Mathematics Education Faculty

The seven Mathematics Education faculty include a Curators’ Professor, a Distinguished Professor, a Kemper Award Professor. In addition, the faculty include three Associate Professors and one Assistant Professor, each a rising star. Collectively, in the past five years they have authored or edited 4 books, 14 book chapters, and 71 articles in national peer-reviewed journals. Among the journals they have published in during this time period are the premier journals in the field such as the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, Educational Leadership, Educational Studies in Mathematics, Notices of the American Mathematical Society, Journal of Mathematical Behavior, Mathematical Thinking and Learning, FOCUS on Learning Problems in Mathematics, and the Kappan.

MU faculty serve on prestigious national Boards and Committees including the Mathematics Science Education Board; National Research Council Evaluating Curricular Effectiveness Committee; Board of Directors for National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Research Committee of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; Editorial Panel of the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education and the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education.

In addition to being highly productive scholars, Mathematics Education faculty have a deep commitment and demonstrated record of excellence in teaching. The mean teaching evaluation of mathematics education faculty in the past 2 years is 4.5 (on a 5 point scale). Every member of the mathematics education faculty has received one or more College of Education High Flyer Awards, recognizing excellence in teaching. Doug Grouws was among the first group of faculty selected for a campus Kemper Teaching Award. Barbara Reys was named a Distinguished Professor in 2003 and Robert Reys was named a Curators’ Professor in 2002. Barbara and Robert Reys also received the University of Missouri Faculty-Alumni Award in 2004 and Doug Grouws received this prestigious award in 2010.

List of Faculty

Oscar Chavez	Assistant Professor	E-mail: ChavezO@missouri.edu Phone Number: 882-4521
	Research Areas Mathematics Curriculum Materials and Student Achievement Technology in Mathematics Education Middle and Secondary Pre-Service Teacher Education	Office: 121E Townsend Personal Website: http://web.missouri.edu/~chavezo More Info

Kathryn Chval	Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs	E-mail: chvalkb@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 884-2656
	Research Areas Effective Methods of Teaching Mathematics Teaching English Language Learners Preparing Teachers	Office: 120 Townsend Hall More Info

Barbara J. Dougherty	Professor	E-mail: doughertyb@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-1721
	Research Areas Using measurement to development mathematical concepts for grades 1–5, and prekindergarten number concepts. Exploring strategies to support struggling learners in mathematics, including tiers 2 and 3 in the Response to Intervention process. Developing assessments that support the progress monitoring system for learners in algebra.	Office: 121A Townsend Hall More Info

Douglas A. Grouws	Research Professor	E-mail: GrouwsD@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 884-5982
	Research Areas Curriculum Evaluation Teacher Effectiveness Problem Solving	Office: 303 Townsend Hall More Info

John K. Lannin	Associate Professor	E-mail: lanninj@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-6774
	Research Areas Student Algebraic Reasoning K-12 Designing and Implementing Content/Methods Courses for Pre-service Elementary Teachers Post-bac Certification for Middle and High School Mathematics Teachers	Office: 121C Townsend Hall More Info

Robert E. Reys	Curators' Professor	E-mail: ReysR@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-3740
	Research Areas Mental Computation Doctoral Programs in Mathematics Education Elementary & Middle School Mathematics	Office: 121 Townsend Hall More Info

Barbara J. Reys	Curators' Professor and Lois Knowles Faculty Fellow	E-mail: ReysB@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-8744
	Research Areas Mathematics Curriculum Standards Mathematics Textbooks	Office: 121F Townsend Hall More Info

James E. Tarr	Associate Professor	E-mail: TarrJ@missouri.edu Phone Number: (573) 882-4034
	Research Areas Evaluation of Curricular Effectiveness Fidelity of Implementation of Curricular Materials Development of Statistical and Probabilistic Reasoning	Office: 303 Townsend Hall More Info

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