From left to right the staff is Dr. Ellen Hines, Wanda Barlow, Robert Hein, Dr Helen Khoury, and Dr. Diana Steele.
Dr. Helen Adi Khoury
Project Co-Director
hkhoury@math.niu.edu
Dr. Khoury is an associate professor of mathematics education at Northern
Illinois University, Department of Mathematical Sciences. She received her
doctorate in Mathematics Education from Florida State University in Tallahassee.
Her teaching experience extends from the middle school , the high school,
and through the university level. Her research interests focus on the development
of students' mathematical thinking, and on identifying the reasoning strategies
students use as they solve mathematical problems related to fractions, ratios,
proportions, and function concepts. She has directed and participated in
several standards-based in-service teacher enhancement programs at the elementary
and middle school levels.
Dr. Diana F. Steele
Project Co-Director
dsteele@math.niu.edu
Dr. Steele is an associate professor of mathematics education at Northern
Illinois University, Department of Mathematical Sciences. She taught at the
elementary and secondary levels for thirteen years before receiving her doctorate
from the University of Florida in 1995. Her research interests include
investigating how children learn mathematics, how they communicate about
mathematics, and how teachers use this information in their teaching.
Dr. Ellen Hines
Project Co-Director
hines@math.niu.edu
Dr. Hines is an assistant professor of mathematics education at Northern
Illinois University, Department of Mathematical Sciences. She has taught
high school mathematics, and recently received her doctorate in Curriculum
and Instruction, secondary education, from Northern Illinois University.
Her research interests include investigating the processes used by students
to understand the symbols and procedures of mathematics, especially how middle
and high school students develop meaning for symbolic variables to support
their understanding of algebra.
Ms. Wanda Barlow
Support Staff
barlow@math.niu.edu
Ms. Barlow is a doctoral student in mathematics with an emphasis in mathematics
education at Northern Illinois University. She is an experienced teacher
of mathematics at the secondary and early college level.
Mr. Robert Hein
Support Staff
hein@math.niu.edu
Mr. Hein is a doctoral student in mathematics at Northern Illinois University
with interests in mathematics education. He is an experienced teacher
of mathematics at the early college level.