Travers/CV/March 1999
VITA
September 2005
Name:
Kenneth J. Travers
Address:
College of Education
University of Illinois
Suite 102
505 East Green Street
Champaign, IL 61820
Telephone:
Office: 217-333-7324 or 244 7486
Residence: 217-352-8111
e-mail:
ktravers@uiuc.edu
URL:
http://www.mste.uiuc.edu/travers/travers.html
Position:
Professor of Mathematics Education, Emeritus
Director Emeritus, Office for Mathematics, Science
and Technology Education
Date of Birth:
August 21, l934
Birthplace:
Alberta, Canada
Citizenship:
U. S.
Marital Status:
Married
Children:
Three: ages 34, 37, 40
Education:
B.A. (Mathematics and English), Univ. of Brit. Columbia,
l959
M.Ed. (Mathematics and Educational Psychology), University
of British Columbia, l961
Ph.D. (Mathematics Education), University of Illinois, l965
United States Office of Education National Post-Doctoral
Fellow at Stanford University (with Lee J. Cronbach and
Edward Begle), 1966-67
Languages:
(speaking/reading)
French (good)
Spanish (fair)
German (minimal)
Professional Experience:
1955-1959, Public school teacher, mathematics and science,
British Columbia, Canada
l960-1961, Graduate Assistant, College of Education,
University of British Columbia
l961-1962, Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of
British Columbia
1962-1963, Lecturer, College of Education, University of Victoria
1963-1965, University Fellow, College of Education University of
Illinois
1965-1968, Assistant Professor, College of Education University of
Illinois
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Professional Experience:
(Continued)
1968-1971, Associate Professor, College of Education University of
Illinois
1971-2002, Professor, College of Education University of Illinois
National Science Foundation, Directorate for Education and Human
Resources (on leave from University of Illinois):
1990-91 Head, Office for Studies and Program Assessment
1991-92 Head, Office for Studies, Evaluation and Dissemination
1992-93 Founding Director, Division for Research, Evaluation and
Dissemination
Professional Associations:
American Educational Research Association
American Statistical Association
Mathematical Association of America
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Courses Taught:
Mathematics for elementary school teachers
Teaching of elementary school mathematics
Teaching of secondary school mathematics
Educational statistics for graduate students
Use of the computer in teaching high school mathematics
Research in mathematics education (doctoral seminar)
Innovative programs in teacher education (doctoral seminar)
Workshop in curriculum development -teacher education
International evaluation in education
Issues in international mathematics education
Curriculum development and evaluation
Assessment in mathematics education
Federal policy in mathematics, science and technology education
Technology and mathematics education
Workshop on teaching statistics in schools
Problems and trends in undergraduate mathematics education
Advanced seminar: issues in mathematics education
Doctoral Theses Directed:
Boyd, Alvin Lyle. Computer-aided Mathematics Instruction for Low
Achieving Students. (1972)
Runion, Garth Eugene. The Development of Selected Initiating
Activities in the Teaching of Mathematics. (1972)
Davison, David M. A Methods Course for Mathematics
Teachers Involving Computers and Other Laboratory
Activities. (1973)
Bonner, Cameron S. Effects of Competition in Computer-Based
Mathematics Gaming. (l974)
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Doctoral Theses Directed (continued):
Shevokas, Carolyn. Using a Computer Oriented Monte Carlo
Approach to Teach Community College Mathematics. (l974)
Heeler, Phillip J. A Drill and Practice PLATO Program for
Teaching Formal Integration. (l975)
Atkinson, David T. Teaching Statistical Inference Using the
Monte Carlo Methods. (1975) Apter, John R. A
Placement Test Development Project for Community
College Mathematics. (1976)
Gordon, Jeffry. Mixed Dominant Grouping and Bilingual
Materials in Mathematics and Science Classes in Two
Puerto Rican Junior High Schools. (1976)
Greenwood, M. Effects of Small Group Help Sessions on an
Individual ED Program in Community College
Mathematics. (1977)
Viramontes de Marin, Maria Cruz. An Ethnolinguistic
Approach to a Teacher Training Model for Bilingual
Paraprofessionals. (1979)
Timraz, Kadria Ali. An Application-Oriented Approach to
Matrices as Unifiers of Some Mathematical Topics in
High School Mathematics. (1979)
Hecht, James E. Using the Monte Carlo Method to Teach
Probabilistic Problems Solving in Ninth Grade General
Mathematics. (1980)
Dhompongsa, Gullaya. A Model for Teaching Mathematics in
Thailand. (1984)
Cleon, Joshua. The Effects of an Experimental Curriculum
Development Project in Statistics on the Achievement
and Attitude of Tenth Grade Students in Liberia. (l984)
Carr, Jane. A Film Intervention Program to Improve
Mathematics Attitudes of Elementary Education Majors
in College. (1985)
Wattanawaha, Nongnuch. A Study of Equity in Mathematics
Education in Thailand. (l985)
Dupre, Thomas. A Study of the Rise and Fall of the New
Mathematics. (1985)
Juhl, Lynn. A Study of Factors Accounting for High
Mathematics Achievement of Asian High School
Students. (l986)
Salimizadeh, Kazem. A Model for Studying Secondary School
Mathematics Education in Iran. (l986)
Rivera, Angel. Mathematics Education at the Eighth Grade
Level in Puerto Rico: Achievement and Teaching
Effectiveness. (1987)
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Doctoral Theses Directed (continued):
Williams, John. Classroom Processes in Teaching Calculus in
the Senior High School. (1988)
Frederick, Harold R. Effects of Using Software Tools to Study
Functions and Their Graphs. (1989)
Civil, Marta. Attitudes and Beliefs of Pre-service Elementary
SchoolTeachers (with Peter G. Braunfeld). (1990)
Thalathoti, Vijaya. Electronic Mail as a Mechanism for
Enhancing Statistics Education. (1990)
Park, Kyungmee. Effects of a computer-based calculus course.
(1993)
Albert, Lillie. A model for teaching problem solving in the
middle grades. (1995)
Murphy, Teri Jo. Transition in freshman college mathematics.
(1995)
Pobre, Eleanor. Paradigm shifts in mathematics teachers (1996)
Wilkins, Jesse. A model for utilizing results of a standardized
test for improving high school mathematics instruction (1997).
Caldwell, Jennifer. Barriers to studies and careers in science,
mathematics and engineering faced by students with
disabilities (1996).
Metcalf, Andrew. Curriculum Sensitive Assessment: A Psychometric
Study of Tracking as a Distributor of Opportunity To Learn High
School Mathematics (2002)
Alghazo, Iman Mohammed. A Study of the Technology competencies
of Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers (1999)
Hendrix, Timothy Mark. The Evolution of Pre-Service Secondary
Mathematics Teachers’ Beliefs About and Understandings of
Mathematics: Toward a Community of Learning (2001)
Reese, George Clifford. Technology-Enhanced Education Reform: An
Historical Analysis of a Learning System – The Evolution of the
Office for Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Education at the University of Illinois, 1993-2002 (2002)
Murphy, Lisa Denise. Using Computer-Based Laboratories to Teach
Graphing Concepts and the Derivative at the College Level (2003)
Alothman, Othman. A Study of Students’ Experiences and Learning
Styles in Calculus & Mathematica (2000)
Aviles-Garay, Edgardo Jose. Using Multiple Coordinated
Representations in a Technology-Intensive Setting to Teach Linear
Functions at the College Level (2001)
Lin, Cheng-Yao. Effects of a Mathematics Education Web-Based
Workshop on Preservice Elementary Teachers (2003)
Chen, Yi-Wen. Distance Education as a Method of Promoting the
Professional Development of Taiwanese Junior High School
Mathematics Teachers in Using Technology (China) (2003)
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Doctoral Theses Directed (continued):
Ezzatkhah-Yenggeh, Karim. Classroom Activites: Bilingual and
Cultural Issues in Teaching Two-Digit Numbers (2002)
Bucher, April. Mathematics graduate students as they learn
about teaching undergraduates (2002)
Smith, Horace. A student-oriented approach to topology
(2000)
Takahashi, Akihiko. Affordances of computer-based and
physical geoboards in problem- solving activities in the
middle grades (2002)
Masters theses directed:
Glazer, Evan Michael. An analysis of discourse on an
internet-based listserv for mathematics educators (1994)
Hill, James Lawson. The disidentification hypothesis and its
application to the mathematics classroom : a model for
understanding the relationship between mathematics and the
student (1997)
Dildine, James Patrick. Technology-intensive instruction with
high performing and low performing middle school
mathematics students (1999)
Silver, Rachel. Secondary mathematics teachers’ uses of the
world wide web (1999)
Consulting:
1969
State of Illinois, Technical Mathematics Writing Project (May
to July 1969)
School Mathematics Study Group, National Longitudinal Study
of Mathematical Abilities (August 1969)
College Entrance Examination Board and Educational Testing
Service (June - September 1971)
Colorado Schools Computing Science Curriculum Development
Project (August 1972 - January 1973)
Denoyer-Geppert Co., Evaluation of Egyptian Mathematics
Curriculum (May 1978 - April 1979)
Systran, Chicago, Peace Corps Training Program for
Mathematics teachers for Lesotho (November 1978)
National Assessment for Educational Progress (January l981;
January l983)
Jefferson County Kentucky Schools (March 1982)
National Commission on Excellence in Education (January
l982)
National Institute of Education. Mathematics Achievement
among Language-Minority Students (March l983)
State of Virginia. Committee for Reforming the School
Mathematics Curriculum (fall l984)
National Survey of School Science and Mathematics. Research
Triangle Institute (l984-l985)
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State of Illinois. Panel on Reform of Education in the Schools
(May l984)
Department of Education, Wellington, New Zealand (August
l984)
Swedish Board of Education, Stockholm. National Commission
on Reform of Education (October 1985)
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Consulting (continued)
Chicago Board of Education. Institute for Mathematical
Improvement (Supervising Personnel) (January l986)
State of Kentucky. Resource teacher/instructor for Governor's
Scholars program (for gifted high school students) (l986,
l987)
Chicago Board of Education. Panel on reform of mathematics
curriculum K-12 (l987-89)
State of Virginia. Co-principal investigator, NSF Project on
state-wide mathematics assessment (1986-present)
State of Iowa. State-wide assessment project on school
mathematics (l987)
State of Florida. Replication of Second International
Mathematics Study (l987)
State of Mississippi. Department of Education (1988)
University of Georgia. Member of 3-person site visits team, Graduate
Programs of Department of Mathematics Education (1899).
National Science Foundation. Member, site visitation teams middle
school mathematics projects in Illinois and Oregon. (1989).
National Advisory Panel, Middle School Algebra Project. Mississippi
Delta (1993-4)
Third International Mathematics and Science Study (1993-97)
Activities:
American Education Research Association Special Interest
Group for Research in Mathematics Education (Secretary,
l968-l970)
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Committee on
Mathematics for Non-College Bound (Member, 19661969; Chairman, 1968-1969)
Committee on Instructional Affairs (Member, 1969-1972) Ad
Hoc Committee on Junior College Mathematics
Placement (Chairman, 1970-1971)
Coordinator, Master's Degree Internship Program in Crosscultural Education, Puerto Rico (l970-l972)
Director, Onarga, Illinois, Grade School Bilingual ComputerAssisted Instruction Project in Mathematics (January June l973)
Associate Director, Project in the Preservice Training of
Teachers about Computer- Assisted Instruction (l975l976)
Field Director, Master's Degree Teaching Internship Program in
Puerto Rico (l974-l975)
Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics (Member, Board of
Directors, l977-l980; Conference Director, l982 Annual
Meeting)
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Activities (continued):
Chairman, International Mathematics Committee.
Second International Mathematics Study (1975-88)
Director, US. National Coordinating Center. Second
International Mathematics Study (l978-88)
Chief Organizer for Testing, Evaluation and Assessment. Fifth
International Congress on Mathematics Education,
Adelaide, Australia (August 1984)
Co-Director, Summer Institute for Secondary School Teachers
of Statistics, University of Illinois (l985-present)
Chief Organizer, Probability and Statistics. Sixth International
Congress on Mathematics Education, Budapest, Hungary
(l988)
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Awards:
Max Beberman award for contributions to mathematics
education. Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
1989.
AERA Senior Research Fellow, National Center for Education
Statistics, U. S. Department of Education, 1994.
Publications:
A. Monographs or Bulletins
Travers, Kenneth J., Robert W. Heath and Leonard S. Cahen, “Preferences for Modes of
Expression in Mathematics," Research Memorandum No. 7, School of Education,
Stanford University, May, l967.
Travers, Kenneth J., “Nonintellective Correlates of Under- and Over- Achievement in
Mathematics," Technical Report Number 19, National Longitudinal Study of
Mathematical Abilities, School Mathematics Study Group, Stanford University, l971.
Travers, Kenneth J. John LeDuc and Garth Runion, “Teaching Resources for Low
Achievement Mathematics Classes.” Target Paper for the Science and Mathematics
Education Information Analysis Center, The Ohio State University, l971. (Also appeared
as USOE PREP Report.)
Travers, Kenneth J. (ed.), The Preparation of Mathematics Teacher Educators, University
of Illinois, TTT Colloquium, December 1969.
Travers, Kenneth J. (ed.), Bulletin 3, Second International Mathematics Study, December
1978.
Travers, Kenneth J. (ed.), Bulletin 4, Second International Mathematics Study, December
1979
Travers, Kenneth J. (ed.), Bulletin 5, Second International Mathematics Study,
November 1980.
Travers, Kenneth J. (ed.), Second International Mathematics Study: Summary Report for
the United States, January l985.
Travers, Kenneth J. (ed.), Second International Mathematics Study: Detailed Report for
the United States, December 1986.
Travers, Kenneth J., et al. The Underachieving Curriculum. Champaign, IL: Stipes
Publishing Company. 1987
Travers, Kenneth J., Curtis C. McKnight and Thomas J. Cooney. eds. Classroom
Processes in Secondary School Mathematics. (1987)
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B. Articles
Travers, Kenneth J., “Some experiences in teaching topics from set theory to an
elementary school arithmetic class," Journal of the British Columbia Association of
Mathematics Teachers, Vol. 41, No. 8, May-June. 1964.
Travers, Kenneth J., “A test of pupil preference for problem- solving situations in junior
high school mathematics," The Journal of Experimental Education, Vol. 35, No. 4,
Summer, l967, pp. 9-18.
Travers, Kenneth J., “Through clouds of failure into orbit,” The Arithmetic Teacher, Vol.
15, November, l968, pp. 591-598.
Travers, Kenneth J., “Computation: low achiever's stumbling block or stepping stone?”
The Arithmetic Teacher, Vol. 18, January, l971, pp. 11-17.
Travers, Kenneth J. “Cooperation for better mathematics teacher education," The
Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 64, April, l971, pp. 373-379.
Travers, Kenneth J. “Mathematics education and the computer revolution," School Science and
Mathematics, Vol. 71, January, l971, pp. 24-34.
Nievergelt, J. and Kenneth J. Travers, “Computer education for secondary school
mathematics teachers.” Proceedings of the SIGSE Technical Symposium on Academic
Education in Computer Science, Vol. 2, No. 3, November, l970, pp. 75-83.
Travers, Kenneth J. and J. Nievergelt, “Educating high school teachers for the computer
age," Illinois Journal of Education , Vol. 62, No. 4, May, l971.
Pikaart, Len and Kenneth J. Travers, “Teaching elementary school mathematics: a
simplified model," The Arithmetic Teacher, Vol. 20, May, l973. pp. 332-342.
Travers, Kenneth J., “A computer activity in building a linear model of data," School
Science and Mathematics, Vol. 77, No. 8, December 1977, pp. 653-658.
Travers, Kenneth J., “On generating a bivariate distribution having any desired
correlation," The Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 70, No. 3, March, l977, pp. 265-269.
Travers, Kenneth J., “The Second International Survey of Mathematics Achievement: A
case for US. participation," Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 8, No.
1, January 1977, pp. 71-81.
Travers, Kenneth J., “The Second International Survey of Mathematics Achievement: A
case for US. participation," Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 8, No.
1, January 1977, pp. 71-81.
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Travers, Kenneth J., “A computer activity on building a linear model of data," Creative
Computing, September-October 1978, pp. 104-105. Reprinted from School Science and
Mathematics, Vol. 77, No. 8, December 1977, pp. 653-658.
Travers, Kenneth J., “The Second International Mathematics Study: Purposes and
Design," Journal of Curriculum Studies, Vol. 11, No. 3, l979, pp. 203-210.
Articles (Continued)
Travers, Kenneth J., “The Second International Mathematics Study: Purposes and
Design," Commemorative Publication on 50th Anniversary of National Institute for
Educational Research, Tokyo, Japan. 1980.
Travers, Kenneth J., “The Second International Mathematics Study: An Overview,"
Comparative Studies of Mathematics Curricula - Change and Stability, l960-l980, Institut
fur Didaktik der Mathematik der University, Bielefeld, l980.
Travers, Kenneth J. and Kenneth G. Gray, “The Monte Carlo Method: A fresh approach
to teaching probabilistic concepts," The Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 74, No. 5, May 1981,
pp. 327- 334.
Travers, Kenneth J. and Alan C. Purves, “The IEA Studies: International Evaluation and
American Curriculum," Educational Leadership, Vol. 39, No. 6, March, l982, pp. 440446.
Travers, Kenneth J., M. Eckstein and S. Shafer, “A comparative review of curriculum:
Mathematics and international studies in the secondary schools of five countries," National
Commission on Excellence in Education, April 28, l982.
Travers, Kenneth J. and Curtis C. McKnight, “Mathematics achievement in US. schools:
Preliminary findings form the Second IEA Mathematics Study," Phi Delta Kappan,
February 1985, pp. 407-413.
Travers, Kenneth J. “Mathematics: secondary school programs,” International
Encyclopedia of Education. Ed. Torsten Husen and T. Neville Postlethwaite. London:
Pergamon Press, l985. VI, 3285-3266.
Travers, Kenneth J., Curtis C. McKnight and John A. Dossey, Twelfth-grade mathematics
in U.S. high schools: A report from the Second International Mathematics Study,"
Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 32, No. 4, April, l985, pp. 292-300 (cont. 270).
Travers, Kenneth J., Curtis C. McKnight, F. Joe Crosswhite and Jane O. Swafford,
“Eighth grade mathematics in U.S. schools: A report from the Second International
Mathematics Study," Arithmetic Teacher, Vol. 32, No. 8, April, l985, pp. 20-26.
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Travers, Kenneth J., Curtis C. McKnight, F. Joe Crosswhite and Jane O. Swafford,
“Eighth grade math: An international study," Principal, Vol. 65, No. 1, September, l985,
pp. 37- 40.
Travers, Kenneth J., Curtis C. McKnight and John A. Dossey, “Mathematics achievement
in U.S. high schools from an international perspective," NASSP: Bulletin, Vol. 69, No.
484, November, l985, pp. 55-63.
Robitaille, David F. and Kenneth J. Travers, “Geometry for 13- year olds in Canada and
the United States," Studies in Mathematics Education. Paris: UNESCO (to appear).
Travers, Kenneth J. and Jochem Ziegenbalg (West Germany), “Uses of calculators and
computers in pre-service teacher education.” In Keith Hirst, ed. Proceedings of the Sixth
International Congress on Mathematical Education. Budapest, Hungary: Janos Bolyai
Mathematical Society pages 146-147.
Travers, Kenneth J. “Curriculum-linked assessment: A Model Based on the Second
International Mathematics Study”, in David F. Robitaille, ed. Evaluation and Assessment
in School Mathematics. Paris, France: UNESCO, (1989), pages 21-24.
C. Reviews
Travers, Kenneth J., “The Failure Strategies of Third-Grade Arithmetic Pupils” by
Gerhard H. Roberts (in The Arithmetic Teacher), Investigations in Mathematics
Education, Vol., 1, January, l969, pp. 18-20.
Travers, Kenneth J., “Preliminary Report on an Experiment with Junior High School
Very Low Achievers in Mathematics" by William S. DeVenney (SMSG Reports No. 6),
Investigations in Mathematics Education, Vol. 2, July, l969, pp. 47-49.
Travers, Kenneth J., “Report on an Experiment with Junior High School Very Low
Achievers in Mathematics" by William S. DeVenney (SMSG Reports No. 7),
Investigations in Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, January, l970.
Travers, Kenneth J., “The Relationship between a Seventh-Grade Pupil's Academic SelfConcept and Achievement in Mathematics" by Alfred M. Bachman (in Journal for
Research in Mathematics Education 1: 173-179, May 1970), Investigations in
Mathematics Education, Vol. 5, No. 1, Winter, l972, pp. 43-45.
Travers, Kenneth J. “Mathematics Learning and Pupil Characteristics” by Werner
Liedtke (in Alberta Journal of Educational Research, Vol. xvii, No. 3, September, l971,
pp. 143-153, Investigations in Mathematics Education, Vol. 6), No. 1, winter, l973, pp.
40-46.
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Travers, Kenneth J., “Lamkton First-Year Algebra Test, Revised Edition," Oscar K.
Buros (Ed.), Seventh Mental Measurements Yearbook, Highland Park, NJ, Gryphon
Press, l972, pp. 904- 905.
Travers, Kenneth J., “Cooperative Mathematics Tests: Algebra I and Algebra II," Oscar
K. Buros (Ed.), Seventh Mental Measurement Yearbook, Highland Park, NJ, Gryphon
Press, l972, pp. 894-895.
Travers, Kenneth J., Mathematical Talent by Julian C. Stanley, et al. Johns Hopkins
University Press, l974, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 8, No. 2,
March, l977, pp. 148-151.
Travers, Kenneth J. and John A. Easley, “Karplus' Study of Children's Mathematics
Concepts, Berkeley," Investigations in Mathematics Education, Vol. 9, No. 2, spring,
l975, pp. 34-42.
Travers, Kenneth J., “On Children's Quantitative Understanding of Numbers," by Adolf
af Ekenstam (in Educational Studies in Mathematics, 8(1977), pp. 317-332),
Investigations in Mathematics Education, Vol. 11, No. 4, Fall, l978, pp. 1-4.
Travers, Kenneth J., Mathematics Education by G.T. Wain, ed., New York: Van
Nostrand Reinhold, l978, International Review of Education, Vol. XXV, No. 1, l979, pp.
106-107.
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D. Chapters in Books
Travers, Kenneth J., “Using Monte Carlo Methods to Teach Probability and Statistics," in
Teaching Statistics and Probability, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, l981
Yearbook, NCTM, Reston, Virginia. pp. 210-219.
Travers, Kenneth J., “The Linguistic Context of Teaching Junior High School
Mathematics,” in R. Cocking, Language Perspectives in Mathematics Learning.
Elbaum. .
Travers, Kenneth J., “Factors explaining differential achievement in school mathematics
in Japan and the United States,” in Commemorative Publication of the National Institute
for Educational Research, Tokyo: NIER, 1988 (in Japanese).
Travers, Kenneth J., “Probability theory and statistics” in Ann and Keith Hirst.
Proceedings of the Sixth International Congress on Mathematical Education. Budapest:
Janos Bolyai Mathematical Society. pp. 346-349. 1988.
Travers, Kenneth J. and Thomas J. Cooney. In Leigh Burstein. The IEA Mathematics
Study III: Growth and classroom processes in the lower secondary school. London,
England: Pergamon Press (to appear).
Travers, Kenneth J., “The Teaching and learning of mathematics in Japan and the United
States: Selected findings from the Second International Mathematics Study,” in Jerry P.
Becker and Tatsura Miwa, eds. Proceedings of the U.S. - Japan Seminar on
Mathematical Problem Solving. Carbondale: Southern Illinois University, 1987, pp.
151-188.
Robitaille, David F. and Kenneth J. Travers. "Cross-national research in mathematics
achievement." Handbook for Research in Mathematics Education (2002).
Travers, Kenneth J. et al. Introduction to the Second International Mathematics Study.
in Robitaille and Garden, eds. The IEA Study of Mathematics: Volume II: Contexts and
Outcomes of School Mathematics. London: Pergamon Press, 1988, Chapter 1, pages 116.
E. Books
Travers, Kenneth J., LeRoy C. Dalton and Vincent F. Brunner, Using Algebra, River
Forest, Illinois: Laidlaw Brothers, l974.
Travers, Kenneth J., LeRoy C. Dalton and Vincent F. Brunner, Using Advanced Algebra,
River Forest, Illinois: Laidlaw Brothers, l975.
Travers, Kenneth J., Len Pikaart, Marilyn N. Suydam and Garth E. Runion, Mathematics
Teaching, New York: Harper & Row, l977.
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Travers, Kenneth J., David T. Atkinson and Carolyn Shevokas, Probability and
Statistics, Champaign, Illinois: Stipes Publishing, l976.
Travers, Kenneth J., and Kenneth G. Gray, The Monte Carlo Method, Champaign,
Illinois: Stipes Publishing, l978.
Travers, Kenneth J., Vincent F. Brunner, LeRoy C. Dalton and Eugene M. Malecki,
Using Algebra, River Forest, Illinois: Laidlaw Brothers, revised l980.
Travers, Kenneth J., Vincent F. Brunner, LeRoy C. Dalton and Eugene M. Malecki,
Using Advanced Algebra, River Forest, Illinois: Laidlaw Brothers, revised l980.
Travers, Kenneth J., W.F. Stout, J. Swift and J. Sextro, Using Statistics, Palo Alto:
Addison Wesley, l985.
Travers, Kenneth J., LeRoy C. Dalton and C. Layton, Algebra I, River Forest, Illinois:
Laidlaw Brothers, l986.
Travers, Kenneth J., LeRoy C. Dalton and C. Layton, Algebra II, River Forest, Illinois:
Laidlaw Brothers, l986.
Travers, Kenneth J., LeRoy C. Dalton and C. Layton, Geometry, River Forest, Illinois:
Laidlaw Brothers, l986.
Travers, Kenneth J. and Ian Westbury (eds.) The IEA Study of Mathematics I:
International Analysis of Mathematics Curricula. London, England: Pergamon Press.
(1989).
Travers, Kenneth J., Leroy C. Dalton and C. Layton. Glencoe Algebra I, Glencoe
Publishing Company, Mission Hills, California. (1989)
Travers, Kenneth J., Leroy C. Dalton and C. Layton. Glencoe Algebra II, Glencoe
Publishing Company, Mission Hills, California. (1989)
Travers, Kenneth J. et al. Computer Supplement (software and hard copy) for Using
Statistics. Menlo Park: Addison-Wesley, 1988.
Travers, Kenneth J., David T. Atkinson and Carolyn S. Funk. Probability and Statistics.
(Second Edition). Champaign, IL: Stipes, 1996.
Stout, W. F., J. Kenneth Travers and J. Marden. Statistics: Making Sense of Data.
Mobius, 1998.
F.
Papers/Talks
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With R. W. Heath and L.S. Cahen, “Developing an Instrument for Measurement
Cognitive Preferences in Mathematics.” Read before the 1968 Annual Meeting of the
American Education Research Association in Chicago.
“Correction for Attenuation: A Generalizability Approach Using Components of
Covariance.” Read before the 1969 Annual Meeting of the American Educational
Research Association, Los Angeles, California.
“Student Teaching in Mathematics: Some Promising Trends.” Read before the l969
Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
“A Study of Teacher Effectiveness.” Read before the l970 Annual Meeting of the
American Educational Research Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
“Identifying and Delimiting Researchable Problems.” Read before the 1970 Annual
Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Washington, D.C.
With J. Nievergelt, “Computer Education for Secondary School Mathematics Teachers.”
Read at the Academic Symposium on Computer Science Education, Fall Joint Computer
Conference, Houston, Texas, November, l970.
“Research on Teaching Mathematics to the Disadvantaged Child.” Read before the l971
Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Anaheim,
California.
“School-College Cooperation: A Search for New Structures in Teacher Education.”
Read before the 1971 Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, Anaheim, California.
“Paths to Better Junior High School Mathematics Teaching: The Process in the
Message.” Read before the l971 Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, Anaheim, California.
With J. Dan Knifong, “Student Teachers' Self-Perceptions of Teaching Competencies.”
Research paper read before the l971 Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics, Anaheim, California.
“Mathematics Teachers Education: A Look Down the Road.” Invited summary address
given at the National Forum on Teacher Education, National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics, April 20, l972.
“Maxi and Mini-computers in the Mathematics Classroom.” Atlanta Meeting of the
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, l973.
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“Using Mathematics Models in the Classroom.” Annual Meeting of the California
Mathematics Council, l974.
“Teaching Statistics Using Monte Carlo Methods,” Annual Meeting of the Association
de Maestros de Matematicas de Puerto Rico, l974.
“Using Mathematical Models in the Classroom.” Annual Meeting of the California
Mathematics Council, l974.
“Teaching Statistics Using Monte Carlo Methods.” Annual Meeting of the Association
de Maestros de Matematicas de Puerto Rico, l974.
“Mathematics for the Computer Generation.” Annual Meeting of the Illinois Council of
Teachers of Mathematics, l975.
“The Second International Study of Mathematics.” Third International Congress on
Mathematics Education, Karlsruhe, Germany, August, l976.
“The Second International Mathematics Study: Purposes and Design.” Major paper
given at meeting of IEA Council, Tokyo, Japan, l978.
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Papers/Talks (Continued)
“Opportunities for Latin American Participation in Second International Mathematics
Study.” Major presentation at Latin American Symposium on Mathematics Education,
Caracas, Venezuela, l978.
“The Second International Mathematics Study: An Overview.” IEA Methodology
Symposium, Michigan State University, February, l979.
“Research on Classroom Processes in Teaching Mathematics: An International
Perspective.” Special Interest Group for Research in Mathematics Education, Annual
Meeting of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Boston, April, l979.
“Curriculum Analysis: Some Hypotheses and Implications for the Second International
Mathematics Study.” Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association.
San Francisco, April, l979.
“The Curriculum Analysis Component of the Second International Mathematics Study.”
Major Paper presented at International Symposium on Stability and Change in the
Mathematics Curriculum. Institute for the Didactics of Mathematics, University of
Bielefeld, Federal Republic of Germany, January, l980.
“The Problems and Prospects in Cross-National Research: The Second IEA Mathematics
Study as a Case Study.” Annual Meeting of American Educational Research Association,
Boston, April, l980.
“The Second International Mathematics Study: Implications for Latin America.”
UNESCO Meeting, Santiago, Chile, June, l980.
“Overview of the Trial of the Classroom Questionnaires in Seven Countries (l979l980).”
IEA Assembly, Finland, August, l980.
“Overview of the Trial of the Classroom Questionnaires in Seven Countries (l979-l980).”
Fourth International Congress on Mathematics Education, Berkeley, California, August,
l980.
“The Curriculum as a Variable Methodology for Dealing with Curricular Variation.”
Research Coordinators Meeting, Paris, December, l980.
“The Second International Mathematics Study: An Overview.” Annual Meeting of
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, St. Louis, April, l981.
“Methodological and Content-Based Problems in Curriculum Analysis.” Annual Meeting
of American Education Research Association, New York, March, l982.
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“The Context of Teaching and Learning Junior High School Mathematics: Some
Implications for Minority Language Students.” National Institute of Education
Conference on Mathematics Achievement Among Language-Minority Students,
Washington, D.C., March l983.
“Preliminary Findings of the Second International Mathematics Study.” Annual Meeting
of the National Council for Teachers of Mathematics, Detroit, April, l983.
“Overview of Findings: Second International Mathematics Study.” Asian Regional
Meeting, International Council on Mathematics Instruction, Tokyo, Japan, October, l983.
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Papers/Talks (Continued)
“Overview of Major Findings of the Second International Mathematics Study.” Meeting
of National Research Coordinators, Scottish Council for Research in Education, Stirling,
Scotland, June, l984.
“Curriculum Analysis Methodology for the Second International Mathematics Study.”
Fifth International Congress on Mathematics Education, Adelaide, Australia, August,
l984.
“School Mathematics in the U.S.” An International Perspective.” Illinois Council of
Teachers of Mathematics, Normal, Illinois, October, l984.
“Major Findings and Implications of the Second International Mathematics Study.”
International Conference on the School Mathematics Curriculum, University of Chicago,
March, l985.
“Some Lessons from the Second International Mathematics Study.” Keynote Speaker,
Annual Meeting of Northwest Indiana Council of Mathematics Teachers, Gary, Indiana,
March, l985.
“A Concrete Approach to Abstract Statistics.” Annual Meeting, National Council of
Teachers of Mathematics, San Antonio, Texas, April, l985.
“Opportunities to Learn Mathematics as a Descriptor of the School Curriculum.” Annual
Meeting, American Educational Research Association, Chicago, April, l985.
Section Speaker, Midwest Association of Educational Opportunity Personnel,
McCormick Place, Chicago, Illinois, May, l985.
“Contributions of the Second International Mathematics Study to a Theory of
Mathematics Education.” Institute for Mathematical Didactics, Bielefeld, West Germany,
July, l985.
“Curriculum Implications of Research on Statistical Thinking.” Working Group on
Statistical Thinking, Psychology of Mathematics Education Annual Conference,
Noordwikhout, The Netherlands, July, l985.
Speaker, Briefing Session for U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C.,
September, l985.
“Major Findings and Implications of the Second International Mathematics Study.”
Symposium, College of Education, University of British Columbia, October, l985.
“A Concrete Approach to Abstract Statistics.” Annual Meeting of the Northwest
Mathematics Conference, October, l985.
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“Major Findings and Implications of the Second International Mathematics Study.”
Address to Commission on Educational Reform, National Board of Education,
Stockholm, Sweden, October, l985.
“How to Build a Sound Mathematics Program.” Section Speaker, Annual Meeting,
Schools of Archdiocese of Chicago, October, l985.
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Papers/Talks (Continued)
“Reflections of the Second International Mathematics Study.” Presented to Panel on
Statistical Standards, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, D.C., October, l985.
“Policy Implications of the Second International Mathematics Study.” Paper presented at
the l986 Annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San
Francisco, California.
“Findings and Implications of the Second International Mathematics Study.” Major
Paper presented at the National Symposium on International Comparisons of
Mathematics Education. Mathematical Sciences Education Board, National Academy of
Science, Washington, D.C., January, l987.
“Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us: Some Findings and Implications of the Second
International Mathematics Study.” Keynote Speaker, Annual Meeting, Western Regional
Section of the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics, March, l987.
“Seeing Ourselves as Others See Us: Findings and Implications of the Second
International Mathematics Study for U.S. Schools.” Keynote speaker. Annual Meeting,
Colorado Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Colorado Springs, Colorado, October,
1987.
“School Mathematics for the l990s: Making it Count for Everybody.” Luncheon speaker,
Illinois Mathematics Leadership Conference. October, 1987.
“Let's Take a Chance with Probability (and Statistics).” Southeast Regional Meeting,
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Virginia Beach, November, l987.
“Findings and Implications of the Second International Mathematics Study.” Northern
Regional Meeting, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Minneapolis,
November, l987.
“Curriculum-linked assessment: A model based on the Second International
Mathematics Study.” A paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Educational Research Association. April 1988.
“The Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS) Model as applied to regional
(within country) assessment programs.” Sixth International Congress on Mathematics
Education, Budapest, Hungary, 1988.
“A concrete approach to abstract statistics.” Annual Meeting of Illinois Council of
Teachers of Mathematics, 1988.
“Teacher education for the 1990s: Some implications from the Second International
Mathematics Study. ” Annual Meeting of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Orlando, 1989.
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“Replicating the Second International Mathematics Study at the state and school district
levels.” Annual Meeting of National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics. Orlando,
1989.
“Why states and school districts should consider replicating the Second International
Mathematics Study.” Large-scale assessment conference, Education Commission of the
States. Boulder, April 1989.
"The Illinois Institute for Statistics Education: An NSF Project with a five-year record of
accomplishments." National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, Annual Meeting,
Salt Lake City, April 1990.
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