Dr. Warren Esty.
Professor of Mathematics at Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, 59717.
Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of Wisconsin, and
a B.A. from Oberlin College.
Research interests: Mathematics education, probability, and
statistics.
Publications: In widely
varying journals such as Annals of Statistics, American
Statistician, Annals of Probability, Journal of Applied
Probability, Theoretical Population Biology, Journal
of the American Statistical Association, Mathematical Biosciences,
Stochastic Processes and their Applications, Annals of the
Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Mathematical Scientist,
Numismatic Chronicle, American Journal of Numismatics,
Survey of Numismatic Research, International Numismatic Congress Proceedings, Arithmetic Teacher, Mathematics Teacher, FOCUS on
Learning Problems in Mathematics, Psychology in Mathematics Education,
the 1996 NCTM Yearbook on Communication in Mathematics, AMATYC Review, and
numerous issues of the Proceedings of the International Conference
on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics.
Textbooks: Three
textbooks, The Language
of Mathematics, Precalculus, and Proof: Introduction to Higher Mathematics (with Norah C. Esty).
Awards: Several minor and most of Montana State University's major
teaching awards, including the Phi Kappa Phi (honorary society) Distinguished
Professor award and the "Teacher of the Year" award in the College of Letters
and Sciences. Featured speaker at the Kansas City EXPO, a conference
on technology in collegiate mathematics education, with a talk entitled "What do we
need to teach about math, now that 'Calculators can do it all' " about the
increasing importance of symbolic language in mathematics education.
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