Philip Wagreich - wagreich@uic.edu

  Professor, Dept. of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science

  327 SEO : 312-413-3019

  

Philip Wagreich is Director of the Office of Mathematics Education and Professor of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from Columbia University in 1967. He was a Lecturer at Brandeis University from 1966 to 68, a Member of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, from 1968 to 70, and an Assistant Professor at the University of Pennsylvania from 1968 to 1973. Since 1973 he has been a faculty member in the Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science at UIC, first as an Associate Professor and since 1978 as a Professor. He has published 15 research articles on algebraic geometry and 7 articles on mathematics education and is one of the principal authors of the TIMS Elementary Mathematics Curriculum, which has been published as Math Trailblazers.

Prof. Wagreich has been supported by numerous Teacher Enhancement and Curriculum Development NSF grants, the most recent being a 5 year project, starting in 2003, for “Research and Revision of the TIMS/Math Trailblazers Elementary Mathematics Curriculum.” He was a co-Director of the Mathematicians and Education Reform (MER) Forum. He was PD/PI for the UIC - Community College Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation. In 1992 he was awarded the Excellence in Integrated Mathematics & Science Award by the School Science and Mathematics Association and in 1996 he received the Max Beberman Award from the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics for contributions to mathematics education in Illinois and the nation. From 1997 to 2000 he was a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics’ Principles and Standards for School Mathematics writing team that developed national standards for mathematics curriculum, teaching, and evaluation in Grades K-12.