Shirley M. Frye
{{short description|American mathematician}}
{{redirect-distinguish-text|Shirley Frye|the wife of Henry Frye}}
Shirley M. Frye (née Urban){{r|thiel}} is an American mathematics educator. She is the former president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics{{r|gg}} and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.{{r|nctm}}
Education and career
Frye has a bachelor's degree from Thiel College (1951) and a master's degree from Arizona State University.{{r|nams}} At Thiel College, one of her mentors was mathematics professor Nathan Harter.{{r|thiel}}
She worked for 40 years as a mathematics teacher, retiring in 1991.{{r|laa}}
In 1965 she hosted an educational television series on mathematics, on the Arizona State University channel KAET.{{r|kaet}}
Service
She first joined the board of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 1973,{{r|nctm}} while working for the Scottsdale Unified School District in Arizona,{{r|nom}} and she served as president from 1988 to 1990.{{r|nctm}}
Under her presidency, the NCTM issued a report calling for more emphasis on reasoning over rote learning in primary and secondary school mathematics education,{{r|nyt}} for the incorporation of calculators into classroom work,{{r|wapo}} and for greater connections to everyday practical problems.{{r|trib}} She was quoted in Reader's Digest as dismissive of innate mathematical ability in mathematics, saying "anyone can achieve confidence in math if properly instructed".{{r|pced}}
Frye was president of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics from 1981 to 1983.{{r|gg}}
She also served on the Mathematical Sciences Education Board of the National Research Council, and as part of that service helped author a series of primary-school mathematics textbooks.{{r|nctm}}
Recognition
Thiel College named Frye as their distinguished alumnus of the year in 1976.{{r|alum}}
The National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics gave Frye their Glenn Gilbert National Leadership Award in 1986.{{r|gg}}
Frye was the inaugural recipient of the Louise Hay Award of the Association for Women in Mathematics, in 1991.{{r|hay|complex}}
She won the 2002 Lifetime Achievement Award of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.{{r|laa|complex}}
References
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{{citation|url=https://awm-math.org/awards/hay-award/|title=Hay Award: Past Recipients|publisher=Association for Women in Mathematics|accessdate=2018-11-23}}
{{citation|url=https://www.nctm.org/Grants-and-Awards/Lifetime-Achievement-Award/Shirley-M_-Frye/|title=2002 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient: Shirley M. Frye|publisher=National Council of Teachers of Mathematics|accessdate=2018-11-23}}
{{citation|url=https://www.nctm.org/Grants-and-Awards/Supporters/Shirley-M_-Frye-Biography/|title=Shirley M. Frye Biography|publisher=National Council of Teachers of Mathematics|accessdate=2018-11-23}}
{{citation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/04/02/weekinreview/ideas-trends-math-is-only-new-when-the-teacher-doesn-t-get-it.html|title=Math is only new when the teacher doesn't get it|first=Gina|last=Kolata|author-link=Gina Kolata|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 2, 1989|department=Ideas & Trends}}
{{citation|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1989-03-22-8903280829-story.html|title=Educators: Make math practical|first=George E.|last=Curry|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=March 22, 1989}}
{{citation|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/03/22/new-formula-offered-for-teaching-math/38c9a682-ccb6-4c30-9779-1d4650e46c2d/|title=New formula offered for teaching math|first=Barbara|last=Vobejda|date=March 22, 1989|newspaper=Washington Post}}
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