CURRICULUM VITAE

	CURRICULUM VITAE David Fuys, Ed.D. Brooklyn College/CUNY School of Education 2617 James Hall 2900 Bedford Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11210 (718)-951-5937
BA	Mathematics University of Notre Dame, 1964
MAT	Mathematics Education University of Chicago, 1966 Master's Project: Applications of Monte Carlo Methods in Secondary Mathematics
Ed.D.	Mathematics Education Teachers College, Columbia University, 1974 Doctoral thesis: Conventional and Experimental Predictors of Seventh Graders' Achievement in a Unified Modern Mathematics Program

Teaching Experiences

1974 - present	Brooklyn College, School of Education Undergraduate and graduate courses in mathematics and Mathematics education for elementary/middle school teachers. Coordinator for Master's Program in Elementary Education (K9)With specialty in Mathematics
1970 - 1973	Teachers College, Columbia University, NSF Summer Institutes
	For teachers in the Unified Modern Mathematics Program
1968 - 1970	Bedford Junior High, Math 7-9, Westport, CT
1966 - 1968	Harvard-St. George School, Math 7 -12, Chicago, IL
1966	Francis Parker School, Summer Math Enrichment 3- 5, Chicago, IL
1965 - 1966	Hyde Park High School, Math 9-10, Chicago, IL

Professional Activities

Editorial Board of Teaching Children Mathematics, journal of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (1997- 2000), chair (1999-2000)
Editorial Board of Pythagoras, journal of Math Association of South Africa (1992-2002)
Reviewer of articles for Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, The Mathematics Teacher, and School Science and Mathematics
Staff member for Center for Educational Change, Brooklyn College, School of Education. School staff development and demonstration lessons. 1995-

Publications

Fuys, D. & Liebov, D. (2001). Concept learning in geometry. In (Donald Chambers, Ed.) Putting Research into Practice (191 – 199). Reston,VA: NCTM.
Geddes, D., Fuys, D., Lovett, C. J., & Welchman, R. (2001). Van Hiele levels of thinking.. in L. Grinstein & S. Lipsey (Eds.), Mathematics Education: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing.
.Fuys, D., & Carnessi-Martucci, P. (1998) PAM-Prep: Preparation for Performance Assessment in Mathematics (Grades 3). Elizabethtown, PA: Continental Press.
Fuys, D., & Liebov, A. (1997). Concept learning in geometry. Teaching Children Mathematics, 3(5), 24-251.
Fuys, D. (1996) PAM-Prep: Preparation for Performance Assessment in Mathematics. (Grades 4, 5, 7, 8). Elizabethtown, PA: Continental Press.
Geddes, D., Berkman, R. , Fearon, I., Fishenfeld, M., Forlano, C., Fuys, D., Goldstein, J., Welchman, R. (1994). Measurement in the Middle Grades (Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics Addenda Series). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Fuys, D., & Liebov, A. (1993). Geometry and spatial reasoning. In R. Jensen (Ed.), Research Ideas for the Classroom: Early Childhood Mathematics (pp. 195-122). New York: Macmillan.
Geddes, Bove, J., Fortunato, I., Fuys, D., Morgenstern, J., & Welchman-Tischler, R. (1992). Geometry in the Middle Grades (Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics Addenda Series). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Fuys, D., Geddes, D., & Tischler, R. (1988). The van Hiele model of thinking in geometry among adolescents. Monograph No. 3 of the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Fuys, D. (1985). Van Hiele levels of thinking. Education and Urban Society. 17(4),47-62.

Fuys, D., & Tischler, R. (1979). Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School. New York: Harper Collins.

Recent Presentations at Professional Meetings

Using Patterns to Stimulate Students’ Mathematics Thinking. Presentation at the Long Island Association of Teachers of Mathematics, Westbury, LI. March 20, 2004
Teaching Mathematics to the Deaf, Presentation at St. Francis De Sales School for the Deaf, January 10, 2004.
The Van Hiele Model of Thinking in Geometry and Classroom Practice in Grades 3-5 and 6-8. Staff Development Day, Montclair, NJ. February 12, 2002.
Instructional Strategies for Building Mastery of Basic Facts with Special Education Students. Brooklyn College and District 75 Staff Development Day, Brooklyn, NY. January 12, 2002
Alignment of Assessment and Instruction: Ways to Prepare Students for High-Stakes Mathematics Tests. Regional Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Madison, Wisconsin. October 11, 2001
Update on van Hiele Research on Geometry (with P. M. van Hiele). Presentation at the Headquarters of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Reston, VA. January 15, 2001.
Strategies for Improving Mathematics Performance on High-Stakes Testing in New York State. Regional Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Uniondale, NY. October 12, 2001.
Making “Teaching Children Mathematics” Come ALIVE in Your Classroom (with Danny Breidenbach and Angela Andrews). Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Chicago. April 14. 2000.
Top Ten Activities in Geometry:. (with B. Strassfeld). Regional Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Honolulu, HI. July 27-30, 1999 Van Hiele Levels of Thinking in Mathematics Courses for Elementary Teachers. Meeting of the New York Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation in Mathematics and Science. New York. February 4, 1999.
Children's Literature : A Springbouard to Mathematical Thinking. New York City Reading Council Conference, New York, NY. Jan. 3, 1999. Aligning Classroom Instruction and New Math Assessments in New York State . Meeting of the Mathematics Supervisors K-9 of New York City. November 13, 1998
Characteristics of Courses in a Matsters Program for Elementary School Math Specialists. (with J.Urso, and R.Welchman). Conference on Developing Leadership in Elementary and Middle School Mathematics and Science Education for Mathematicians and Education Reform (MER) Group, Chicago, May 8 - 10, 1998.
The Programmatic Use of Portfolio-based Worthwhile Tasks in Mathematics Content and Methods Courses (K-8) (with B. Strassfeld). Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Washington, DC, April 2-4, 1998
Collaboration on Teacher Preparation in Mathematics (with S. Ring, and R. Welshman). Annual Meeting of the American Mathematical Association, Baltimore, Jan. .7-9, 1998.
Performance Assessment in Mathematics: Ways to Stimulate Thinking and Promote Communication in Your Classroom . (with P. Carnesi-Martucci). Regional Meeting of National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Uniondale, New York. Dec. 3-5, 1997.

Math Word Problems: We Love Them! Regional Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Milwaukee, Wisconsin. October 11-13, 1997

Grants

City University of New York Faculty Research Awards (Principal Investigator)

Assessment of Secondary Students' Degree of Acquisition of van Hiele\Levels (1992-93)
Analysis of the Geometry Material in Soviet Textbooks in Lower Grades 1-3
According to van Hiele Levels (1985-86)
Longitudinal Studies of Attitude toward Mathematics and Achievement in Mathematics of Students in a Unified Math Program (1977-78; 1978-79)

Federally Funded Grants

New York Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation in Mathematics and Science, NSF-sponsored Multi-College Collaborative, staff member, 1995
Brooklyn College Metric Teacher Training Project. U.S. Office of Education Metric Education Grant. (1976-80; Co-Director, 1981-83)
Mathematics: A Problem-solving Approach for Teachers of the Gifted in Grades K-4. U.S. Office of Education. Project Director (1981-82)
Investigation of the van Hiele Model of Thinking in Geometry as Applied to Adolescents in Inner City Schools. National Science Foundation.(1979-82)

Current Research Interests

Strategy-based instruction for mastery of basic facts
Geometric thinking of young children and the van Hiele levels of thinking
Multi-modality approaches for instruction on PAM open-ended problem solving
Strategies and approaches for teaching math to the deaf (K-6)