Robert Quinn, Ed.D.
Professor
Secondary Mathematics Education
(775) 682-7526
E-mail: quinn@unr.edu
Educational Background
Ed.D.-University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 1993, Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Mathematics Education.
M.S.T.-Boston College, 1989, Mathematics Education.
A.B.-Boston College, 1975, Mathematics and Physics
Current Teaching & Research
Teaching:
CTL 450 - Secondary Pedagogy II
CTL 455/655 - Technology in Mathematics Education
CTL 464/664 - Teaching Secondary Mathematics
CTL 721 - Evaluation of Classroom Learning
Research:
- My primary interest involves developing and researching creative pedagogical approaches to the teaching of probability and statistics in secondary mathematics.
Additional research interests:
- Developing secondary mathematics lessons that include the appropriate use of technology;
- Developing secondary mathematics lessons that take advantage of the power of cooperative learning;
- Developing secondary mathematics lessons that incorporate the effective use of manipulatives.
Specialty Areas
Pedagogical approaches to teaching probability and statistics in secondary mathematics; mathematics technology; cooperative learning; and use of manipulative.
Representative Publications
Quinn, R. J. (2006). Exploring correlation coefficients with golf statistics. Teaching Statistics , 28(1), 10-13.
Quinn, R. J. (2005). A constructivist lesson to introduce arithmetic sequences with patterns. Australian Mathematics Teacher . Andrews, B. D., and Quinn, R. J. (2005). The effects of mentoring on first-year teachers' perceptions of support received. The Clearing House , 78(3), 110-116.
Quinn, R. J. (2005). Technology in mathematics education: Breadth versus depth. Published in the proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Annual Meeting, Phoenix AZ. Quinn, R. J., and Ball, T. S. (2005). Teaching mathematics with Logo and Geometer's Sketchpad. Published in the proceedings of Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Annual Meeting, Phoenix AZ.
Andrews, B. D., and Quinn, R. J. (2004). First-year teaching assignments: A descriptive analysis. The Clearing House , 78(2), 78-83.
Quinn, R. J. (2004). Investigating Probabilistic Intuitions. Teaching Statistics, 26(3), 86-88.
Andrews, B. D., and Quinn, R. J. (2004). Investigating the relationship between total support and principal support first-year teachers perceived receiving. The Clearing House, 77(4), 164-168.
Quinn, R. J. (2003). Exploring the Probabilities of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" Teaching Statistics, 25(3), 81-84.
Quinn, R. J., & Tomlinson, S. (2001). Random variables: Simulations and surprising connections. delta - K, 38(2), 27-33 (reprinted with the permission of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, from Mathematics Teacher 92(1), 1999).
Quinn, R. J. (2001). Using attribute blocks to develop a conceptual understanding of probability. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 6(5), 290-294.
Worrall, L. J., & Quinn, R. J. (2001). Promoting Conceptual Understanding of Matrices. Mathematics Teacher. 94(1), 27-33.
Quinn, R. J. (2000). Developing an understanding of the Law of Large Numbers. Australian Mathematics Teacher, 56(1), 25-27.
Quinn, R. J. (2000). Exploring and interpreting expected values. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications, 19(1), 17-20.
Quinn, R. J. (2000). Analyzing a conversion algorithm. Australian Mathematics Teacher, 56(2), 40-41.
Quinn, R. J. (2000). Clinching first place: Calculating the magic number. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 6(2), 86-89.
Sweeney, E. S., & Quinn, R. J. (2000). Concentration: Connecting fractions, decimals, and percents. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 5(5), 324-328.