Three iterations of the reflex triangles

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For the learning of mathematics

Nathalie Sinclair
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education
Simon Fraser University
My research interests include: the use of dynamic visualisation software in teaching and learning of mathematics; the aesthetic dimension of learning and doing mathematics; the nature of embodied cognition in mathematics learning.
Selected Journal Articles
  • (with Lulu Healy) If this is your mathematics, what are your stories?. To appear in International Journal of Computers for Mathematics Learning.

  • (with Sandra Crespo) Learning Mathematics in Dynamic Computer Environments. Teaching Children Mathematics 12 (May 2006): 437-44.

  • (with Rina Zazkis & Peter Liljedahl) Conjecturing in a computer microworld: Zooming out and zooming in. Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics, Accepted for publication.

  • The roles of the aesthetic in mathematical inquiry, Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 6(3), 261-284.

  • (with Rina Zazkis & Peter Liljedahl) Number Worlds: Visual and experimental access to elementary number theory concepts, International Journal of Computers for Mathematics Learning, 8(3), 235-263.

  • (with Martin Schiralli) A constructive response to 'Where mathematics comes from', Educational Studies in Mathematics, 52(1), 79-91, 2003.

  • The kissing triangles: The aesthetics of mathematical discovery. International Journal of Computers for Mathematics Learning, 7(1), 45-63, 2002.

  • Le role de l'esthétique dans l'apprentissage mathématique. Instantanés mathématiques, 38(3), 2002.

  • (with Nicholas Jackiw) Dragon play: Microworld design in a whole class context. Journal for Educational Research in Computers, 27(1&2), 111-145, 2002.

  • Re-constructing a Painting with Geometric Eyes, For the learning of mathematics. 22(3), 19-22.

  • (with Anne Watson). Wonder, the rainbow and the aesthetics of rare experiences. For the learning of mathematics, 21(3), 39-42, 2001.

  • The aesthetic is relevant. For the learning of mathematics, 21(1), 25-33, 2001.

  • (with Peter Taylor). Training our students. Canadian Journal of Mathematics and Science Education, 1, 110-116, 2000.

  • (with Lynda Colgan). Matisse Mathematics: Paper dolls and transformational geometry. Mathematics in School. January, 2-8, 2000.
Book Chapters
  • (with Leone Burton) Meet the mathematicians. In L, Burton (Ed.), Mathematicians as enquirers: Learning about learning mathematics. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004

  • Mathematics on the Internet. In S. Johnston-Wilder and D. Pimm (Eds.), Teaching Secondary Mathematics effectively with Technology, (pp 203-218). Open University Press, 2005.

  • Understanding and Projecting ICT Trends (with Nicholas Jackiw). In S. Johnston-Wilder and D. Pimm (Eds.), Teaching Secondary Mathematics effectively with Technology (pp. 235-252). Open University Press, 2005.
Books
  • Mathematics and Beauty: Aesthetics approaches to teaching children. Teachers College Press. 2006.

  • (with W. Higginson and D. Pimm). Mathematics and the aesthetic: Modern approaches to an ancient affinity. Springer-Verlag. To appear in October 2006.

Dernier mise à jour: le 1er fèvrier, 2007