Alan H. Schoenfeld

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Alan H. Schoenfeld in 1998

Alan H. Schoenfeld (born July 9, 1947 in New York City ) is an American mathematician and mathematics teacher.

Alan Schoenfeld studied at Queens College in New York with a bachelor's degree in 1968 and at Stanford University with a master's degree in mathematics in 1969 and a doctorate with Karel de Leeuw in 1973 (Topological and Measure-Theoretic Studies on Cantor Sets and Peano Spaces) . In 1973 he became a lecturer in mathematics at the University of California, Davis , and in 1975 he became a lecturer in the Graduate Group in Science and Mathematics Education (SESAME) at the University of California, Berkeley . There he switched from mathematics to research in mathematics didactics. In 1978 he became an assistant professor and later an associate professor at Hamilton College and in 1981 an associate professor at the University of Rochester . From 1985 he was back in Berkeley as head of the Mathematics Education Group and received a full professorship there in 1987. Since 1994 he has also been a professor at the University of Nottingham . He is the Elizabeth and Edward Connor Professor of Education at Berkeley (and also a math professor).

As a mathematician, he dealt with topology and measure theory. He dealt with the psychology of mathematical problem solving and metacognition and cognitive science. He is best known for his 1985 book Mathematical Problem Solving . In the 1980s, he turned from problem solving to the question of how best to convey it in teaching.

In 2011 he received the Felix Klein Medal . In 1994 he became a member of the US National Academy of Education and in 2001 was its Vice President. He was President of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science . In 1980 he received the Lester Randolph Ford Award for Teaching Problem Solving Skills .

Schoenfeld led the team at the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics , which set the standards for high schools (published in 2000).

Fonts

  • as editor: Assessing Mathematical Proficiency, Cambridge UP, 2007
  • with Alan H. Sloane: Mathematical Thinking and Problem Solving, Taylor and Francis 2016
  • How we think: A theory of goal-riented decision making and its educational applications, Routledge 2010.
  • Can heuristics be taught?, In: J. Lockhead, Cognitive process instruction, Philadelphia: Franklin Institute Press 1979
  • Heuristics in the Classroom, in: Yearbook of the National Councils of Teachers of Mathematics, 1980
  • Mathematical Problem Solving, Academic Press 1985
  • Learning to think mathematically: Problem solving, metacognition, and sense-making in mathematics, in: D. Grouws (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning, Macmillan 1992
  • with JP Smith, AA Arcavi: Learning, in: R. Glaser (Ed.), Advances in Instructional Psychology, Volume 4, 1993, pp. 55-175
  • What´s the fuss about metacognition?, In: A. Schoenfeld (Ed.), Cognitive science and mathematics education, Hillsdale: Erlbaum 1987
  • Toward a theory of teaching-in-context, Issues in Education, Volume 4, 1998, pp. 1-94
  • When good teaching leads to bad results: The disasters of 'well-taught' mathematics courses, Educational psychologist, Volume 23, 1988, pp. 145-166
  • Explorations of students' mathematical beliefs and behavior, Journal for research in mathematics education, Volume 7, 1989, pp. 338-355
  • Beyond the purely cognitive: Belief systems, social cognitions, and metacognitions as driving forces in intellectual performance, Cognitive science, Volume 7, 1983, pp. 329-363
  • with Douglas J. Hermann: Problem perception and knowledge structure in expert and novice mathematical problem solvers, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, Volume 8, 1982, p. 484

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Life and career data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
  2. ↑ Alan H. Schoenfeld in the Mathematics Genealogy Project (English)Template: MathGenealogyProject / Maintenance / id used
  3. ↑ IMU ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mathunion.org
  4. ↑ American Mathematical Monthly, Volume 87, 1980, pp. 794-805, online
personal data
SURNAME Schoenfeld, Alan H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mathematician and math educator
DATE OF BIRTH July 9, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City