E. Glenadine Gibb
Elizabeth Glenadine Gibb
was a prominent teacher and author in mathematics education. Her gift to the
Mathematics Education Trust (MET) provides grants to teachers of grades 7-12 to
develop plans for implementing the NCTM Principles and Standards in their
classrooms.
Gibb received her B.A. from
Western Illinois State University, her M.A. from George Peabody College for
Teachers at Vanderbilt University, and her Ph.D. from the University of
Wisconsin. She began her career as a high school mathematics and science
teacher. Later she was appointed professor of mathematics at Iowa State
Teachers College (now the University of Northern Iowa), and eventually she
joined the faculty of the University of Texas (UT) in Austin, where she taught
until she retired. At UT, she was a professor of mathematics education with a
joint appointment in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction and the
Department of Mathematics.
Gibb was a strong supporter
of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM). She spoke at many
regional and annual meetings. She was the first editor of the NCTM journal
Arithmetic Teacher, a position that she held for six years. Gibb served as NCTM
Vice President in 1958 and NCTM President in 1974. In 1977, she was elected
president of the Alliance of American Associations for the Advancement of
Education.
Gibb authored or coauthored
articles that appeared in more than 100 publications, including Arithmetic
Teacher, Mathematics Teacher, Journal of Educational Research, Today’s
Education, Mental Measurements Yearbook, School Science and Mathematics
Journal, and Grade Teacher. She also wrote for Scott Foresman’s elementary
mathematics textbook series and coauthored an early research study, “General
Mental Functions Associated with Division.”
Gibb was honored for her
many accomplishments. She was the first faculty member in the Department of
Curriculum and Instruction at UT to be appointed to an endowed professorship,
the Catherine Mae Parker Centennial Professorship in Education.
After her death in 1984,
the Board of Regents of the University of Texas established the E. Glenadine
Gibb Fellowship in her memory.
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