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269 Chambers

Campus: University Park

Department: Curriculum & Instruction
Program: Mathematics Education

Dr. Blume’s mathematics education activities focus on the mathematical understandings of secondary mathematics teachers and the impact of technology on mathematics teaching and learning. He has co-directed or been a research associate on six NSF-funded research and curriculum development projects; currently he is working with the Mid-Atlantic Center for Mathematics Teaching and Learning. Dr. Blume is a former senior high school and middle school mathematics teacher who has served as Co-Associate Editor of the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education and Co-Editor of the Yearbooks of the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics; has served on four NCTM committees and tasks forces and has chaired NCTM’s Instructional Issues Advisory Committee; and has authored interpretive reports on the 1992, 1996, and 2003 mathematics assessments of the National Assessment of Educational Progress.