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Marilyn Burns & Authors

Marilyn Burns

Marilyn Burns is one of today’s most highly respected mathematics educators. Over the course of 50 years, Marilyn has taught children, led in-service sessions, spoken at conferences, contributed to professional journals, written more than a dozen books for children, and created more than 20 professional development resources for teachers and administrators.
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Co-Authors & Math Solutions Master Teachers

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    JANE CRAWFORD is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics, a Math Solutions consultant, and the author of Math by All Means: Money; she also taught in the Kalispell School District in Montana for more than ten years and has a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction.

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    Maryann Wickett, a former elementary classroom teacher and mathematics staff developer in San Marcos Unified School District in San Marcos, California, is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching. She is also a workshop leader, conference speaker, and Math Solutions consultant.

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    Lynne Zolli, a classroom teacher in Grades 1–6, has also been a mentor teacher, professional development leader, and conference speaker. Lynne has served as a grant writer, written Math Solutions professional books, and is an author of Scholastic's Do The Math intervention program.

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    Vicki Bachman was a primary classroom teacher in Iowa City, Iowa, for more than twenty years and was most recently a math consultant for Grant Wood Area Education Agency in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. A Math Solutions in-service instructor, Vicki is the author of First Grade Math: A Month to Month Guide.

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    Melody Randel has over twenty years of classroom teaching experience at the elementary, middle school, and university level, and has been a Math Solutions consultant for over seventeen years. She has a particular interest in the areas of teaching English Language Learners and using differentiated instruction. She is one of the authors of the Mathematics Reasoning Inventory (MRI).

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    Susan Scharton has over thirty years of experience teaching at the elementary and university level and is currently a Math Solutions consultant. She completed her Ed.D. in Teaching and Learning in 2007. Her book, Teaching Number Sense, was published in 2005.