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Bert Waits

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Bert Waits
Born
Bert Kerr Waits II

(1940-12-21)21 December 1940
Died27 July 2014(2014-07-27) (aged 73)
Resting placeGahanna, Ohio
EducationBS (1962), MS (1964), Ph.D. (1969), all from The Ohio State University
Known for
  • co-founder of Teachers Teaching with Technology
  • co-author of the NCTM’s 1989 Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics
  • co-founder of the International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM)
  • co-founder of the International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching (ICTMT)
SpouseBarbara Jean Finley
Children5
Awards
  • Glenn Gilbert Award
  • Christopherson-Fawcett Award
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics Education
InstitutionsOhio State University

Bert Kerr "Hank" Waits II was an American mathematician and professor at The Ohio State University where he taught in the Mathematics Department from 1961 to 1991.[1] He was also a consultant to Texas Instruments, Education Technology Division, and a mathematics textbook author.

In 1986 Bert Waits and Franklin Demana founded the international network Teachers Teaching with Technology (T³),[2] followed by the annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM), and in 1993 the European biennial International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching (ICTMT) [3]

His mantra was ’’The power of visualization’’ [4] which he shared in over 200 invitation lectures worldwide from 1988 to 2006.

Publications (selection)

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  • Precalculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic, Pearson, 2010, ISBN 978-0321656933
  • Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic, Prentice Hall, 2021, ISBN 978-0133178579
  • Geometry, Holt McDougal, 2011, ISBN 978-0547646992

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