Grants

PI (sole): Developing Frameworks for Student Mathematical Reasoning: The Case of the Undergraduate Transition Courses. NSF Early CAREER Grant. 8/01-8/06. $501,247.

Co-PI for Mathematics Education (with Marilyn Carlson): ACEPT (Arizona Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation) NSF Grant. 7/99-7/00. $35,000.

Co-PI: ACEPT Grant Extension. NSF. (Total funding $606,229). 7/00-6/03. Personal funding $526.

Senior Personnel: AZTEC (Arizona Teacher Excellence Coalition: A Statewide Partnership). Department of Education Grant (Total per year is approximately $2.5 million). 7/00-7/03. My funding as senior personnel is $30,000 per year.

Co-PI with Karen King, San Diego State University; Michael McDonald, Occidental College, Los Angeles; Chris Rasmussen, Purdue University Calumet; Maria Trigueros, Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, Mexico City: Student Understanding of Differential Equations, A Collaborative Project. Funded by the Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education Community (which itself is funded by the Exxon Educational Foundation). 1/1/98-4/31/99. $5600.

Co-PI with Manya Raman: Exploring the Relationship Between Proving and Understanding: The Concept of Derivative as an Example. Association for Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (ARUME), which itself is funded by the Exxon Educational Foundation. 10/00-10/01. $1600.

Co-PI with Marilyn Carlson: A Redefinition and Reform of a Preservice Secondary Mathematics Curriculum. Arizona Board of Regents, Eisenhower Math and Science Program. 4/1/98-3/31/99. $49,500.

Consultant (PI is Alan Jacobs of Scottsdale CC): Students’ Experience in Foundation Mathematics. Maricopa Community College District Learning Grant. 8/00-6/01. $3000.

PI (sole): Student Understanding of Differential Equations. Faculty Grant in Aid (FGIA) through the Vice Provost for Research, Arizona State University. 1/1/98-12/31/98. $7000.

Senior Personnel (PI is Marilyn Carlson): Developing a Professional Learning Community Model for Secondary Precalculus Teachers: A Model for Teacher Professional Growth. NSF, Teacher Professional Continuum. 1/04-12/09. $4,939,000. (SUBMITTED)

Co-PI (with Nora Ramirez, PI, and Melinda Rudibaugh, Co-PI, of Maricopa CC District): Maricopa Mathematics Mentoring and Renewal. NSF. 8/01-7/05. $956,936.

Co-PI with Marilyn Carlson: A Redefinition and Reform of a Preservice Secondary Mathematics Curriculum. Partial support for a 1998 summer workshop for high school teachers and curriculum development from two NSF projects: ACEPT ($36,000) and the Urban Systemic Initiative ($17,000).

PI (sole): Reform of MAT 310, Introduction to Geometry. ACEPT (Arizona Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation) 1999 Teaching Innovation Awards. Sponsored by ACEPT and CLAS. 5/99-5/00. $5000.