Contact Information
Background
Research
Teaching

Education

PhD 1985 Mathematics Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
MS 1980 Mathematics Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
BS 1978 Mathematics Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

Academic Appointments

Professor 2000- University of California, San Diego
Professor 1993 Purdue University
Associate Professor 1989 Purdue University
Assistant Professor 1985 Northern Illinois University

Memberships in Academic Organizations

International Linear Algebra Society
American Education Research Association
Mathematics Association of America
American Mathematical Society
International Group of the Psychology of Mathematics Education
Special Interest Group of the MAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Research Interest

Cognition and epistemology of mathematics and their implications to mathematics curricula and teacher education; focus on advanced mathematical thinking, particularly the concept of proof, the learning and teaching of linear algebra, and the development of the multiplicative conceptual field.

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