Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Brian Adams
- Jeffrey Zane Anderson
- Alysia Appell
- P. Darcy Barnett
- Carl M. Beaird
- Cherryl Beeman
- Betsy Bennett
- Nick Bennett
- Jonathan G. Blattmachr
- Mary Bonar
- Ron Bousquet
- Margaret L. Brandeau
- Judith R. Brown
- Denise Cammarata
- Cora L. Carmody
- Jessie Caruso
- Jack Cassidy
- Shane Chalke
- Judith E. Chapman
- Samson Cheung
- Yves Chiricota
- Megan Christensen
- Andrea Cook
- James L. Cooley
- Mary K. Cooney
- Jeff Cooper
- Joe Corrigan
- H. Michael Covert
- Sarah Cullen
- Allison DeLong
- Janet P. DenBleyker
- Mark Derwin
- Susan J. Devlin
- J. Wanzer Drane
- Arnitra Duckett
- Paula Duckett
- Yawa Duse-Anthony
- M. Scott Elliott
- Katie Evans
- Helaman Ferguson
- Rol Fessenden
- Kathie Flood
- Sara Ford
- Richard D. Fuhr
- Holly Gaff
- Marshall B. Garrison
- Allen Gibson
- Ruth Gonzalez
- Douglas A. Gray
- Cynthia Carter Haddock
- Charles R. Hadlock
- Charles Hagwood
- John F. Hamilton
- William D. Hammers
- Jeff Hand
- Carl M. Harris
- Mary Hesselgrave
- Jerry W. Highfill
- Matthew D. Janssen
- Richard Järvinen
- Captain C.J. Jaynes
- Denise Ann Johnston
- Patricia H. Jones
- Marcia P. Kastner
- Sherra E. Kerns
- Gary Kim
- Greg King
- Kay Strain King
- Karen M. Kneisel
- John Kuchenbrod
- Janice A. Kulle
- Kimberly A. Kuntz
- Michael H. Kutner
- Donna F. Lawson
- Christopher M. Legault
- Loren Mernoff Lewin
- Mike Lieber
- Peter A. Lindstrom
- Dan Loeb
- Tammy M. Lofton
- Valerie Lopez-Zinzer, A.S.A
- Christopher M. Luczynski
- Chad Magers
- Carol J. Mandell
- Carla D. Martin
- Patrick Dale McCray
- Jennifer E. McLean
- Juan C. Meza
- Michael G. Monticino
- S. Brent Morris
- William D. Murphy
- Michael J. Murray
- Deenanne Kay Myers
- Joan Peters Ogden
- Edna Lee Paisano
- #Amanda Peterson
- Bruce A. Powell
- Marla Prenger
- Edward H. Preston
- Fred L. Preston
- Diane R. Purcell
- Amanda Quiring
- Laura Readdy
- Brian D. Repp
- Mark A. Reynolds
- Nancy K. Roderer
- Peter Rosenthal
- David S. Ross
- Edward Rothstein
- Christine Rutch
- Bonita V. Saunders
- Julie Scarpa
- Jeffrey A. Schneider
- Joel Schneider
- Deborah A. Southan
- Mitchell Stabbe
- Arthur P. Staddon
- Courtney Stephens
- Robert L. Stewart
- Mary Kay Esworthy Stiles
- Kathy Haas Stukus
- Lisa M. Sullivan
- Elizabeth Sweet
- Julie S. Tarwater
- Debra W. Taufen
- Frederick C. Taverner
- Mark P. Terry
- Jill L. Tolle
- Lisa M. Tonder
- Jane Turnbull
- Sue E. Waldman
- Rodney B. Wallace
- Martha Weeks
- Benjamin E. Weiss
- Faedra Lazar Weiss
- Michael D. Weiss
- Gary L. Welz
- Dan C. White
- Paul Willoughby
- Sandra L. Winkler
- Sarah Adams Yeary
- James W. Yen
- Joyce W. Yen
- Yvonne Zhou
- Yaromyr Andrew Zinkewych
- Paul Zorn
- Appendices
Betsy Bennett
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the First Edition
- Preface to the Second Edition
- Preface to the Third Edition
- Brian Adams
- Jeffrey Zane Anderson
- Alysia Appell
- P. Darcy Barnett
- Carl M. Beaird
- Cherryl Beeman
- Betsy Bennett
- Nick Bennett
- Jonathan G. Blattmachr
- Mary Bonar
- Ron Bousquet
- Margaret L. Brandeau
- Judith R. Brown
- Denise Cammarata
- Cora L. Carmody
- Jessie Caruso
- Jack Cassidy
- Shane Chalke
- Judith E. Chapman
- Samson Cheung
- Yves Chiricota
- Megan Christensen
- Andrea Cook
- James L. Cooley
- Mary K. Cooney
- Jeff Cooper
- Joe Corrigan
- H. Michael Covert
- Sarah Cullen
- Allison DeLong
- Janet P. DenBleyker
- Mark Derwin
- Susan J. Devlin
- J. Wanzer Drane
- Arnitra Duckett
- Paula Duckett
- Yawa Duse-Anthony
- M. Scott Elliott
- Katie Evans
- Helaman Ferguson
- Rol Fessenden
- Kathie Flood
- Sara Ford
- Richard D. Fuhr
- Holly Gaff
- Marshall B. Garrison
- Allen Gibson
- Ruth Gonzalez
- Douglas A. Gray
- Cynthia Carter Haddock
- Charles R. Hadlock
- Charles Hagwood
- John F. Hamilton
- William D. Hammers
- Jeff Hand
- Carl M. Harris
- Mary Hesselgrave
- Jerry W. Highfill
- Matthew D. Janssen
- Richard Järvinen
- Captain C.J. Jaynes
- Denise Ann Johnston
- Patricia H. Jones
- Marcia P. Kastner
- Sherra E. Kerns
- Gary Kim
- Greg King
- Kay Strain King
- Karen M. Kneisel
- John Kuchenbrod
- Janice A. Kulle
- Kimberly A. Kuntz
- Michael H. Kutner
- Donna F. Lawson
- Christopher M. Legault
- Loren Mernoff Lewin
- Mike Lieber
- Peter A. Lindstrom
- Dan Loeb
- Tammy M. Lofton
- Valerie Lopez-Zinzer, A.S.A
- Christopher M. Luczynski
- Chad Magers
- Carol J. Mandell
- Carla D. Martin
- Patrick Dale McCray
- Jennifer E. McLean
- Juan C. Meza
- Michael G. Monticino
- S. Brent Morris
- William D. Murphy
- Michael J. Murray
- Deenanne Kay Myers
- Joan Peters Ogden
- Edna Lee Paisano
- #Amanda Peterson
- Bruce A. Powell
- Marla Prenger
- Edward H. Preston
- Fred L. Preston
- Diane R. Purcell
- Amanda Quiring
- Laura Readdy
- Brian D. Repp
- Mark A. Reynolds
- Nancy K. Roderer
- Peter Rosenthal
- David S. Ross
- Edward Rothstein
- Christine Rutch
- Bonita V. Saunders
- Julie Scarpa
- Jeffrey A. Schneider
- Joel Schneider
- Deborah A. Southan
- Mitchell Stabbe
- Arthur P. Staddon
- Courtney Stephens
- Robert L. Stewart
- Mary Kay Esworthy Stiles
- Kathy Haas Stukus
- Lisa M. Sullivan
- Elizabeth Sweet
- Julie S. Tarwater
- Debra W. Taufen
- Frederick C. Taverner
- Mark P. Terry
- Jill L. Tolle
- Lisa M. Tonder
- Jane Turnbull
- Sue E. Waldman
- Rodney B. Wallace
- Martha Weeks
- Benjamin E. Weiss
- Faedra Lazar Weiss
- Michael D. Weiss
- Gary L. Welz
- Dan C. White
- Paul Willoughby
- Sandra L. Winkler
- Sarah Adams Yeary
- James W. Yen
- Joyce W. Yen
- Yvonne Zhou
- Yaromyr Andrew Zinkewych
- Paul Zorn
- Appendices
Summary
Teaching in a private school has given me a way to spend all of my work time with young people as they learn mathematics. I am grateful to those mathematicians and educators who write texts and articles, create manipulative aids and demonstrations, design and improve scientific and graphing calculators, or provide computer software from which I select what my students need. I like being the person who works with each student, explaining, listening, suggesting and encouraging that individual learner.
In our school (4—12; 600 students), I usually teach four upper-school courses. One of these is a linear algebra and multivariable calculus course, for students from St. Albans and several other schools in the District of Columbia, who have already completed a first year calculus course. All of my classes are small, so it is easy to plan lessons around computer exercises, use of manipulatives, cooperative group work, open discussion or formal lecture. No single format needs to dominate.
I am the planner, choosing my own texts and course materials, inventing and adapting as necessary. I am the lecturer, using prepared notes and enjoying the challenge of the need for impromptu response to student questions. I am the facilitator, as students work on computer labs or in small groups seeking solutions to very challenging problems. I am the teaching assistant, available for individual dialogue or help during the student's free or study periods as well as during class time.
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- 101 Careers in Mathematics , pp. 14 - 15Publisher: Mathematical Association of AmericaPrint publication year: 2014