Jwilson@uga.edu
EDUCATION:
Kansas State Teachers College, B.S., 1958, M.A., 1960, (Mathematics)
University of Notre Dame, M.S., 1965, (Mathematics)
Stanford University, M.S., 1964, (Mathematics), Ph.D., 1967, (Mathematics Education)EMPLOYMENT:
University of Georgia, Part-Time Professor (Official Directory title), 2015-2016
University of Georgia, 1993-2015. Professor of Mathematics Education. (Retired June 1, 2015)
University of Georgia. 1979-1993. Professor & Head of Department of Mathematics Education.
University of Georgia. 1969-1979. Associate Professor & Head of Department of Mathematics Education. On leave 1974-1975.
University of Georgia. 1968-1969. Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education.
National Science Foundation. 1974-1975. Program Manager, Materials and Instructional Development Section, Division of Pre-College Education in Science.
School Mathematics Study Group, Stanford University, 1966-1968. Project Coordinator, SMSG Research and Analysis Section.
Stanford University, 1964-1966. Research Assistant, full-time, SMSG.
Stanford University, 1962-1964. Research Assistant, Flexible Scheduling Project.
High School Mathematics and Biology Teacher, 1958-1960, Marion (Kansas) City Schools.
High School Mathematics Teacher,1961-1962, Roosevelt Laboratory School, Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, KSGRADUATE COORDINATOR, MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA
1969-1993 Concurrently as Department Head
1999-2005 Following William McKillip 1994-1996 and Thomas Cooney 1996-1999
2006-2007 Following Denise Spangler 2005AWARDS:
Lifetime Achievement Award, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2001
Gladys Thomason Award for Distinguished Service, Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2008PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Mathematics Association of America
American Educational Research Association
Special Interest Group for Research in Mathematics Education
School Science and Mathematics Association
National Society for the Study of Education
Phi Delta Kappa
Georgia Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Virginia Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Illinois Council of Teachers of MathematicsPARTICIPANT IN:
Several NSF Institutes and Fellowships, Stanford Honors Fellowship, Conference on Learning and the Educational Process, AERA Post-Session on Research Design, Conference on School Mathematics for the 70's, UNESCO Conference on Mathematics Curriculum in Africa, Conference on Calculators and Mathematics Education, Conference on Piagetian Studies in Mathematics Education, Euclid Conference on Basic Skills and Learning in Mathematics, Conference on Needed Research in Mathematics Education, Conference of a New Mathematics Curriculum, Italy - U.S. Joint Seminar on Elementary School Science and Mathematics, Italy - U.S. Joint Seminar on Secondary School Science and Mathematics, Japan - U.S. Joint Seminar on Problem Solving in School mathematics, Japan - U.S. Joint Seminar on Using Computers in School Mathematics, Sino-American Conference of Secondary Mathematics Education, Kaohsiung, National Conferences on Doctoral Programs in Mathematics Education (1998 & 2007).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Board of Directors, elected, National Council of Teachers of Mathatics (NCTM) 1978-1981.
Exec. Committee Member, Board of Directors, NCTM, 1978-1981.
Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Editor, 1976-1982; Editorial Board, 1968-1974 (member of the original JRME editorial board)
Chair, NCTM ad hoc Committee on National Assessment, 197l-1974.
Chair, Research Advisory Subcommittee, JRME, 1970-1973.
Chair, NCTM Task Force on Testing and Evaluation, 1985-1988.
Project Director, NCTM Project on Interpretive Reports from the NAEP Mathematics, 1973-1976.
Candidate for President-Elect, NCTM, 1990, 1992.
NCTM Writing team for Assessment Standards for School Mathematics, 1994-1995.
Committee Member in charge of Research Sections, NCTM Annual Meeting, 1974.
Evaluation and Research Direction, Clemson University Project on Hand Calculators, 1988-1991.
Evaluator, Clemson University and Georgia Institute of Technology, NSF Calculus, 1992-1995.
Evaluator, Clemson University FIPSE Project on Business Calculus, 1992-1995.
Project Director, Revision of Geometry and Measurement Curriculum for the Elementary School, (National Science Foundation Project), University of Georgia, 1986-1990.
Co-PI, Project InterMath (National Science Foundation Project), U of Ga, 1999-2005.
Co-PI, Center for Proficiency in Teaching Mathematics (National Science Foundation) 2002 - 2015
Co-PI Situations Project Collaboration of University of Georgia (CPTM) and Pennsylvania State University (MAC)
Joint U.S. - Japan Study of Mathematical Problem Solving in Schools, Investigator, 1988-1990.
Member, SMSG Writing Team for Programmed Instruction, Algebra I, 1961-1962.
Member of SMSG Panel on Research, 1968-1971.
Member of AERA Committee on Special Interest Groups, 197l-1972.
Founder, AERA Special Interest Group for Research in Mathematics Education, 1968. Chair, 1968-70.
Board of Directors, elected, School Science and Mathematics Associations (SSMA), 1974-1977
Executive Committee, SSMA Board of Directors, 1974-1977.
Mathematics Advisory Board, Knowles Science Teaching Foundation, 2004-2007
Editor, 25th Anniverserary Special Issue of the J. for Research in Mathematics Education.
Major Professor for 56 Doctoral Graduates in Mathematics Education.SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Tirosh, D., Tirosh, C., Graeber, A., & Wilson, J. W. (1990). Computer based intervention to correct preservice teachers' misconceptions about the operation of division. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 10(2), 71-78.
Begle, E. G. & Wilson, J. W. (1970) Evaluation of Mathematics Programs. In E. G. Begle (Ed), Mathematics Education. 69th Yearbood of the National Society for the Study of Education (Part 1). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Wilson, J. W. (1971). Evaluation in secondary school mathematics. Chapter 19 in B. S. Bloom, J. T. Hastings, & G. F. Madaus, Handbook of Formative and Summative Evaluation of Classroom Learning. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Buccino, A., & Wilson, J. W. (1987). Instructional processes in the teaching of mathematics. In I. Wirszup & R. Streit, Developments in School Mathematics Education Around the World. Reston, Va: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Wilson, J. W. (1987). Taking mathematics teaching seriously. In Proceedings of the Sino-American Secondary Mathematics Education Seminar, National Kaohsiung Teachers' College, Kaohsiung, R.O.C., May 1987.
Wilson, J. W., Fernandez, M. L., & Hadaway, N. (1994). Mathematical Problem Solving. In P. S. Wilson, Survey of Research in Mathematics Education; Secondary School. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Wilson, J. (2003) Mathematics Education: A Personal Perspective. Chapter 38 in G. Stanic and J. Kilpatrick, History of Mathematics Education Since World War II. Reston, VA: NCTM.
Wilson, J. W. (2015). Fifty Years and Counting -- Working with Jeremy Kilpatrick. In E. Silver & C. Keitel,, Eds., Pursuing Excellence in Mathematics Education: Essays in Honor of Jeremy Kilpatrick. New York: Springer.
Wilson, J. W. (2015). Summary of uses of the MUST framework and situations. Chapter 6 in M. K. Heid, P. Wilson, & G. W. Blume, Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching: A Framework and Classroom-Based Situations. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Kilpatrick, J., Heid, M. K., Wilson, P, Blume, G. W., Wilson, J. W., & Zbiek, R. M. (2015). Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching: A Framework. Chapter 2 in M. K. Heid, P. Wilson, & G. W. Blume, Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching: A Framework and Classroom-Based Situations. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Fox, R., Donaldson, S., Heid, M. K., Blume, G. W. & Wilson, J. W. (2015). Product of two negative numbers (Situation 2 from the MACMTL-CPTM Situations Project). Chapter 8 in M. K. Heid,, P. Wilson, & G. W. Blume,Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching: Framework and Classroom-Based Situations. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Tillema, E., Donaldson, S., Edenfield, K., Wilson, J. W., Murray, E., & Blume, G. W. (2015). Exponential rules (Situation 10 from the MACMTL-CPTM Situations Project). Chapter 16 in M. K. Heid,, P. Wilson, & G. W. Blume, Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching: A Framework and Classroom-Based Situations. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Boone, T., Lunt, J., Fratto, C., Banyas, J., Donaldson, S., Wilson, J. W., Wilson, P., Johnson, H., & Gleason, B. (2015). Square Roots (Situation 15 from the MACMTL-CPTM Situations Project). Chapter 21 in M. K. Heid, P. Wilson, & G. W. Blume, Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching: A Framework and Classroom-Based Situations. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Hembree, D., Tillema, E., McClintock, E., Zbiek, R. M., Johnson, H., Wilson, P., Wilson, J. W., & Ryan Fox, R. (2015). Simultaneous equations (Situation18 from the MACMTL-CPTM Situations Project). Chapter 24 in M. K. Heid, P. Wilson, & G. W. Blume, Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching: A Framework and Classroom-Based Situations. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Zbiek, R. M., Wilson, J. W., Johnson, H., Heid, M. K., Grady, M., & Konnova, S. (2015). Locus of a point on a moving segment (Situation 27 from the MACMTL-CPTM Situations Project). Chapter 33 in M. K. Heid, P. Wilson, & G. W. Blume, Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching: A Framework and Classroom-Based Situations. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Hembree, D., O’Kelley,S. K., Broderick, S., & James Wilson, J. W. (2015). Area of Sectors of a Circle (Situation 31 from the MACMTL-CPTM Situations Project). Chapter 37 in M. K. Heid, P. Wilson, & G. W. Blume, Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching: A Framework and Classroom-Based Situations. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.
Johnson, H., McClintock, E., Zbiek, R. M., Gleason,, B., Broderick, S., & Wilson , J. W. (2015). Graphing sin(2x). Situation 36 from the MACMTL-CPTM Situations Project). Chapter 42 in M. K. Heid, P. Wilson, & G. W. Blume, Mathematical Understanding for Secondary Teaching: A Framework and Classroom-Based Situations. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.