Curriculum Vitae

Jack Bookman

Box 90320 Duke University
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
Chair, Ad-hoc Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee to Review the Quantitative Studies (QS) Requirement for Students in Trinity College of Arts & Sciences, 2010 - 2012  
Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee, 2007 - 2010  
Undergraduate Judicial Board, 1997 - 2010  
promotion committee for Jan Rigsbee, to Associate Professor of the Practice, Program in Education, 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, 1 September 1995  
PreMajor Advisor
PreMajor Advisor, 1985 - 2006  
Dept Committee
Calculus Committee, 1996 - present  
Papers Refereed
Growing a Faculty Writing Group on a Traditionally Teaching-Focused Campus: A Model for Faculty Development, Journal of Faculty Development, April 13, 2012  
Student Perfomance in Second Semester Calculus and its Relation to Learning Preference and Prior High School Calculus Instruction, PRIMUS, April 9, 2012  
Analysis of the Effectiveness of Traditional versus Hybrid Student Performance for an Elementary Statistics Course, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, April 02, 2012  
Examination of Challenges Implementing a Learner-Centered Math Curriculum, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, October 20, 2011  
Impossible Geometric Constructions and Taylor Series: A Calculus Writing Project, PRIMUS, October 02, 2011  
Group Work and Self-Efficacy in a Business Calculus Class, Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, August 05, 2011  
Academic Writing: Supporting Faculty in a Critical Competency for Success, Journal of Faculty Development, June 30, 2011  
Intergrating Learner-Centered Methods with Teacher-Centered Lecture in Large Lecture Classroom, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, June 06, 2011  
NSF Reviews And Panels
NSF proposal review,Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement (CCLI) program, July, 2006  
NSF Review Panel, April, 2005  
Math Community Services
Editorial Board, PRIMUS ( Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies), 2006 - present  
Editorial Board, International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, 2006 - present  
Editorial Board, Journal of Faculty Development, 2003 - present  
MAA Committee on Assessment, 2009 - 2012  
AMS-MAA Steering Committee on Computer-Based Homework Systems, 2008 - 2010  
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

  1. Jack Bookman, Susan Ganter and Rick Morgan, Developing Assessment Methodologies for Quantitative Literacy - A Formative Study, American Mathematical Monthly (December, 2008)
  2. 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
  3. 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)
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. Jack Bookman and Charles Friedman, Student Attitudes and Calculus Reform, School Science and Mathematics, March 1998: 117-122
  10. Jack Bookman, There's Glory For You! - Why We Define Mathematical Terms The Way We Do, Centroid, Spring 1996, 36-39
  11. Jack Bookman and Lewis Blake, Seven Years of Project CALC at Duke University - Approaching a Steady State?, PRIMUS, September 1996: 221 - 234
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. Jack Bookman, An Expert Novice Study of Metacognitive Behavior in Four Types of Mathematics Problems, PRIMUS, September 1993: 284-313.
  15. Jack Bookman, Evaluation of Calculus Reform at Duke University, UME Trends, March 1992
  16. Jack Bookman, NSF Workshop on Assessment in Calculus Curriculum Reform Efforts, UME Trends, October, 1992
  17. Jack Bookman and David A. Smith, A Review of “The Electronic Study Guide: Precalculus Algebra, College Mathematics Journal, June 1985
  18. Jack Bookman, Why “False Implies False" is True - a Discovery Explanation, The Mathematics Teacher 71 (November 1978): 675-676.

Papers Accepted

  1. Emily Decker Lardner and Jack Bookman, Lessons Learned in Interdisciplinary Professional Development Designed to Promote the Teaching of Quantitative Literacy, Journal of Faculty Development (2011)
  2. Alison Sweeney, MD;Alyssa Stephany, MD;Shari Whicker, MEd;Jack Bookman, PhD;David A Turner, MD, "Resident Educators" - Senior Pediatric Residents as Teachers for an Innovative Multidisciplinary Mock Code Curriculum, Journal of Graduate Medical Education (2011)
  3. Cristina Varsavsky , Jeff Waldock, Ansie Harding, Jack Bookman, Louise Sheryn, Victor Martinez Luaces, Undergraduate mathematics around the world, Delta Communications, conference proceedings of the Volcanic Delta '11, the eighth Delta conference on the teaching and learning of undergraduate mathematics and statistics (2011)
  4. Turner, David A; Narayan, Aditee P; Whicker, Shari A; Bookman, Jack; McGann, Kathleen A, Do Pediatric Residents Prefer Interactive Learning? – Educational Challenges in the Duty Hours Era, Medical Teacher (2010)
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