Director Emeritus, MSTE, Mathematics, Science & Tech Education
505 E Green St
Suite 102 (mail code 439)
Champaign (UIUC Campus Mail), IL 61820
My past research projects have included international studies of school mathematics achievement, including the U. S. National Director of Second International Mathematics Study, 1980-87.
My current research is a Partnership Illinois grant to develop network-based curriculum modules in high school mathematics.
My future goals include developing a framework for quality indicators for the first two years of undergraduate mathematics.
Travers, K. J., & Weinzweig, A. I. (2012). The second international mathematics study. In International Comparisons in Mathematics Education (pp. 19-29). Taylor and Francis. link >
Travers, K. J. (2004). The Perils and Promises of International Surveys of School Achievement: A Response to Howard Russell’s “Connections among Factors in Education”. Curriculum Inquiry, 34(3), 315-317. link >
Wilkins, J. L. M., Zembylas, M., & Travers, K. J. (2002). Investigating Correlates of Mathematics and Science Literacy in the Final Year of Secondary School. In D. F. Robitaille, & A. E. Beaton (Eds.), Secondary Analysis of the TIMSS Data (pp. 291-316). Kluwer Academic Publishers. link >
Stout, W., Marden, J., & Travers, K. (2000). Statistics: Making Sense of Data. (3 ed.) Möbius Communications.
Travers, K. J. (1988). Opportunity to Learn Mathematics in Eighth-Grade Classrooms in the United States: Some Findings from the Second International Mathematics Study. In R. R. Cocking, & J. P. Mestre (Eds.), Linguistic and Cultural Influences on Learning Mathematics (pp. 187-200). (The Psychology of Education and Instruction). Taylor and Francis. link >
Travers, K., & Westbury, I. (Eds.) (1988). The IEA Study of Mathematics I: Analysis of Mathematics Curricula. Pergamon Press.
McKnight, C. C., Travers, K., Crosswhite, F. J., & Swafford, J. O. (1985). Eighth-Grade Mathematics in U. S. Schools: A Report from the Second International Mathematics Study. The Arithmetic Teacher, 32(8), 20-26.
McKnight, C. C., Travers, K., & Dossey, J. A. (1985). Twelfth-Grade Mathematics in U.S. High Schools: A Report from the Second International Mathematics Study. The Mathematics Teacher, 78(4), 292-300, 270.
Travers, K. J., McKnight, C. C., & Dossey, J. A. (1985). Mathematics Achievement in U.S. High Schools from an International Perspective. NASSP Bulletin, 69(484), 55-63. link >
Travers, K., & McKnight, C. C. (1985). Mathematics Achievement in U.S. Schools: Preliminary Findings from the Second IEA Mathematics Study. Phi Delta Kappan, 66(6), 407-413.
Purves, A. C., & Travers, K. (1982). International Evaluation and American Curriculum. Educational Leadership, 39(6), 440-446.
Travers, K., & Gray, K. G. (1981). The Monte Carlo Method: A Fresh Approach to Teaching Probabilistic Concepts. The Mathematics Teacher, 74(5), 327+334.
Travers, K. J. (1979). The Second International Mathematics Study : Purposes and Design. Journal of Curriculum Studies, 11(3), 203-210. link >
Atkinson, D. T., Shevokas, C., Novak, W., & Travers, K. (1977). Probability and Statistics. Stipes Publishing.
Travers, K. J. (1977). A Computer Activity for Building a Linear Model of Data. School Science and Mathematics, 77(8), 653-658. link >
Travers, K. (1977). On Generating a Bivariate Distribution Having Any Desired Correlation. The Mathematics Teacher, 70(3), 265-269.
Travers, K. J. (1977). Review: J.C. Stanley, D.P. Keating, and L.H. Fox's (eds.) Mathematical Talent: Discovery, Description and Development. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 8(2), 148-151. link >
Travers, K. J. (1977). The Second International Survey of Mathematics Achievement: A Case for U.S. Participation. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 8(1), 77-80. link >
Pikaart, L., & Travers, K. (1973). Teaching elementary school mathematics: A simplified model. The Arithmetic Teacher, 20(5), 332-342.
Travers, K. (1971). Cooperation for Better Mathematics Teacher Education. The Mathematics Teacher, 64(4), 373-379.
Travers, K. J. (1971). Mathematics Education and the Computer Revolution. School Science and Mathematics, 71(1), 24-34. link >
Travers, K., & Knaupp, J. E. (1971). The computer revolution needs YOU! The Arithmetic Teacher, 18(1), 11-17.
Nievergelt, J., & Travers, K. J. (1970). Computer education for secondary school mathematics teachers. ACM SIGCSE Bulletin, 2(3), 75-83. link >
Travers, K. J. (1970). Computer education for secondary school mathematics teachers. In E. A. Feustel, & P. Calingaert (Eds.), SIGCSE '70: Proceedings of the first SIGCSE technical symposium on Education in computer science (pp. 75-83). Association for Computing Machinery. link >
Travers, K. (1968). Through clouds of failure into orbit. The Arithmetic Teacher, 15(7), 591-598.
Travers, K. J. (1967). A Test of Pupil Preference for Problem-Solving Situations in Junior High School Mathematics. Journal of Experimental Education, 35(4), 9-18. link >