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{{short description|American mathematician}}
'''Glenda T. Lappan''' (born 1939) is a [[professor emerita]] of mathematics at [[Michigan State University]]. She is known for her work in [[mathematics education]] and in particular for developing the widely used [[Connected Mathematics]] curriculum for middle school mathematics in the US.<ref name="retire">{{citation|url=https://connectedmath.msu.edu/news-and-events/news/glenda-lappan-retires-after-50-years-at-msu/|title=Glenda Lappan retires after 50 years at MSU|date=Winter 2014|journal=Michigan State University Alumni Association Magazine}}.</ref>
'''Glenda T. Lappan''' (born 1939) is a [[professor emerita]] of mathematics at [[Michigan State University]]. She is known for her work in [[mathematics education]] and in particular for developing the widely used [[Connected Mathematics]] curriculum for middle school mathematics in the US.<ref name="retire">{{citation|url=https://connectedmath.msu.edu/news-and-events/news/glenda-lappan-retires-after-50-years-at-msu/|title=Glenda Lappan retires after 50 years at MSU|date=Winter 2014|journal=Michigan State University Alumni Association Magazine}}.</ref>


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Lappan grew up as an only child on a farm in southern Georgia. She did her undergraduate studies at [[Mercer University]], graduating in 1961, and taught at the high school level in Georgia before completing a doctorate at the [[University of Georgia]] in 1965. She taught at Michigan State for 50 years, from 1965 until her retirement in 2015.<ref name="retire"/>
Lappan grew up as an only child on a farm in southern Georgia. She did her undergraduate studies at [[Mercer University]], graduating in 1961, and taught at the high school level in Georgia before completing a doctorate at the [[University of Georgia]] in 1965. She taught at Michigan State for 50 years, from 1965 until her retirement in 2015.<ref name="retire"/>


From 1986 to 1991, Lappan directed the middle school portion of a project by the [[National Council of Teachers of Mathematics]] to set curriculum and evaluation standards for mathematics. Following that work, she began the Connected Mathematics Project, initially envisioned as a five-year effort to implement the NCTM standards.<ref name="hay"/> She served as president of the NCTM from 1998 to 2000, and later as chair of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board of the [[National Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="nctm">{{citation|url=http://www.nctm.org/Grants-and-Awards/Lifetime-Achievement-Award/Glenda-T_-Lappan/|title=2004 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Glenda T. Lappan|publisher=[[National Council of Teachers of Mathematics]]|accessdate=2015-08-29}}.</ref>
From 1986 to 1991, Lappan directed the middle school portion of a project by the [[National Council of Teachers of Mathematics]] to set curriculum and evaluation standards for mathematics. Following that work, she began the Connected Mathematics Project, initially envisioned as a five-year effort to implement the NCTM standards.<ref name="hay"/> She served as president of the NCTM from 1998 to 2000, and later as chair of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board of the [[National Academy of Sciences]].<ref name="nctm">{{citation|url=http://www.nctm.org/Grants-and-Awards/Lifetime-Achievement-Award/Glenda-T_-Lappan/|title=2004 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Glenda T. Lappan|publisher=[[National Council of Teachers of Mathematics]]|access-date=2015-08-29}}.</ref>


==Awards and honors==
==Awards and honors==
In 1996 the [[Association for Women in Mathematics]] gave her their [[Louise Hay Award]].<ref name="hay">{{citation|url=http://www.awm-math.org/hayaward/1996.html|title=6th Louise Hay Award|publisher=[[Association for Women in Mathematics]]|accessdate=2015-08-29}}.</ref> She was named a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State in 1998.<ref name="retire"/> In 2002, the Connected Mathematics project endowed the Lappan-Phillips-Fitzgerald Endowed Chair in Mathematics Education at Michigan State, named after Lappan and the other two founders of the project.<ref name="retire"/><ref>{{citation|url=http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2002/new-endowed-chair-created-in-mathematics/|title=New endowed chair created in mathematics|journal=MSU Today|date=January 22, 2002}}.</ref> The [[National Council of Teachers of Mathematics]] gave her a lifetime achievement award in 2004.<ref name="nctm"/> In 2008 she and Elizabeth Phillips shared the [[International Society for Design and Development in Education]] Prize for Excellence in Educational Design for their work on Connected Mathematics.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.isdde.org/isdde/prize/prize08.htm|title=ISDDE 2008 Prize for Excellence in Educational Design|publisher=[[International Society for Design and Development in Education]]|accessdate=2015-08-29}}.</ref> She was inducted into the [[Michigan Women's Hall of Fame]] in 2009.<ref name="mwhof">{{citation|url=http://hall.michiganwomen.org/honoree.php?C=159&A=253~20~114~96~172~79~2~62~238~113~263~271~46~280~80~272~3~152~297~167~74~138~63~92~196~4~242~32~84~48~229~153~231~192~41~129~82~69~109~42~254~93~97~56~175~281~103~273~13~249~260~207~218~21~126~104~230~5~288~98~131~27~53~38~195~282~139~239~219~106~57~289~22~147~58~274~107~127~6~255~173~144~286~85~17~148~250~47~261~208~228~49~221~251~290~43~205~135~168~256~181~33~115~232~176~23~14~75~169~130~162~44~198~204~99~7~118~119~8~136~275~222~50~227~15~157~65~150~108~24~154~170~163~76~9~291~209~283~110~140~70~264~276~59~155~265~16~158~156~241~60~182~191~257~116~190~292~28~164~243~125~160~197~279~86~270~193~223~29~266~134~39~159~111~61~177~132~87~299~52~199~54~293~294~35~210~211~64~112~200~183~165~277~245~284~258~100~10~122~71~267~262~240~77~51~94~120~11~259~36~25~244~224~151~178~55~287~88~45~184~128~72~246~78~171~268~233~121~141~180~206~295~189~269~73~235~123~83~89~145~18~296~66~26~237~30~212~188~142~298~220~90~19~40~161~133~81~247~225~67~37~248~146~217~91~143~12~236~31~68~1~213~101~117~214~174~102~285~226~278~137~185~124~234~95~216~166~187|title=Glenda Lappan (1939 – )|publisher=Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame|accessdate=2015-08-29}}.</ref>
In 1996 the [[Association for Women in Mathematics]] gave her their [[Louise Hay Award]].<ref name="hay">{{citation|url=http://www.awm-math.org/hayaward/1996.html|title=6th Louise Hay Award|publisher=[[Association for Women in Mathematics]]|access-date=2015-08-29|archive-date=2015-09-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180959/http://www.awm-math.org/hayaward/1996.html|url-status=dead}}.</ref> She was named a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State in 1998.<ref name="retire"/> In 2002, the Connected Mathematics project endowed the Lappan-Phillips-Fitzgerald Endowed Chair in Mathematics Education at Michigan State, named after Lappan and the other two founders of the project.<ref name="retire"/><ref>{{citation|url=http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2002/new-endowed-chair-created-in-mathematics/|title=New endowed chair created in mathematics|journal=MSU Today|date=January 22, 2002}}.</ref> The [[National Council of Teachers of Mathematics]] gave her a lifetime achievement award in 2004.<ref name="nctm"/> In 2008 she and Elizabeth Phillips shared the [[International Society for Design and Development in Education]] Prize for Excellence in Educational Design for their work on Connected Mathematics.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.isdde.org/isdde/prize/prize08.htm|title=ISDDE 2008 Prize for Excellence in Educational Design|publisher=[[International Society for Design and Development in Education]]|access-date=2015-08-29}}.</ref> She was inducted into the [[Michigan Women's Hall of Fame]] in 2009.<ref name="mwhof">{{citation|url=http://hall.michiganwomen.org/honoree.php?C=159&A=253~20~114~96~172~79~2~62~238~113~263~271~46~280~80~272~3~152~297~167~74~138~63~92~196~4~242~32~84~48~229~153~231~192~41~129~82~69~109~42~254~93~97~56~175~281~103~273~13~249~260~207~218~21~126~104~230~5~288~98~131~27~53~38~195~282~139~239~219~106~57~289~22~147~58~274~107~127~6~255~173~144~286~85~17~148~250~47~261~208~228~49~221~251~290~43~205~135~168~256~181~33~115~232~176~23~14~75~169~130~162~44~198~204~99~7~118~119~8~136~275~222~50~227~15~157~65~150~108~24~154~170~163~76~9~291~209~283~110~140~70~264~276~59~155~265~16~158~156~241~60~182~191~257~116~190~292~28~164~243~125~160~197~279~86~270~193~223~29~266~134~39~159~111~61~177~132~87~299~52~199~54~293~294~35~210~211~64~112~200~183~165~277~245~284~258~100~10~122~71~267~262~240~77~51~94~120~11~259~36~25~244~224~151~178~55~287~88~45~184~128~72~246~78~171~268~233~121~141~180~206~295~189~269~73~235~123~83~89~145~18~296~66~26~237~30~212~188~142~298~220~90~19~40~161~133~81~247~225~67~37~248~146~217~91~143~12~236~31~68~1~213~101~117~214~174~102~285~226~278~137~185~124~234~95~216~166~187|title=Glenda Lappan (1939 – )|publisher=Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame|access-date=2015-08-29}}.</ref>


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Latest revision as of 04:33, 7 June 2024

Glenda T. Lappan (born 1939) is a professor emerita of mathematics at Michigan State University. She is known for her work in mathematics education and in particular for developing the widely used Connected Mathematics curriculum for middle school mathematics in the US.[1]

Education and career

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Lappan grew up as an only child on a farm in southern Georgia. She did her undergraduate studies at Mercer University, graduating in 1961, and taught at the high school level in Georgia before completing a doctorate at the University of Georgia in 1965. She taught at Michigan State for 50 years, from 1965 until her retirement in 2015.[1]

From 1986 to 1991, Lappan directed the middle school portion of a project by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics to set curriculum and evaluation standards for mathematics. Following that work, she began the Connected Mathematics Project, initially envisioned as a five-year effort to implement the NCTM standards.[2] She served as president of the NCTM from 1998 to 2000, and later as chair of the Mathematical Sciences Education Board of the National Academy of Sciences.[3]

Awards and honors

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In 1996 the Association for Women in Mathematics gave her their Louise Hay Award.[2] She was named a University Distinguished Professor at Michigan State in 1998.[1] In 2002, the Connected Mathematics project endowed the Lappan-Phillips-Fitzgerald Endowed Chair in Mathematics Education at Michigan State, named after Lappan and the other two founders of the project.[1][4] The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics gave her a lifetime achievement award in 2004.[3] In 2008 she and Elizabeth Phillips shared the International Society for Design and Development in Education Prize for Excellence in Educational Design for their work on Connected Mathematics.[5] She was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame in 2009.[6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Glenda Lappan retires after 50 years at MSU", Michigan State University Alumni Association Magazine, Winter 2014.
  2. ^ a b 6th Louise Hay Award, Association for Women in Mathematics, archived from the original on 2015-09-23, retrieved 2015-08-29.
  3. ^ a b 2004 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Glenda T. Lappan, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, retrieved 2015-08-29.
  4. ^ "New endowed chair created in mathematics", MSU Today, January 22, 2002.
  5. ^ ISDDE 2008 Prize for Excellence in Educational Design, International Society for Design and Development in Education, retrieved 2015-08-29.
  6. ^ Glenda Lappan (1939 – ), Michigan Women's Historical Center & Hall of Fame, retrieved 2015-08-29.
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