NLU Mathematics Home Page for Ward Canfield, D.A., Associate Professor

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PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND 

• Title:  Associate Professor
• Education Background: Doctor of Arts in Mathematics (D.A.), University of Illinois at Chicago, 1999.  Thesis title:  College Quantitative Literacy Approaches and a New Way of Analyzing Functions and Data.  In it, I created a discrete calculus with finite difference counterparts to the basic theorems of differential calculus, and used this theory in the design of a prototype precalculus quantitative literacy course.
  

CONTACT INFORMATION

• Office Location:  Wheeling Campus, Room 318
• Office Phone and Fax:  Phone: 847 465 0575, ext. 5104; Fax: 847 465 5659
• Spring 2006 Office Hours:  Mon/Thurs. 4:00pm-5:00pm, Sat 12 pm -1 pm, or by appointment
• E-mail:  wcanfield@nl.edu (e-mail is by far the best way to reach me)
• Departmental Mailing Address:
  Department of Mathematics
  National-Louis University
  1000 Capitol Drive
  Wheeling, IL 60090
  

RESEARCH INTERESTS AND RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Current Research Areas:  Mathematics learning, use of computer technologies for learning math (scientific visualization, computer algebra systems, interactive mathematics, online courses); Korean mathematics education; quantitative literacy
• Recent Accomplishments:
  

   

       Presentation:  18^th Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, Orlando, March 2006, talk entitled Getting Math Notation Onto WebCT and Back Through a Browser:  A Confusing Affair Made Simple.

   

       Presentation:  Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Antonio, January 2006, talk entitled Korean K-12 Mathematics Education System:  What Can We Learn for the Undergraduate Mathematical Preparation of Teachers in the United States?

   

       Conference attendance:  First International Curriculum Conference, November 2005, University of Chicago

   

       Online Teaching Design and Implementation:  designed and taught the Mathematics Department’s first fully online mathematics course through WebCT, Math for Management Science

  
  

       State Consultant Work:  member of the Mathematics General Education Panel, Illinois Articulation Initiative, Illinois Board of Higher Education, 1993-present

   

       State Consultant Work:  member of Content Advisory Committee for test development and review,Illinois Teacher Certification Basic Skills Test, Illinois Board of Education, October 2005

   

       Editorial Consultant Work:  reviewed journal article for Third Education Group entitled “Why American Students Don’t Learn to Read Very Well,” January 2006

   

      Regional Teacher Quality Award: nominated by student for inclusion in the 10^th edition of Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers

 

• My Passions in Life:

        Korean language, Bible study, fun with family, classical music, Little Feat, Coloradohighaltitude hiking, Korea, health and fitness (weights and jogging), and, of course, mathematics
 

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