Authors and Collaborators

Co-Principal Investigators

  • Susan Jo Russell
  • Karen Economopoulos

Authors

  • Lucy Wittenberg, Director Grades 3-5
  • Karen Economopoulos, Director Grades K-2
  • Virginia Bastable (Summermath for Teachers, Mt. Holyoke College)
  • Katie Hickey Bloomfield
  • Keith Cochran
  • Darrell Earnest
  • Arusha Hollister
  • Nancy Horowitz
  • Erin Leidl
  • Megan Murray
  • Young Oh
  • Beth W. Perry
  • Susan Jo Russell
  • Deborah Schifter (Education Development Center)
  • Kathy Sillman

Administrative Staff

  • Amy Taber, Project Manager
  • Beth Bergeron
  • Lorraine Brooks
  • Emi Fujiwara

Contributing Authors

  • Denise Baumann
  • Jennifer DiBrienza
  • Hollee Freeman
  • Paula Hooper
  • Jan Mokros
  • Stephen Monk (University of Washington)
  • Mary Beth O'Connor
  • Judy Storeygard
  • Cornelia Tierney
  • Elizabeth Van Cleef
  • Carol Wright

Technology

  • Jim Hammerman

Classroom Field Work

  • Amy Appell
  • Rachel E. Davis
  • Traci Higgins
  • Julia Thompson

Note: Unless otherwise noted, all contributors listed above were staff of the Education Research Collaborative at TERC during their work on the curriculum. Other affiliations during the time of development are listed.

Revision Project Collaborators

A key part of the revision process involved drawing on the expertise and experience of a diverse group of teachers, teacher educators, administrators, and mathematicians. This group included both teachers and administrators who have been using the Investigations curriculum in their classrooms and school systems for many years as well as those new to the curriculum. They brought us invaluable experience from their work facing the complex issues of using curriculum as a tool to improve mathematics learning and teaching.

Teacher Collaborators

This group of dedicated teachers from 26 different school districts was formed through application from local schools and through administrator recommendations in nonlocal schools. They represent schools in large urban systems, small urban centers, suburban communities, and small rural towns. The group includes teachers of varied ethnic and language backgrounds, those who teach in bilingual classrooms and in classrooms with significant numbers of special-needs students. These "front line" teachers worked with the TERC staff to develop the revised materials. This involved regular meetings to discuss issues of teaching and learning mathematics; extensive field testing, from trying out new activities to teaching complete units and/or a whole year of the revised curriculum in their classrooms; welcoming staff into their classrooms to document students' work; and providing feedback. Feedback was given in the form of written comments, extensive classroom observations, videotaping of classrooms, and meetings with staff. Many of these teachers have also written classroom episodes that are being used directly in the revised curriculum in a number of ways, for example, as the basis for Dialogue Boxes or for a new feature of the curriculum—snapshots of classroom moments that focus on working with the range of learners in the classroom.

  • Bethany Altchek
  • Linda Amaral
  • Kimberly Beauregard
  • Barbara Bernard
  • Nancy Buell
  • Rose Christiansen
  • Chris Colbath-Hess
  • Lisette Colon
  • Kim Cook
  • Frances Cooper
  • Kathleen Drew
  • Rebeka Eston Salemi
  • Thomas Fisher
  • Michael Flynn
  • Holly Ghazey
  • Susan Gillis
  • Danielle Harrington
  • Elaine Herzog
  • Francine Hiller
  • Kirsten Lee Howard
  • Liliana Klass
  • Leslie Kramer
  • Melissa Lee Andrichak
  • Kelley Lee Sadowski
  • Jennifer Levitan
  • Mary Lou LoVecchio
  • Kristen McEnaney
  • Maura McGrail
  • Kathe Millett
  • Florence Molyneaux
  • Amy Monkiewicz
  • Elizabeth Monopoli
  • Carol Murray
  • Robyn Musser
  • Christine Norrman
  • Deborah O'Brien
  • Timothy O'Connor
  • Anne Marie O'Reilly
  • Mark Paige
  • Margaret Riddle
  • Karen Schweitzer
  • Elisabeth Seyferth
  • Susan Smith
  • Debra Sorvillo
  • Shoshanah Starr
  • Janice Szymaszek
  • Karen Tobin
  • JoAnn Trauschke
  • Ana Vaisenstein
  • Yvonne Watson
  • Michelle Woods
  • Mary Wright

Investigations Workshop Leaders

This established group of more than 40 educators from across the country staff the Investigations summer workshops. About half of the group are classroom teachers who actually teach the curriculum, and many of them have additional leadership responsibilities in their home districts. Others are in school district professional development positions or work as educational consultants. People of color and fluent Spanish speakers make up about 35% of the group. This group is very experienced both in using Investigations with a wide range of students and in providing professional development for other teachers using the curriculum. They provided input to the Revision staff and advice about professional development to support the revised materials.

Advisors and Consultants

The following provided advice to staff on a variety of topics, including mathematical content, pedagogy, assessment, and supporting the range of learners. They include teachers, administrators, teacher educators, and mathematicians.

  • Deborah Ball
    William H. Payne Collegiate Professor in Education
    University of Michigan

  • Hyman Bass
    Roger Lyndon Collegiate Professor of Mathematics and Mathematics Education
    University of Michigan

  • Maria Blanton
    Associate Professor
    Department of Mathematics
    University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Mary Canner
    Principal
    Natick (MA) Public Schools

  • Thomas Carpenter
    Professor of Curriculum and Instruction
    Wisconsin Center for Education Research

  • Ronit Eliav
    Teacher
    New York City Public Schools

  • Michael Flynn
    Teacher
    Southampton (MA) Public Schools

  • Janis Freckmann
    Elementary Mathematics Coordinator
    Milwaukee Public Schools

  • Lynne Godfrey
    Mathematics Coach
    Cambridge (MA) Public Schools

  • Ginger Hanlon
    Instructional Specialist Mathematics, Region 9
    New York City Public Schools

  • DeAnn Huinker
    Director, Center for Mathematics and Science Education Research
    University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

  • Jim Kaput
    Professor of Mathematics
    University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

  • Kate Kline
    Associate Professor
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics
    Western Michigan University

  • Jim Lewis
    Professor
    Department of Mathematics and Statistics
    University of Nebraska Lincoln

  • Laurie Link
    K-5 Mathematics Curriculum Specialist
    Concord (MA) Public Schools

  • William McCallum
    Professor of Mathematics
    University of Arizona

  • Steve Monk
    Professor of Mathematics
    University of Washington

  • Harriet S. Pollatsek
    Professor of Mathematics
    Mount Holyoke College

  • Debbie Shein-Gerson
    Elementary Mathematics Specialist
    Weston Public Schools

  • Gary Shevell
    Assistant Principal
    New York City Public Schools

  • Liz Sweeney
    Elementary Math Department
    Boston Public Schools

  • Ana Vaisenstein
    Teacher
    Boston Public Schools

  • Lucy West
    Consultant
    Metamorphosis TLC Inc.

  • Lois A. Womack
    Mathematics Teaching Specialist
    Milwaukee Public Schools

This revision of the curriculum was built on the work of the many authors who contributed to the first edition (published between 1994-1998). We acknowledge the critical contributions of these authors in developing the content and pedagogy of Investigations:

Authors

  • Joan Akers
  • Michael T Battista
  • Douglas H. Clements
  • Karen Economopoulos
  • Marlene Kliman
  • Jan Mokros
  • Megan Murray
  • Ricardo Nemirovsky
  • Andee Rubin
  • Susan Jo Russell
  • Cornelia Tierney

Contributing Authors

  • Mary Berle-Carman
  • Rebecca B. Corwin
  • Rebeka Eston
  • Claryce Evans
  • Anne Goodrow
  • Cliff Konold
  • Chris Mainhart
  • Sue McMillen
  • Jerrie Moffet
  • Tracy Noble
  • Kim O'Neil
  • Mark Ogonowski
  • Julie Sarama
  • Amy Shulman Weinberg
  • Margie Singer
  • Virginia Wooley
  • Tracey Wright