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Dr. Keith Schwingendorf

Ranked 4th of Midwest public regional liberal arts collegesU.S. News & World Report, September 11, 2000

Selected for inclusion in: Who's Who Among America's Teachers, Tenth Edition, 2006 Who's Who Among America's Teachers, Ninth Edition, 2005 Who's Who Among America's Teachers, Eighth Edition, 2004 Who's Who Among America's Teachers, Seventh Edition, 2002 Who's Who Among America's Teachers, Fifth Edition, 1998 Less than 2% of all US teachers are listed in more than one edition.

The Outstanding Teacher in Science, 2002-2003The Outstanding Teacher in Science, 1997-1998 Purdue University North Central
The Outstanding Undergraduate Teacher in the School of Science, 1990 Purdue University West Lafayette Dr. Schwingendorf's Teaching Award Photo, 1990
A Top Ten Undergraduate Teacher in the School of Science, 1986, 1988, and 1989 Purdue University West Lafayette
Runner-up for Outstanding Undergraduate Counselor, 1978 Purdue University West Lafayette

Ph.D., Functional Analysis
Purdue University, 1978
Major Professor: Louis de Branges


 Current Interests 
Mathematics Education:
Connecting Mathematics concepts with how children learn and understand to the Mathematics learned by pre-service elementary teachers in their mathematics content courses(see CMET II link below); Use of technology and cooperative learning;
Research into how students learn and understand mathematics concepts; and
Design of methods for evaluating curriculum reforms


Mathematics: 
Functional Analysis,
Approximation Theory, and  
Operator Theory

 

Member: MAA, SIGMAA on RUME, AMATYC, NCTM, ICTM and RUMEC I.
Member: MAA Committee on Computers in Mathematics Education (CCIME) 1994-2000.

e-mail: kschwing@pnc.edu

School Address:

Room 160 Schwarz Hall
College of Science
Purdue University North Central
1401 South US 421
Westville, Indiana 46391-9528
 (219) 785-5735
 (219) 785-5537