PRESENTATIONS & AWARDS
During over fifty years in the field of mathematics education, I have given presentations at universities or professional meetings in every one of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. These include being on the program at every NCTM annual meeting from 1972 until the 2020 pandemic. I have also given presentations in 25 foreign countries, listed here in order of my first engagement in each: Canada, England, Germany, Australia, St. Croix, Taiwan, Hungary, Denmark, Bermuda, Egypt, Chia, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Denmark, Netherlands, Scotland, Mexico, Turkey, Korea, South Africa, Spain, Brazil, Israel, Oman.
Some notable presentations (if published, reference to publication in next section) (M = with music)
1981: Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual meeting banquet speaker, Champaign, IL
(M) “Mathematics and Diamonds: The Many Facets of Mathematics”
1983: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual meeting, Detroit, MI.
“We Need Another Revolution in School Mathematics” (A36)
1987: Long Island University, Fifth Morton J. Hellman Memorial Lecturer, Brooklyn, NY
“The Real True Understanding of Mathematics” (later version in A109)
1987: Association of Teachers of Mathematics of New England, First Richard H. Balomenos Lecturer, Burlington, VT
“The Enjoyment of Mathematics”
1987: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual meeting banquet speaker, Anaheim, CA
(M) “Mathematics and Diamonds: The Many Facets of Mathematics”
1987: University of Chicago School Mathematics Project Users Conference, opening speaker, Chicago, IL
“The Beliefs Underlying UCSMP” (N1, A48)
1990: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, John Dewey Memorial Lecturer, San Antonio, TX
“Reforming the Schools: Is It Deja-vu All Over Again?”
1992: Seventh International Conference on Mathematics Education (ICME -7), Regular Lecture, Quebec City, Canada
”From ‘Mathematics for Some’ to ‘Mathematics for All” (A60)
1999: Western Illinois University, Centennial Lecturer
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1999: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics annual meeting banquet speaker, San Francisco, California
(M) “Sum of the Powers of Mathematics: A Theme and Variations”
2004: Asian Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics, Singapore
“A K-12 Mathematics Curriculum with CAS: What Is It and What Would It Take to Get It?” (A93)
2008: University of Tennessee, Barrett Lecturer
“The Current State of High School Mathematics and Its Implications for the Transition to College Mathematics” (A96, A104)
2009: National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Annual Meeting, Washington, DC.
“Four Years from First-Year Algebra to Calculus Is Not Enough”. Podcast at
2009: Miami (OH) University, Buckingham Scholar
“Teachers’ Mathematics: A Collection of Content Deserving to Be a Field” (A88, N15)
“The Current State of High School Mathematics and Its Implications for the Transition to College Mathematics” (A96, A104)
2012: Twelfth International Conference on Mathematics Education (ICME-12), Invited Regular Lecture, Seoul, Korea
“What Does It Mean to Understand Some Mathematics? (A109)
University of Michigan, Rackham Graduate School Centennial Alumni Lecture
“Comparison Studies of Textbooks in a Digital Age”
2012: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics regional meeting, Chicago, IL
“Mathematical Modeling in the School Curriculum”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqaIL473dys
2013: Association of Mathematics Educators of South Africa (AMESA) annual meeting, keynote speaker
“What Does It Mean to Understand Some Mathematics? (A109)
2013: Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Peoria, IL
“Changes Needed in the Common Core Math Standards”, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M6dHbJqZjA
2014: International Conference on the Teaching of Statistics (ICOTS-9), Flagstaff, Arizona
“On the Relationships between Statistics and Other Subjects in the K-12 Curriculum” (A125)
2017: National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics.
“Approaching Ten Tough Mathematical Ideas for High School Students.” One-page summary by Jill Gough at
2017: International Conference on Mathematics Textbooks (ICMT-2), Plenary Lecture, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
“Electronic vs. Paper Textbook Presentations of the Various Aspects of Mathematics” (A130)
2018: International Society for Design and Development in Education (ISDDE) annual meeting, Galway, Ireland
“Beauty and Serendipity in Creating Mathematics Curricula” (A131)
Lifetime achievement awards
1981: Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Max Beberman Award (for distinguished contributions to mathematics education curriculum or research), 1981
1982: Metropolitan Mathematics Club of Chicago, Lifetime Achievement Award
1994: National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics Glenn Gilbert Award (for contributions to mathematics education)(now called the Ross Taylor/Glenn Gilbert National Leadership Award)
2001: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Lifetime Achievement Award
2010: Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics Distinguished Life Achievement Award
2017: Program in Mathematics, Teachers College, Columbia University International Achievement Award in Mathematics Education
2017: International Society for Design and Development in Education ISDDE Prize for Lifetime Achievement