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CURRENT ENDEAVORS:

• Mother: of Michael Anthony Vinik: 7/16/79 - present;
• President, author, consultant, lecuturer, webmaster:
        MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS, inc.;
• Chair: AMTNJ Algebra Initiative: 10/98 - present.

HONORS:

• AMATYC 1997 Award for Teaching Excellence,
        Mid-Atlantic Region Recipient.
• MATYCNJ 1999 Outstanding Service Award

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

      Standard Math Teacher Certificate (NJ), and

      Supervisor Certificate (NJ)

• HIGH SCHOOL:

  Northern Valley Reg. HS, 9/72-6/73;

  Randolph HS, 9/73-6/75;

  Piscataway HS, 9/75-6/79;

  
  
• ADULT SCHOOL:

  Paramus PS, 3/76;

  West Morris Central PS, 10/77

  
  
• DAY CARE:

  Math Lady, MCC DCC, 9/85-5/90;

  
  
• COLLEGE:

  Middlesex CC, 9/80 - present;

  Rutgers, '88 (Adjunct Faculty);

  Montclair SC, '89 (Graduate Asst.);

  
  
• INSERVICE: in Hackensack, Lakewood, Jackson,
        Franklin Township, E. Brunswick, Bayonne,
        Swedesboro, Plainfield, Newark, Belleville,
        Roselle Park, Neptune, and others places.

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PROFESSIONAL PAPERS:

1996 Papers

1997 Papers

1998 Papers

ICME-7; NCTM, MAA-NJ, ATOMIC, NADE, NJADE, AMTNJ, NJEA, MAA-SIAM-AMS, NCSM, conferences at Fairleigh Dickenson U, Montclair State College, Moravian College, Brookdale CC, Rutgers U, Suffolk University, Raritan Valley CC.

PROFESSIONAL MINICOURSES:

MATYC: (Writing to Learn Mathematics) 10/89; MAA-SIAM-AMS: (Writing to Learn Mathematics) 8/90, (Making Mathematics More Concrete: Manipulatives) 8/91.

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OTHER EXPERIENCE:

• PRESIDENT: Mathematics Association of Two-Year Colleges of New Jersey, '86-'87, '95-'96;
• CHAIR: NCTM EMC "How To" Series '85-'87;
• MEMBER: MATYCNJ '88, '90 Teacher of the Year Committee;
• MEMBER: Editorial Panel The AMATYC Review;
• GHOST WRITER: Kirchoff-Wohlberg, '85;
• 3RD VP, AMTNJ, 10/98-10/99;
• REVIEWER: NCTM Mathematics Teacher, Arithmetic Teacher, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education;
• MEMBER: NCTM Educational Materials Committee '84-'87;
• PARTICIPANT: Working Conf. on Adult Literacy, 3/94;
• VP for Two-Year Colleges, MAA-NJ Section, 11/90 - 11/92;
• FOUNDING EDITOR: AFT Faculty in Focus, 3/94-8/96;
• GRADUATE ASSISTANT: Montclair SC: School of Education, '71-'72; Math Dept. '88-'89;
• CHAIR: NCTM Task Force on Mathematical Literacy for Adults: 9/91 - 6/92;
• MAA-NJ Speakers Bureau: 9/86 - 9/96;
• COCOORDINATOR: Women And Mathematics NY/NJ Region, 8/91 - 8/94. Speaker: '89 - present;

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EDUCATION:

• DIPLOMA: Westwood HS, Westwood, NJ, 6/67;
• STUDENT TEACHER: Ridgewood Senior HS, 1/71-6/71;
• BA (MATH ED): Montclair SC, 5/71;
• MA (MATH ED): Montclair SC, 5/77;
• ADDITIONAL COURSE WORK AT: Rutgers U; Jersey City SC; Teachers College, CU, Middlesex CC.
• PARTICIPANT: Fractals, Chaos, and Dynamics ... A Hands-On Experience, Princeton Plasma Physic Lab, '93;
• NJ Dept of Higher Ed. Summer Institutes:
  • ESL and the Content Areas, '88 and Calculus, '89;
  • Center for the Study of Writing in New Jersey, '87;
• FELLOW:
  • NSF Calculator Institute, Teachers College, Columbia University, '77-'78;
  • NSF Calculators in the County College Institute, Union CC, NJ - Clemson U, SC, '91-'92;
  • NSF Computer Algebra Systems Institute, Clemson U., Clemson, SC, '92;
• TRAINED: Hands-On-Equations , SHARP 9300, HP 28, 38G, 48S, TI81, ...
• Sharp Calculator Institute: '94, '95;
• HP38G Calculator Institute: '95.

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PUBLICATIONS:

"Pythagoras on Pyramids," Mathematics Teacher,
    NCTM, Vol 74, No 7;

Many Connect-the-Dots Puzzles in Summation,
    AMTNYC;

"Peer Teaching in a General Math Program," NJ Math Teacher,
    AMTNJ, Vol 34, No 2;

"Our Winners," NJ Math Teacher,
    AMTNJ, Vol 41, No 2;

"Suggestions," NJ Math Teacher,
    AMTNJ, Vol 45, No 1;

"A Handy Adding Machine." Instructor,
    Vol 88, No 3;

"Friendly," NJ Math Teacher,
    AMTNJ, Vol 50, No 2;

"Under Cover", NJ Math Teacher,
    AMTNJ, Vol 41, No 1 & 2, Vol 42, No 1 & 2;

"It Worked!", NJ Math Teacher,
    AMTNJ, Vol 32, No 2;

Graphing with Manipulatives,
    © 1991, MC,i.;

"Find the Circle," NYS Mathematics Teachers' Journal,
    Vol 37, No 3;

Questionbooks:
    Using Writing to Learn Mathematics," The AMATYC Review
    Vol. 9, No 1, Fall/Winter '87;

"WRITING It's not just for English classes anymore,"
    NJEA Review, NJEA, Vol 62, No. 4;

"Writing in Mathematics," Poole, Barbara, Intermediate Algebra,
    © 1989, Prentice-Hall, Inc., xv-xix;

"Writing as a Tool for Teaching Mathematic: The Silent Revolution," NCTM
    1990 Yearbook, NCTM, 1990;

Mathematics and Humor,
    Azzolino, Silvey, Hughs, 1978, NCTM;

Math Games for the Young Child,
    © 1985, MC,i.;

Math Games for Adult and Child,
    © 1993, MC,i.;

How to Use Writing to Teach Mathematics,
    © 1987, Azzolino, MC,i;

Problem Solving Activities Made to N-Joy,
    with others, 1980, AMTNJ;

"Dear Aggie: Letters to a Teacher," Innovations Abstract,
    © 1991, NISOD, Vol 13, No.28.

The TI Eighty-Something and Teaching Mathematics:
    An Inservice Manual, 1993, MC,i.;

Exploring Functions through
    the Use of Manipulatives, 1994, MC,i.;

Math Spoken Here!,
    1987, 1995 Azzolino;

Math Shown Here!,
    1996 Azzolino;

"A Journey with Self-Assessment as a Compass,"
    The AMATYC Review Vol. 18, No 1, Fall '96.

The Hundreds Board,
    1997, MC,i

"Flexagons and Kaleidocycles"
    1997, MC,i.

"Two Heads and a Black Shoulder 'Verbalization,'"
    NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol 55, No 1

"Name: How to Handle Exponents"
    NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol 55, No 1.

"Semi-Equation"
    NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol 56, No 1.

"The Languages of the Mathematic Classroom"

Presented as a paper October 23, 1998 at the AMTNJ Annual Meeting

Presented as a web page December 31, 1998

"MATH SPOKEN HERE & "Aunt Sally"

A web page on CD -- A tutorial on Order of Operations, 10/99

"Browsing on the Internet is Like Driving on the Interstate"
    NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol 57, No 1.

"Who Has"
    NJ Math Teacher, AMTNJ, Vol 57, No 1.