Dr. Douglas Grouws is Professor of Mathematics Education and William T. Kemper Fellow at the University of Missouri-Columbia. His research interests include mathematics teaching, teacher beliefs and conceptions, classroom processes, mathematical problem solving, and the use of technology in teaching mathematical ideas. He has authored three books, is editor of the Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning, and has regularly contributed to the mathematics education research literature. He is a member of the National Research Council committee studying the effectiveness of the evaluations of the National Science Foundation (NSF) -funded mathematics curricula and a member of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Task Force on the interpretation of the results of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). His current research involves analyses of NAEP data relating teaching practices and student mathematics learning and field testing instructional modules that have been developed as part of the NSF-funded Mathematics through Technology Project that he directs.

Dr. Grouws is consultant to Applying Research Results in Classrooms, a program of the First in the Nation in Education (FINE) Foundation.

Dr. Grouws was Professor of Mathematics Education at The University of Iowa when he was inducted into the Academy. He received his doctorate in mathematics education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1971.