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Name: Brown, Stephen - M.A., Ed.D.
Department: MATH -- Math

Published materials

Year:

Item:

1997 March

Co-authored with Dale Hathaway -- "Fibonacci Powers and a Fascinating Triangle," The College Mathematics Journal, v. 28, n. 2, pp. 124-128, March 1997.

1997

ARTICLE (CO-AUTHORED WITH DALE HATHAWAY): "Fibonacci Powers and a Fascinating Triangle," The College Mathematics Journal, v. 28, n. 2, pp. 124-128, March 1997.

Unpublished papers

Year:

Item:

2009 April

Paper, "A 'Founders of Mathematics' Project Which Requires More Than Cut & Paste," Illinois Section of Mathematics Association of America, Bradley University, Peoria, Ill., April 2009.

1999 May

Book Review, "Math: Facing an American Phobia," by Marilyn Burns, at ACMS 12th Biennial Conference.

Outside teaching activities

Year:

Item:

2000

Talked about careers in mathematics to high school math classes at Chenoa High School, as part of the ISMAA High School Lecture Series, March 2000.

1997 January

Speaker, "Increasing Student Understanding by Writing Analogies," 80th Annual MAA National Conference, San Diego

Professional activities

Year:

Item:

2008

Member of Illinois Articulation Initiative

2008

Referee for articles publication in NCTM's Teaching Children's Mathematics.

2005

Presented: "The Other Side of the Equation: De-simplification, a Prerequisite for Calculus," ACMS, Huntington University, Huntington, Ind., June 2005.

2005

Wrote questions for the Reed Custer High School Invitational Mathematics contest, January 2005.

2005

Served as a referee for articles for publication in MAA's College Mathematics Journal.

2004

Served as a referee for articles for publication in Teaching Children Mathematics, the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics journal.

2003

Member of Illinois Articulation Initiative, a panel which sets up guidelines for transferring coursework within Illinois.

2002

Speaker, "Fibonacci: Numbers, Nature, and a Triangle," induction ceremony of Kappa Mu Epsilon, Mathematics Honorary Society, at the University of St. Francis in Joliet, Illinois, May 2002.

2002

Referee for articles for publication in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics' journal, Teaching Children Mathematics.

2001

Referee for articles for publication in National Council of Teachers of Mathematics journal, Teaching Children Mathematics.

2000

Referee for articles for publication in NCTM's journal, 'Teaching Children Mathematics.'

1999

Referee for articles for publication in NCTM's journal, Teaching Children Mathematics.

1998

Referee for articles for publication in NCTM's "Teaching Children Mathematics."

1997

Referee for articles for publication in the NCTM's Teaching Children Mathematics.

1996

Referee for articles for publication in the NCTM's "Teaching Children Mathematics"

1996

Speaker, NCTM National Conference, "Writing Analogies to Increase Student Understanding: A Function is just like...," April 1996

1995

Referee for articles for publication in NCTM's "Teaching Children Mathematics."

1994

Referee for several articles for publication in NCTM's Arithmetic Teacher.

Community service

Year:

Item:

2009 March

Judge and proofreader for the River Valley Math Contest at St. Anne High School.

2009 February

Judge and question writer for the Oral Exams of the Reed-Custer High School Invitational Mathematics Contest

2008 March

Served as judge for the River Valley Math Contest, Donovan High School, March 2008.

2007 November

Served as a judge for the Beecher High School Invitational Mathematics Contest, November 2007.

2007 March

Served as judge for River Valley Math Contest, Grant Park, IL, March 2007

2007 March

Participated in the Rebuilding Together Home Improvement project, April 2007

2007 January

Served as judge for Reed Custer High School Invitational Mathematics contest, January 2007

2007

Member, New Horizons Band, New Horizons Brass Quintet, and Kankakee Municipal Band

2006 November

Served as judge for Beecher High School Invitational Mathematics contest, November 2006

2006 April

House captain with Dan Green on Christmas in April student houses.

2006 March

Judge, River Valley Math contest, Peotone High School.

2006

Member, Kankakee Municipal Band, New Horizons Band, and New Horizons Quintet.

2006 January

Judge, Reed Custer High School Invitational Math contest.

2005 November

Judge, Beecher High School Invitational Math contest.

2005

Worked on the Christmas in April home improvement project.

2004

Together with Dan Green, wrote questions for the Reed-Custer High School Invitational Mathematics Contest, January 2004.

2004

Judged the Reed-Custer High School Invitational Mathematics Contest, Beecher High School Invitational Math Contest, and River Valley Math Contest.

2004

Served as a co-captain with Greg Long on the Christmas in April Student House No. 21 project, April 2004.

2001 March

Contest judge, River Valley Mathematics League, Gardner-South Wilmington High School.



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