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Jere Confrey

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Professor of Mathematics Education in Arts & Sciences

Expertise: modelling, reasoning, similarity, multiplicative reasoning, trigonometry, splitting

Bio: Confrey's current interest resides in stimulating school improvement in urban settings in science and math through collaboration with regional partners. She is particularly interested in students' understanding of modelling as it relates to inquiry and reasoning about similarity, multiplicative reasoning and trigonometry in relation to a construct she developed called "splitting." Her work has also concentrated on professional development in the use of technologies to analyze data on student outcomes to examine issues of validity and fairness. She has just completed chairing a National Research Council committee that produced the volume On Curricular Effectiveness: Judging the Quality of K-12 Mathematics Evaluations.

WUSTL Contact Information:
Work:(314) 935-6780
Fax:(314) 935-4982
E-mail:jconfrey@wustl.edu
Address:One Brookings Drive
Campus Box 1183
St. Louis, MO 63130

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The power of mathematics

Curricula that engages students is key to solving nation's math education problem (http://news-info.wustl.edu/tips/page/normal/952.html)

Aug. 5, 2004 --
Courtesy NASA/JPL-Caltech
Engaging students in the power of mathematics is key to a strong curriculum.
As parents are taking advantage of back-to-school sales and stocking up on supplies like calculators, pens and pencils, a math education expert at Washington University in St. Louis suggests they also may want to check out the quality of their children's math education. According to the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study, the United States continues to lag further behind other developed nations in mathematics education. A critical part of the solution, says Jere Confrey, Ph.D., professor of education in Arts & Sciences, is for school districts to select and implement a solid curriculum with interesting, compelling and rigorous mathematics and then to carefully monitor and evaluate students' progress while using that curriculum.



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