Short Vita for

Dr. James E. Schultz

Robert L. Morton Professor of Mathematics Education

117 McCracken Hall

Ohio University

Athens, OH 45701

Phone: 740-593-4430

Fax: 740-593-0477

e-mail: schultz@ohio.edu

Web: oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~schultz

Dr. Schultz holds a B. S. in mathematics education from the University of Wisconsin and an M.S. in mathematics and a Ph. D. in mathematics education from Ohio State University . His teaching experience includes five years at the secondary level and over 30 years at the university level, as well as experiences in teaching at the elementary and middle school levels.

His publications include co-authorship of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics" (Grades 5-8), "A Core Curriculum: Making Mathematics Count for Everyone" (part of the NCTM Secondary Addenda Series), along with numerous journal articles, including most recently “Why Representations?” (with Michael Waters) in the Mathematics Teacher, September 2000, and a chapter in an upcoming NCTM publication on computer algebra systems. He has also co-authored widely-used textbooks at the elementary, middle, secondary, and college levels. He is currently lead author for a secondary mathematics program and recently chaired the NCTM’s Educational Materials Committee.

Dr. Schultz has made several hundred presentations and visited many classrooms in North America, Central America, Asia, and Europe. He has served as a principal investigator on a technology project at the University of Georgia and has served on other projects involving teacher preparation and curricula at the University of Chicago, the University of Montana, and elsewhere. He is currently a co-principal investigator on project ACCLAIM, a National Science Foundation sponsored Center for Teaching and Learning. He is also a in a problem-solving materials workshop for Best Practices in Education involving leading mathematicians and mathematics educators from Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, and the United States.

He has also served as organizer of international conferences and has contributed to the development of evaluation instruments associated with curriculum projects and international studies and served as a consultant to projects in Indonesia, Taiwan, England, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Costa Rica. He has taught numerous technology-oriented mathematics courses, including the use of graphics calculators, computer algebra systems, spreadsheets, geometry exploration software, and the Internet. He has also taught in partnership settings with a local elementary school.

Last updated September 24, 2002