Paul Kennedy, Co-Principal Investigator
Colorado State University

Paul A. Kennedy, PhD Department of Mathematics Colorado State University 1874 Campus Delivery Colorado State University Fort Collins, CO 80523-1874 Phone: 970.491-2497 Fax: 970-491.2161 eMail:  kennedy@math.colostate.edu

CLTW Roles and Responsibilities
Paul Kennedy is the Co-PI of The Center for Learning and Teaching in the West at Colorado State University. He and CSU Research Coordinator, Brian Cobb, direct a meta-analytic research initiative to determine the interventions that have the most effect on decreasing the achievement gap in mathematics and science education.

Primary Research Interests
Interventions, particularly the uses of technology, to improve achievement in mathematics

Recent Publications:

• Burke, M., ed. (2006) Navigating through Number and Operations. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Navigation Series.


• Bennet, et al. (co-author) HOLT Mathematics, Courses 1, 2, and 3. (2007) Orlando: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
• Burger, et al. (co-author) HOLT Algebra I, Geometry, Algebra II. (2007) Orlando: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
• Overmyer, G. R. and Kennedy, P. A. A meta-analysis of recent literature on the effects of cooperative learning on achievement in undergraduate mathematics. (Submitted to Review of Educational Research, 2006)

Other Relevant Professional Information:
Paul Kennedy holds a Ph.D. in Mathematics Education from the University of Texas at Austin. He has been an author on Holt Secondary Mathematics since 1989. He is also developing an innovative online precalculus e-book at CSU that integrates the TI-84 emulator in the assessment platform. Besides his responsibilities at CSU, he is part of the graduate faculty in the University of Notre Dames graduate teacher education program, Alliance for Catholic Education.