William S. Bush
Professor, Mathematics Education, and University Scholar
Department of Teaching and Learning
Room 286A - College of Education and Human Development
Office: 502-852-0590
Fax: 502-852-1497
bill.bush @ louisville.edu
Department of Teaching and Learning
Room 286A - College of Education and Human Development
Office: 502-852-0590
Fax: 502-852-1497
bill.bush @ louisville.edu
Educational Background
- EdD, Mathematics Education, University of Georgia, Athens
- MA, Secondary Education, University of Kentucky
- BS, Mathematics, University of Kentucky
Teaching Areas
- Mathematics methods courses for elementary, middle, and high school teachers
- Research in mathematics education
- Special topics in mathematics education
Research Interests
- Mathematics teachers’ conceptions and beliefs, affect, and understanding of mathematics
- Mathematics teacher education
- Teacher professional development
- Mathematics assessment
- Mathematics teacher assessment
- Mathematics education in rural contexts
Honors and Awards
- Distinguished Scholar, University of Louisville, 2006
- First AMTE Service Award, 2007
Professional Memberships
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
- Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators
- American Educational Research Association
- Kentucky Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Professional Activities
- Primary author on grants that have accrued approximately $30 million
- Served as director, principal investigator, or co-principal investigator of four NSF-funded projects
- Kentucky K-4 Mathematics Specialist Program
- Kentucky Middle Grades Mathematics Teacher Network
- Lexington Area Systemic Education Reform in Mathematics and Science
- Appalachian Collaborative Center for Learning, Assessment and Instruction in Mathematics
- Louisville Area Science and Mathematics Alliance for Recruitment and Teacher Education Reform
- Served as director, principal investigator, or co-principal investigator of four state-funded projects:
- Kentucky Middle School Mathematics Academies
- Formative Assessments in Middle Mathematics
- End-of-Course Assessments in Algebra I and Geometry
- Project director of federally funded Urban University Partnership for Mathematics and Science Teaching
- Chair, Kentucky Mathematics Achievement Committee
- Member, Kentucky Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics Task Force
- Reviwer, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Journal for Research in Rural Education, Mathematics Teacher, Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, Teaching Elementary Mathematics, Journal of Teacher Education
