San Antonio College
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science 

Ronald D. Ferguson (Picture)

Ronald D. Ferguson

 

Vita 

Title

bulletProfessor, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science

Professional Experience

bulletSan Antonio College, September, 1969 to Present
bulletDepartment of Mathematics and Computer Science, San Antonio, Texas 78284 Professor. Freshman and Sophomore mathematics and computer science courses.
bulletArlington Independent School District Sam Houston High School, Arlington, Texas. Teacher. High School Mathematics, September, 1965 to September, 1968

Education

bulletTexas A&M University College Station, Texas. Doctor of Philosophy 1982
bulletNorth Texas State University, Denton, Texas. Master of Science 1969
bulletBaylor University, Waco, Texas. Bachelor of Arts 1965
bulletSan Antonio College, San Antonio, Texas. Associate in Arts 1963

Publications

bulletCollege Algebra Plus, West Educational Publishing. Textbook, February 1995
bulletCollege Algebra and Trigonometry Plus, West Educational Publishing. Textbook, February 1995
bulletPreCalculus Plus, West Educational Publishing. Textbook, August 1994
bullet“User Input with Turbo Pascal,” REMark Magazine. Article, 1987
bulletInstructor’s Manual for Up and Running, Addison Wesley. Textbook ancillary, 1987
bullet“Programming in BATCH,” REMark Magazine. Article, 1986
bullet“Abstraction Anxiety: A Component of Mathematics Anxiety” Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Article. 1986
bulletAn Algebra Primer, McMillan Publishing Co.Textbook (co-author) 1975

Conferences

bullet"Institutional Home Page Design," presented at Internet Odyssey, 1996.
bullet“Whatever Happened to my Dear Aunt Sally?” Texas Section, Mathematics Association of America. Paper presented. 1990
bulletCalculus Initiative Workshop Panel discussion Panelist 1990
bullet“Uses of Computer Graphics: CSR," Calculus Initiative Workshop. Co-presenter, 1989
bullet“Evolution of a Parser,” Texas Section, Mathematics Association of America. Paper presented, 1989
bullet“Micro Computer Graphics in Calculus," Texas Section, Mathematics Association of America. Co-presenter, 1988
bulletIBM ACIS Invited conference Attendee, 1988
bulletIBM ACIS Invited conference Attendee, 1989

Grants Received

bulletIBM CAI Completed Grant: Similarity and Congruence, Developer. 1990
bulletIBM CAI Received CAI grant. Developer, 1989

Software Written

bulletGraphWindows, Educational Graphing Software. Programmer and Developer. Published by West Educational Publishers 1991-1994

Special Interests

bulletGraphing Technology. Programming. Writing. Learning Models
bulletDesigned and implemented Math/Cosc World Wide Web Pages 1996-Feb 1998.

This page last updated on Thursday, September 26, 2002 . Copyright © 1996 Ronald D. Ferguson