| 词条 | Vern S. Williams |
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|name=Vern Williams |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|6|9}} |birth_place=Washington, D.C. |image=Vern S. Williams.JPG |occupation=Math teacher |caption = Vern Williams at Longfellow Middle School in 2014}}Vern Williams is a mathematics teacher at BASIS Independent McLean in McLean, Virginia. In 2007, Williams was one of 17 experts appointed by the George W. Bush administration to the National Mathematics Advisory Panel, and was the only member of the panel that was a practicing K-12 teacher. He decries the use of "fuzzy math" and believes that math textbooks have been "dumbed down" for students who dislike math.[1][2] HistoryWilliams was born on June 9, 1949, in Washington, D.C. He attended Paul Junior High School, Coolidge High School, and graduated from the University of Maryland in 1972 with a BS in math education.[3][4] Williams first taught at Hayfield Secondary School in Alexandria, Virginia. He then taught for 7 years at Glasgow Middle School. Williams later transferred to Longfellow Middle School, and then to BASIS Independent McLean in 2016, where he teaches currently.[4] Views on mathWilliams is a strong believer in the eradication of "fuzzy math" and is a self-proclaimed teacher of "real math."[4] He is strongly against math fads, which he believes "have taken the math out of mathematics and replaced it with calculators, watered down content and picture books."[5] Williams also believes that teachers need free rein to create curriculums in order to teach successfully, and that "politicians, researchers, special interest groups, school system bureaucracies, [and] unions" shouldn't attempt to control what a teacher is allowed to teach.[6] However, Williams receives some criticism for his more traditional views, and has been called an "anti-progressive" and a "radical" by some opponents.[7] Achievements/Recognition
References1. ^1 Jay Mathews, Washington Post. "Is America's best high school soft on math?" {{DEFAULTSORT:Williams, Vern}}2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://mclean.basisindependent.com/faculty-and-staff/teacher-bio.php?teacherID=11|title=Teaching Faculty – Vern Williams|last=|first=|date=|website=mclean.basisindependent.com|publisher=BASIS Independent McLean|access-date=2016-07-20}} 3. ^1 2 National Mathematics Advisory Panel. "Biography of Mr. Vern Williams" <{{cite web|url=http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/mathpanel/bios/williams.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=October 25, 2014 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129052110/http://www2.ed.gov/about/bdscomm/list/mathpanel/bios/williams.html |archivedate=November 29, 2014 }}> 4. ^1 2 Noah Davis, Pacific Standard. "What Makes You So Smart, Middle School Math Teacher?" 5. ^1 Vern Williams, Math Reasoning. 6. ^Vern Williams, New York Times. "Let Us Teach!" 7. ^Michael Paul Goldenberg, Rational Math Education (blog). "See How They Run, Like Pigs From A Gun...: Vern Williams and the NMP Report" 2 : 1949 births|Living people |
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