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Appendix C: Biographical Sketches
Pages 115-124

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From page 115...
... Her activities have included directing national surveys of science and mathematics teachers; evaluating science and mathematics education projects and systemic reform efforts; and providing technical assistance to agencies and professional organizations such as the U.S. Department of Education, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Council of Chief State School Officers, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, National Science Teachers Association, and Office of Technology Assessment.
From page 116...
... from Princeton. Gail Burrill is a senior program officer and director of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board at the National Research Council.
From page 117...
... She was actively involved with the development of the National Science Education Standards as a member of the Working Group on Science Teaching Standards. She served as a member of the committee on Adolescence and Young Adulthood Science Standards for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
From page 118...
... Hollweg is senior program officer and directs the Committee on Science Education K-12 at the National Research Council. Prior to joining the NRC, she worked as a public school 1 1 8
From page 119...
... Dr. Knapp's teaching and research focuses on educational policy-making and policy implementation, the connections between policy and classroom practice or school improvement, and the ways education serves various populations, especially disenfranchised groups.
From page 120...
... Ms. Muri has been a co-principal investigator for Connecticut's National Science Foundation State Systemic Initiative Award, the co-author of Mathematics Activities for Elementary School Teachers: A Problem Solving Approach, 4th Edition, and a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics writing team of Assessment Standards for SchoolMathematics, 1995.
From page 121...
... Judith Sowder is professor emerita of mathematical sciences at San Diego State University. She taught mathematics to elementary, middle, secondary, and college classes before earning a doctorate in 1976.
From page 122...
... He currently oversees the development of standards for technology education in ITEA's Technology for All Americans project and is publisher of the association's two journals, The Technology Teacher and Technology and Children. He has served as a member of the Board on Engineering Education at the National Research Council.
From page 123...
... He has served on the National Research Council's Coordinating Council for Mathematics, Science and Engineering Education and currently serves on the Committee on a Strategic Education Research Plan for the United States. He is an advisor to national groups including the Department of Defense's Secondary Education Transition Study, which examines the consequences of high mobility among highschool-aged students in military families.
From page 124...
... Prior to forming the National Center on Education and the Economy, Mr. Tucker served as associate director of the National Institute of Education, where he directed the Institute's policy research program.


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