PERSONAL DATA

Name : Murad Eid Jurdak

Place & Date of Birth : Lebanon, June 8, 1943

Nationality : Lebanese

EDUCATION

American University of Beirut

                   - BS (Math) 1966

                   - Teaching Diploma 1966 (Math Education)

                   - MS (Math) 1968: University of Wisconsin, 

Madison University of Wisconsin, Madison 

                   - Ph.D.(Math Education) 1973

Professor 1985-present

Chairman, Department of Education 1993-present

Director, Division of Education Programs 1986-1993

Associate Professor 1979-1985

Chairman, Department of Education 1979-1982

Fulbright-Hays Scholar, University

of Wisconsin, Madison Summer, 1981

Assistant Professor 1973-1979

Director, Science & Mathematics

Education Center (SMEC) 1983-1986 and 1976-1978

Instructor 1972-1973

Graduate Assistant (Math.) 1966-1968

UNRWA/UNESCO Institute of Education

Assistant Specialist of Teacher 1969-1971

Training in Mathematics

Al-Rawdah High School: Mathematics Teacher 1966-1969

1. Contribution to curriculum improvement in the field of specialization: Chaired the Curriculum and Examination of the Department of Education which developed proposals for a BA in Education, Teaching Diploma in Elementary Education and MA in Elementary Education (1978-79) and the BA in elementary education and diploma in special education (1990-present).

2. Areas of expertise: Research, curriculum development research methodology, teacher training, and statistics.

3. Courses taught : - Measurement and Evaluation for Classroom Teacher
   - Statistics in Education

   - Teaching of New Math in Elementary School

   - Foundations of Mathematics Education

   - General Research Methodology in Education

   - Recent Development in Mathematics Education

   - Special Topics (Advanced Topics in Educational Statistics)

4. Thesis advising : Supervised more than 38 MA theses

PUBLICATIONS

Jurdak, M.E. (1973). The effects of emphasizing mathematics structural properties in teaching and of reflective intelligence on four selected criteria. Madison: The Wisconsin R & Development Center for Cognitive Learning (178 pages).

Jurdak, M.E. (1977). Structural and linguistics variables in selected inference patterns for bilinguals in grades six to ten. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 8, 225-238.

Jurdak, M.E. (1978). Tamyeez al-istidlalat al-sadika min quibal Majmou'atin min al-talaba al-lubnanyiyeen thunai'yi al-Lugha (recognition of valid inferences of certain groups of Lebanese bilinguals) (in Arabic). Dirasat, 5, 77-87.

Jurdak, M.E. (1978). Al-riyadhyat al-madrasiyya l'l-akthariyya (school mathematics for the majority) (in Arabic). Bakht-er-Ruda, 30, 7-10.

Jurdak, M.E. & Sawaya, L.M. (1980). Factors affecting readability of mathematics textbooks (in Arabic). Dirasat, 7, 91-107.

Jurdak, M.E. (1981). The influence of educational technology on developing mathematics curricula in the Arab countries (in Arabic). Arab Journal of Education, 1, 161-174

Jurdak, M.E. & Jacobsen, E. (1981). The evolution of mathematics curricula in the Arab States. In R.

Morris (Ed.), Studies in Mathematics Education: Vol. 2, (pp. 133-147). Paris: UNESCO.

Jurdak, M.E. & Mutlak, I. (1982). The facilitating effect of structured games in mathematics. International Journal of Mathematics Education in Science and Technology, 13, 335-340.

Jurdak, M.E. (1982). Readability of a mathematics text (in Arabic). In Teaching mathematics and sciences in Arabic at the Intermediate stage (pp. 13-16). Beirut: Makassed.

Romberg, T.A., Jurdak, M.E., Collis, K.F. & Buchanan, A.E. (1982). Construct Validity of a Set of Mathematics Super items. Madison: Wisconsin Canter of education Research, University of Wisconsin (87 pages).

Sara, N. & Jurdak, M.E. (1984). Status of Teachers in the Arab Region (original is in English). Translated from English to Arabic by Mu'uwwad, A.). Paris: UNESCO Regional Office for Education in the Arab States (90 pages).

Jurdak, M.E. (1985). The role of sequence and context in structurally-related problems. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 16, 515-524.

Jurdak, M.E. (1985). Preparing materials. In Romberg, T.(Ed.) using research in the professional life of mathematics teachers..Madison: Wisconsin Canter for Education Research, University of University of Wisconsin.

Collis, K.F., Romberg, T.A. & Jurdak, M.E. (1986). A technique for assessing mathematics problem-solving ability. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 17, 206-221.

Jurdak, M.E. (1989). Religion and language as culture carriers and barriers in mathematics education. In C. Kietel (Ed.), Mathematics, Education and Society (Science and Technology Education, Document Series No. 35), pp. 12-14, Paris: UNESCO.

Jurdak, M.E. (1989). Van Hiele levels and the SOLO taxonomy. International Journal of Mathematics Education in Science and Technology, 22, 57-60.

Jurdak, M.E. (1991). Status of mathematics education in the Arab countries in light of world trends.

al-'lm wal Technologia, 26, 30-33. (In Arabic).

Jurdak, M.E. (1993). Assessment in mathematics education in the Arab countries. In Niss, M. (Ed.), Assessment in Mathematics Education and its Effects (Vol. II), pp. 35-41. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers.

Jurdak, M.E. (1994).Mathematics education in the global village. In Robitaille, D., Wheeler, D. & Kieran, c. (Eds.), Selected lectures from the 7th International Congress on Mathematical Education ,pp. 199-210. Quebec: Laval University.

Jurdak, M.E. (1997). Al-Khawarizmi’s algebra. Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal, 15,

30-36.

Jurdak, M.E. (1998). Public examinations. In Jurdak, M. (Editor), Public examinations and educational indicators. Beirut: Lebanese Association for Educational Sciences.

Jurdak, M. & Abu Zein, R. (1998). The effect of journal writing on achievement in and attitudes toward mathematics. School Science and Mathematics, 98, 412 - 419.

Jurdak, M. & Shahin, I. (1999). An ethnographic study of the computational strategies of a group of young street vendors in Beirut. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 40, 155-172.

Jurdak, M. (1999). The role of values in mathematics education. Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal #21, 39-45.

Jurdak, M. (2000). Technology and problem solving in mathematics: Myths and Realities. In International Conference in Mathematics Education (pages 30-37). Beirut: Lebanese American University

Jurdak, M. (2001). Students’ achievement study, final report. Beirut: UNESCO Office for Education in the Arab States (215 pages).

Jurdak, M. (2001). Contrasting problem- solving in school and workplace. In Pehkonen, E. (editor), Problem solving around the world, pp. 97-102. Turku, Finland: University of Turku

Jurdak, M. (2001). Mathematics goals and achievements: The case of Lebanon. In Heuvel-Panhuizen, M. (editor), Proceedings of the 25th conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME), Volume 1, pp. 174-179, Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 12-17, 2001: Freudenthal Institute, Utrecht University.

Jurdak, M. & Shahin,  I. (2001). Problem solving activity in the workplace and the school: The case of constructing solids, Educational Studies in Mathematics.

Jurdak, M.E. (1980). Reflective intelligence and mathematics performance. In Karplus, R. (Ed.), proceedings of the fourth international conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME), (pp. 198-206). Berkeley: PME.

Jurdak, M.E. (1982). The construct validity of each superitem- Guttman scalability. In Vermandel, A. (Ed.), proceedings of the sixth international conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME), pp. 254-259. Antwerp, Belgium: Organising Committee of VIth Conference, PME. Antwerp University.

Jurdak, M.E. (1983). Some recent trends in the development of mathematics curricula (in Arabic). In final report of the conference on elementary and intermediate science and mathematics curricula in the Arab Gulf States, pp. 113-134. Kuwait: Gulf Arab States Educational Research Center.

Jurdak, M.E. (1984). A look into the future-mathematics education (in Arabic). Proceedings of the conference on mathematics and science education in the elementary and intermediate cycles in Lebanon (pp. 96-101). Beirut: SMEC.

Jurdak, M.E. (1986). Consistency of strategy usage in structurally equivalent problem. Proceedings of the tenth international conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME), pp. 445-450. London: University of London Institute of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (1989). Van Hiele Levels and the SOLO taxonomy. Proceedings of the 13th international conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME), pp. 155-162. Paris: PME.

Jurdak, M.E. (1991). Teachers' conceptions of math education and the foundations of mathematics. Proceedings of the 15th international conference for the Psychology of Mathematics

Education (PME), pp. 137-144, Assissi, Italy: PME

Jurdak, M.E. (1994). Educational evaluation. In educational evaluation of students achievement (in Arabic). Beirut: Hariri Foundation.

Jurdak, M.E. (1995). The role of values in mathematics education and computer education. In Proceedings of the Second Panhellenic Conference on Mathematics Education, pp. 105-117. Nicosia: University of Cyprus.

Jurdak, M.E. (1995). Some lessons from two regional collaboration projects in the Arab region. InHunting R. et al (eds.), Proceedings of the ICMI conference on regional collaboration in mathematics education, pp. 355-363. Melbourne: Monash University.

Jurdak, M.E. (Ed.). (1977). Mathematics for elementary two (in Arabic). Khartoum: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Ed.). (1977). Teacher guide for elementary two mathematics (in Arabic). Khartoum: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Ed.). (1977). Mathematics for general secondary two (in Arabic). Khartoum: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Ed.). (1977). Teacher guide for general secondary two mathematics (in Arabic). Khartoum: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Ed.). (1976). Mathematics for elementary one (in Arabic). Khartoum: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Ed.). (1976). Teacher guide for elementary one mathematics (in Arabic). Khartoum: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Ed.). (1976). Mathematics for general secondary one (in Arabic). Khartoum: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Ed.). (1976). Teacher guide for general secondary one mathematics (in Arabic). Khartoum: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Chairman of Authors' Committee and Editor) & Haddad, M. (Editor).(1979). Mathematics for elementary one (in Arabic). Riyadh: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Chairman of Authors' Committee and Editor) & Haddad, M. (Editor). (1979). Teacher guide for elementary one mathematics (in Arabic). Riyadh: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Chairman of Authors' Committee and Editor) & Eido, R. (Editor). (1979). Mathematics for elementary four (in Arabic). Riyadh: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Chairman of Authors' Committee and Editor) & Eido, R. (Ed.). (1979). Teacher guide for elementary four mathematics (in Arabic). Riyadh: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Chairman of Authors' Committee and Editor) & Haddad, M. (Editor).(1980). Mathematics for elementary two (in Arabic). Riyadh: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Chairman of Authors' committee and Editor) & Haddad, M. (Editor). (1980). Teacher guide for elementary two mathematics (in Arabic). Riyadh: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Chairman of Authors' Committee and Editor) & Edio, R. (Editor). (1980). Mathematics for elementary five (in Arabic). Riyadh: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Chairman of Authors' Committee and Editor) & Eido, R. (Editor). (1980). Teacher guide for elementary five mathematics (in Arabic). Riyadh: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E.(Chairman of Authors' Committee and Editor) & Haddad,M.(Editor). (1981).Mathematics for elementary three (in Arabic). Riyadh: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Chairman of Authors' Committee and Editor) & Haddad, M. (Editor). (1981). Teacher guide for elementary three mathematics (in Arabic). Riyadh: Ministry of Education.

Eido, R. (Chairman of Authors' Committee and Editor) & Jurdak, M.E. (Editor). (1981). Mathematics for elementary six (in Arabic). Riyadh: Ministry of Education.

Eido, R. (Chairman of Authors' Committee and Editor)l & Jurdak, M.E. (Editor). (1981). Teacher guide for elementary six mathematics (in Arabic). Riyadh: Ministry of Education.

Jurdak, M.E. (Editor). (1985). Math Workbook 1. Beirut: Dar Al-Fikr Al-Lubnani.

Jurdak, M.E. (Editor). (1986). Math Workbook 2. Beirut: Dar Al-Fikr Al-Lubnani.

1.  "A Report on the Mathematics Training Program of CITTI", May, 1973, 21 pages.

2. "Detailed suggested curricula for the Elementary and Intermediate Cycle in Saudi Arabia", 1977, 110 pages. (prepared by a committee on elementary math chaired by M. Jurdak and a Committee on intermediate math chaired by R. Eido).

3. "A Report on Bakht-er-Ruda", 1980, with M. Bashshur, Commissioned by ALECSO, 35 pages.

4. "Curriculum and assessment quality, Republic of Yemen, Basic Education Project", 18 pages. Commissioned by World Bank, 1991.

5. "Education in the twenty-first century" 35 pages. Commissioned by UNESCO, 1992.

1. International Group on the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME)

2. Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD).

3. Lebanese Association for Educational Sciences (founding member)

4. Arab Association for Science and Mathematics Education(founding member)

5. Attendance and Participation in Scholarly Conferences

6. Attended the Regional Seminar in Cairo sponsored by UNESCO Mathematics Project for the Arab States, 8th - 17th March, 1969.

7. Participated, on invitation from UNESCO, in a 10-day Seminar in Cairo on the Changing Role of the Mathematics Teacher, October, 1974.

8. Participated and led discussion in Riyadh Seminar on Math and Science Curricula, May 14-19, 1977.

9. Participated and led discussions in Riyadh Seminar on Math and Science Curricula, November 28 - December 4, 1977.

10. On invitation from UNESCO, attended and participated in a "Meeting of Experts - Mathematics and at he Needs of Society". Paris, May 19-23, 1980.

11. Participated in the Fourth International Congress on Mathematics Education, Berkeley, California, 10-16 August, 1980.

12. Participated and presented a paper in the Fourth International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Berkeley, California, August 16-17, 1980.

13. Upon the invitation of ALECSO, presented a paper (in absentia) to the International and Regional Conference on Mathematics entitled Educational Technology and its impact on the Development of Mathematics Curricula in the Arab States (Sana's, Yemen; April 5-10, 1981).

14. Presented a paper (in absentia) entitled "Trends in Mathematics Curricula" to a conference about Development of Science and Mathematics Curricula and Textbooks in the Arab Gulf States", Kuwait, September 26-29, 1983.

15. Active participation in the planning, organization and administration of a conference on Mathematics and Science Education in the Elementary and Intermediate Cycles in Lebanon, sponsored by the Science and Mathematics Education Center (SMEC) at A.U.B. and the presentation of paper entitled "Mathematics Education - A Look into the Future". Beirut, November 18-19, 1983.

16. Attended and presented a paper entitled "preparing materials" to the Fifth International Congress on Mathematics Education, Adelaide, Australia, August 24-30, 1984.

17. Attended and presented a paper entitled "Consistency of Strategy Usage in Structurally Equivalent Problems", to the Tenth International Conference for t he Psychology of Mathematics Education. London, July 20-25, 1985.

18. Undertook a study tour to visit John Hopkins University, Columbia University and University of Minnesota to study co-operative education programs, September, 1990.

19. Attended and presented a paper entitled "religion and language as cultural carriers and barriers in math education" to the Sixth International Congress on Mathematics Education, Budapest, July 27 - August 3, 1988.

20. Attended and presented a paper entitled "assessment in mathematics education in the Arab countries" to ICMI Study Conference on Assessment in Mathematics Education and its Effects, Colonge, Spain, April 11-16, 1991.

21. Attended and presented a paper entitled "teachers' conceptions of math education and the foundations of mathematics" to the 15th International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Assissi, Italy, June 29 - July 4, 1991.

22. Attended and presented a paper entitled "mathematics education in the global village: the wedge and the filter to the Seventh International Congress on Mathematics Education, Quebec, August 17-23, 1992.

23. Attended and presented a paper entitled "teaching of scientific values" to the conference on Teaching of Values, sponsored by the National Commission for UNESCO, Beirut, February 12- 13, l993.

24. Member of the organizing committee of the Second Regional Conference on Science and Mathematics Education in the Arab States, Tunis, December,19-22,1996

25.  Co-chairman of the organizing Committee of the conference on public examination in mathematics in Lebanon, Beirut, February, 19-21,1997.

26. Attended and presented two papers in ECME9, Tokyo, July 31 – August 7, 2000.

27. Attended PME25, Utrecht-The Netherlands, July 12-17, 2001 and contributed a paper on " mathematics goals and achievement: the case of Lebanon" to the Research Forum on "comparative views of mathematics goals and achievements"

1. Project leader of the mathematics curriculum project in the Sudan, grades 1-9, 1973-76. The project included need assessment, curriculum development, development of instructional materials, teacher training, and curriculum evaluation.

2. Project leader of the mathematics curriculum project in Saudi Arabia, grades 1-9, 1976-1983. The project included need assessment, curriculum analysis, curriculum development, development of instructional materials, training of key personnel, curriculum evaluation and revision.

1. Ford Foundation resident consultant to the Certification Inservice Teacher Training Institute (CITTI) in Amman, second semester, 1972-73. Evaluated the math education program.

2. Ford Foundation consultant to Saudi Arabia. Participated in investigating the needs and problem of training the intermediate mathematics and science teachers in Saudi Arabia, 1974.

3. Visited Dubai as a consultant to Al-Ittihad School Project, 1978-79

4. ALECSO (Arab League for Education, Culture, and Science Organization) consultant in a two-member commission. Investigated the strengthening and expansion of Bakht-er-Ruda Institute of Education in the Sudan, February 17-25, 1980.

5. RADAC consultant to Bahrain to investigate the feasibility of introducing computer education in the secondary school, March 18-22, 1983.

6. World Bank consultant as a member of a preparation mission to Yemen. Need assessment in the areas of curriculum and evaluation, September , 1990.

7. World Bank consultant of three missions to Jordan, 1993 and 1994.

8. UNESCO consultant. Commission to write a paper on education in the twenty-first century, 1992.

9. World Bank consultant on evaluation and examination in Lebanon, 1997.

10. UNESCO consultant. Evaluation of two reports and a manuscript of a resource book on educational evaluation prepared by the Arab Canter for Educational Research for Gulf States in Kuwait, 1998.

11. UNESCO consultant as a member of a team to evaluate the Arab Council for Education in the Gulf States in Riyadh, 1998.

12. UNICEF consultant to evaluate UNICEF Lebanon Country Program in Education.

1. Supervised the implementation of the two-years inservice mathematics training program for intermediate teachers of the UNRWA/UNESCO Institute of Education, 1968-71.

2. Organized, supervised and lectured in summer institutes of UNRWA/UNESCO Institute of Education in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, West Bank and Gaza in the summer of 1969, 70.

3. Edited most of mathematics assignments for the math. inservice training course of UNRWA/UNESCO Institute of Education, 1969-1970.

4.  Supervised and co-ordinated the training and writing session of four Sudanese mathematics educators (May 8 - July 8, 1974). The team prepared the experimental mathematics textbooks and teacher guides for grades one and seven.

5. Supervised and co-ordinated the revision and writing session of five Sudanese mathematics educators (April 28 - July 9, 1975). The team revised the books for grades one and seven and wrote mathematics textbooks and teacher guides for grades two and eight.

6. Participated in a 9-day training session for key mathematics educators in Saudi Arabia. The session was organized by the Ministry of Education to orient supervisors and teacher training personnel to the new science and mathematics textbooks, September 1987.

7. Active participation in the planning, administration and co-ordination of the Inservice Training Program for Teachers of Commercial Subject in Secondary Schools in Bahrain, 1983-84.

8. Visited Bahrain to conduct a 5-day workshop on testing and evaluation for secondary teachers of commercial subjects, January 14-18, 1984.

9. Conducted a training workshop module on testing and evaluation to school principals in Bahrain as part of the Training of School Principals Project in Bahrain, each year between 1985-1989.

10. Coordinated and conducted many teacher workshops as part of the Division of Education Summer Workshop Program.

Served in different capacities on several ad hoc and project committees. The following is a list of standing committees on which I served:

1. Member and Chairman, Curriculum and Examination Committee of the Department of Education, 1987-79, 1990-present.

2. Member, the Division's Steering Committee, 1976-77.

3. Acting Chairman (1987-79) and member (1987-80) of DEEP Academic Affairs Committee.

4. Member of the Division Advisory Committee (1979-81) & (1982-84)

5. Member of Division Development and Services Committee 1979-81 and 1983-present.

6. Member, University Student Aid Committee, 1987-80.

7. Member, University Admission Committee, 1979-81.

8. Member, University Planning Committee, 1982-83.

9. Member, Senate Steering Committee.

10. Member, University Senate, 1986-present.

11. Member, Board of Graduate Studies, 1986-1993.

12. Member, Long Range Planning Committee, 1991-present.

August 16, 2000