Kaput, James J.

James J. Kaput was a professor in the department of mathematics, at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. He was originally trained in mathematics (Category Theory), and became interested during the '70s in teaching teachers and reforming undergraduate education, and in the representational side of student learning. Under the auspices of the National Center for Research in Mathematical Sciences Education at Wisconsin, Dr. Kaput led efforts to understand how the core math curriculum might be fundamentally reorganized to democratize access to big ideas such as algebra and calculus. As part