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Willoughby, Stephen Schuyler was born on September 27, 1932 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Frances (Cassell) Willoughby.
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How should mathematics be taught to students? Schools of thought on the question are many, but definite answers are few. Stephen Willoughby's Mathematics Education for a Changing World presents commonsense applications for teaching math in the most effective way possible in an increasingly complex world. According to the author, advocates of the back-to-basics movement and proponents of New Math are both shortchanging students by emphasizing one crucial aspect of math at the expense of another, when they need not be mutually exclusive. Memorization and drills are important, but so are problem-specific games and illustrations; the abstractness of math makes it universally applicable, but concrete examples are necessary to prove its relevance in the real world. This book combines practical reasoning, classroom examples and philosophical guidance to provide a thoughtful dialectic on K-12 mathematics.
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Willoughby, Stephen Schuyler was born on September 27, 1932 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Frances (Cassell) Willoughby.
AB (scholar), Harvard University, 1953; Master of Arts in Teaching, Harvard University, 1955; Doctor of Education (Clifford Brewster Upton fellow), Columbia University, 1961.
Teacher Newton (Massachusetts) Public Schools, 1954-1957, Greenwich (Connecticut) Public Schools, 1957-1959. Instructor University Wisconsin, Madison, 1960-1961, assistant professor mathematics education and mathematics, 1961-1965. Professor mathematics education and mathematics New York University, 1965-1987, director mathematics education department, 1967-1983, chairman mathematics, science and statistics education department, 1970-1980, 86-87, chairman University Faculty Council, 1981-1982.
Professor mathematics University Arizona, Tucson, 1987—2002. Professor emeritus mathematics and mathematics education New York University, since 1987. Professor emeritus mathematics University Arizona, Tucson, since 2002.
Member national board advisor Square One television, 1983-1994, United States Commission on Mathematics Instruction, 1984-1995, chairman, 1991-1995. Mathematics advisory committee National Teacher Examination Successor (Praxis), 1989-1994. Education panel New American Schools Development Corporation, 1991-1997.
United States National representative International Commission on Mathematics Instruction, 1991-1995.
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Member National Council Teachers of Mathematics (director 1968-1971, president 1982-1984), Council of Scientific Society President (chairman 1988).
Married Helen Sali Shapiro, August 29, 1954. Children: Wendy Valentine (Mistress Peter Gallen), Todd Alan.