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Author: Helen Burn

Helen Burn is faculty member in the department of mathematics and director of the Curriculum Research Group at Highline College where she has served as chair of the Pure and Applied Sciences Division and mathematics department coordinator. Her research, service, and leadership center on improving student success in the two-year college mathematics curriculum through redesigning curriculum, improving the mathematics placement process, and tailoring curriculum to special student populations including students in applied baccalaureate programs and the partner disciplines to mathematics. Burn served as mathematics consultant to the two-year college research team on Characteristics of Successful Program in College Calculus (NSF DUE 0910240, 2010-2016) and was Co-PI for The Math You Need, When You Need (NSF DUE-0920800/0920583, 2006-2013). She is co-chair of the Washington State Math Pathways to Completion Taskforce and member of the Mathematical Association of America’s Committee on Undergraduate Programs in Mathematics. In 2014, she received the Washington State Two-Year College Mathematics Education Reform Award. Her educational background includes a B.S. from The Evergreen State College, an M.S. in mathematics from Western Washington University and a Ph.D. in higher education from the University of Michigan Center for the Study of Higher and Postsecondary Education.
September 16, 2020 Equity in Math Pathways

TLC3 Launches Institutional Self-Assessment Tool for Equity Practices in the STEM Math Pathway

It’s time to double-down on our commitment to racial equity in the STEM math pathway in two-year colleges. Now more

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September 16, 2020 Introductory Statistics

Content Standards for Introductory Statistics in Washington

Statistics instructors in Washington state from two- and four-year institutions met as part of a working group of the Math

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March 6, 2019 Introductory Statistics

StatPrep Webinar with Jeremy Koziol and Greg Kent, Feb 15, 2019

We had a wonderful webinar on February 15, 2019, that focused on R-based activities developed by two our our summer

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Recent Posts

  • TLC3 Launches Institutional Self-Assessment Tool for Equity Practices in the STEM Math Pathway September 16, 2020
  • Content Standards for Introductory Statistics in Washington September 16, 2020
  • StatPrep Webinar with Jeremy Koziol and Greg Kent, Feb 15, 2019 March 6, 2019
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