Bert Waits

Bert Kerr "Hank" Waits II was an American mathematician and professor at The Ohio State University where he taught in the Mathematics Department from 1961 to 1991.[1] He was also a consultant to Texas Instruments, Education Technology Division, and a mathematics textbook author.

Bert Waits
Born
Bert Kerr Waits II

(1940-12-21)21 December 1940
Died27 July 2014(2014-07-27) (aged 73)
Orlando, Florida, USA
Resting placeGahanna, Ohio
EducationBS (1962), MS (1964), Ph.D. (1969), all from The Ohio State University
Known for
  • co-founder of Teachers Teaching with Technology
  • co-author of the NCTM’s 1989 Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics
  • co-founder of the International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM)
  • co-founder of the International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching (ICTMT)
SpouseBarbara Jean Finley
Children5
Awards
  • Glenn Gilbert Award
  • Christopherson-Fawcett Award
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics Education
InstitutionsOhio State University

In 1986 Bert Waits and Franklin Demana founded the international network Teachers Teaching with Technology (T³),[2] followed by the annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics (ICTCM), and in 1993 the European biennial International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching (ICTMT) [3]

His mantra was ’’The power of visualization’’ [4] which he shared in over 200 invitation lectures worldwide from 1988 to 2006.

Publications (selection)
  • Precalculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic, Pearson, 2010, ISBN 978-0321656933
  • Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic, Prentice Hall, 2021, ISBN 978-0133178579
  • Geometry, Holt McDougal, 2011, ISBN 978-0547646992

References
  1. "Ohio Journal of School Mathematics Fall 2014, No. 70" (PDF). 2014. hdl:1811/78069.
  2. "T³ - Our Mission".
  3. "14th International Conference on Technology in Mathematics Teaching".
  4. "Geoffrey Akst: Graphing Calculators: A conversation with Bert Waits". ProQuest.
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