Douglas McLeod

Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education

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Primary Email: [email protected]

Bio

I grew up on a farm in North Dakota but never developed the talent to be a farmer. I started teaching mathematics at Texas Southern University in Houston in 1965 and then spent two years at Haile Selassie I University in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as a Peace Corps Volunteer. In 1972 I joined the Mathematics Department at San Diego State, and I have remained on the faculty ever since. However, for three years (1979-81, 2000-01) I was a "rotator" at the National Science Foundation's Research in Science Education program, and for seven years (1986-93) I served as Professor of Mathematics and Education at Washington State University, including two years as a department chair in the College of Education. I also served two years as Director of San Diego State's Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education (CRMSE) during 1996-98.

I retired from teaching in 2002 but continued consulting on research and teacher education projects funded by NSF and other agencies. I also expanded my interest in music, including singing bass with multiple choral groups in San Diego and Santa Barbara, focusing on choral music of the Renaissance.

Other Interests

I continue to be interested in research on affect. My writing on affective issues in mathematical problem solving, published in the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education (1988) and the Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning (1992), has now been updated and expanded by many others. See the special issues on affect in Quadrante (2023) and Educational Studies in Mathematics (2006) where younger researchers (like Maria del Socorro Garcia Gonzalez) move the field forward.

Education

Ph.D., Mathematics and Mathematics Education, University of Wisconsin

M.A., Mathematics, University of Wisconsin

B.A., Mathematics, University of North Dakota

Publications

(with R. E. Stake, B. P. Schappelle, M. Mellissinos, & M. J. Gierl). Setting the Standards: NCTM's role in the reform of mathematics education. In S. A. Raizen & E. D. Britton (Eds.), Bold Ventures: U.S. Innovations in Science and Mathematics Education. Volume 3: Cases in Mathematics Education (pp. 13-132). Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1996.

(with S. A. Raizen & M. B. Rowe). Changing conceptions of reform. In S. A. Raizen & E. D. Britton (Eds.), Bold Ventures, Volume 1: Patterns among U.S. Innovations in Science and Mathematics Education (pp. 97-129). Dordrecht: Kluwer, 1997.

Affective issues in research on mathematical problem solving. In J. Leinonen (Ed.), Proceedings of the Research Association of Teaching Mathematics and Science (pp. 145-154). Roveniemi, Finland: University of Lapland, 1998.

Mathematical beliefs and curriculum reform. In E. Pehkonen & G. Toerner (Eds.), Mathematical Beliefs and Their Impact on Teaching and Learning (pp. 90-95). Duisburg, Germany: Gerhard Mercator University, 1999.

(with Karen D. King) Coming of age in academe: A review of Mathematics Education as a Research Domain: A Search for Identity, edited by Anna Sierpinska and Jeremy Kilpatrick. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1999, 30(2), 227-234.

From consensus to controversy: The story of the NCTM Standards. In G. M. A. Stanic & J. Kilpatrick (Eds.), A History of School Mathematics. Reston, VA: NCTM, in press.

(with S. H. McLeod) Beliefs and mathematics education: Implications for learning, teaching, and research. In G. Leder, E. Pehkonen, & G. Toerner (Eds.), Beliefs: A Hidden Variable in Mathematics Education? (pp. 115-123). Dordrecht: Kluwer, 2002.

From consensus to controversy: The story of the NCTM Standards. In G. M. A. Stanic & J. Kilpatrick (Eds.), A History of School Mathematics (Vol. 1, pp. 753-818). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2003.