Email
goulet@wpi.edu
Office
Atwater Kent 012 (basement)
Phone
+1 (508) 8315000 x5036
Education
BS Mathematics Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Distinction 1973
PhD Mathematics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) 4.00 GPA 1976

Teaching at WPI is a great opportunity to help incoming freshmen make the transition from high school to college as well as gain the pleasure and satisfaction that higher education can bring. Further, the WPI Plan is a unique approach to education, and John brings both enthusiasm and a special perspective as one of its first graduates. He appreciates the great people the students are and assists them into making mathematics a successful part of their start. He does this in a number of ways, including an outcomes approach to teaching and a careful eye on what their future courses and projects are. As Coordinator of the Master of Mathematics for Educators program, long a part of the WPI Mathematical Sciences Department, he helps many secondary math teachers to gain a better appreciation of the depth and applicability of mathematics, as well as the effective use of technology in studying and teaching math.

Scholarly Work

Building Interdisciplinary Bridges Between Math, Science and Engineering Courses,” with Arthur Heinricher, Judith Miller, Chrysanthe Demetry Vol. IX, No. 1, Spring 2002 Journal for the Art of Teaching, pp. 55-72.

"Augmenting Linear Algebra Courses to Serve Science and Engineering Students,” in Vol. IX, No. 1, Spring 2002 Journal for the Art of Teaching, pp. 73-84.

“Outcomes Oriented Undergraduate Courses – Reflections and Experiences” with Lance Schacterle, presentation at American Association for Higher Education (AAHE), Boston, June 20-23, 2002

Goulet, J. “Calculus, Bell Shaped Curves and Global Competition,” Primus, Vol. V, No 1, March 1995 pp. 37-42

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Price Cut Helps WPI Math Teaching Program Regain Enrollment

The Telegram & Gazette talked to John Goulet, teaching professor of Mathematical Sciences and Coordinator, Master of Mathematics for Educators Program, and Kristin Tichenor, senior vice president of Undergraduate Admissions, about WPI's reduction in its Mathematics for Educators degree program, which aims to reverse declining enrollment in the program.