About Our People
Linda Samek (School of Education) and others received a $740,000 United States Department of Education grant for the Center of Algebraic Thinking, a collaborative four-school math education project designed to inform new teachers concerning students’ struggles with algebra. The center includes an online encyclopedia of algebraic thinking, a catalog of formative assessment problems, a database of technological tools, iPad apps, modules for math methods courses that incorporate research, and a collaborative social network for teachers of algebra. As a result, four universities (George Fox, Willamette, Pacific University and Western Oregon University) will use restructured math methods courses that lead to increased pre-service teachers’ knowledge, skills, and dispositions toward students’ algebraic thinking.
Joel Perez (Dean of Transitions and Inclusion) published an article, “Diversity at Christian Colleges: It’s About Mission,†in the most recent issue of the Christian Higher Education Journal.
Ed Higgins (English) recently published four science fiction poems – “The Visitors,†“formation of a black hole,†“Science Fiction†and “To begin with†– in a new British science fiction publication, Theurgy Magazine. In addition, his piece “Orca Pod†was published in the Jan. 14 issue of The Faircloth Review, an online literary and arts journal.