The first Jerusalem Conference on Research in Mathematics Education

Jerusalem College of Technology, February 18-19, 2013

Monday, February 18

9:00-9:45 Registration

9:45-10:00 Greetings

10:00 – 11:30

Theoretical perspectives in research in mathematics education

Ivy Kidron, The Jerusalem College of Technology

Iterative unpacking of problem solving and problem posing

Boris Koichu, Technion

Discussant: Tommy Dreyfus, Tel-Aviv University

11:30- 12:00 Coffee break

12:00-13:30

Students' ability to develop an "optimization method": the case of linear programming

Amal Sharif-Rasslan, The Arab Academic College for Education

Problem Solving in Technological Environments

Sara Hershkovitz, CET- Center for Educational Technology

Discussant: Zmira Mevareh, Bar-Ilan University

13:30-14:30 Lunch

14:30-16:00

Integrating technology in mathematics teaching: Between theory and practice

Michal Tabach, Tel Aviv University

Developing experimental infrastructure for exploration in analytic geometry - leading to conjectures and their proofs

Nurit Zehavi and Giora Mann, Weizmann Institute of Science

Discussant: Rina Hershkovitz, Weizmann Institute of Science

16:00-16:30 Coffee break

16:30-18:00

Opportunities for Argumentative Activity Offered by Junior-high School Mathematics Textbooks

Ruhama Even, Weizmann Institute of Science

Integrating snapshots from contemporary mathematics in high-school teaching

Batya Amit, Nitsa Movshovitz-Hadar, Atara Shriki, Ohad Zohar, Technion

Discussant: Baruch Schwarz, The Hebrew University

18:00 – 20:00 Banquet

The importance of education and of math education

Mr. Sanford T. Colb, President of the Board of Trustees of Jerusalem College of Technology

Tuesday, February 19

10:00 – 11:30

Creative solutions of low-achieving mathematics students in secondary schools

Ronnie Karsenty, Weizmann Institute of Science

Inquiry Based Problems as a tool for development students’ creative thinking

Mark Applebaum, Kaye Academic College of Education

Discussant: Roza Leikin, University of Haifa

11:30- 12:00 Coffee break

12:00-13:30

Learning difficulties in mathematics – the role of identity construction processes

Einat Heyd-Metzuyanim, Technion

To see or not to see – Training teachers to cope with problematic learning situations in geometry

Hagar Gal, David Yellin College of Education

Discussant: Anna Sfard, University of Haifa

13:30-14:30 Lunch

14:30-16:00

Developing critical thinking through probability models, intuitive judgments and decision-making under uncertainty

Einav Aizikovitsh-Udi, Beit Berl College of Education

Miriam Amit, Ben Gurion University

Students’ articulations of uncertainty while making informal statistical inferences

Dani Ben-Zvi, The University of Haifa

Discussant: Miriam Amit, Ben Gurion University

16:00-16:30 Coffee break

16:30-17:30 Concluding discussions, Avi Berman, Technion

Mathematicians and Research in Math Education

Raz Kupfermann, The Hebrew University

Abraham Arcavi, Weizmann Institute of Science

Research in Math Education and Teaching mathematics

Talli Nachlieli, Levinsky College of Education

Noah Dana-Picard, The Jerusalem College of Technology