Keith Nabb
Mathematics Education Researcher
RMETYC is pleased to present this spotlight on Keith Nabb and his excellence as a teacher and researcher as part of the In the Spotlight series in the MathAMATYC Educator.
Please read Nabb's full spotlight in the MathAMATYC Educator February, 2017 issue.
Photo by Glenn Carpenter
Keith Nabb is an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. Previously, Nabb taught mathematics at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, Illinois.
Nabb's research focuses on mathematical thinking and reasoning, nonroutine problems, and mathematical knowledge for teaching. He explores the magic that occurs in mathematics classrooms and his passion for teaching and learning mathematics shines through his work.
Nabb was interviewed for this spotlight in February, 2016 at which time he was teaching and researching as a faculty member at Moraine Valley Community College. Of note is that Nabb published 16 peer reviewed mathematics education articles and completed his PhD in Mathematics Education during his tenure at Moraine Valley Community College. Nabb is a trailblazer who has worked to bring the voice of two-year college mathematics faculty to the broader mathematics education research community.
*This will link to a shared audio file hosted in Google Drive.
For more information about Keith Nabb's teaching and research please visit Nabb's website.
Recommended readings from Nabb’s research
empirical exploration of intrinsic problems in designing inquiry activities. Research in Science
Education, 43, 57–76.
Nabb, K. A. (2014). “Is algebra necessary?” …Is this the question we should be asking?
MathAMATYC Educator, 5(3), 48–51.
Murawska, J., & Nabb, K. A. (2015). Corvettes, curve fitting, and calculus. Mathematics Teacher,
106, 432–439.
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