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Dr. Michael N. Fried

 

Office:

The Institute for Applied Research

Ernst David Bergman Campus

P.O.B 653, Beer-Sheva 84105

Israel

Tel:  (972) 8 6479657

Fax: (972) 8 6472847

e-mail: mfried@bgu.ac.il

Home:

Kibbutz Revivim

D. N. Halutza 85515

e-mail: mfried@revivim.org.il

 

Education:

B.A.   1982 - St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland - Liberal Arts.

M.Sc. 1984 - SUNY at Stony Brook - Applied Mathematics.

Ph.D. 2000 - Tel Aviv University (Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas) - History of Mathematics.

 

Synopsis of Research

My field of research is mathematics education where my main interest lies in what has been termed ‘humanistic mathematics’.  Research connected to ‘humanistic mathematics’ follows two distinct directions, one treating mathematics learning and teaching as genuinely human activities and the other treating the subject of mathematics, what students need to learn and teachers to teach, as itself human activity.  Related to the first is my work in the Learners Perspective Study, an international effort dedicated to exploring and identifying classroom practices by means of video technology. In the context of that study, I have investigated such subjects as student writing and notebooks and authority relations within the classroom.  My work in the history of mathematics and on the use of history of mathematics in the classroom follows, obviously, the second direction. Beside my interest in ‘humanistic mathematics’, I have also pursued purely pedagogical questions and take such issues very seriously.  I am also concerned with the nature of mathematics education research itself and its social implications.

 

Scientific Publications:

Books:

English

1.      Fried, Michael N. (2011) Edmund Halley's Reconstruction of the Lost Book of Apollonius' Conics: Translation from Latin, Introduction and Commentary.  New York: Springer (140 pp.)

2.      Fried, Michael N. (2002). Apollonius of Perga’s Conics, Book IV: Translation, Introduction, and Diagrams. Santa Fe, NM, USA: Green Lion Press (100 pp.)

3.      Fried, Michael N. & Unguru, Sabetai (2001). Apollonius of Perga’s Conica: Text, Context, Subtext. Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers (499 pp.)

Hebrew

1.      Bookh, Zehava; Zeltser, Igor; Toovy, Jacob; Satianov, Pavel; Fried, Michael N. (2002). The Holistic Approach to Teaching Geometry.  Beer Sheva: Mateh Malam (186 pp).

Journal Articles:

1.      Fried, Michael N. (2011).  Signs for You and Signs for Me: The Double Aspect of Semiotic Perspectives.  Educational Studies in Mathematics, 77(2-3), 389-397.

2.      Fried, Michael N. (2011).  Theories for, in, and of Mathematics Education: Review Essay of Bharath Sriraman and Lyn English (Eds.).  Theories of Mathematics Education: Seeking New Frontiers. Interchange, 42(1), 81-95.

3.      Fried, Michael N. & Goldberg, Mayer (2010).  A Pumping Lemma for Invalid Reduction of Fractions.  College Mathematics Journal (MAA) 44(5), 357-364.

4.      Fried, Michael N. (2010).  Some Reflections on Hernández and López’s Reflections on the Chain rule.  The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast, 7(2), 333-338.

5.      Fried, Michael N. (2009).  Similarity and Equality in Greek Mathematics: Semiotics, History of Mathematics and Mathematics Education. For the Learning of Mathematics, 29(1), 2-7.

6.      Eisenberg, T. & Fried, Michael N. (2009).  Dialogue on Mathematics Education: Two Points of View on the State of the Art.  Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik 41(1), 143-150

7.      Fried, Michael N. & Amit, M. (2008). The Co-Development and Interrelation of Proof and Authority: The Case of Yana and Ronit.  Mathematics Education Research Journal 20(3), 54-77.

8.      Fried, Michael N. (2008).  ICMI, the History of Mathematics, and the Future of Mathematics Education.  International Journal for the History of Mathematics Education, 8(3), 103-108.

9.      Fried, Michael N., (2008).  History of Mathematics in Mathematics Education: A Saussurean Perspective.  The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast, 5(2), 185-198.

10.  Satianov, Pavel & Fried, Michael N. (2007). Does a Cube Have an Equation?  Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications, 26(4), 187-195.

11.  Unguru, Sabetai & Fried, Michael N. (2007).  Apollonius, Davidoff, Rorty, and Zeuthen: From A to Z, or, What Else Is There?  Sudhoffs Archiv, 91(1), 1-19.

12.  Fried, Michael N. (2007).  Didactics and History of Mathematics: Knowledge and Self-Knowledge.  Educational Studies in Mathematics, 66(2), 203-223.

13.  Amit, Miriam; Fried, Michael N.; Abu-Naja, Mohammed (2007).  The Mathematics Club for Excellent Students as Common Ground for Bedouin and Other Israeli Youth.  The Montana Mathematics Enthusiast, 4 (Special Issue on International Perspectives on Social Justice in Mathematics Education), pp. 75-90.

14.  Fried, Michael N. & Amit, Miriam (2005). A Spiral Task as a Model for In-Service Teacher Education. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 8(5), 419-436.

15.  Eshach, Haim & Fried, Michael N. (2005). Should Science be Taught in Early Childhood? Journal of Science Education and Technology, 14(3), 315-336.

16.  Amit, Miriam & Fried, Michael N. (2005).  Authority and Authority Relations in Mathematics Education: A View from an 8th Grade Classroom.  Educational Studies in Mathematics, 58, pp.145-168.

17.  Fried, Michael N. (2004). A Note on the Opposite Sections and Conjugate Sections in Apollonius of Perga’s Conica. The St. John’s Review, 47(1), pp.91-114.

18.  Amit, Miriam; Fried, Michael N.; Satianov, Pavel (2004). Area of Convex Regions as a Unifying Theme for the Review of Some Topics in First-Year College Courses International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 35(1), pp.135-143.

19.  Fried, Michael N. (2004). Steiner and Euclid: The Emergence of Mathematics as the Science of Patterns.* Convergence (Internet Journal of the Mathematics Association of America (MAA)), http://convergence.mathdl.org.

20.  Fried, Michael N.& Amit, Miriam (2003).  Some Reflections on Mathematics Classroom Notebooks and Their Relationship to the Public and Private Nature of Student Practices.  Educational Studies in Mathematics, 53, pp. 91-112

21.  Fried, Michael N., (2003).  The Use of Analogy in Book VII of Apollonius’ Conica.  Science in Context, 16(3), pp.349-365.

22.  Fried, Michael N. (2003). Mathematics for All as Humanistic Mathematics. Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal, 27 (Internet Journal), http://www2.hmc.edu/www_common/hmnj/index.html.

23.  Amit, Miriam & Fried, Michael N., (2002).  High-Stake Assessment as a Tool for Promoting Mathematical Literacy and the Democratization of Mathematics Education.  Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 21, pp.499-514

24.  Fried, Michael N., (2001).  Can Mathematics Education and History of Mathematics Coexist? Science & Education, 10(4), pp.391-408.

25.  Amit, Miriam; Fried, Michael N.; Satianov,  Pavel, (2001).  The Equation of a Triangle.  Mathematics Teacher, 94, pp.362-364.

26.  Satianov, Pavel; Fried, Michael; Miriam Amit, (1999). Broken-Line Functions on Unbroken Domains. Mathematics Teacher, 92, pp.574-577.

27.  Unguru, Sabetai, & Fried, Michael, (1996). Apollonius of Perga, Hieronimus of Grimstrup, and Richard of New York: On This (History) and That (Neo-Historicism). Zmanim, 55, 42-53 (Hebrew).

28.  Unguru, Sabetai & Fried, Michael, (1996). On the Synthetic-Geometric Character of Apollonius’s Conica. Mathesis, 12, pp.148-223.

 

Unrefereed Professional Articles in Hebrew

1.      Fried, Michael N. (2003).  Music and Mathematics.  Aleh, 30, 50-60.

2.      Fried, Michael (1991).  Uses for Number Bases.  Aleh, 9, 69-71.

3.      Fried, Michael (1990).  A Transparency Setup for Composite Functions.  Aleh, 6, 67-70.

4.      Fried, Michael (1990).  A Different Point of View on the Point of Intersection of Two Straight lines.  Misparim, 3, 68-69. 

 

Chapters in Anthologies and Articles in Encyclopedias  

1.      Fried, Michael N. (Accepted).  Euclid’s Book on the Regular Solids: Its Place in the Elements and Its Educational Value.  In B. Sriraman (Ed.), Crossroads in the History of Mathematics and Mathematics Education.  Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

2.      Fried, Michael N. (Accepted).  Apollonius of Perga. In R. S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C. B. Champion, A. Erskine, & S. R. Huebner (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley-Blackwell. (1 page)

3.      Fried, Michael N. (Accepted).  Conic sections. In R. S. Bagnall, K. Brodersen, C. B. Champion, A. Erskine, & S. R. Huebner (eds.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Wiley-Blackwell. (1 page)

4.      Fried, Michael N. (2011).  A Note on Tolerance: Locke, Mill, and Lessing.  In Joseph P. Cohen (Ed.), Fruits of Friendship: Seven Essays in Honor of Laurence Berns., pp. 65-76.  Annapolis, MD: Free State Press, Inc

5.      Fried, Michael N. (2008).  Between Public and Private: Where Our Mathematical Selves Reside.  In L. Radford, G. Schubring, and F. Seeger (eds.), Semiotics in Mathematics Education: Epistemology, History, and Culture, pp.121-138.  Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

6.      Amit, Miriam & Fried, Michael N. (2008).  The Complexities of Change: Aspects of Reform and Reform Research in Mathematics Education.  In Lyn English (ed.), Handbook of International Research in Mathematics Education, 2nd Edition, pp.385-414.  New York: Routledge.

7.      Amit, Miriam & Fried, Michael N. (2006).  Mathematics Education in Israel: An Overview.  In D. Clarke, C. Keitel, Y. Shimizu (ed.). Mathematics Classrooms in 12 Classrooms: The Insiders’ Perspective, pp. 345-349.  Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

8.      Fried, Michael N. & Amit, Miriam (2006).  The Israeli Classroom: A Meeting Place for Dichotomies.  In D. Clarke, C. Keitel, Y. Shimizu (ed.). Mathematics Classrooms in 12 Classrooms: The Insiders’ Perspective, pp. 209-220.  Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

9.      Amit, Miriam & Fried, Michael N. (2002). Curriculum Reforms in Mathematics Education. In Lyn English (ed.), Handbook of International Research in Mathematics Education, pp.355-382. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers.

 

Book Reviews

1.      Review of Steven Strogatz.  The Calculus of Friendship.  Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2009. (Accepted) Mathematical Thinking and Learning (2 pages).

2.      Review of Reviel Netz. Ludic Proof: Greek Mathematics and the Alexandrian Aesthetic. Cambridge University Press, 2009.  (Accepted).  ISIS (2 pages).

3.      Review of Nathalie Sinclair. The History of the Geometry Curriculum in the United States. Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2008.  Mathematical Thinking and Learning 12(3), 253-257.

4.      Review of M. Menghini,  F. Furinghetti, L. Giacardi, L. and F. Azarello, (Eds.). The First Century of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (1908-2008): Reflecting and Shaping the World of Mathematics Education. Instituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, 2008. Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik,  41 (4), 521-524.

5.      Review of Alice F. Artzt, Eleanor Armour-Thomas, and Frances R. Curcio. Becoming a Reflective Mathematics Teacher: A Guide for Observations and Self-Assessment, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 2008. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 11(3), 183-186.

6.      Review of A. Watson &  J. Mason. Mathematics as Constructive Activity, Lawrence Erlbaum, 2005,  Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik,  38 (2), 209-211.

 

Conference Presentations

English

1.      Tishler, Chagit; Fried, Michael N.; Ben-Zvi Asaraf, Orit. (2011).  Perceptions of Wildlife Conservation among Zoo Visitors in Multicultural Societies. 14th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI 14).  Exeter, UK.

2.      Unguru, Sabetai & Fried, Michael N. (2009).  The Three- and Four-line Locus in Apollonius's Conica: Geometry and Algebra.  XXIII International Congress of History of Science and Technology: Ideas and Instruments in Social Context, Budapest, Hungary, 28 July-2 August 2009.

3.      Fried, Michael N. & Bernard, Alain (2008). Reading and Doing Mathematics in the Humanist Tradition: Ancient and Modern Issues. In E. Barbin, N. Stehliková, C. Tzanakis (Eds.), Proceedings of European Summer University on the History and Epistemology in Mathematics Education (HPM-ESU5), pp.463-474.  Prague, Czech Republic: Vydavatelský servis. 

4.      Fried, Michael N. & Amit, Miriam (2007).  The Israeli Classroom: A Meeting Place for Dichotomies (Abstract only).  2007 AERA Annual Meeting. Chicago, Illinois, April 9-13, 2007.

5.      Fried, Michael N. & Bernard, Alain (2006).  History of Mathematics in the Curriculum and the Possibility of a New Paideia.  In Filippo Spagnolo, Benedetto Di Paola (eds.) Proceedings of CIEAEM 57: Changes in Society: A Challenge for Mathematics Education, pp.217-220. Piazza Armerina, Sicily.

6.      Fried, Michael N. & Amit, Miriam (2006).  Proof, Authority, and Agency: Intimations from an 8th Grade Classroom.*  In J. Novotná, H. Moraová, M. Krátká, & N. Stehliková (Eds.)  The 30th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME), 3, pp.113-120.  Prague, Czech Republic.

7.      Amit, Miriam & Fried, Michael N. (2005).  Multiple Representations in 8th Grade Algebra Lessons: Are Learners Really Getting it?*  In Helen L. Chick & Jill L. Vincent (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) 2, pp. 57-64.  Melbourne, Australia: University of Melbourne.

8.      Fried, Michael N. & Amit, Miriam (2005). The Unfolding of Lessons and their Pedagogical Rationale as a Criteria for International Comparisons: The Case of Teaching Systems of Linear Equations (abstract only).* 11th Biennial Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI 11): Integrating Multiple Perspectives on Effective Learning Environments.  Nicosia, Cyprus.  

9.      Fried, Michael N. & Amit, Miriam (2004). Time and Flow in International Comparisons.*  In Marit Johnsen Høines, Anne Berit Fuglestad (eds.), Proceedings of the 28th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) 2, pp. 33-40.  Bergen, Norway: Bergen University College.

10.  Fried, Michael N. (2004). Mathematics as the Science of Patterns: an Historical Example.  In Fulvia Furinghetti, Sten Kaijser, Constantinos Tzanakis (eds), HPM 2004 & ESU4: Proceedings of European Summer University on the History and Epistemology in Mathematics Education, pp. 568-576.  Uppsala, Sweden: Uppsala Universitet.

11.  Amit, Miriam & Fried, Michael N. 2004).  How Well Do Manipulatives Really Fulfill Our Expectations of Them?  The Case of Julia and Roni. Pawel Wlodkowic (ed),  Proceedings of CIEAEM 55: The Use of Didactic Materials for Developing Pupils’  Mathematical Activities.   Plock, Poland.

12.  Fried, Michael N. & Amit, Miriam (2003).  Commonality of Mathematical Practice vs. Individuality of Expression and Reflection: The Case of Student’s Mathematical Notebooks. In Joaquin Gimenez, Gail E. FitzSimons, Corinne Hahn (eds),  Proceedings of CIEAEM 54: A Challenge for Mathematics Educations: To Reconcile Commonalities and Differences, pp.150-155.  Vilanova i la Geltrú, Catalonia, Spain: Graó.

13.  Miriam Amit, Zehava Bookh, Ceaushu Carola, Michael N. Fried, Pavel Satianov, Jacob Toovy, Igor Zeltser (2003).  How In-Service Programs Can Promote Common Goals and Communication in Diverse Teacher Populations. In Joaquin Gimenez, Gail E. FitzSimons, Corinne Hahn (eds), Proceedings of CIEAEM 54: A Challenge for Mathematics Educations: To Reconcile Commonalities and Differences, pp.366-372. Vilanova i la Geltrú, Catalonia, Spain: Graó.

14.  Fried, Michael N. & Amit, Miriam (2003). The Usefulness and Limitations of the Notion of Incommensurability in Analyzing 8th Grade Students’ Understanding of Algebra.* In  Neil A. Pateman, Barbara J. Dougherty, Joseph T. Zilliox (eds.), PME27 and PME-NA25: Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference 1, p. 218 Honolulu, Hawaii: CRDG, College of Education.

15.  Amit, Miriam & Fried, Michael N., (2002).  Empowerment of Young Women in Mathematics. Technology and Mathematics Education for Human Development (Proceedings of the CASTME-UNESCO-HBCSE International Conference), vol. II, 186-190. Goa, India.

16.  Amit, Miriam & Fried, Michael N., (2002).  Authority in the Mathematics Classroom and Its Influence on Students’ Ability to Reflect.  Anne D. Cockburn, Elena Nardi, (eds.) - PME26: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference 2, pp. 41-48. Norwich, UK: University of East Anglia.

17.  Fried, Michael N. & Amit, Miriam, (2002).  Students’ Classroom Notebooks and the Blurring of Public and Private Domains.  Anne D. Cockburn, Elena Nardi, (eds.) - PME26: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference 2, pp. 376-383. Norwich, UK: University of East Anglia.

18.  Amit, Miriam & Fried, Michael N., (2002).  Matriculation Examinations: A Tool for Promoting Elitism or Mathematical Literacy.  L. Bazzini, C. Whybrow Inchley, (eds.) - Mathematical Literacy in the Digital Era (Proceedings of the 53rd conference of the CIEAEM), pp.103-109.  Milan: Ghisetti e Corvi Editori.

19.  Zeltser, Igor; Amit, Miriam; Bookh, Zehava; Fried, Michael N.; Satianov, Pavel; Toovy, Jacob, (2002).  ‘Non-Algebraic’ Approaches to Word Problems Using Spreadsheet Programs.  L. Bazzini, C. Whybrow Inchley, (eds.) - Mathematical Literacy in the Digital Era (Proceedings of the 53rd conference of the CIEAEM), pp.184-189.  Milan: Ghisetti e Corvi Editori.

20.  Satianov, Pavel; Amit, Miriam; Bookh, Zehava; Fried, Michael N.; Toovy, Jacob; Zeltser, Igor, (2002).  Graphing Calculators as a Tool for Developing ‘Function Sense’.  L. Bazzini, C. Whybrow Inchley, (eds.) - Mathematical Literacy in the Digital Era (Proceedings of the 53rd conference of the CIEAEM), pp.206-212.  Milan: Ghisetti e Corvi Editori.

21.  Louzoun, Daniele; Amit, Miriam; Ceaushu, Carola; Fried, Michael N.; Kapulnick, Esther; Perry, Judith; Satianov, Pavel; Zeltser, Igor; Weitsman, Geula, (2000).  Pratique en classe ou formation intellectuelle: Appréhensions différentes entre enseignants et enseignés dans la formation permanente.*  Ahmed, A., Kraemer, J. M., and Williams, H. (eds.) - Cultural Diversity in Mathematics (Education): CIEAEM 51, pp.139-146.  Chichester: Horwood Publishing Limited.

22.  Fried, Michael N., (2000).  Some Difficulties in Incorporating History of Mathematics in Teaching-Training. Ahmed, A., Kraemer, J. M., and Williams, H. (eds.) - Cultural Diversity in Mathematics (Education): CIEAEM 51, pp.73-78. Chichester: Horwood Publishing Limited.

 

Scientific Reports

1.      Unguru, Sabetai & Fried, Michael N., (1998). Apollonius of Perga, Hieronimus of Grimstrup, and Richard of New York: Gloomy Thoughts on History and Neohistoricism  Max-Plank-Institute fur Wissenschaftsgeschichte, Preprint series, number 86 (15 pages).

 

Invited Lectures and Presentations at Meetings and Seminars-Not Followed by Published Proceedings

English

1.      Public and Private Aspects of Mathematics and General Education.  Graduate School of Education, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, September, 2011.

2.      Some Theoretical Difficulties in Incorporating History of Mathematics in Mathematics Education.  Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning, Rutgers University, New Jersey, USA, September, 2011.

3.      Postures towards Mathematics of the Past: Mathematicians, Mathematician-Historians, Historians of Mathematics.  Talk given at the Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel. January 2011. 

4.      Similarity in Greek Geometry: A Historico-Educational Account.  Talk given at the Mathematics Department of the University of Montana.  Missoula, Montana, USA, September, 2010.

5.      History of Mathematics: Problems and Prospects (Plenary talk).  The 6th European Summer University on History and Epistemology in Mathematics Education, Vienna, Austria. July, 2010.

6.      Ptolemy and Classical Mathematical Astronomy.  Concordia Astronomy Club, Monroe Township, New Jersey, USA, January 28, 2010.

7.      Euclid's Elements and the Regular Solids.  Weizmann Institute. Rehovot, Israel.  February, 5, 2009.

8.      Euclid’s Book on the Regular Solids: Its Place in the Elements and Its Educational Value.  Cohn Institute at 25—Celebration Colloquium. Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Science and Ideas. Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel.  May, 11, 2008.  

9.      History of Mathematics and the Future of Mathematics Education.  Centennial of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI).  Academia dei Lincei, Rome, Italy, March 9, 2008.

10.  Between Public and Private: Where Students’ Mathematical Selves Reside. The Semiotic Approach to Mathematics, the History of Mathematics and Mathematics Education.  Melle, Germany, July 16-18, 2007.

11.  Proof and Authority.  Robert B. Davis Institute for Learning, Rutgers University, USA, January 23, 2007.

12.  The Co-Development of the Idea of Proof and Students’ Sense of Authority.  Department of Education in Technology and Science, Technion, Haifa, Israel,  November 21, 2006.

13.  Equality and Similarity in Greek Mathematics: Semiotics, History of Mathematics and Mathematics Education. The Promises and Problems of a Semiotic Approach to Mathematics, the History of Mathematics and Mathematics Education. Bielefeld, Germany, July 13-15, 2006

14.  The Problem of Mathematics Education and History of Mathematics from a Saussurean Point of View.  Semiotic and Socio-Cultural Evolution of Mathematical Concepts: Discussion Group of the PME28  (paper available at the website: http://www.math.uncc.edu/~sae/ ). Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway, 2004.

15.  A Note on the Opposite Sections and Conjugate Sections in Apollonius of Perga’s Conica.  Classical Mathematics and Its Transformation.  St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland, 2004.

16.  The Peculiar Nature of Apollonius’ Opposite Sections.  Edelstein Center - Hebrew University, June, 2002

17.  The Use of Analogy in Book VII of Apollonius’ Conica.  International Workshop on History of Mathematics in the Last 25 Years.  The Cohn Institute for the History and Philosophy of Ideas-The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute.  Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, Israel, 2001.

18.  The Elementary Character of Book IV of Apollonius’ Conica. 5th International Conference on Ancient Mathematics.  European Cultural Center of Delphi. Delphi, Greece, 2000

 
Hebrew

1.    Music and Mathematics.  Plenary talk at Symposium of the Administration for Rural Education and Youth Aliya.  Kfar Yarok, 2002. 

2.    Landmarks in the Development of the Function Concept.  Conference Concluding Five Years of Activity of Tomorrow 98.  Shfayim, 2001.

3.    Different Aspects Holistic Approach to Geometry Teaching Viewed Over the Course of Six Years. (with  Zeltser, Igor; Peri, Judith; Satianov, Pavel; Ceaushu, Carola; Amit, Miriam) 5th Annual Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Education in Israel.  Ahvah Teachers College. 1998.

 

Other

  Mathematical problem solutions and citations

 *Solutions published:

1.      School Science and Mathematics Journal, 110(4), 2010: problem 5093

2.      School Science and Mathematics Journal, 110(2), 2010: problem 5084

3.      School Science and Mathematics Journal, 110(1), 2010: problem 5075

 *Solutions cited:

1.      School Science and Mathematics Journal, 111(5), 2011: problem 5134, 5136

2.      School Science and Mathematics Journal, 111(6), 2011: problem 5142

3.      School Science and Mathematics Journal, 110(1), 2010: problem 5074.

4.      School Science and Mathematics Journal, 109(9), 2009: problem 5069, 5068.

5.      School Science and Mathematics Journal, 109(4), 2009: problem 5044.

6.      School Science and Mathematics Journal, 109(3), 2009: problem 5033.

7.      School Science and Mathematics Journal, 109(1), 2009: problem 5027

8.      School Science and Mathematics Journal, 108(8), 2008: problem 5027

9.      School Science and Mathematics Journal, 108(7), 2008: problem 5016

 

 

Present Academic Activities

Research in progress:

1.      Subject: Learners Perspective Study (LPS) (see above)
Other participants: Miriam Amit, David Clarke (Australia), Gaye Williams (Australia), Christine Keitel (Germany), Eva Jablonka (Germany), Yoshinori Shimizu (Japan), Frederick Leung (Hong Kong), Ference Marton (Sweden), Joanne Lobato (USA), et al.

2.       Subject: Inquiry-based Science Teaching and Learning Supported by Digital Environments for collaboration and reflection.  Sponsored by FP7-Science-in-society-2007-1 (Iris Tabak (PI), Michael N. Fried, Michael Weinstock, Idit Katz, (collaborators); international coordinator: Eleni A. Kyza, Cyprus University of Technology).

3.      Subject:  Monograph on The Idea of Geometric Loci in Hellenistic Mathematics.  Other participants: Sabetai Unguru.  

 

Awards, Citations, Honors, Fellowships

           ·     1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 - St. John’s College, Annapolis, Maryland - Best Musical Composition.

           ·     1982 - The City of Annapolis, Maryland - The Baird Prize for Creative Work.

           ·     2002-2005 – Guastalla Fellowship for the Advancement of Science Education, Sacta-Rashi Foundation