Virginia Warfield facts for kids
Quick facts for kids
Virginia Warfield
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Warfield in Seattle in 1977
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Virginia Patricia McShane
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| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Brown University, |
| Awards | Louise Hay Award |
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| Institutions | University of Washington |
| Doctoral advisor | Wendell Fleming |
Virginia "Ginger" Patricia McShane Warfield is an American mathematician. She is also a well-known educator in mathematics. In 2007, she received the Louise Hay Award. This award comes from the Association for Women in Mathematics. It honors women who have made great contributions to mathematics education.
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Early Life and Education
Virginia Warfield's father was Edward J. McShane, also a mathematician. She grew up around the world of numbers. She earned her Ph.D. degree in mathematics in 1971. She studied at Brown University. Her main professor, called her doctoral advisor, was Wendell Fleming. Her big research paper for her Ph.D. was titled A Stochastic Maximum Principle.
Career in Mathematics Education
After getting her Ph.D., Dr. Warfield first worked in advanced math research. However, she became very interested in how math is taught. She wanted to help students learn math better.
Helping Young Students Learn
Dr. Warfield worked with a program called Project SEED. This program was special. It helped students in fourth through sixth grades. The goal was to make math make sense to them. She focused on activities that helped kids truly understand math ideas.
Supporting Teachers
She also worked on improving how teachers are trained. She helped them become better at teaching math. Dr. Warfield collaborated with Guy Brousseau. He was a French mathematician. He was a leader in the "didactics of mathematics." This is the scientific study of how math is taught and learned.
Leadership in Math Organizations
Dr. Warfield has been very active in the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM). She led their Education Committee. She also wrote for the AWM Newsletter. She was chosen to be on the Executive Committee. She has also been a member of committees for the Mathematical Association of America. These committees focused on teacher training and math education.
Books Written
Dr. Warfield has written several books. One book is Invitation to Didactique. It was first published in 2007. Later, it was re-released in 2014. She also co-wrote a book with Guy Brousseau and Nadine Brousseau. This book is called Teaching Fractions through Situations: A Fundamental Experiment. It was published in 2013.
See also
In Spanish: Virginia Warfield para niños
