Curriculum Vitae

ANNIE SELDEN

Ph.D. Clarkson University 1974
M.A. Yale University 1962
B.A. Oberlin College 1959

Research interests within mathematics education: mathematical reasoning and problem solving, logic, definition, proof, validation, teachers' knowledge and beliefs.

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• EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
  
• RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS
  
• GRANTS AWARDED
  
• RECOGNITION AND AWARDS
  
• PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
  
• TEACHING
  

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS

1. "Questions regarding the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics (and research thereon)" (with J. Selden). In A. H. Schoenfeld, J. Kaput, and E. Dubinsky (Eds.), Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education, III, CBMS Series Issues in Mathematics Eduction Vol. 7, 1998, 308-313.
2. "The role of logic in the validation of mathematical proofs" (with J. Selden), presented at the DIMACS Symposium on Teaching Logic and Reasoning, Rutgers University, 25--26 July 1996.
3. "Unpacking the logic of mathematical statements" (with J. Selden), Educational Studies in Mathematics 29 (1995), 123-151.
4. "What is mathematics education research?" (with J. Selden). In B.A. Case (ed.), "You're the Professor, What Next?", MAA Notes No. 35, 1994, 138-141.
5. "Even good calculus students can't solve nonroutine problems" (with J. Selden and A. Mason). In J. Kaput and E. Dubinsky (Eds.), Research Issues in Undergraduate Mathematics Learning: Preliminary Analyses and Results, MAA Notes No. 33, 1994, 19-26.
6. "Collegiate mathematics education research: What would that be like?" (with J. Selden), The College Mathematics Journal 24 (1993), 431-445.
7. "Research perspectives on conceptions of function: Summary and overview" (with J. Selden). In G. Harel and E. Dubinsky (Eds.), The Concept of Function: Aspects of Epistemology and Pedagogy, MAA Notes Vol. 25, 1992, 1-16.
8. "How undergraduates learn to read, write, and create proofs" (with J. Selden), discussion paper for the AMT Working Group, PME-14, Mexico, July 1990.
9. "The HP-28S, calculus, and programming"(with J. Selden, R. Weems, M. Morrison, and S. Yeager), Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Ohio State University Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Addison-Wesley (1990), 283-286.
10. "Can average calculus students solve nonroutine problems?" (with J. Selden and A. Mason), The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 8(1989), 45-50.
11. "Graphing with the HP-28S"(with J. Selden). The College Mathematics Journal, 20 (1989), 424-433.
12. "Using technology to implement a constructivist approach to calculus and abstract algebra" (with J. Selden), Proceedings of the 1st Annual Ohio State University Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Addison-Wesley, (1989), 239-242.
13. "Errors and misconceptions in college level theorem proving" (with J. Selden), Proceedings of the Second International Seminar on Misconceptions and Educational Strategies in Science and Mathematics, Cornell University, July 1987, 457-470.
14. "Teaching the doing of mathematics," The Journal of the Mathematical Association of Nigeria, Extra-ordinary issue, September 1981, 41-53.
15. "Errors students make in mathematical reasoning" (with J. Selden), Bosphorus University Journal, 6(1978), 67-87.

Mathematics:

1. "The continuous extended bicyclic semigroup" (with J. Selden). Report presented at Oberwolfach Mathematical Research Institute, Conference on the Analytical and Topological Theory of Semigroups, January 29 - February 4, 1989.
2. "A nonlocally compact nondiscrete topology for the alpha-bicyclic semigroup," Semigroup Forum, 31(1985), 372-374.
3. "The kernel of the determining endomorphism of a bisimple omega-semigroup," Semigroup Forum, 14(1977), 265-271.
4. "On the closure of bisimple omega-semigroups," Semigroup Forum, 12(1976), 373-379.
5. "Bisimple omega-semigroups in the locally compact setting," Bosphorus University Journal, 3(1975), 15-77.

Other Professional Publications:

• 25 Research Sampler columns and 36 news/feature articles (many with J. Selden) in the Teaching and Learning section of MAA Online (1996-) and earlier in UME Trends (1989-96). The Research Sampler column also includes research questions, bibliographies, and a glossary.
• 59 abstracts of mathematics education research articles (with J. Selden) for Media Highlights, The College Mathematics Journal, 1994 - present.

1. "Enthusiasm for Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education Grows" (with J. Selden), Focus, February 1997, Vol. 17, No. 1, 1&3.
2. "Subgroup 3: Calculus for non-specialists" (with J. Selden). In C. Gaulin, B. R. Hodgson, D. H. Wheeler, J. C. Egsgard (eds.), Proceedings of the 7th International Congress on Mathematical Education, Les Presses de l'Universite Laval, Sainte-Foy, 1994, 116-117. Also, a report in Proceedings of Working Group 3 on Students Difficulties in Calculus, M. Artigue and G. Ervynck (eds.), pp. 63-65.
3. "Is Underrepresentation of Women in the Mathematical Sciences a Problem?", invited piece for the Forum Section, Mathematics in College, 1993, 86-87.
4. Review of "Advanced Mathematical Thinking" by Tommy Dreyfus, et al, in Mathematics and Cognition: A Research Synthesis by the International Working Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Cambridge University Press, 1990. In The College Mathematics Journal, 22 (1991), 268.

GRANTS AWARDED

RECOGNITION AND AWARDS

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Member, Editorial Panel, Journal for Research In Mathematics Education, 1997- . Entails reviewing 17-20 manuscripts/yr. and attending two working weekend meetings/yr.
• Associate Editor of MAA Online's Teaching and Learning section, 1997- .
• Department Editor (with J. Selden) of the Research Sampler column in MAA Online's Teaching and Learning Section.
• Department Editor: Research Sampler column, UME Trends: News and Reports on Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 1989-96 . Also wrote numerous news and feature articles.
• Associate Editor of Media Highlights, The College Mathematics Journal, 1994-. Entails writing 15-20 abstracts/yr., as well as editing the rest.
• Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 1994-96.
• Referee additional papers and proposals for the CBMS volumes Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education, The College Mathematics Journal, Journal of Mathematical Behavior, Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Proceedings of PME-NA, AERA's SIG/RME.

Invited Speaker/Organizer/Consultant

• Coordinator, Research Forum: Learning and Teaching Undergraduate Mathematics, 23rd Annual Conference of PME in Haifa, Israel, July 25-30, 1999.
• Co-Organizer, ARUME paper session, AMS/MAA Annual Meeting in San Antonio, January 1999.
• Working Group Co-Chair: The Future of Research in Tertiary Mathematics Education, ICMI Study Conference on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at University Level, Singapore, December 8-12, 1998. Discussion document available.
• Organizer and Speaker, Mathematics Education Seminar, Tennessee Tech. Math. Dept., 1998-99.
• Invited speaker, MAA/SIAM Regional Meeting, "What's Really Going on in Students' Heads? How We Got into Math Ed Research," San Diego, March 1996.
• CRUME Panelist, "Implications of Research in Mathematics Education for Two-Year Colleges," AMATYC Annual Conference, Indianapolis, November 1992.
• Invited speaker, "Overview of preservice teachers' knowledge and beliefs about mathematics," NCTM Eastern Regional Conference, Columbus, Ohio, September 1992.
• ICME-7 Subgroup Coordinator: Calculus for Nonspecialists, Working Group on Students' Difficulties with Calculus at Seventh International Congress on Mathematical Education, August 1992.
• Organizer: AMS/MAA Special Sessions on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, AMS/MAA Annual Meeting, Orlando, January 1996.
• Organizer: MAA CRUME Panel on Research Methods in Mathematics Education, AMS/MAA Annual Meeting, Orlando, January 1996.
• Reader: AP Calculus Exams, 1990-92.
• Organizer: 5th Annual Nigerian Math. Society Conference, April 1984.
• External Examiner for the mathematics departments of Federal Advanced Teachers College, Katsina and Advanced Teachers College, Gumel in Nigeria.
• Acting Head, Department of Mathematics, Bayero University, Spring Term 1983, and substantive head, 1983-1985.

Professional Memberships

• AERA, PME and PME-NA (International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education and its North American Chapter), NCTM, RCDPM, IHPST (International History, Philosophy and Science Teaching Group), AMS, MAA, AWM, NAM, AAAS, ASSC (Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness), Tennessee Academy of Science, Benjamin Banneker Association.
• AAUP (local President, 1994-95, Vice President, 1992-93, and Secretary, 1991-92).
• Women in Higher Education in Tennessee (State President in 1992-93, produced first membership directory and articles for newsletter; local President, 1990-92).
• Tennessee ACE/NIP Conference Planning Committee, 1992-93.
• WOW (Women Organizing Women) Treasurer, 1992-93.
• MAA Departmental representative, 1986-.

National Committee Memberships

• Program Committee for the 1999 RUMEC Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education.
• MAA Search Committee for FOCUS editor, 1997.
• MAA Task Force on Graduate Education, reporting to Professional Development Committee, 1996- .
• AMS/MAA CRUME Subcommittee for the Special Session on Research in Math Ed., January 1993 Annual Meeting.
• Program Committee for the 1997, 1996, and 1994 Annual Meetings of PME-NA.

University Committee Memberships

• TTU Faculty Senate 1990-93.
• TTU Administrative Council 1990-93.
• TTU Honors and Awards, 1988-89.
• Math Dept. committees: Academic, graduate program planning, undergraduate, undergraduate program review, college self-study, chairman selection, faculty search, curriculum, tenure, promotion (chairperson, 1996), textbook selection, public relations, level one review, complex variables, linear algebra, calculus (chairperson, 1997-), college algebra, SACS goals and assessment, schedule, maintenance, new faculty orientation.

Professional Development Workshops Attended

• Served as mentor at the Exxon-sponsored workshops for the RUMEC+ Group, Chicago, May 1997 & 1998
• NSF-sponsored workshop, "New Directions in the Mathematical Preparation of Preservice Elementary /Middle School Teachers," Western Kentucky University, Summer 1992 & 1993 and Fall and Spring Follow-ups through 1996.
• College Board and NSF-sponsored workshop, "Technology Intensive Calculus with Advanced Placement," at Clemson University, 1992.
• NSF-sponsored workshop on Computer Algebra Systems, St. Olaf College, 1989.

TEACHING

• Varied teaching methods for a broad spectrum of students from disadvantaged to gifted, from nonmajors to graduate students, as well as students whose native language is not English.

• Courses Taught: Math for elementary education majors, inservice math for teachers, math for B.Ed. students, math for liberal arts students, trigonometry, college algebra, finite mathematics, precalculus, calculus for business students, calculus for engineers, honors calculus, matrix algebra, linear algebra, transition to abstract mathematics, abstract algebra, history of mathematics, advanced calculus, real variables, complex variables, topology, applied mathematics, group theory, applied algebra, semigroups, topological algebra, graduate seminar on mathematics education research at the University of Kentucky.

• Curriculum Development Project: Enhanced calculus, a two-semester sequence taught using notes and available technology (originally HP-28S, then HP-48SX calculators) and containing only nonroutine problems, requiring justification for solution methods. Described in Formula for Reform: The Role of the Comprehensive University in Undergraduate Science and Engineering Education, AASCU, 1989 and Priming the Calculus Pump: Innovations and Resources, MAA Notes No. 17, 1990. The calculators were replaced with Mathematica on MAC IIs using funds obtained through grants (NSF ILI and Wolfram).

• Ph.D. Students (dissertations co-directed) :
  Kadir Ahre, 1979. Kadir is Professor of Mathematics at Istanbul Technical University in Turkey.
  Semih Koray, 1981. Semih teaches mathematics at Middle East Technical University in Ankara, Turkey.
  

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APPENDIX

Research Sampler columns and news/feature articles

Research Sampler columns

1. "The Role of Examples in Learning Mathematics, " MAA Online, February 1998.
2. "What Does it take to be an Expert Problem Solver?", MAA Online, September 1997.
3. "Preservice Teachers' Conceptions of Mathematics and How to Teach it," MAA Online, June 1997.
4. "Should Mathematicians and Mathematics Educators be Listening to Cognitive Psychologists?", MAA Online , February 1997.
5. "Of What Does Mathematical Knowledge Consist?", MAA Online, November 1996.
6. "A Look Back," "Undergraduate Solving Nonroutine Calculus Problems," and "Connecting a Theorem's Statement to its Proof," UME Trends, Vol. 6, No. 6, January 1996, 13-14.
7. "A Covariation Approach to Function -- The Exponential" and "Irrelevant Illustrations in U.S. Math Texts," UME Trends, Vol. 6, No. 4, September 1995, 7&9.
8. "Research on Learning Styles is Equivocal," "Students' Beliefs about Mathematics and Its teaching," "Learning Group Theory Concepts," and "The Transition to Formal Proof," UME Trends, Vol. 7, No. 2, May 1995, 6-7.
9. "CRUME's First Volume--What Will Mathematicians Think?", UME Trends, Vol. 6, No. 6, January 1995, 22-23.
10. "When is Small Group Learning Effective?", UME Trends, Vol. 6, No. 4, September 1994, 14-15.
11. "Vygotskian Perspectives," UME Trends, Vol. 5, No. 6, January 1994, 6-7.
12. "Nonverbal Learning Disability or Misconceptions?" and "Dealing with Change from an Early Age," UME Trends, Vol. 5, No. 4, September 1993, 12-13.
13. " Probability Redux," UME Trends, Vol. 5, No. 2, May 1993, 14-15.
14. "Update on the Students-and-Professors Problem," "Actually, There Are More Rectangles Than Squares," and "Finding Inverses of Products," UME Trends, Vol. 4, No. 6, January 1993, 6.
15. "The Diversity of Knowing" and "Personal Teaching Styles Resist Change," UME Trends, Vol. 4, No. 4, October 1992, 6.
16. "Now it's Reading to Learn Mathematics," "What's the Effect of Taking High School Calculus?", and "What Does it Mean to be Random?", UME Trends, Vol. 4, No. 2, May 1992, 6.
17. "Are We in the Business of Changing Students' Beliefs About Mathematics?" and "What Kind of Talk is Effective for Learning Mathematics in Small Groups?", UME Trends, Vol. 3, No. 6, January 1992, 6.
18. "What's a Microworld?" and "Diagram Drawing Competencies," UME Trends, Vol. 3, No. 4, October 1991, 6.
19. "Metacognition and Problem Solving" and "Concepts Maps on the Computer," UME Trends, Vol. 3, No. 2, May 1991, 6.
20. "Do Students Have a Sense of Function?", UME Trends, Vol. 2, No. 6, January 1991, 6.
21. "How Should Proof Be Taught?" and "Incorporating Learning Research into the Classroom," UME Trends, Vol. 2, No. 4, October 1990, 6.
22. "The Derivative as the Slope of the Graph Itself?", "Gem on Teaching Probability Goes Unnoticed," and "Undergraduates Cannot Solve Algebra Word Problems," UME Trends, Vol. 2, No. 2, May 1990, 6.
23. "Can We Improve People's Judgments Under Uncertainty?", "When Experts Solve Problems, What Do They Do That Novices Don't?", and "Teaching Away Misconceptions is Hard, but Not Impossible," UME Trends, Vol. 1, No. 6, January 1990, 6.
24. "The Pedagogy of Educational Software: Good News, Bad News," "Calculus Reform at a French University," "Compare and Contrast: Euclid, Bourbaki, Lakatos, et al," and "What are Prospective Math Teachers Learning from Us?", UME Trends, Vol. 1, No. 4, October 1989, 6.
25. "Do You Know the Students-and-Professors Problem?", "Metamorphosis: From Mathematician to Mathematics Education Researcher," "Do End-of-Sections Exercises Prevent Learning?", and "Critical Thinking about Modeling," UME Trends, Vol. 1, No. 2, May 1989, 6.

News/feature articles

1. "PME in Brazil," UME Trends, Vol. 7, No. 5, November 1995, 11-12.
2. "ICTCM -- Teaching with Technology," UME Trends, Vol. 7., No. 1, March 1995, 1&4.
3. "Mathematics Education in San Francisco," UME Trends, Vol. 7., No. 1, March 1995, 1&3
4. "Current Reform -- A Lovely Variation," UME Trends, Vol. 6, No. 5, November 1994, 7.
5. "The Legacy of Hans Freudenthal," UME Trends, Vol. 6, No. 2, May 1994, 1-3.
6. "PME Meets in Portugal," UME Trends, Vol. 6, No. 5, November 1994, 13-15.
7. "Mathematics Education Displays its Breadth in Cincinnati," UME Trends, Vol. 6, No. 1, March 1994, 4-5.
8. "Let's Focus on How Technology Can Help Us Demonstrate the Power of Mathematics," UME Trends, Vol. 6, No. 1, March 1994, 10-11 & 15. Reprinted in Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics.
9. "Equity, Diversity, Teacher Education, Technology," UME Trends, Vol. 5, No. 6, January 1994, 8-9.
10. "A Math Ed Miscellany from Vancouver," UME Trends, Vol. 5, No. 5, November 1993, 1, 5 & 8.
11. "Cornell Misconceptions Conference," UME Trends, Vol. 5, No. 5, November 1993, 11 & 15.
12. "New Directions in the Mathematical Preparation of Elementary Teachers," UME Trends, Vol. 5, No. 4, September 1993, 5 & 7.
13. "Interventions to Assure Success," UME Trends, Vol. 5, No. 3, July 1993, 15.
14. "Mathematics Education--A Leitmotif in San Antonio," UME Trends, Vol. 5, No. 1, May 1993, 12-13.
15. "AMATYC Aims to Set Standards for the First Two Years," UME Trends, Vol. 5, No. 1, March 1993, 14.
16. "Technology for Today's and Tomorrow's Mathematics Classrooms," UME Trends, Vol. 5, No. 1, March 1993, 12-13. Reprinted in Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics.
17. "PME in New Hampshire," UME Trends, Vol. 4, No. 5, December 1992, 1-2.
18. "Here They Come! Graphing Calculators on the AP?", UME Trends, Vol. 4, No. 4, October 1992, 3 & 7.
19. "Mathematics Education Research--A Pastiche from Baltimore," UME Trends, Vol. 4, No. 2, May 1992, 1 & 7.
20. "An Idea Whose Time is Coming: A Journal for Research in Collegiate Math Ed," UME Trends, Vol. 4, No. 1, March 1992, 1 & 2.
21. "The Many Faces of Technology in Portland," UME Trends , Vol. 4, No. 1, March 1992, 6. Reprinted in Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics.
22. "Theory of Mathematics Education Conference: Metaphors in Math," UME Trends, Vol. 3, No. 4, October 1991, 6.
23. "PME Meets in Assisi," UME Trends, Vol. 3, No. 4, October 1991, 6.
24. "San Francisco--Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education," UME Trends, Vol. 3, No. 2, May 1991, 1 & 6.
25. "Are Graphing Calculators the Wave of the (Near) Future?", UME Trends, Vol. 3, No. 1, March 1991, 7-8.
26. "A Potpourri of Math Ed at the Columbus Meeting," UME Trends, Vol. 2, No. 5, December 1990, 1-3.
27. "Columbus Panel," UME Trends, Vol. 2, No. 5, December 1990, 1,3 & 7.
28. "PME Meets in Mexico," UME Trends, Vol. 2, No. 4, October 1990, 6-7.
29. "Mid-South Mathematics Colloquium Has Calculus Reform as this Year's Theme," UME Trends, Vol. 2, No. 3, August 1990, 6.
30. "Math Education in Louisville," UME Trends, Vol. 2, No. 2, May 1990, 1,6 & 8.
31. "Constructivism in Mathematics Education: A View of How People Learn," UME Trends, Vol. 2, No. 2, March 1990, 8.
32. "Calculus PI's Meet at Duke," UME Trends, Vol. 1, No. 6, January 1990, 5.
33. "Technology in Collegiate Mathematics: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?", UME Trends, Vol. 1, No. 6, January 1990, 5.
34. "Ithaca College's Calculus Conference," UME Trends, Vol. 1, No. 4, October 1989, 4.
35. "PME in Paris: Mexico Next Year," UME Trends, Vol. 1, No. 4, October 1989, 6.
36. "Did You Miss This Technology Conference? There'll Be Another Next Year," UME Trends, Vol. 1, No. 1, March 1989, 8.

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