Barbara Jean Bestgen Reys (born 1953)[1] is an American mathematics educator known for her research in number sense and mental calculation, for her mathematics textbooks, and for her leadership in developing curriculum standards for elementary school mathematics education.[2] She is Curators Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri, and a winner of the Lifetime Achievement Award of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Education and career
editReys graduated from the College of the Ozarks in 1975. She worked as a high school mathematics teacher in Missouri from 1974 to 1977, as an elementary school demonstration teacher from 1979 to 1982, and as a junior high school mathematics teacher from 1984 to 1985.[3]
Beginning with a master's degree in 1979, she studied mathematics education as a graduate student at the University of Missouri, completing her Ph.D. there in 1985.[3] Her dissertation, supervised by Douglas Arthur Grouws, was Identification and Characterization of Mental Computation Algorithms Used by Seventh and Eighth Grade Students on Visually and Orally Presented Mental Computation Exercises.[4]
In 1985, she joined the faculty of the department of curriculum and instruction (later the department of learning, teaching and curriculum) at the University of Missouri. She was named Lois Knowles Professor in 2006, and Curator's Professor in 2011.[3]
She was president of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators from 2009 to 2011.[5]
Recognition
editIn 2014 the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators named Reys as their Judith Jacob's Lecturer.[5] In 2016, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics gave her their Lifetime Achievement Award.[2]
Books
editReys' books include:
- Mathematics Curriculum: Issues, Trends, and Future Directions. Seventy-second Yearbook (edited with Robert Reys and Rheta Rubinstein, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2010)[6]
- Number Sense: Simple Effective Number Sense Experiences (4 vols., with Alistair McIntosh and Robert E. Reys, Dale Seymour Publications, 1997)[7]
- Mental Math (3 vols., with Jack A. Hope, Larry Leutizinger, and Robert E. Reys, Dale Seymour Publications, 1988)[8]
- Mathematics Unlimited (with Robert E. Reys and Arnold W. Webb, Holt Rinehart Winston, 1987)[9]
- GUESS: Guide to Using Estimation Skills and Strategies (Dale Seymour Publications, 1983)[10]
References
edit- ^ Birth year and middle name from WorldCat Identities, retrieved 2019-03-06.
- ^ a b 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, retrieved 2019-03-06
- ^ a b c Curriculum vitae (PDF), University of Missouri, January 30, 2015, retrieved 2019-03-06
- ^ Barbara Reys at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
- ^ a b Featured Speaker - Barbara Reys, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, retrieved 2019-03-06
- ^ Reviews of Mathematics Curriculum:
- Kett, James (April 2011), The Mathematics Teacher, 104 (8): 637–638, JSTOR 2087697
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Keller, Stacy K. (April 2011), Teaching Children Mathematics, 17 (8): 505–506, JSTOR 4119975
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Deicher, Deana L. (September 2011), Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 17 (2): 124–126, doi:10.5951/mathteacmiddscho.17.2.0124, JSTOR 10.5951/mathteacmiddscho.17.2.0124
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- Kett, James (April 2011), The Mathematics Teacher, 104 (8): 637–638, JSTOR 2087697
- ^ Reviews of Number Sense:
- Stiffler, Lee Anne (September 1998), Science and Children, 36 (1): 21–42, JSTOR 4317314
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Dempsey, Kevin W. (September 1998), Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 4 (1): 66–67, JSTOR 4118047
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Malito, Colleen (January 1998), Teaching Children Mathematics, 4 (5): 301, JSTOR 4119697
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- Stiffler, Lee Anne (September 1998), Science and Children, 36 (1): 21–42, JSTOR 4317314
- ^ Reviews of Mental Math:
- Adams, Dana S. (October 1988), The Arithmetic Teacher, 36 (2): 423–424, JSTOR 4119348
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Gann, Jeanette (February 1989), The Arithmetic Teacher, 36 (6): 66–67, JSTOR 4119447
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Adams, Dana S. (May 1990), The Arithmetic Teacher, 37 (9): 106–108, JSTOR 4119457
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- Adams, Dana S. (October 1988), The Arithmetic Teacher, 36 (2): 423–424, JSTOR 4119348
- ^ Review of Mathematics Unlimited:
- ^ Reviews of GUESS: