intervention in number learning. |
Dr. Bob Wright School of Education (retired)
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Dr.
Les Steffe
School
of Education |
Dr. Les Steffe – Research Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Georgia will give the Wednesday afternoon plenary address. His interdisciplinary research and publications have contributed to the development of the constructivist field in mathematics education, and the emerging model of knowing that now goes by the name of “radical constructivism”. He has been extensively involved in mathematics teacher education and holds both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in mathematics. He earned a Ph.D. in mathematics education from the University of Wisconsin where he worked with Henry Van Engen. Dr. Steffe will be presenting his latest, soon to be published research on fractions. We are honored that this will be his first conference presentation on this topic.
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Craig Daugherty is the Superintendent at Sheridan County, WY School District #2 and is also the President of the Board of Native American Indian, Alaskan and Hawaiian Education Development Center. He will deliver the closing address entitled “The Power of Math Recovery: From Down Under to The Top of The World”. Superintendent Doughterty will describe his work bringing Math Recovery to his distract and the resulting impact of going from the lowest test scores to the top math scores in the state of Wyoming. |
Craig Daugherty Sheridan
County School District#2 |
