Publications

Articles in refereed journals

  1. Sivers, V., & Koichu, B. (1993). Robustness’ extension of the rule for testing statistical hypotheses. Automation, 1, 22-37 (in Russian).
  2. Koichu, B. (1993). Modeling in high school mathematics. Conspectus, 1, 46-56 (in Ukrainian).
  1. Koichu, B., & Berman, A. (2004). 3-D dynamic geometry: Ceva's theorem in space. International Journal of Computers for Mathematics Learning, 9(1), 95-108.
  2. Koichu, B., Berman. A., & Moore, M. (2004). Promotion heuristic literacy in a regular mathematics classroom. For the Learning of Mathematics, 24(1), 33-39.
  1. Berman, A., Goldberg, F., & Koichu, B. (2005). ‘Good research’ conducted by talented high school students: The case of SciTech. The Gifted Education International, 20(2), 220-228.
  2. Koichu, B., & Berman, A. (2005). When do gifted high school students use geometry to solve geometry problems? The Journal of Secondary Gifted Education, 16(4), 168-179.
  3. Koichu, B., Berman, A., & Moore, M. (2007). Heuristic literacy development and its relation to mathematical achievements of middle school students. Instructional Science, 35, 99-139.
  4. Koichu, B. Berman, A., & Moore, M. (2007). The effect of promoting heuristic literacy on the mathematic aptitude of middle-school students. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 38(1), 1-17.
  5. Koichu, B., & Harel, G. (2007). Triadic interaction in clinical task-based interviews with mathematics teachers. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 65(3), 349-365.
  6. Koichu, B. (2008). If not, what yes? International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 39(4), 443-454.
  7. Koichu, B. (2010). On the relationships between (relatively) advanced mathematical knowledge and (relatively) advanced problem solving behaviours. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 41(2), 257-275 (special issue on advanced mathematical thinking).
  8. Andžāns, A., Berman, A., & Koichu, B. (2010). Mathematical competitions and creativity: The cases of Latvia and Israel. Mediterranean Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 9(2), 107-117 (special issue on mathematical creativity and giftedness).
  9. Koichu, B., & Orey, D. (2010). Creativity or ignorance: Inquiry in calculation strategies of mathematically disadvantaged (immigrant) high school students. Mediterranean Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 9(2), 75-92 (special issue on mathematical creativity and giftedness).
  10. Harel, G., & Koichu, B. (2010). An operational definition of learning. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 29, 115-124.
  11. Koichu, B. (2011). Overcoming a pitfall of circularity in research on problem solving by mathematically gifted schoolchildren. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 11(1), 67-77 (special issue on mathematical creativity and giftedness).
  12. Kontorovich, I. & Koichu, B. (2012). Feeling of innovation in expert problem posing. Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education, 17(3-4), 199-212
    (the paper extends a conference paper No. 22, see Section V).
  13. Kontorovich, I., Koichu, B., Leikin, R., & Berman, A. (2012). An exploratory framework for handling the complexity of students’ mathematical problem posing in small groups. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 31(1), 149-161.
  14. Koichu, B. (2012). Enhancing an intellectual need for defining and proving: A case of impossible objects. For the Learning of Mathematics, 32(1), 2-7.
  15. Koichu, B., & Kontorovich, I. (2013). Dissecting success stories on mathematical problem posing: A case of the Billiard Task. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 83(1), 71-86 (special issue on problem posing).
  16. Koichu, B., Harel. G., & Manaster, A. (2013). Ways of thinking associated with mathematics teachers’ problem posing in the context of division of fractions. Instructional Science, 41(4), 681-698.
  17. Koichu, B., & Zazkis, R. (2013). Decoding a proof of Fermat’s Little Theorem via script writing. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 32, 364-376.
  18. Koichu, B. (2014). Networking theories by iterative unpacking. PNA, 151-161 (reprint of a conference paper No. 25, see Section 5).
  19. Lachmy, R., & Koichu, B. (2014). The interplay of empirical and deductive reasoning in proving "if" and "only if" statements in a Dynamic Geometry environment. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 36, 150-165.
  20. Zazkis, R., & Koichu, B. (2015). A fictional dialogue on infinitude of primes: Introducing virtual duoethnography. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 88, 163-181.
  21. Palatnik, A., & Koichu, B. (2015). Exploring insight: Focus on shifts of attention. For the Learning of Mathematics, 2, 9-14 (the paper extends a conference paper No. 31, see Section V).
  22. Koichu, B., & Leron, U. (2015). Proving as problem solving: The role of cognitive decoupling. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 40, 233-244.
  23. Kontorovich, I., & Koichu, B. (2016). A case study of an expert problem poser for mathematics competitions. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 14(1), 81-99.
  24. Marmur, O., & Koichu, B. (2016). Surprise and the aesthetic experience of university students: A design experiment. Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, 6(1), 127-151 (special issue on the nature and experience of mathematical beauty).
  25. Raveh, I., Koichu, B., Peled, I., & Zaslavsky, O. (2016). Four (algorithms) in one (bag): An integrative framework of knowledge for teaching the standard algorithms of the basic arithmetic operations. Research in Mathematics Education, 18(1), 43-60 (the paper extends a conference paper No. 24, see Section V).
  26. Koichu, B., Zaslavsky, O. & Dolev, L. (2016). Effects of variations in task design on mathematics teachers’ learning experiences: A case of a sorting task. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 19(4), 349-370 (the paper extends a conference paper No. 27, see Section V).
  27. Leikin, R., Koichu, B., Berman, A., & Dinur, S. (2017). Does general giftedness play a role in classes of students motivated to study mathematics at a high level? Focus on students' questions. ZDM Mathematics Education, 49, 65-80.
  28. Palatnik, A., & Koichu, B. (2017, online first). Sense making in the context of algebraic activities. Educational Studies in Mathematics. DOI 10.1007/s10649-016-9744-1.
  29. Koichu, B. (2017). On mathematics with distinction, a learner-centered conceptualization of challenge and choice-based pedagogies. The Mathematics Enthusiast, 14(1-3), 517-540 (based on a plenary address, see Section VI).
  1. Koichu, B., Katz, E., & Berman, A. (2017). Stimulating student aesthetic response to mathematical problems by means of manipulating the extent of surprise. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 46, 42-57.

Articles in refereed research journals in Hebrew

  1. Raveh, I., & Koichu, B. (2014). Mathematical knowledge for teaching the standard algorithms of the four basic arithmetic operations. Mispar Hazak (Strong Number), 25, 51-61 (based on a conference paper No. 24, see Section V).
  2. Widder, M., Berman, A., & Koichu, B. (2015). Dismantling visual obstacles to comprehension of 2-D sketches depicting 3-D objects in spatial geometry instruction. Alon LeMorej HaMatematika (Bulletin for Mathematics Teachers), 52, 19-28 (based on a conference paper No. 30, see Section V).
  1. Koichu, B. (2016). Response paper: What is reflected in the special issue about the development of the commognitive theory via its implications? Research and Its Consideration in Mathematics Education, 4, 194-208. (invited paper in a special issue devoted to the commognitive theory).

Submitted

  1. Widder, M., Berman, A., & Koichu, B. An a priori measure of visual difficulty of 2-d sketches depicting 3-D objects. Journal of Research in Mathematics Education (under consideration after “revise and resubmit”).

Edited book

  1. Leikin, R., Berman, A., & Koichu, B. (Eds.) (2009). Creativity in mathematics and the education of gifted students. Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Book chapters (peer reviewed)

  1. Koichu, B., & Andžāns, A. (2009). Mathematical creativity and giftedness in out-of-school activities. In R. Leikin, A. Berman & B. Koichu (Eds.), Creativity in Mathematics and Education of Gifted Students (pp. 285-308). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
  2. Leikin, R., Koichu, B., & Berman, A. (2009). Mathematical giftedness in terms of qualities of problem solving acts. In R. Leikin, A. Berman & B. Koichu (Eds.), Creativity in Mathematics and Education of Gifted Students (pp. 115-128). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
  3. Tall, D., Yevdokimov, O., Koichu, B., Whiteley, W., Kondratieva, M., & Cheng, Y.-H. (2012). Cognitive development of proof. In M. De Villiers & G. Hanna (Eds.), Proof and proving in mathematics education (pp. 13-49). New York, NY: Springer.
  4. Koichu, B. (2014) (with contributions by Gerald Goldin, Izzie Weinzweig, Shlomo Vinner and Roza Leikin). Reflections on problem solving. In M. N. Fried & T. Dreyfus (Eds.), Mathematics & Mathematics Education: Searching for Common Ground. Advances in Mathematics Education (pp. 113-135). Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.
  5. Klinshtern, M., Koichu, B., & Berman, A. (2015). What do high school teachers mean by saying “I pose my own problems”? In F. M. Singer, N. Ellerton & J. Cai (Eds.). Problem posing: From research to effective practice. (pp. 449-467). New York, NY: Springer. (The chapter extends a conference paper No. 28, see p. 15).
  6. Zazkis, R., & Koichu, B. (in press, 2017). Dialogues on dialogues: The use of classical dialogues in mathematics teacher education. In Zazkis, R. & Herbst, P. (Eds.). Mathematical Dialogue: Scripting approaches in mathematics education research and practice. Springer.
  7. Koichu, B.. & Zazkis, R. (in press, 2017). “I understand” talk in script writing. A case from Euclid’s Elements. In Zazkis, R. & Herbst, P. (Eds.). Mathematical Dialogue: Scripting approaches in mathematics education research and practice. Springer.
  8. Koichu, B., Biton, Y. Gendler, O., & Keller, N. (submitted). An underwater part of an iceberg: Online forums at social networks that accompany mathematics study in high school.
  9. Biton, Y., Fellus, O., Raviv, D. Feilchenfeld, D., & Koichu, B. (submitted). Virtual High School: Why? Who? And so what?

Refereed book chapter in Hebrew

  1. Keller, N., & Koichu, B. (in press, 2017). A dialogue about integrating a class environment and an online environment in mathematics education, in Schwarz, B. B., Rosenberg, H., & Asterhan, C. S. C.(Eds.), in Breaking down barriers in education? Teachers, students and social network sites. MOFET, Israel.

Commentaries

  1. Koichu, B. (2011). On the role of basic assumptions in the debate on the equity issue in gifted education: A commentary on the Gagné’s paper. Talent Development and Excellence, 3(1), 79-82.
  2. Koichu, B. (2012). Some gold is found - much more is in the mine. A commentary on Gilah Leder’s chapter “Looking for gold: Catering for mathematically gifted students within and beyond ZDM”. In Forgasz, H. & Rivera, F. (Eds.). Toward equity: Gender, culture, and diversity (pp. 407-410). Advances in Mathematics Education series, Part 3. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer.
  1. Chapters in refereed conference proceedings
  1. Koichu, B., & Berman, A. (2002). Mathematical research work of talented high school students. In A. Andžāns and H. Meissner (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference "Creativity in Mathematics Education and the Education of Gifted Students", pp. 43-50, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
  2. Koichu, B., Berman, A., & Moore, M. (2003). Changing teachers’ beliefs about students’ heuristics in problem solving. Electronic Proceedings of the 3rd Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education. Retrieved November 8, 2013 from http://www.dm.unipi.it/~didattica/CERME3/proceedings/Groups/TG12/TG12_Koichu_cerme3.pdf
  3. Koichu, B., Berman, A., & Moore, M. (2003). Very able students think aloud: An attempt at heuristic microanalysis. In Velikova, E. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference "Creativity in Mathematics Education and the Education of Gifted Students", pp. 318-325. Rousse, Bulgaria: University of Rousse.
  4. Koichu, B. (2006). On usefulness of unfortunate “theorems” or If not, what yes? In P. Pech, J. Hora, A. Hospelova, J. Chavalina, M. Simsa, & P. Tlusty (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Creativity in Mathematics Education and the Education of Gifted Students, pp. 77-80. Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic: University of South Bohemia.
  5. Harel, G., Koichu, B., & Manaster, A. (2006). Algebra teachers’ ways of thinking characterizing the mental act of problem posing. In J. Novotna, H. Moraova, M. Kratka, & N. Stehlikova (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, pp. 241-248. Prague, Czech Republic: Charles University.
  6. Koichu, B., Berman, A., & Moore, M. (2006). Patterns of middle school students’ heuristic behaviors in solving seemingly familiar problems. In J. Novotna, H. Moraova, M. Kratka, & N. Stehlikova (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th Conference of the International Group for the psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, pp. 457-464, Prague, Czech Republic: Charles University.
  7. Koichu, B. (2007). Issues in analysis of individual discourse concurrent with solving a mathematical problem. Electronic Proceedings of the 5th Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Larnaca, Cyprus. Retrieved February 14, 2007 from http://www.cyprusisland.com/cerme/Group8/GROUP%208%20_13.doc
  8. Koichu, B., Katz, E., & Berman, A. (2007). What is a beautiful problem? An undergraduate students’ perspective. In J.-H. Woo, H.-C. Lew, K.-S. Park & D.-Y. Seo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, pp. 113-120, Seoul, Korea.
  9. Koichu, B. (2008). Research opportunities in out-of-school activities for mathematically gifted students. In R. Leikin (Ed.), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Creativity in Mathematics and the Education of Gifted Students, pp. 437-439, Haifa, Israel.
  10. Koichu, B., & Andžāns, A. (2008). Mathematical creativity and giftedness in out-of-school activities. In R. Leikin (Ed.), Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Creativity in Mathematics and the Education of Gifted Students, pp. 415-417, Haifa, Israel.
  11. Koichu, B. (2008). Theoretical framework for characterizing responses to multiple problem posing tasks. In R. Leikin, Levav-Waynberg & Appelbaum, M. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Workshop on Multiple Solution Connecting Tasks, pp. 45-52, Haifa, Israel.
  12. Koichu, B. (2008). On composing multiple-choice tasks, thought experimentation and algebra teachers' knowledge base. To appear in the Proceedings of 5th International Colloquium on the Didactics of Mathematics, the University of Crete, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece.
  13. Koichu, B. (2008). On considerations of parsimony in mathematical problem solving. In O. Figueras, J.L. Cortina, S. Alatorre, T. Rojano & A. Sepulova (Eds.), Proceedings of the 32nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, pp. 273-280, Morelia, Mexico.
  14. Abramovitz, B., Berezina, M., Koichu, B., & Schwartzman, L. (2009). Urging calculus students to be active learners: What works and what doesn't. Electronic Proceedings of the 6th Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Lyon, France. Retrieved August 10, 2011, from http://www.inrp.fr/publications/edition-electronique/cerme6/wg12-14-abramovich.pdf
  15. Koichu, B. (2009). What can pre-service teachers learn from interviewing high school students on proof and proving? In F.-L. Lin, F.-J. Hsieh, G. Hanna & M. de Villiers (Eds.), Proceedings of the ICMI Study 19 Conference: Proof and Proving in Mathematics Education, Vol. 2, pp. 9-15, Taipei, Taiwan: National Taiwan Normal University.
  16. Kontorovich, I., & Koichu, B. (2009). Towards a comprehensive framework of mathematical problem posing. In Tzekaki, M., Kaldrimidou, M. & Sakonidis, C. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, pp. 401-408, Thessaloniki, Greece: PME.
  17. Biton, Y., & Koichu, B. (2009). Creating conditions for diffusion of alternative assessment in pre-university mathematics education. In Tzekaki, M., Kaldrimidou, M. & Sakonidis, C. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 2, pp. 177-185, Thessaloniki, Greece: PME.
  18. Koichu, B. (2011). Exploring impossible objects: On the way from Escher to deductive proof in 3-D geometry. In M. Avotina, D. Bonka, H. Meissnera, L. Ramana, L. Sheffield, & E. Velikova (Eds.). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Creativity in Mathematics Education and the Education of the Gifted Students, pp. 115-120, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
  19. Kontorovich, I., Koichu, B., Leikin, R., & Berman, A. (2011). Indicators of creativity in mathematical problem posing: How indicative are they? In M. Avotina, D. Bonka, H. Meissnera, L. Ramana, L. Sheffield, & E. Velikova (Eds.). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Creativity in Mathematics Education and the Education of the Gifted Students, pp. 120-125, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
  20. Biton, Y., & Koichu, B. (2011). Peer assessment and mathematical creativity. In M. Avotina, D. Bonka, H. Meissnera, L. Ramana, L. Sheffield, & E. Velikova (Eds.). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Creativity in Mathematics Education and the Education of the Gifted Students, pp. 30-34, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia.
  21. Koichu, B. (2012). On attaining devolution in an inquiry-based activity focused on defining and proving. Presented at the International Colloquium "The didactics of mathematics: approaches and issues" in honor of Prof. Michele Artigue, Paris, France.
  22. Kontorovich, I. & Koichu, B. (2012). Achieving the feeling of innovation in expert problem posing. Presented at the 17th MAVI (Mathematical Views) Conference. Helsinki: Finland.
  23. Berman, A., Koichu, B., & Shvartsman, L. (2013). Understanding understanding equivalence of matrices. Electronic Proceedings of the 8th Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Antalya, Turkey. Retrieved February 17, 2014, from http://cerme8.metu.edu.tr/wgpapers/WG14/WG14_Berman.pdf.
  24. Raveh, I., & Koichu, B. (2013). A reference framework for teaching the standard algorithms of the four basic arithmetic operations: From theoretical analysis to task design. Electronic Proceedings of the 8th Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Antalya, Turkey. Retrieved February 17, 2014, from http://cerme8.metu.edu.tr/wgpapers/WG17/WG17_Raveh.pdf.
  25. Koichu, B. (2013). Networking theories by iterative unpacking. Electronic Proceedings of the 8th Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Antalya, Turkey. Retrieved February 17, 2014, from http://cerme8.metu.edu.tr/wgpapers/WG16/WG16_Koichu.pdf (the paper is reprinted in PNA in 2014, see Section I).
  26. Koichu, B., & Zazkis, R. (2013). A dialogic method of presenting proofs: Focus on Fermat's Little Theorem. Presented at the 15th Conference of SIGMAA on RUME (Special Interest Group of MAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education), Denver, Colorado. Retrieved on May 5, 2014 from http://sigmaa.maa.org/rume/crume2013/Abstracts_Files/rume16_submission_55.pdf
  27. Koichu, B., Zaslavsky, O., & Dolev, L. (2013). Effects of variations in task design using different representations of mathematical objects on learning: A case of a sorting task. In Margolinas, C., Ainley, J., Frant, J. B., Doorman, M., Kieran, C., Leung, A., Ohtani, M., Sullivan, P., Thompson, D., Watson, A., & Yang, Y. (Eds.). Proceedings of ICMI Study 22 Task Design in Mathematics Education, pp. 463-372. Oxford, UK.
  28. Klinshtern, M., Koichu, B., & Berman, A. (2013). What do high school teachers mean by saying “I pose my own problems”? In Lindmeier, A. M. & Heinze, A. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 37th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, pp. 185-192, Kiel, Germany: PME.
  29. Palatnik, A., & Koichu, B. (2014). What counts for being creative?
    A mathematically gifted student’s perspective. Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Creativity in Mathematics Education and the Education of the Gifted Students (pp. 96-103). Denver, USA. Retrieved August 8, 2014 from http://www.igmcg.org/images/proceedings/MCG-8-proceedings.pdf
  30. Widder, M., Berman, A., & Koichu, B. (2014). Dismantling visual obstacles to comprehension of 2-D sketches depicting 3-D objects. In P. Liljedahl, C. Nicol, S. Oesterle, & D. Allan (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 5, pp. 369-376. Vancouver, Canada: PME.
  31. Palatnik. A., & Koichu, B. (2014). Reconstruction of one mathematical invention: Focus on structures of attention. In P. Liljedahl, C. Nicol, S. Oesterle, & D. Allan (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 4, pp. 377-384. Vancouver, Canada: PME.
  32. Koichu, B. (2015).Towards a confluence framework of problem solving in educational contexts. In K. Krainer and N. Vondrová (Eds.), Proceedings of the 9th Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, pp. 2668-2674. Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.
  33. Koichu, B. (2015). Problem solving and choice-based pedagogies. In Singer, F. M., Toader, F., & Voica, C. (Eds.), Electronic Proceedings of the 9th International Conference Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness, pp. 68-73. Sinaia, Romania (ISBN: 978-606-727-100-3). Retrieved July 10 2015 from http://mcg-9.net/pdfuri/MCG-9-Conference-proceedings.pdf
  34. Koichu, B., Atrash, E., & Marmur, O. (2017). Problem solving opportunities in frontal classes: Inquiry in teaching practices and learning strategies. In Göller, R., Biehler, R., Hochmuth, R., Rück, H.-G. (Eds.). Didactics of Mathematics in Higher Education as a Scientific Discipline – Conference Proceedings (pp. 281-285). Kassel, Germany: Universitätsbibliothek Kassel.
  35. Koichu, B., & Keller, N. (in press). Implementation enterprise through the lens of a theory of diffusion of innovations: A case of online problem-solving forums. The 10th Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Institute of Education, Dublin City University, Ireland.
  36. Palatnik, A., & Koichu, B. (in press). Sense making through algebraic activities. The 10th Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Institute of Education, Dublin City University, Ireland.
  37. Marmur, O., & Koichu, B. (in press). What can calculus students like about and learn from a challenging problem they did not understand? The 10th Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Institute of Education, Dublin City University, Ireland.

Other

Plenary address

  1. Koichu, B. (2015). Challenging mathematics for all and choice-based pedagogies. Plenary address. In D. Desli, I. Papadopoulus and M. Tzekaki (Eds.), Electronic Proceedings of the 6th Conference of the Greek Association for Research in Mathematics Education, pp. 20-34. Thessaloniki, Greece: GARME.

Invited papers in professional newsletters

  1. Koichu, B. (2011). Three on-going studies on (authentic) problem posing for different educational needs. MCG Newsletter, 1, 13-16.
  2. Koichu, B. (on behave of EMS Education Committee) (2016). Practices for identifying, supporting and developing mathematical giftedness in school children: The scene in Israel. EMS Newsletter, 99, 53-54.
    The extended version of the article is available at the EMS Committee Website: http://www.euro-math-soc.eu/committee/education.

Invited conference papers (w/o peer review)

  1. Koichu, B. (1998). Application of psychological trainings for creativity development in high school students. Proceedings of the 3rd Conference of Soros Teachers, pp. 269-276. Kiev: VIPOL (Ukrainian).
  2. Koichu, B. (2009). Middle school students' heuristic behaviors in mathematical problem solving. Proceedings of the International Scientific and Methodical Conference "Heuristic teaching of mathematics", pp. 31-32. Donetsk, Ukraine: Donetsk National University.
  3. Koichu, B. (2009). On exploring cognitive characteristics of mathematically gifted students. In Zinigrad, M., Starichenco, B., Sinuany-Stern, Z., Milgram, R., Shacham, S., Offir, B., Hativa, N., Iram, Y. Davidovich, N. & Ribakov, Y. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Excellence in Academia, pp. 165-170. Ariel, Israel.
  4. Koichu, B. (2009). What is so special about problem solving by mathematically gifted students? In Tzekaki, M., Kaldrimidou, M. & Sakonidis, C. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 33rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 1, pp. 196-200, Thessaloniki, Greece: PME.

Reports

  1. Koichu, B. (2002). Evaluation of mathematics education in MOFET classes (in Hebrew). The study is funded by Ort Israel; the report is published by MOFET Association, Israel.
  2. Berman, A., Dana-Pickard, N., Koichu, B., Medzinsky, S., Nahlieli, T., & Svarkman, A. (2009). Exploration of the literature on secondary school mathematics programs in five countries (in Hebrew). Israel: Ministry of Education. Retrieved January 10, 2010, from http://meyda.education.gov.il/files/Tochniyot_Limudim/Portal/Skirot/MathSkira.pdf .
  3. Leikin, R., Koichu, B., & Berman, A. (2011). Exploring mathematical thinking and giftedness of high achievers who learn mathematics in different types of classes. Report of the research project funded by ISF (grant 557/07).

The following report was written under my supervision:

  1. Golombic, Y. (2015). What makes Citizen Science projects successful, and what can we learn from them for future projects? Report on the literature review written on request of the steering committee of the Technion Citizen Science Project.

Textbooks

  1. Balinsky, L. A., & Koichu, B. M. (1999). Geometry – 11: Workshops. Part 1. Lviv: VNTL (in Ukrainian). Textbook for students and teachers.
  2. Balinsky, L. A., & Koichu, B. M. (1999). Geometry – 11: Workshops. Part 2. Lviv: VNTL (in Ukrainian). Textbook for students and teachers.

The textbooks are recommended by the Ministry of Education of Ukraine for the use in secondary schools.