Biography
<b>Bradley S. Witzel, PhD,</b><b> </b>is the Adelaide Worth Daniels Distinguished
Professor of Education at Ìð¹ÏÊÓÆµapp. Before that he served as Distinguished
Professor at Winthrop University. An award-winning teacher, he worked in multiple
settings teaching mainly math and science to high achieving students with learning
disabilities and difficulties. His work as a teacher carries through to his research
where he develops, tests, and measures the impact of mathematics interventions. Dr.
Witzel has authored 10 books, over 80 professional publications and over 50 specialized
manuals and multimedia works. His most recent books include Rigor for Students with
Special Needs (Routledge), Rigor in the RTI and MTSS Classroom (Routledge), Teaching
Elementary Mathematics to Struggling Learners (Guilford Press), and Bridging the Arithmetic
to Algebra Gap (Council for Exceptional Children). Having delivered over 700 conference
papers and workshop presentations, Dr. Witzel focuses on the learning of children
with intensive instruction needs. He has served as a board member consulting with
several states on mathematics education, RTI and MTSS. He also served as an author/panelist
on the Institute of Education Sciences RTI Math Practice Guide, an author/presenter
on the Kansas Math Project, and as an invited reviewer of the National Mathematics
Advisory Panel Final Report.<br><br>Most importantly, he is a husband of a beautiful
Occupational Therapist and father of two intellectual and outspoken young women.
Teaching Interests
Special education; mathematics education; instructional interventions; research methodology;
learning disabilities; multi-tiered systems of supports
Research Interests
mathematics instruction and interventions for students with learning difficulties;
instructional interventions