Marvin E. Stick, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Department of Mathematical Sciences,

Olney 428-G, Lowell, MA 01854, (978)934-2441,

Marvin_Stick@uml.edu,   https://faculty.uml.edu/mstick

 

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Educational Research, Tests and Measurements, Boston College, 1982;

M.A., Mathematics, Boston University, 1966;

B.S., Mathematics, Boston College, 1964.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 

UMass Lowell: 9/2004-present Professor, 9/1982-8/2004 Associate Professor.

Boston State College, Department of Mathematics: 9/1980-8/1982 Associate Professor (on loan to UMass Lowell spring semester 1982), 9/1972-8/1980 Assistant Professor, 9/1966-8/1972 Instructor.

 

PUBLICATIONS

Research Journals

Using Congruent Triangles to Facilitate Optimization Problems, MathAMATYC Educator, Volume 10, Number 1, September 2018 [with B. Stick].

Maclaurin and Taylor Series for Transcendental Functions: A Graphing- Calculator View of Convergence,  The Mathematics Teacher, 92, 833-837 (1999).

Calculus Reform and Graphing Calculators: A University View, The Mathematics Teacher, 90, 356-360 (1997).       

High Resolution Plots of Trigonometric Equations, The Mathematics Teacher, 78, 632-636 (1985) [with M.J. Stick].

Special Utilization of Triaxial Magnetometer Measurements as Prime Attitude Determination Sensors, Journal of Spacecraft and Rocketry, 14, 231-235 (1977) [with B.F.Sullivan and R.E. McInerney].

Tricks with Number Theory, Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges Journal, 10, 30-32 (1975).

An Alternative Approach to Find the Derivative of SIN (A) and COS (A), Mathematics Association of Two Year Colleges Journal, 7, 41-42 (1973) [with R.J. Marcou].

On What Day Were You Born?, The Mathematics Teacher, LXV, 73-75 (1972).

 

Technical Reports and Conference Proceedings

17 technical reports for government and industry, 1968-1991, 2 government conference proceedings 1976-1977.

 

Mathematics Education Research

MCAS, A Resource for Instructors – Data Analysis, funded by the NSF under grant no. 0314692, July 29, 2008 [with David Stanley and Amanda Rothrock], updated September 26, 2011, Data Analysis.  

MCAS, A Resource for Instructors –Fractions, funded by the NSF under grant no. 0314692, November 14, 2007 [with David Stanley], updated September 26, 2011, Fractions.  

MCAS, A Resource for Instructors, Geometry and Measurement,  funded by the NSF under grant no. 0314692, June 16, 2006 [with David Stanley and Teresa Hecht], updated September 26, 2011, Geometry and Measurement.

 

GRANTS AND CONTRACTS

Internal Funding

2010-2011, Teaching and Learning grant award to explore a two-tiered management calculus course sequence, $3450.

1998-2001, Mass MAJIC [with G. Mueller, R. Brent, A. Doerr], high school Mathematics improvement. $86,000.

1994-2000, Principal Investigator for 3 seed grants, Task Force on Teaching and Learning Excellence, $5000.

 

External Funding

2011-2013, Focus on Mathematics, UMass Lowell mathematician, study groups for Lawrence MA middle school mathematics teachers, Boston University, $3600.

2008-2011, Massachusetts Title IIB Mathematical Experiences grant, Massachusetts Science and Math Partnership program, $66,000.   As a member of the UML team (K. Levasseur PI, A. Doerr, J. Graham-Eagle, M. Stick), work included study groups for 3rd and 4th grade Lawrence teachers and work on a vertical alignment of the topics in the MCAS Instructor Resource documents described below.

2003-2011, Focus on Mathematics, a Math and Science Partnership funded project by NSF.  UMass Lowell sub award funding $360,011.  As a senior personnel member of the team (Kenneth Levasseur PI, Alan Doerr, James Graham-Eagle, Marvin Stick), I worked with middle school and high school mathematics teachers in the Lawrence, MA school district.  The efforts consisted of leading study groups, assisting student development of Math Fair projects, and development of three MCAS Instructor Resource documents covering Geometry and Measurement, Fractions, and Data Analysis.  The three documents are available at http://faculty.uml.edu/mstick.

1996-1998, Co-Principal Investigator [with G. Mueller, R. Brent, A. Doerr], Mass. Board of Higher Education, Campus Performance Improvement Grant,  "Mass MAJIC", $69,158.

1995-1996, Co-Principal Investigator [with G. Mueller, R. Brent, A. Doerr, B. Shapiro], U.S. Department of Education, Eisenhower Science and Mathematics Program Grant,  “Mass MAJIC ”, $80,705.

 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Talks at conferences

November 2002, “Making Discoveries with Geometry Software”, NCTM Eastern Regional Conference, Boston, MA.

April 2002, “Geometry and Discovery Learning”, New England Mathematical Association of Two Year Colleges, North Shore Community College, Danvers, MA.

January 2002, “Geometry Explorations”, Annual Conference on Teaching for Transformation, University of Massachusetts Boston.

June 2000 "A Comparison of TI-83 and TI-89 Technology to Enhance Learning in a Multivariate Calculus Course", Conference on Mathematics and Quantitative Thinking in Massachusetts Public Institutions of Higher and Secondary Education, University of Massachusetts Boston.

April 2000 "Graphing Calculators Across the Calculus Curriculum",  Special Session on Teaching Mathematics in the New Millennium, American Mathematical Society Regional Conference, University of  Massachusetts Lowell.

March 2000 "A Graphing-Calculator View of Convergence", University of Massachusetts Instructional Technology Conference 2000 (ITC 2000), Sturbridge, MA.

April 1998 "Calculus Reform and Graphing Calculators Across Colleges of a University", National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) annual meeting, Washington D.C.

17 additional presentations at conferences, UMass Lowell workshops and strategy sessions, 1976-1999.

 

Membership

American Association of Two Year Colleges (AMATYC), National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

               

Book Reviews

2014       Educational software review, 3 chapters (functions, differentiation, applications of differentiation) of MyMathLab software material for Bittinger et al, "Calculus and Its Applications”, Pearson Education Inc.

2014       Harshbarger and Yocco, “College Algebra in Context with Applications for the Managerial, Life, and Social Sciences”, 4th ed, Pearson Education Inc.

2013       Bittinger, Ellenbogen and Surgent, “Calculus and Its Applications”, 10th ed, Pearson Education Inc.

2012       Miller, “College Algebra”, 1e, chapter on Logarithms and Exponentials, McGraw-Hill.

2011       Goshaw, “Concepts of Calculus with Applications”, Pearson Education Inc.

2006       Larson and Edwards, “Calculus: An Applied Approach”, chapters 3-6, Houghton-Mifflin.

2006       Coburn, “College Algebra”, chapters 4-6, McGraw-Hill.

2005       College Algebra, chapter 5, Bent Tree Press.

2005       Brown, “Thinking Geometrically”, chapter 4, Addison-Wesley.

2004       Tannenbaum, “College Algebra”, chapters 1-3, Addison-Wesley.

2004       Alexander and Koeberlein, “Elementary Geometry for College Students”, Houghton-Mifflin.

2003       Smith/Minton, “Calculus: Concepts and Connections”, chapters 5-8, McGraw-Hill Co.

2003       Pilant et al, “Applied Calculus on the Web”, Duxbury and Brooks/Cole Publishing

2000       Barnett, Ziegler and Byleen. "College Algebra: A Graphing Approach", McGraw-Hill Co.

1999       Hungerford, Thomas. "Contemporary College Algebra: A Graphing Approach", Saunders College Publishing.

1981       Richards and Cheney, "COBOL, A Structured Approach", Charles E. Merrill Publishing Co.

 

Business Partnership

Participant in MAST (Math Applications Shaping Tomorrow), an NSF-funded project in which mathematics teachers

from local high schools and colleges developed curriculum materials based on industrial “externships”, 2003-2005. 

MAST was based at Northern Essex Community College.  My module “Marginal Analysis and Data Modeling with

Management Applications” has been used at UMass Lowell in MATH.1210 Management Precalculus and MATH.1220

Management Calculus sections.  It is available at WalMart data.

 

Synergistic Activities in Middle and Secondary Education

Selected to serve on the mathematics grade 10 Assessment Development Committee (ADC) for the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS 2.0).  Membership extends from 9/1/16 to 12/31/20.   MCAS tests are developed by Department of Elementary and Secondary education in collaboration with a testing contractor and the Assessment Development Committees.  ADC members review items and passages for content accuracy and grade-level appropriateness, serving in an advisory capacity throughout the test development process.

UMass Lowell mathematics faculty liaison for Assessment of College-Readiness, Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, August-November 2015, and prepared a report to the DHE recommending that MCAS 2.0 be considered for testing college readiness. 

Lowell High School – UML partnership initiative, lead a high school geometry class discussion on “Euclidean and Spherical Geometry distance and area of triangles”, May 5, 2008.

UML – Lawrence High School “College Readiness Roundtable”, discussions with teachers, administrators and students at Lawrence High School, April 9, 2008.

Butler Middle School, Lowell, MA: work with middle school teachers and develop seventh grade classroom instruction for problem solving with TI-83 graphing calculator, oversee parents’ night to enable their hands on experience with the use of the technology, faculty consultant for the Ready-To-Teach program, Sept 2001-May 2002.

Methuen High School, Methuen, MA, development of Sketchpad materials for geometry instruction, faculty consultant for the Ready-To-Teach program, Sept 2000-May 2001.

Lowell High School, Lowell, MA: five professional development workshops for mathematics and science teachers on graphing calculator implementation for Massachusetts curriculum framework topics, 1997.

 

CONSULTING and PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT

Precalculus and Calculus Math Technology Advisory Board, Houghton-Mifflin, 2007-2008.

Mathematics tutoring at Addison Wesley, Math Tutor Center, 1998-1999.

Internal consultant at Digital Equipment Corporation, 1984-1992.

Research scientist at the Space Data Analysis Laboratory, Boston College, 1966-1984.

Massachusetts State College Consortium: development of a criterion-referenced software model to measure student mastery of subject material, June 1973-August 1973.

 

HONORS

Teaching

May 2016 UMass Lowell, Department of Mathematical Sciences teaching excellence award.

November 2014 UMass Lowell Teaching and Learning Symposium, Interdisciplinary Teaching award.

November 2013 UMass Lowell Teaching and Learning Symposium, Innovative Uses of Technology in Teaching award.

April 2001 UMass Lowell, Athletic Department teaching excellence award.

May 2000 UMass Lowell, Student Government Association teaching excellence award for the College of Arts and Sciences, Science Division.

May 1998 UMass Lowell, Department of Mathematical Sciences teaching excellence award.

 

COLLABORATION

UMass Lowell, Department of Computer Science, honors thesis committee for Evana Gizzi, “Infusing Computer Science into Middle School Math and Science across Three Communities”, spring 2013.

UMass Lowell, Graduate School, Department of Computer Science, Master’s thesis committee for Michael Penta and directed statistical analyses of results, “Video Game Creation as a Platform for Mathematical Learning”, 9/2010-12/2011.

UMass Lowell, Graduate School of Education, Mathematics and Science Education dissertation committee for Maureen Kelly, “The Development and Validation of a Taxonomy of Calculus I Students’ Misconceptions Regarding the Derivative and Applications of the Derivative”, 1996-1998.

 

UNIVERSITY ACTIVITIES

Recent university and department activities:

Mathematics faculty liaison from UMass Lowell for the Assessment of College Readiness for the Dept. of  Higher Education, an evaluation of PARCC and recommendations for PARCC/MCAS implementation, 9/2015 – 2016.

Department of Mathematical Sciences hiring and personnel committees, 2012-present.

Project team member for Starfish implementation  (student early alert for retention), 2013-2017.

College of Sciences representative on the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Standard 4 Subcommittee on Academic Programs-Assessment.  Focus was to gather undergraduate and graduate assessment data and metrics for all College of Sciences departments, fall 2012-spring 2013.

Department of  Mathematical Sciences PhD proposal, section B: Alignment with System Priorities and section E: Market Analysis, fall 2012 – spring 2013.

Co-chair, University Seed Grant Task Force, 2000-2008.

 

INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES

Recent senior seminar II MATH.4750 projects directed:

Stephen VanArnum, “Exploring Pi Using Geometer’s Sketchpad”, fall 2019; Una Causevic, “Pick’s Theorem”, fall 2019;

Cameron Bolduc, “Multiplying Polynomials for Understanding” Fall 2018; Ariel Leva, “Exploring Euler’s Identity Through Geometer’s Sketchpad V5 and Its Applications in a Classroom” Fall 2018;

Amanda Werner, “Pick’s Theorem with Sketchpad” Spring 2018; Lindsey Monti, “Morley’s Theorem and Vivani’s Theorem and Sketchpad Implementation” Spring 2018; Rosina Sok, “Introduction to Negative Numbers and Sketchpad Implementation” Spring 2018;

Thomas Heywosz, “Taylor and Maclaurin Series with Sketchpad” Fall 2017; Rachel Bryan, “Solving Systems of Equations Using Linear Algebra and Matlab” Fall 2017,

William Provencher, “Mathematics of Origami”, summer 2017;

Samantha Grigg,  “Curves of Constant Width,: The Reuleaux Triangle”, Spring 2017;

JoAnn Plante, “Bride’s Chair”, Fall 2016; Bradley Marshall, “Pascal’s Hexagon”, Fall 2016;

Madelyn Mendez, “Ceva’s Theorem”, spring 2015;

Betty Makavoz, “Spherical Geometry”, fall 2014; Gilberth Araica, “History of Logarithms”, fall 2014;

Daniel Packard, “The Packing Efficiency of Various Denominations of Coins into a Frustrum, Bowl, Cylinder, Cube and Rectangular Prism”, fall 2013.

 

Recent directed studies:

MATH.4270 Geometry - study of Euclidean, Spherical and Hyperbolic Geometries, Emily Adey, spring 2015.

MATH.4900, “Investigation of various Types of Hyperbolic Triangles – Mathematical Analyses with Sketchpad and GeoGebra support”, Daniel Packard, fall 2013.

 

                

Recent courses taught:

MATH.1210SI Management Precalculus supplemental instruction, course developer 2011, course coordinator and occasional instructor.

MATH.1220SI Management Calculus  supplemental instruction, course developer 2011, course coordinator and occasional instructor.

MATH.1220 Management Calculus, fall and spring semesters 2012-fall 2014, fall 2015-spring 2016, fall 2016-2019, course coordinator and developer.

MATH.1220-301 Honors Management Calculus, spring semesters 2018-2019, course developer.

MATH.1220 Online Management Calculus, fall 2014-fall 2019, course developer.

MATH.1320 Calculus II, summers 2012-2019.

MATH.2340 Differential Equations, spring semesters 2014-2019.

MATH.4270/MATH.5270 Geometry fall semesters 2012- 2019 and summer II 2012-2014, course developer.

 

Supplementary instruction materials:

Creation of MyMathLab menu items for Management Calculus: ”Linear and Quadratic Least Squares” (least squares) and  “Material for Difference Quotient” (difference quotient) 2015.

“Supplemental Instruction” posted at http://faculty.uml.edu/mstick , updated 2015.

Development of Management Calculus placement exams, 2015-2016.

Development of Management Precalculus placement exams, 2012.

 

Last updated: 12/29/19