Betsy Darken

Professor of Mathematics

betsy-darken@utc.edu

Office:  EMCS  417C
Phone:  (423) 425-4580

Dept Fax:      (423) 425-4586

Dept Phone:  (423) 425-4545

Mailing Address:

Mathematics Department #6956

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

615 McCallie Ave.

Chattanooga, TN 37403

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Curriculum Vitae

Research and Teaching Interests:

Mathematics Education
Mathematical Knowledge of Teachers
Quantitative Literacy
Statistics Education

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Textbook:       Darken, Betsy, Fundamental Mathematics for Elementary and Middle School Teachers, 2^nd Edition,
Dubuque, IA:  Kendall/Hunt, 2005.      ISBN:  0-7575-2266-1

Table of Contents

Sample Chapters: Numeration and Measurement Systems

Multiplication and Division I:  Meaning

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Links to Professional Societies in Mathematics and Mathematics Education

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Association for Mathematics Teacher Educators
Mathematical Association of America
American Mathematical Association for Two Year Colleges

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Links to Interesting Sites Related to Mathematics Education

Center for Proficiency in Teaching Mathematics
Knowing mathematics for teaching: Who knows mathematics well enough to teach third grade, and how can we decide
Mathematics Education Network
Quantitative Literacy Conference Proceedings
NSF Mathematics Classroom Resources
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Mathematics
Tennessee Department of Education

Links to Interesting Sites Related to Statistics

CLT with animations for four types of distributions: http://www.statisticalengineering.com/central_limit_theorem_(summary).htm

Multiple t graphs: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cf/Student_densite_best.JPG

                   CLT with dice:  http://www.stat.sc.edu/~west/javahtml/CLT.html

                    Confidence Interval animation:    http://www.stat.tamu.edu/~west/applets/ci.html

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