Department of Mathematical Sciences
Additional Publications by
Mathematics Education Faculty
  1. Lesh, Richard & Sriraman, Bharath (2005). John Dewey Revisited- Pragmatism and the models-modeling perspective on mathematical learning. In A. Beckmann et al [Eds.], Proceedings of the 1st International Symposium on Mathematics and its Connections to the Arts and Sciences. May 18-21, 2005, University of Schwaebisch Gmuend: Germany.Franzbecker Verlag, pp. 32-51.
  2. Sriraman, Bharath. (2005) (with Guenter Toerner & Miriam Sherin] Video-based research on mathematics teaching: Research in the context of video. Proceedings of XXVII Annual meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education- North America, Roanake, Virginia, [cd-rom].
  3. Sriraman, Bharath & Günter Törner (2005). Beliefs about mathematics and teaching scripts from the perspective of Schoenfeld’s theory of Teaching-In-Context. Proceedings of XXVII Annual meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education- North America, Roanake, Virginia, [cd-rom].
  4. Sriraman, Bharath (2005). Videos in collegiate mathematics teaching. Proceedings of XXVII Annual meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education- North America, Roanake, Virginia, [cd-rom].
  5. Sriraman, Bharath. (2005) Quasi-empirical Approaches to mathematics: Recreating the Lakatosian Classroom. Proceedings of XXVII Annual meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education- North America, Roanake, Virginia, [cd-rom].
  6. Sriraman, B. (2005). (in press) Polya revisited: The cognitive links between mathematical and analogical reasoning. Major Book Review of Lyn English (Ed). Mathematical and Analogical Reasoning of Young Learners. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum & Associates, 2004, 224 pages, ISBN 0-8058-4945-9. International Reviews on Mathematical Education, vol37,no.6,pp.506-508.
  7. Sriraman, Bharath. (2005). Letter to Editor: Commentary on A first person perspective on problem solving in a History of Mathematics Course. Mathematical Thinking and Learning: An International Journal. Vol7, no.4, pp. 345-348.
  8. Sriraman, Bharath. (2005). Extra-cognitive creative behaviors of gifted high school students and research mathematicians. In Developing Hearts and Minds: Proceedings of the 15th Annual meeting of the Society for the Advancement of Gifted Education (SAGE), Calgary, Canada, pp.102-108.
  9. Sriraman, Bharath & English, Lyn. (2005) On the teaching and learning of Dienes’ Principles. International Reviews on Mathematical Education, vol. 37, no.3, pp.258-262.
  10. Sriraman, Bharath. (2005). Demystifying the mathematicians craft: Chasing the elusive or a researchable commodity. Book Review of L. Burton (2004) Mathematicians as Enquirers [Kluwer Academic Publishers]. Mathematical Thinking & Learning: An International Journal. vol.7, no.2, pp.171-180.
  11. Moreno-Armella, L & Sriraman, Bharath (2005). Structural Stability and Dynamic Geometry: Some Ideas on Situated Proof. International Reviews on Mathematical Education. vol. 37, no.3, pp. 130-139.
  12. Sriraman, Bharath (with C. Christou, N. Mousoulides, M. Pittalis & D. Pitta-Pantazi) (2005). An empirical taxonomy of problem posing processes. International Reviews on Mathematical Education, vol. 37, no.3, pp.149-158.
  13. Lyn English & Sriraman, Bharath (2005). Theories of Mathematics Education. In H. Chick & J.L. Vincent (Eds). Proceedings of the 29th Annual meeting of the International Group of Psychology of Mathematics Education, Melbourne, Australia, vol.1, pp. 170-172.
  14. Günter Törner & Sriraman, Bharath. (2005). Issues and tendencies in German Mathematics Didactics: An epochal perspective. In H. Chick & J.L. Vincent (Eds). Proceedings of the 29th Annual meeting of the International Group of Psychology of Mathematics Education: Melbourne, Australia, vol.1, pp. 197-202.
  15. Sriraman, Bharath. (2005). The impediments to formulating generalizations. In H. Chick & J.L. Vincent (Eds). Proceedings of the 29th Annual meeting of the International Group of Psychology of Mathematics Education: Melbourne, Australia, vol.1, pp. 280.
  16. Sriraman, Bharath. (2005). Problem solving as a pre-cursor to Mathematical Proof(feature article). Mathematics in School, vol.34, no.1,pp.4-8.
  17. Sriraman, Bharath & Adrian, Harry. (2004/05) The Pedagogical Value and the Interdisciplinary Nature of Inductive Processes in Forming Generalizations. Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, Vol. 35, no.4, pp. 407-422
  18. Sriraman, Bharath & Strzelecki, Pawel. (2004). Playing with powers. The International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education, Vol 11, no.1, pp.29-34.
  19. Sriraman, Bharath (2004). Reflective Abstraction, Uniframes and the Formulation of Generalizations. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, vol.23, no.2, pp. 205-222.
  20. Sriraman, B. (2004). Gifted ninth graders' notions of proof. Investigating parallels in approaches of mathematically gifted students and professional mathematicians. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, Vol. 27, no.4, pp. 267-292.
  21. Sriraman, Bharath & Benesch, Walter (2005). Consciousness and Science: An Advaita-Vedantic perspective on the Theology-Science dialogue. Theology and Science, vol.3, no.1, pp. 39-54.
  22. Sriraman, Bharath & English, Lyn. (2004). Combinatorial Mathematics: Research into practice. Connecting Research into Teaching. The Mathematics Teacher, vol.98,no.3,pp.182-191.
  23. Sriraman, B. (2004). Understanding Mathematical Creativity: A Framework for Assessment in the High School Classroom. In McDougall, D.E & Ross, J.A. (Eds.). Proceedings of the twenty-sixth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Toronto, Canada, Vol. 1, pp. 350-352.
  24. Sriraman, Bharath (2004). The Characteristics of Mathematical creativity. The Mathematics Educator, vol. 14, no.1, pp. 19-34.
  25. Sriraman, Bharath (2004). Discovering Steiner Triple Systems through Problem Solving. The Mathematics Teacher, vol. 97, no. 5, pp. 320-326.
  26. Sriraman, Bharath (2004). Reflective Abstraction, Uniframes and the Formulation of Generalizations. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, vol.23, no.2, pp. 205-222.
  27. Sriraman, Bharath (2004). Can problem context be an obstacle to proof? Mathematics in School (UK), vol.33, no.4, pp.2-5.
  28. Sriraman, Bharath (2004). Differentiating mathematics via use of novel combinatorial problem solving situations: A model for heterogeneous mathematics classrooms. In Contributions to E. Barbeau, H. Shin et al., TSG 4: Activities and programs for gifted students. Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Mathematics Education, Copenhagen Denmark, pp.35-38.
  1. Sriraman,Bharath . (2004). Re-creating the Renaissance. In Contributions to M. Anaya, C. Michelsen at al., TSG21: Relations between mathematics and others subjects of art and science. Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Mathematics Education, Copenhagen, Denmark. 6pp.
  2. Sriraman, Bharath . (2004). The role of affect in the process of generalization. In Contributions to P.C. Clarkson, M. Hannula et al., TSG 24: Students' motivation and attitudes towards mathematics and its study. Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Mathematics Education, Copenhagen, Denmark, 8pp.
  3. Sriraman, Bharath. (2003). Mathematics and Literature: Synonyms, Antonyms or the Perfect Amalgam? The Australian Mathematics Teacher, vol. 59, No.4, pp.26-31.
  4. Sriraman, Bharath. (2004). Discovering a Mathematical principle: The case of Matt. Mathematics in School (UK), vol.33, no.2, pp.25-31.
  5. Sriraman, Bharath. (2004). The Influence of Platonism on Mathematics Research and Theological Beliefs. Theology and Science, vol 2, no. 1, pp. 131-147.
  6. Sriraman, Bharath. (2004). Mathematics and Literature (the sequel): Imagination as a pathway to Advanced Mathematical Ideas and Philosophy. The Australian Mathematics Teacher, vol. 60, no.1, pp.17-23
  7. Sriraman, Bharath & Adrian, Harry (2004). The Use of Fiction as a Didactic tool to examine Existential Problems. The Journal of Secondary Gifted Education. vol. 15, no.3, pp. 96-106.
  8. Sriraman, Bharath (2002). How do mathematically gifted students abstract and generalize mathematical concepts. NAGC Research Briefs, Vol. 16, pp.83-87.
  9. Sriraman, Bharath (2002). Generalization processes in combinatorial problem solving situations. Proceedings of XX1V Annual meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education-North America. Vol.3, pp.1411-1414.
  10. Sriraman, Bharath (2003). Mathematical giftedness, problem solving, and the ability to formulate generalizations. The Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, Vol. XIV,.3,, pp.151-165.
  11. Sriraman, Bharath (2003). Can mathematical discovery fill the existential void? The use of Conjecture, Proof and Refutation in a high school classroom. Mathematics in School, (United Kingdom), No.2, pp.2 - 6.
  12. Sriraman, Bharath (2003). Discovering mathematical generalizations via problem solving. Beiträge zum Mathematikunterricht (Dortmund, 2003). Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Gesellschaft für Didaktik der Mathematik (GDM); Dortmund, Germany. pp. 613-616.
  13. Billstein, R, J. Hirstein, and J. Lott, "A Proportion Problem Informs Teaching and Learning", Texas Mathematics Teacher, Vol. XLVIII, Issue 2, Spring 2001, pp.9-12.
  14. Billstein, R. " Development of the MATHThematics Curriculum", Perspectives on Curricular Change, Education Development Center, Newton, MA, 2001.
  15. "The STEM Experience: Some Things We've Learned and Their Implications for Teacher Preparation and Inservice", Mathematics Education Leadership Journal of the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, April, 1997, pp. 3-8.
  16. "Cleared to Land", Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  17. "Assessment: The STEM Model", Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  18. Billstein, Rick. "Drops Begone", Washington Mathematics, Washington State Mathematics Council, Winter 1997, pp. 1-5.
  19. Billstein, Rick. "Squeeze Across America", Montana Science and Mathematics, Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Spring 1997, pp. 17-21.
  20. Billstein, Rick. "The Hunting Game", Washington Mathematics, Washington State Mathematics Council, Spring 1997, pp. 11-16.
  21. Billstein, Rick. "In Thin Air", The Texas Mathematics Teacher, Texas Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Spring 1997, pp. 8-22.
  22. Billstein, Rick. "The STEM Experience: Some Things We've Learned and Their Implications for Teacher Preparation and Inservice", Mathematics Education Leadership, National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, April 1997, pp. 3-8.
  23. Lott, Johnny W. "SIMMS Integrated Mathematics: A Modeling Approach with Technology", Simon & Schuster Custom Publishing Co., 1996-8.
  24. Lott, Johnny W., Rick Billstein and James Hirstein. "A Perplexing Proportion Problem", School Science and Mathematics, in press.
  25. Lott, Johnny W., and Mazie Jenkins. "By Way of Introduction", Teaching Children Mathematics,.1 (February 1995): 320-21.
  26. Hirstein, James, and Sharon Walen. "Classroom Vignette: An Alternative-Assessment Tool", Teaching Children Mathematics 1 (February 1995): 362-365.
  27. Lott, Johnny W., and Maurice J. Burke. "Systemic Initiative for Montana Mathematics and Science", The Mathematics Teacher, 87 (September 1994): 462-65.
  28. Billstein, R., J. Lott, and S. Libeskind A Problem-Solving Approach to Mathematics for Elementary Teachers with Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company; 1981. Second edition, 1984. Third edition, 1987. Fourth edition, 1990. Fifth edition with Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1993, Sixth edition with Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1997.
  29. Billstein, R., and J. Lott. "Golden Rectangles and Ratios", Reprinted in Teaching with Student Math Notes, Vol. 2, edited by E. Maletsky. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1993, pp. 1-6.
  30. Beal, J., D. Dolan, J. Lott, and J. Smith. Integrated Mathematics: Definitions, Issues, and Implications: Report and Executive Summary. ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH: 1992, 115 pp.
  31. The SIMMS Project, Level 1, Vol. 1-4. Great Falls, MT: Montana Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1993. (Field Test Version Partially edited by J. Lott and J. Hirstein)
  32. IMPACT's Window on Graphing: Levels 1 and 2 by Anderson, Billstein, et al, Sunburst Communications, 1991.
  33. Billstein, R. and Lott, J. "Once Upon a Time", Student Math Notes, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, March 1991.
  34. Billstein, R. and Lott, J. "On the Mathematical Preparation of Elementary Teachers", Arithmetic Teacher, Vol. 39, No. 3, November 1991.
  35. Hirstein, James. "Assessment and Mathematical Modelling" in Advances and Perspectives in the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling and Applications, papers from the Sixth International Conference on Teaching Mathematics and its Applications (in press).
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