Instructor, MCIS Department “A teacher of mathematics has a great opportunity. If the teacher fills the allotted time with drilling students with routine operations, the teacher kills their interest, hampers their intellectual development, and misuses the opportunity. But if the teacher challenges the curiosity of the students by setting them problems proportionate to their knowledge, and helps them solve their problems with stimulating questions, the teacher may give them a taste for, and some means of independent thinking.” – George Polya, How to Solve It, 1957 A Fable Cannibals, Missionaries and Water Jugs Chocolate Pudding The Monkey and the Bananas Pick a Number Mental Math Bagels-Pico-Ferme Spend a Million Books for your Classroom Virtual Manipulatives: arcytech Utah State University Other Places of Interest: The Prime Pages Sieve of Eratosthenes World of Escher Measuring Circles National Council for the Teachers of Mathematics Cuisenaire Manipulatives Marilyn Burns Website Safe-T Classroom Products Setgame Education M.S. Ed., Jacksonville State University, Mathematics B.S., Jacksonville State University, Mathematics and English Memberships in Professional Organizations National Council for Teachers of Mathematics Alabama Association of College Teachers of Mathematics Mathematics Association of America Grants and Awards Benjamin Banneker/Texas Instrument Technology Award, 2005 EMCAT: Exploring Mathematical Concepts through Applications of Technology, Alabama Commission on Higher Education Grant, 2005 Clyde P. Cox Award for Teaching Excellence, JSU 2003 Exploring Virtual Manipulatives in Mathematics Courses for Elementary Education Majors, Academic Center for Excellence Instructional Technology Grant, JSU 2002 ESTEEM: Exploring Scientific Truths Environmentally to Enhance Mathematics, Eisenhower Grant, 2002 Core Curriculum Award for Teaching Excellence, JSU 1996		Pictures MS 133 MS 134

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