Curriculum Vitae

Jack Bookman

027A Physics Bldg
Durham, NC 27708

(919) 660-2823 (office)

(email)

Education: B.S. Mathematics, 1972, State University of New York at Stony Brook
M.A.T. Mathematics, 1974, State University of New York at Binghamton
M.A. Mathematics, 1981, Duke University
Ph.D. Education, 1991, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Areas of Research: Mathematics Education

Professional Experience / Employment History

Duke University, Durham, NC: Associate Professor of the Practice, Mathematics, 1998-present

: Assistant Professor of the Practice, Mathematics, 1993-98

: Lecturer, Mathematics, 1990-93

: Instructor, Mathematics, 1984-90

: Temporary Instructor, Mathematics, 1983-84

: Part-time Instructor, Mathematics, 1982-83

Carolina Friends School, Durham, NC: teacher, Mathematics, 1978-79

Brooklyn Friends School, Brooklyn, NY: teacher, Mathematics, 1976-78

Clifford Scott High School East Orange, NJ: teacher, Mathematics, 1975-76

Visiting Positions: instructor, North Carolina Central University, Durham, NC, 1981-82

Awards, Honors, and Distinctions: Senior Fellow, Center for Teaching, Learning and Writing, Duke University, 2000-2001
Carnegie Scholar, The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2000-2002
Nominated for the Duke Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award: 1984-85; 1985- 86; 1987- 88
Spencer Post-Doctoral Fellowship 1995-1997

Major Grant Support: The Impact of Calculus Reform on Long Term Performance NSF REC-9912017

Professional Service

University Committee: Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 2007 - present; Undergraduate Judicial Board, 1997 - present; promotion committee for Jan Rigsbee, to Associate Professor of the Practice, Program in Education, Spring 2007; reappointment committee for Joseph Harris, Director of the Undergraduate Writing Program, November 2006; reappointment committee for Barbara Jentleson, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Program in Education, Spring 2005; reappointment committee for Jan Rigsbee, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Program in Education, Spring 2004; interviewer, Duke Fulbright Program, December 2005; Assistant Director for CIT Search Committee, Spring 2005; Secondary Teacher Preparation Program Director Search Committee, Spring 2004; Academic Integrity Council, 2001-03; Writing Across the Curriculum Director Search Committee, 2003; Senior Fellow, Center for Teaching, Learning and Writing, 2000-02; Academic Integrity Assessment Committee, 1999-2001; Arts and Sciences Council, 1997-99; Leave Policy Committee, January-February 1999

Major Advisor: Mathematics Department Major Advisor, Major Advisor, 1995 - 2007

PreMajor Advisor: PreMajor Advisor, 1985 - 2006

Dept Committee: Calculus Committee, 1996 - present

Papers Refereed: The Impact of Grading on the Curve: A Simulation Analysis, International Journal for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, June 12, 2008; Nonstandard Student Conceptions about Infinitesimal and Infinite Numbers, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, April 7, 2008; Elementary Pre-service Teachers Mathematics Anxiety and Mathematics Teacher Self-Efficacy: A Study of the Relationship, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, October 14, 2007; Changing Student Attitudes in Wellesley’s Quantitative Reasoning Program Quantitative Reasoning Program, Numeracy, July 19, 2007; The Ability of Students to Comprehend The Function-Derivative Relationship wht Regard to Problems from their Daily Life, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, May 28, 2007; What Is Good College Mathematics Teaching?, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, May 3, 2007; Using Manipulatives to Overcome Math Anxiety in Prospective Elementary Teachers, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, February 24, 2007; High School Students’ Opinions about Democratic Values, The Journal of Student Centered Learning, January 2, 2007; Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, November 2006; Editorial Board, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, 2006 - present; International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, November 2006; MAA Notes, November 2006; American Mathematical Monthly, December 2005; Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, December 2005

NSF Reviews And Panels: NSF proposal review,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program, July 6 - 7, 2006; NSF Review Panel, April, 2005

Math Community Services: Editorial Board, PRIMUS ( Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies), 2006 - present; Editorial Board, Journal of Student Centered Learning, 2003 - present; Editorial Board, MAA Notes, 2001 -2007; Calculus Reform and the First Two Years (CRAFTY), a subcommittee of the M.A.A., 1998 - 2003

Selected Recent Invited Talks: Some Mathematical Thoughts and Questions About Suduko, Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL, March 02, 2006; Learning in Interactive Technological Environments, Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL, 16 March 2001; How People Learn Mathematics, Jacksonville University Jacksonville, FL, 15 March 2001; Evaluating Calculus Reform at Duke University, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC, 29 March 1996

Professional Affiliations: Mathematics Association of America
North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Publications

Papers Published

Jack Bookman and David Malone, Negotiating Roles and Meaning While Learning Mathematics in Interactive Technology-Rich Environments, The Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, vol. 6 no. 2 (October, 2006), pp. 41-65
Jack Bookman and David Malone, The Nature of Learning in Interactive Technological Environments - A Proposal for a Research Agenda Based on Grounded Theory, edited by edited by Selden, A., Dubinsky, E., Harel, G., and Hitt, F., Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education V., Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society. (2003)
Dale Winter , Paula Lemons , Jack Bookman and William Hoese, Novice Instructors and Student-Centered Instruction: Identifying and Addressing Obstacles to Learning in the College Science Laboratory, Journal of Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Volume 2, Number 1, July 2001
Jack Bookman, Learning Mathematics Meaningfully – A Challenge to College Faculty, Proceedings of First Annual Charleston Connections: Innovations in Higher Education Conference, Charleston, SC: The Citadel, 2001: pp.92 - 100
Jack Bookman, Duke University's Mathematics Department Outreach to Secondary Mathematics Teachers: Problems, Potential, and Pitfalls, Conference proceedings from the Invitational Conference on K-12 Outreach from University Science Departments, Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University, 2000: pp.143 - 145
Jack Bookman, Program Evaluation and Undergraduate Mathematics Renewal: The impact of calculus reform on student performance in subsequent courses, in Ganter, S. (Ed.) Calculus Renewal: Issues for Undergraduate Mathematics Education in the Next Decade, New York, NY: Plenum Press, 2000: pp.91 - 102
Jack Bookman and Charles Friedman, The Evaluation of Project CALC at Duke University 1989 - 1994, in B. Gold, S. Keith, W. Marion, eds., Assessment Practices in Undergraduate Mathematics, MAA Notes # 49, Washington DC: Mathematical Association of America, 1999: pp. 253-256.
Jack Bookman and Charles Friedman, Student Attitudes and Calculus Reform, School Science and Mathematics, March 1998: 117-122
Jack Bookman, There's Glory For You! - Why We Define Mathematical Terms The Way We Do, Centroid, Spring 1996, 36-39
Jack Bookman and Lewis Blake, Seven Years of Project CALC at Duke University - Approaching a Steady State?, PRIMUS, September 1996: 221 - 234
David Smith and Jack Bookman,, Assessment in a Technological Age, Proceedings of the Seventh Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (1996) Addison-Wesley 433-437
Jack Bookman and Charles Friedman, A Comparison of the Problem Solving Performance of Students in Lab Based and Traditional Calculus, in Dubinsky, E., Schoenfeld, A.H., Kaput, J. (Ed) Research in Collegiate Mathematics Education I. , Providence, RI: American Mathematical Society, 1994, pp. 101-116.
Jack Bookman, An Expert Novice Study of Metacognitive Behavior in Four Types of Mathematics Problems, PRIMUS, September 1993: 284-313.
Jack Bookman, Evaluation of Calculus Reform at Duke University, UME Trends, March 1992
Jack Bookman, NSF Workshop on Assessment in Calculus Curriculum Reform Efforts, UME Trends, October, 1992
Jack Bookman and David A. Smith, A Review of “The Electronic Study Guide: Precalculus Algebra, College Mathematics Journal, June 1985
Jack Bookman, Why “False Implies False" is True - a Discovery Explanation, The Mathematics Teacher 71 (November 1978): 675-676.

Papers Accepted

Jack Bookman, Susan Ganter and Rick Morgan, Developing Assessment Methodologies for Quantitative Literacy - A Formative Study, American Mathematical Monthly (2008 publication date)

Last modified: 2008/07/09