Assessment Project for Erie County Teachers (ASPECT)
STAFF
DANIEL J. BRAHIER
Daniel J. Brahier is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, where he has taught for the past four years. His Ph.D. is in Mathematics Education from the University of Toledo.
Dr. Brahier teaches both elementary and secondary mathematics methods courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He also teaches an eighth grade mathematics class in Perrysburg, Ohio. His primary research interests include the development of dispositions and attitudes toward mathematics, as well as assessment and the development of algebraic reasoning.
Dr. Brahier is the President of the Ohio Mathematics Education Leadership Council, the Past President of the Greater Toledo Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Vice President of the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics. He is also the faculty advisor of the campus organization for mathematics teachers.
He has been involved in editing both the ''Ideas'' column for the ARITHMETIC TEACHER journal and the ''Investigations'' column for TEACHING CHILDREN MATHEMATICS. Most recently, Dr. Brahier has worked with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics on producing the World's Largest Math Event materials that are published each spring.
The father of three young boys, Dr. Brahier enjoys hiking in the Rockies and writing music in what little spare time he can find.
WILLIAM R. SPEER
William R. Speer is a visiting Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is also an Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Computer Education at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. His B.S. and M.S. Ed. degrees were achieved at Northern Illinois University while his Ph.D. was granted by Kent State University.
Dr. Speer is co-author (with Dr. James Heddens) of
the Prentice Hall text, TODAY'S MATHEMATICS, ninth edition, focusing on content/ teaching methods for the elementary and middle grades. He has also authored numerous articles and has served as editor of the IDEAS section for the Arithmetic Teacher journal and editor of the INVESTIGATIONS section of Teaching Children Mathematics journal.
Dr. Speer is a Past President of both the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics and the Ohio Mathematics Education Leadership Council. He is currently President of the Research Council for Diagnostic and Prescriptive Mathematics and the Nevada Association of Teacher Educators. He is also on the Board of Directors for the School Science and Mathematics Association. He was a member of the NCTM Commission that released the landmark publication entitled Professional Standards for Teaching Mathematics.
Dr. Speer has been a Fulbright Scholar to the Bahamas, and a Visiting Professor at Northern Arizona University's Science and Mathematics Learning Center. He has lectured extensively throughout the United States as well as in England, Scotland, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Hungary, the People's Republic of China, Australia, and Malawi (East Africa). Perhaps most importantly, he has had teaching experience at each grade level and enjoys sharing and learning about classroom-tested ideas that work.
LAURA LITTLE
I am in my fourteenth year of teaching in the Lakewood City Schools (the first suburb west of Cleveland). Most of my experience has been at the 4th and 5th-grade levels at Franklin Elementary. Since 1993 I have been involved with an NSF-sponsored mathematics project for elementary teachers in the Cleveland Public Schools. During the fall semester of 1996, my husband and I took professional leaves, and spent 4 1/2 months on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The Lakota (Sioux) people are the residents of this reservation. Together we taught 5 education methods classes to elementary education majors at Oglala Lakota College. It was a very enlightening, fulfilling, challenging, and, at times, frustrating experience ... all the components of a worthwhile endeavor !
DEBRA GALLAGHER
I am finishing my nineteenth year in the Genoa Schools where I have taught grades 2-8, regular and special education. I have been involved with the Regional Professional Development Centers in the areas of Cooperative Learning and Math. I have also worked with the Buckeye Assessment Team for Science presenting workshops on implementing the science model and using various assessment strategies.
SARAH CARVER
I daily accept the challenge of a seventh grade mathematics classroom in the Margaretta School District. I am a Discovery [an Ohio-based initiative] trained teacher in both mathematical content and inquiry based learning. I have been involved in education for 18 years and it is a exciting to be a change agent for mathematics education both in the classroom and as an instructor for Discovery!!
JANET EMERINE
I taught math and science at the 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grade levels over 30 years. I was a teacher/leader for Project Discovery from 1993-1996 and taught in the Mathematics Institutes at the University of Toledo and the Ohio State University at Lima. I am now working with the Northwest Regional Professional Development Center as an educational consultant . As a consultant, I work with individual teachers in their classrooms, provide professional development in the areas of inquiry-based mathematics and science, proficiency testing, and assessment strategies. I am also working with Ohio teachers in implementing the NSF funded Connected Mathematics Program in their classrooms.
I am president-elect of the Greater Toledo Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
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