Bert Waits Explained

Bert Waits
Birth Name:	Bert Kerr Waits II
Birth Date:	1940 12, df=y
Death Place:	Orlando, Florida, USA
Resting Place:	Gahanna, Ohio
Education:	BS (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)
Spouse:	Barbara Jean Finley
Children:	5
Awards:	Glenn Gilbert Award Christopherson-Fawcett Award
Fields:	Mathematics Education
Workplaces:	Ohio State University

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.

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,
• Calculus: Graphical, Numerical, Algebraic, Prentice Hall, 2021,
• Geometry, Holt McDougal, 2011,

Notes and References

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