Orly Buchbinder
Research Affiliations and Current Projects
Thought Experiments in Mathematics Teaching (ThEMaT). An NSF funded project led by Dan Chazan at the University of Maryland and Patricio Herbst at the University of Michigan. The project uses innovative technological tools and mixed-methods research techniques to study mathematics teachers’ practical rationality and norms. - http://www.education.umd.edu/MathEd/Research/ThEMaT.html
The UNH Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program – with Sharon McCrone (PI), Neil Portnoy (Mathematics), Dawn Meredith (Physics), Judy Robb (Science Education). www.unh.edu/noyce
Curriculum Development Project, Technion, Israel. Co-Author of a team-written mathematics textbook series and teacher guides for grades 7-9 “Efshar Gam Aheret” (There is another way)(In Hebrew). http://matheducation.co.il
Courses Taught
- 760: Geometry
- 797: Senior Seminar
- 968: Top/Teaching and Learning Math
- MATH 708/709: Teaching Mathematics, K-8
- MATH 709: Teaching of Mathematics, 6-12
- MATH 760: Geometry
- MATH 790: Historical Foundations of Math
- MATH 797: Senior Seminar
- MATH 968: Topics Mathematics Education I
- MATH 978: Topics in Math Education II
Selected Publications
Buchbinder, O., & McCrone, S. (2020). Preservice teachers learning to teach proof through classroom implementation: Successes and challenges. JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL BEHAVIOR, 58. doi:10.1016/j.jmathb.2020.100779
Buchbinder, O., & McCrone, S. (2019, February 27). Opportunities to Engage Secondary Students in Proof Generated by Pre-service Teachers. In http://sigmaa.maa.org/rume/RUME22_Proceedings.pdf (pp. 76-83). Oklahoma City, OK. Retrieved from http://sigmaa.maa.org/rume/RUME22_Proceedings.pdf
Buchbinder, O., & Zaslavsky, O. (2019). Strengths and inconsistencies in students' understanding of the roles of examples in proving. JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL BEHAVIOR, 53, 129-147. doi:10.1016/j.jmathb.2018.06.010
Buchbinder, O., Chazan, D. I., & Capozzoli, M. (2019). Solving Equations: Exploring Instructional Exchanges as Lenses to Understand Teaching and Its Resistance to Reform. JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, 50(1), 51-83. Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Buchbinder, O. (2018). Supporting prospective secondary mathematics teachers in creating instructional explanations through video based experience. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 26(1), 33-56.
Buchbinder, O., & Cook, A. (2018). Examining the Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching of Proving in Scenarios Written by Pre-service Teachers. In Unknown Book (pp. 131-154). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-70594-1_8
Buchbinder, O., Zodik, I., Ron, G., & Cook, A. L. J. (2017). What Can You Infer from This Example? Applications of Online, Rich-Media Tasks for Enhancing Pre-service Teachers' Knowledge of the Roles of Examples in Proving. In DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN DESIGNING MATHEMATICS EDUCATION TASKS: POTENTIAL AND PITFALLS (Vol. 8, pp. 215-235). doi:10.1007/978-3-319-43423-0_11
Buchbinder, O., & Zaslavsky, O. (2011). Is this a coincidence? The role of examples in fostering a need for proof. ZDM, 43(2), 269. doi:10.1007/s11858-011-0324-7
Pedemonte, B., & Buchbinder, O. (2011). Examining the role of examples in proving processes through a cognitive lens: the case of triangular numbers. ZDM, 43(2), 257-267. doi:10.1007/s11858-011-0311-z
Buchbinder, O., Zaslavsky, O., & Tzekaki, M. (2009). A FRAMEWORK FOR UNDERSTANDING THE STATUS OF EXAMPLES IN ESTABLISHING THE VALIDITY OF MATHEMATICAL STATEMENTS. In PME 33: PROCEEDINGS OF THE 33RD CONFERENCE OF THE INTERNATIONAL GROUP FOR THE PSYCHOLOGY OF MATHEMATICS EDUCATION, VOL 2 Vol. 2 (pp. 225-232). Retrieved from http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/
Most Cited Publications