CV

Postdoctoral Fellowship

Institution and location:  

University of California San Diego, USA.

Duration:

2004-2006.

Field of study:

Mathematics Education.

Advisor:

Prof. Guershon Harel.

Ph.D.

Institution and location:  

Technion, Haifa, Israel.

Duration:

1999-2004.

Field of study:

Mathematics Education.

Thesis title:

“Junior high school students' heuristic behaviors in mathematical problem solving”.

Advisors:

Prof. Avi Berman, Associate Professor Michael Moore.

M.Sc. ( by direct five-year track, with honors)

Institution and location:  

State University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine.

Duration:

1984-1985; 1987-1991.

Field of study:

Mathematics.

Thesis title:

“Oscillating component of realization’s integral function for constructing a solution’s rule”.

Advisor:

Dr. Vladimir Sivers.

 Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Science   Teaching, Full Professor.

2017-2023

Weizmann Institute of Science, Department of Science Teaching, Associate Professor (with tenure).

2012-2017

The Technion, Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Assistant Professor (with tenure).

2006-2012

The Technion, Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Senior Lecturer.

2004-2006

University of California San Diego, USA, Faculty of Mathematics, Postdoctoral Fellow.

2000-2003

The Technion, Faculty of Education in Technology and Science, Adjunt Lecturer and TA while being a Ph.D. student.

1991-1998

Mathematics teacher, secondary school named after N. Lobachevski, Lviv, Ukraine.

1992-1998

Coach of the district team for the Ukrainian Mathematical Olympiads, Lviv, Ukraine.

2021-present

Chair of the Board of Studies of the Department of Science Teaching

2020-2021

Member of the Board of Studies of the Department of Science Teaching

2018- present

Head of the Mathematics group of the Department of Science Teaching, Weizmann Institute of Science.

2018- present

Co-head of the mathematics track of the Rothschild-Weizmann M.Sc. program. 

2013-2017

Head of the Mathematics Education track at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology of the Technion.

2013-2016

Coordinator of undergraduate studies at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology of the Technion.

2011-2013

Coordinator of studies for earning an additional B.Sc. degree at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology of the Technion.

2011-2012

Coordinator of studies for earning a teaching certificate at the Faculty of Education in Science and Technology.

2019

Outstanding Reviewer Award, International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education (Springer)

2013, 2016

Visiting Professor, Faculty of Education of Simon Fraser University (SFU), Burnaby, Canada.

2006-2009

Guastello Fellowship for Advancement of Teaching in Science and Technology in Universities for new faculty, SAKTA RASHI Foundation, Israel.

2003

Sandor Szego Award for Excellence in Teaching, Technion, 2003.

2001

Miriam and Aaron Gutwirth Memorial Fellowship, Special Award, Technion, 2001.

2001-2004

Guastello Fellowship for Advancement of Teaching in Science and Technology in Universities for doctoral students, SAKTA RASHI Foundation, Israel.

1998

Outstanding Educator medal, Ukraine.

1997

Soros Foundation Award for High School Teachers, Ukraine.

1997

Mathematics Teacher of the Year, Ukraine.

1994

Mathematics Teacher of the Year of the Lviv district, Ukraine.  

2020-present

Founding Editor (along with Uffe Jankvist, Mario Sánchez Aguilar and Morten Misfeldt) and Associate Editor of Implementation and Replication Studies in Mathematics Education

2020-present

Associate Editor of Journal of Mathematical Behavior

2019-2021

Guest Editor of Special Issue on Implementation and Implementability of Mathematics Education Research of ZDM – Mathematics Education

2017- 2020

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Mathematical Behavior.

2017- present

Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education.

2017- present

Editorial Board Member, Alon LeMorej HaMatematika (Bulletin for Mathematics Teachers)

2011-2016

Editorial Board Member, Creative Education

2020-present

Representative of Israel at ICMI (International Commission on Mathematics Instruction), appointed by the President of ICMI.

2014-2021

Member, European Mathematical Society (EMS) Committee for Education, appointed by the President of EMS. 

2010-2015

Member, International Committee of Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness (MCG), elected. 

2017-present

Member, the Superior Committee for mathematics instruction in elementary school.

2017-2019

Member, the steering committee of the research project “Integrating Mathematical Applets in the Teaching Sequence”.

2018-2019

External evaluator of M.Ed. programs of five Israeli academic colleges.

2006- present

48 Ph.D. theses, 20 M.Sc. theses, 42 Ph.D. proposals – for five universities in Israel and a university in Denmark.

 2023-2024 

 2022-2023

Chair, the program committee of the international workshop “MASER: Methodological Advances in Science Education Research”, Weizmann Institute of Science, September 2023.

 2022-2023

Member, Program Committee of PME-46 (46th Congress of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education), the Congress has been held in the University of Haifa, Israel, in July 2023.

2021-2024

Member of International Program Committee of ICME-15 (15^th International Congress of Mathematics Education); the Congress is to be held in Sydney, Australia, in July 2024.

 2022-2023

Co-chair (Mario Sánchez Aguilar was a chair, Morten Misfeldt and Linda Ahl were also co-chairs) of Topic Study Group 23 "Implementation of research findings in mathematics education" at the 13th Congress of European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME-13), Budapest, Hungary, 2023.

2020-2022

Co-chair (Mario Sánchez Aguilar is a chair; Morten Misfeldt and Linda Ahl are also co-chairs) of Topic Study Group 23 "Implementation of research findings in mathematics education" at the 12^th Congress of European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME-12), Bolzano, Italy, 2022.

2020

Chair, Working Group 46 “Mathematics competitions and other challenging activities” at 14^th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-14), Shanghai, Chine.

2019

Co-chair (with Alon Pinto) of the Mathematics Education session at the Annual Meeting of the Israel Mathematical Union, Jerusalem.

2019

Co-chair (with Baruch Swartz and Michal Tabach) of a symposium "Mathematical texts as a basis for a dialogue among the peers" at the 7^rd Jerusalem Conference on Research in Mathematics Education. Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem.

2018

Co-chair (with Alon Pinto) of a discussion group “Models of researcher-teacher partnerships in mathematics education: Where are we and where can we go from there?” at the 6^rd Jerusalem Conference on Research in Mathematics Education. Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem.

2016-2018

Member of the Program Committee of the Fifth and Sixth Jerusalem Conferences on Research in Mathematics Education. Jerusalem.

2015

Co-chair (with Baruch Swartz and Michal Tabach) of a symposium “Collaborative learning and problem solving: An individual, a group, a teacher” at the 3^rd Jerusalem Conference on Research in Mathematics Education. Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem.

2014

Chair of a symposium “Successful practices of mathematical problem posing: The cases of prospective teachers, in-service teachers and experts” at the 2^nd Jerusalem Conference on Research in Mathematics Education. Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem.

2014

Member, International Program Committee of the 7^th Conference on Creativity in Mathematics and the Education of Gifted Students, Denver, USA.

2013

Co-chair (with John Monaghan) of a discussion group "From more advanced data collection tools to more advanced understanding of problem solving" at 37^th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Kiel, Germany.

2012

Coordinator of the panel "Problem solving in mathematics and in mathematics education" at the International Symposium "Mathematics and mathematics education: Toward the common ground" in honor of Prof. Ted Eisenberg. Beer Sheva, Israel.

2011

Coordinator of the subsection "Advanced mathematical thinking" of the section "Common Trends in Mathematics Education Research in Poland and Israel" at the Israeli-Polish Mathematics Meeting. Lodz, Poland.

2010

Scientific coordinator of the 9^th Seminar of Doctoral Students in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education. Nir Etzion.

2010

Member, International Program Committee of the 6^nd Conference on Creativity in Mathematics and the Education of Gifted Students, Riga, Latvia.

2009

Member, International Program Committee of the 2^nd Conference "Gifted Children: Challenges and Possibilities", Riga, Latvia.

2008

Co-chair (with Roza Leikin and Avi Berman), International Program Committee of the 5^th Conference on Creativity in Mathematics and the Education of Gifted Students, Haifa, Israel.

2008

Co-chair (with Agnis Andžāns) of the symposium "Mathematical creativity and giftedness in out-of-school activities" at the 5^th International Conference on Creativity in Mathematics and the Education of Gifted Students, Haifa, Israel.

 2023-2025

Principle Investigator. “Transition from tracked to heterogeneous teaching of mathematics in middle school” (a joint project with Ronnie Karsenty and Jason Cooper from WIS and Yariv Feniger who are also PIs). Funded by the Center for the Study of Pedagogy: Research-Practice Partnerships at the Ben Gurion University of Negev ($84000)

 2022-ongoing

Principal Investigator. Personalized Teaching and Learning (PeTeL) – Mathematics. Funded by the Weizmann Institute of Science ($58000 per year since 2021) and the Ministry of Education ($7200 for 2022-2023).

2020-2024

Principle Investigator of a professional development program for mathematics teachers Raising the Bar in Mathematics Classrooms (RBMC). Funded by the Trump Family Foundation (a joint project with Jason Cooper who is a  co-PI). $650000.

2021-2025

Principal Investigator, Israel Science Foundation, for the study "From design to implementation: Exploring intended, planned, enacted and experienced mathematical problem solving in middle school” (a joint study with Jason Cooper who is a CI and Mirela Widder who is an academic coordinator).  $202000.

2017-2022

Principal Investigator, Israel Science Foundation, for the study “Collective reasoning around texts across disciplines towards deliberative democracy”, $1,000,000 (a joint project with Anat Yarden, Michal Tabach and Einat Heyd Metzuyanim, who are also PIs and with Baruch Swartz, who is a PI and the project coordinator).

2018-2021

Principal Investigator of a "Quality plan" work-package, Erasmus+, in the international consortium "Innovative Teacher Education in Mathematics" of 17 European universities and institutions (the consortium is coordinated by Prof. Konstantinos Petridis, Technological Educational Institution of Crete. It is a joint project with Alon Pinto and Ronnie Karsenty who are also PIs of the "Quality plan" work-package), 88,000 Euro (out of 1,000,000 Euro).  

2017-2020

Principal Investigator, Teacher-Research Alliance for Investigating Learning (TRAIL). Funded by Weizmann Institute of Science ($250000) and the Ministry of Education ($55000) (a joint project with Alon Pinto who is also a PI). 

2017-2022

Principal Investigator, The Weizmann Institute of Science’s professional development program for middle-school coordinators of mathematics study. Funded by Trump Family Foundation and the Ministry of Education ($720000).

2013-2017

Principal Investigator, Israel Science Foundation, for the study "Heuristic and engagement aspects of learning through long-term collaborative mathematical problem solving and problem posing", 107000$.

2012

Principal Investigator, Israel Science Foundation, for the international workshop "Exploring mathematical thinking and giftedness of high achievers who learn mathematics in different types of classes", 16000$ (a joint project with Roza Leikin, who was also a PI, and Avi Berman, who was a CI).

2007-2011

Principal Investigator, Israel Science Foundation, for the study "Exploring mathematical thinking and giftedness of high achievers who learn mathematics in different types of classes", 100500$ (a joint research with Roza Leikin, who was also a PI, and Avi Berman, who was a CI)

2006-2009

Principal Investigator, Association MOFET, for the study "Exploration of professional development of high school MOFET teachers of mathematics: a follow-up study", 11000$.

2000-2001

Principal Investigator, Ort Israel, for the study "Evaluation of mathematics education in MOFET classes", 20000$.

 2023-2024

Pedagogical consultant of a team that writes a series of mathematics textbooks for elementary school (SHVILIM). Funded by CET – Center of Educational Technology.

 2021-2023

Academic consultant to a research project aiming at implementation of the TRAIL (Teacher-Researcher Alliance for Investigating Learning) conceptual framework with Brazilian teachers.

2017-2019

Academic consultant for the Center for Advanced Research in Education (CIAE) of the University of Chile

2015-2018

Academic consultant for the Faculty of Computer Science of the Ukrainian Catholic University, Lviv, Ukraine

2011-2012

Scientific consultant for the Technion team that wrote a calculus textbook for mathematics teachers, 2011-2012.

2010-2012

Academic consultant for the project “Excellence classes” at the Tech Aviation School, Haifa.

 2024

Plenary talk at the 47th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Tentative title: “Problem solving: nowhere or elsewhere?”

 2023

Invited talk at the international workshop “Mathematical curiosity as a means for the developing of mathematical proficiency in a wide range of students” (22-25.7.2023). Title: “Curiosity-based problem posing” University of Haifa, Israel.

 2023

Invited workshop (along with Michal Tabach) at the Early Researcher Day of the 46th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Title: “What counts for (un)friendly review?” University of Haifa, Israel.

 2022

Invited talk at the symposium of the international consortium iTEM: Innovative Teaching Education in Mathematics (June 29). Title: “Publishing in the mathematics education research literature: What? Where? How?” Hadassah Academic College, Jerusalem, Israel.

2021

Invited talk at the Seoul National University Mathematics Education Research Symposium. Online. Title (tentative): What does it take to incorporate mathematical problem solving in regular lessons?

2021

Plenary talk at the joint meeting of the Second International Seminar on Problem Solving, fifth Seminar on Problem Solving and the International Forum of Researchers in Problem Solving of Brazil. Online. Title (tentative): Mathematical problem solving as designed, enacted and experienced.

2021

Invited talk at the Seoul National University Webinar for Korean Mathematics Teachers. Title: A secret life of mathematics problems: From designed to experienced.

2021

Invited lecture at the international symposium “Problem posing for mathematically gifted children” (January 22). Title: Problem posing in the context of teaching for advanced problem solving. Online. The symposium is organized by Lukas Baumanns (Cologne), Karl Heuer (Berlin), Benjamin Rott (Cologne) & Deniz Sarikaya (Hamburg), in collaboration with the International Group for Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness.

2020

Keynote speaker at CADGME 2020 Online Gathering “Digital tools for Mathematics Education” (June 23). Title: Mathematical creativity as a choice

2020

Invited plenary reactor to a plenary talk by Susanne Prediger on Theoretical Perspectives on Studying Mathematics Teacher Collaboration, at the ICME Study 25 Conference "Teachers of Mathematics Working and Learning in Collaborative Groups". Lisbon, Portugal.

2019

Invited talk at the seminar of the Mathematics Education Group of the University of Budapest. Budapest, May 2019. Title: On facilitating different types of problem-solving discourse.

2019

Panel presentation at the international symposium in honor of Prof. Anna Sfard. Title: Commognizing with commognition. University of Haifa, Haifa.

2018

Invited talk at the Center for Advanced Research in Education (CIAE) of the University of Chile. Title:  Bridging our knowledge of how problem solving occurs and how to enhance it. Santiago, Chile.

2018

Invited talk at the Center of Mathematical Modeling of the University of Chile. Title: Problem-solving opportunities in frontal classes: Inquiry in teaching practices and learning strategies. Santiago, Chile. 

2017

Plenary talk at the KSME International Conference. Title: “Developing mathematical habits of mind through problem solving in choice-affluent environments”. Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.

2017

Invited workshop for mathematics teachers at Seoul National University. Title: Between PBL (Problem-Based Learning) and PBL (Project-Based Learning). Seoul, Korea.

2017

Main speaker at the 6^th conference “Problem solving in Patagonia”. Title: “On facilitating different types of problem-solving discourse: Focus on heuristics, connectivity and aesthetics”. Punta Arenas, Chile.

2016

Invited lecture at the 13^th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-13). Title: “Mathematical problem solving in choice-affluent environments”. Hamburg, Germany.

2016

Invited talk at the seminar of the School of Mathematical and Statistical Science of Arizona State University. Title: “Towards a confluence model of mathematical problem solving in instructional settings”. Tempe, AZ.

2016

Colloquium talk at the Graduate School of Education of the University of California, Berkeley. Title: “Where can solution ideas come from? Towards a confluence model of mathematical problem solving in instructional settings”. Berkley, CA.

2016

Featured talk at the Rutgers University Mini-Symposium on Problem Solving, Affect, and Mathematics Education. Title: “On heuristics and affect in individual vs. collaborative problem solving”. New Brunswick, NJ.

2015

Plenary talk at biannual conference of Greek Association for Research in Mathematics Education (GARME-6). Title: “Challenging mathematics for all and choice-based pedagogies”. Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Grease.

2015

Invited talk at the international conference “Didactics of Mathematics in Higher Education as a Scientific Discipline”. Title: “Problem solving opportunities in frontal classes: Inquiry in teaching practices and learning strategies”. Schloss Herrenhausen, Hanover, Germany.

2015

Invited talk at the 2^ndInternational Conference “Lviv IT Arena”. Title: IT in education: A view through the lenses of Diffusion of Innovation Theory. Lviv IT Cluster, Lviv, Ukraine.

2015

Invited talk at the international conference “The open environment for worldwide mathematical education”. Title: “Formative assessment of learning mathematics through problem solving: Examples from Israel”. Moscow Center for Continuous Mathematical Education and the Moscow Center for Pedagogical Excellence. Moscow, Russia.

2014

Invited talk at the section "Teaching with Mathematical Habits in Mind" of the joint conference of Israel Mathematical Union and American Mathematical Society. Title: “On developing habits of mind associated with mathematical problem solving: Lessons from three (relatively) long-term studies with middle-school students”. Tel Aviv, Israel.

2014

Invited talk at the seminar of the Faculty of Pedagogical Education of Moscow State University, Russian Federation. Title: “On tasks in mathematics teacher education:  From practice to theory and back”. Moscow, Russian Federation.

2014

Invited talk at 2^nd international conference “The pedagogy of doing and pedagogical education”. Title: “Development of habits of mind associated with mathematical problem solving”. Moscow State University and Voronezh Institute for Teacher Education, Voronezh, Russia.

2014

Invited talk at the international workshop on Beauty and Explanation in Mathematics (WBEM). Title: Beauty appreciation and non-prototypical visualizations in problem solving. University of Umeå, Umeå, Sweden.

2013

Plenary panel presentation at ICMI Study-22 Conference "Task design in mathematics education". Title: “Variation theory as a research tool for identifying objects of learning in the design of tasks: Focus on methodological issues”. University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

2013

Invited talk at the meeting of mathematics education faculty and graduate students of the Faculty of Education of Simon Fraser University. Title: “Teaching for aesthetic appreciation of mathematical problem solving”. Burnaby, Canada.

2012

Invited talk at the “Linear Algebra Education” section of 2012 Haifa Matrix Theory Conference. Title: “Teaching Linear Algebra: Pedagogical Practices of Experienced Lecturers”. Haifa, Israel.

2011

Invited talk at the section "Common Trends in Mathematics Education Research in Poland and Israel" of the Israeli-Polish Mathematics Meeting (September). Title: “Promoting conceptual understanding in large-size linear algebra classes through teaching that involves the use of Classroom Response Systems (clickers)”. Lodz, Poland.

2010

Invited talk at the symposium “Linear Algebra Education” at the 16^th Conference of the International Linear Algebra Society. Title: “The use of Classroom Response Systems (“clickers”) in teaching linear algebra: Still more questions than answer”. Pisa, Italy.

2009

Invited talk at the Education Section of the 15^th Haifa Matrix Theory Conference. Title: “Understanding the concept of equivalence relations”. Technion, Haifa, Israel. 

2009

Invited talk at the conference "Mathematical Competitions". Title: “Math competitions: Milestones and trends”. Ariel University Center of Judea and Samaria, Ariel, Israel.

2008

Featured talk at the conference "Preparing the next generation of secondary mathematics teachers: How pedagogy emerges from learning mathematics". Title: “What else can be taught through problem solving?” University of California, San Diego, USA.

2008

Invited talk at the seminar of the Center for STEM Excellence, California State University at Sacramento. Title: “What is a beautiful problem? A students' perspective”. Sacramento, CA.

2008

Invited talk at Topic Study Group 17 "Research and development in the teaching and learning of advanced mathematical topics" at the 11^th International Congress of Mathematical Education. Title: “Are more advanced problem-solving behaviors associated with more advanced mathematics?”  Monterrey, Mexico.

2007

Invited talk at the Mathematics Education Section of the 2^nd International Conference "Initiatives for Promoting Learning in Higher Education". Title: “Discovery-oriented activities in calculus”. Ort Braude College, Karmiel, Israel.

2004

Invited talk at the seminar of the Center for Research in Mathematics and Science Education, San Diego State University. Title: “Thinking-aloud dilemma: What and how can we learn from the semi-structured problem-solving interviews?” San Diego, CA.