Executive Director, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE)

Co-director, Professional Development Collaborative

Director, Improving Student Achievement in Mathematics (ISAM)

Education

Ph.D., Mathematics Education, University of Minnesota

M.A., Mathematics Education, University of Minnesota

B.S., Child Development & Early Childhood Education, University of Pittsburgh

Research Interest

I have been conducting research on effective teaching of rational numbers and on mathematics teacher enhancement activities aimed at assisting teachers to focus on children's thinking and to help all students succeed in mathematics. My current interests lie in preservice and in-service mathematics teacher education, particularly in the development of mathematics methods courses aimed at preparing beginning teachers to help all students, especially English Language Learners, succeed in mathematics.

Publications

Bezuk, N. S. (in press). Using children's thinking in an elementary mathematics methods course: Issues related to teaching. In Proceedings of the 2005 Hawaii International Conference on Education. Honolulu, HI.

Cathcart, W. G., Pothier, Y. M., Vance, J. H., & Bezuk, N. S. (2006). Learning mathematics in elementary and middle school (4th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Bezuk, N. S., & Gawronski, J. D. (2003). Increasing content and pedagogical knowledge of practicing elementary teachers. In S. Dawson (Ed.), Proceedings of the twenty-seventh annual meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1, p. 206). Honolulu, HI: PME.

Bippert, J., & Bezuk, N.S. (2003). Developmental pathways to mathematics achievement. In N. M. Haynes, M. Ben-avie, & J. Ensign (Eds.), How social and emotional development add up: Getting results in math and science education (pp. 76–88). New York: Teachers College Press.

Cathcart, W. G., Pothier, Y. M., Vance, J. H., & Bezuk, N. S. (2003). Learning mathematics in elementary and middle school (3rd ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Carlsson, G., Cohen, R. L., Clements, D. M., Malloy, C. E., Moseley, L. G., Silbey, R. R., & Bezuk, N.S. (2001). McGraw-Hill mathematics (grades K - 6). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Cathcart, W. G., Pothier, Y. M., Vance, J. H., & Bezuk, N. S. (2001). Learning mathematics in elementary and middle school (2nd ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.