Project M3 Team – Writing and Research Team
Katherine Gavin
Dr. Gavin is the director of Project M3 and an Associate Professor at the University of Connecticut, Neag School of Education. As director, she oversees the entire project, coordinates the writing and professional development teams, directs the implementation of the project in the Connecticut schools, will create the graduate mathematics education course, and will be responsible for reporting results and the dissemination of findings.
 Kathy has a doctorate in gifted and talented education with an emphasis in mathematics education. She has almost 30 years of classroom experience as a mathematics teacher, educator of mathematics preservice and inservice teachers, and professional development consultant in mathematics education. She is also a former Assistant Professor of Mathematics, math curriculum coordinator, math department chairperson, and elementary assistant principal. She has been a principal investigator of 6 grant projects, including two Eisenhower grant projects and two NSF sponsored Project Construct grants.
She is currently an author on a new standards-based middle school mathematics text series and a mathematics education textbook for preservice and inservice teachers, both in preparation. Kathy is an author for the NCTM Navigations series grades 3-5 Geometry and Measurement books and a coauthor on a series of creative problem solving books. She has also contributed book chapters and journal articles to the professional literature in gifted math education.
Linda Sheffield
Dr. Sheffield is the co-principal investigator of Project M3 and holds a joint appointment as Regents Professor of mathematics and mathematics education at Northern Kentucky University. She is a member of the writing team and oversees the implementation of the project in Kentucky.
Linda has had extensive experience in the field of gifted mathematics education. She has chaired the NCTM Task Force on Mathematically Promising Students, and Coordinated a Special Strand on Mathematics for High Ability Students for the National Association of Gifted Children. She is an author of the research monograph Gifted and Talented Mathematics Students and the NCTM Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics commissioned by The National Research Center on the Gifted and Talented and editor of a special 1999 issue of the journal for school science and mathematics association, Research and Guidelines for Nurturing Gifted and Talented Students in Mathematics and Science.
Since 1988 she has directed 13 Eisenhower grant projects in mathematics education and has directed the Young Scholars Program for middle grades sponsored by the National Science Foundation for the last 6 years. Linda has authored several books and articles in the field including the NCTM Navigation series for grades Pre-kindergarten through Grade 2, a series of books on creative problem solving, a mathematics education text for preservice and inservice elementary and middle school teachers, and was editor of the NCTM book, Developing Mathematically Promising Students.
Susan Carroll
Dr. Carroll, president of Words & Numbers Research, Inc., a Connecticut research and evaluation firm founded in 1984, will evaluate the program and oversee the research. As such, she will assess annual performance, analyze the research questions, and provide objectivity in the interpretation of results. Her firm has conducted numerous program evaluation and research studies for educational institutions throughout the United States. From initial research design, through its implementation, to final reporting and presentation, the firm provides quantitative and qualitative information upon which school system; universities and other institutions can base strategic decisions.
Susan has won awards in the areas of leadership, scholarship and business. Susan has her doctorate from the University of Connecticut and as a former Associate Professor there taught both a Research Methods and Program Evaluation course at the graduate level. She has consulted on hundreds of doctoral dissertations. She has published two books and many journal articles in the field of education; some with a focus specifically on program evaluation and research.
Suzanne Chapin
Dr. Chapin is a Professor of Mathematics Education at Boston University where she teaches graduate- and undergraduate-level courses in mathematics curriculum, mathematics content and methodology, mathematics for special needs students (gifted and learning disabled), and educational reform. Suzanne was the principal investigator of Project Challenge,a Javits project which is the model for several components of Project M3. She is a member of the curriculum writing team.
She was also the principal investigator of the U.S. Department of Education grant, Partners in Change, a professional development project to improve the teaching and learning of mathematics. She has been the principal investigator on a number of other projects (Classroom Centered Teacher Development Mathematics Project, MA Department of Education, 1991-1994; The Teacher Change Project, NSF, 1997-98) and has worked with many colleagues as an investigator or consultant on grant-related research.
Dr. Chapin is author or co-author of several mathematics textbooks and programs including the Prentice Hall grades 6-8 textbook series, Middle Grade Mathematics: Tools for Success; MEGA Projects - Math Explorations and Group Activities for students in grades 1-8; and Algebra and Advanced Algebra for students in grades 8-12. Suzanne is also the senior author on Math Matters: Understanding the Math You Teach Grades K-6, a book designed to help elementary teachers understand and teach to the “big” ideas in mathematics.
Judy Dailey
Ms. Dailey, an educator with 23 years experience, currently serves as the K-8 math coordinator for the Montville Public Schools and adjunct faculty member in graduate mathematics education at Union College. She is a member of the curriculum writing team for Project M3. Judy was a staff member on the previous Eisenhower Grant project upon which Project M3 is building.
In 1998, Judy established a task force to explore how gifted and talented mathematics students were having their educational needs addressed in public schools. As an outgrowth of the committee work, the Connecticut Association for Mathematically Precocious Youth (CAMPY) was established with Judy as the director. The CAMPY program also offers ongoing professional development to educators as well as educational challenges and support for students.
She co-authored the Connecticut K-12 Mathematics Program Evaluation Guide: An Evaluation and Implementation Tool, first and second edition, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Navigations in Geometry Grades 3-5 and the Navigations in Measurement Grades 3-5 publications. Judy has received various awards including the Robert Rosenbaum award for leadership in Mathematics and the Connecticut State Department of Education Celebration of Excellence 1994 award for an innovative math-science-technology project.
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