Carolyn Kieran is a Canadian mathematics educator known for her studies of how students learn algebra. She is a professor emerita of mathematics at the Université du Québec à Montréal.[1]
Education and career
Kieran has bachelor's degrees from Marianopolis College and the Université de Montréal, a master's degree from Concordia University, and a doctorate from McGill University. She joined the mathematics department at the Université du Québec à Montréal in 1983 and became a full professor there in 1991. She retired in 2008 and was named a professor emerita in 2010.[1]
Books
Kieran is a co-author, with J. Pang, D. Schifter, and S. F. Ng, of Early Algebra: Research into its Nature, its Learning, its Teaching (Springer Open, 2016).[2]
She is a co-editor of volumes including:
- Research Issues in the Learning and Teaching of Algebra, Vol. 4 (1989)[3]
- Selected Lectures from the Seventh International Congress on Mathematical Education (1994)[4]
- Approaches to Algebra: Perspectives for Research and Teaching[5]
- Computer Algebra Systems in Secondary School Mathematics Education (2003).[6]
References
- ^ a b Home page, Université du Québec à Montréal, retrieved 2020-05-16
- ^ Review of Early Algebra:
- Huckaby, David A. (September 2016), "Review", MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America
- ^ Reviews of Research Issues in the Learning and Teaching of Algebra:
- ^ Reviews of Selected Lectures from the Seventh International Congress:
- ^ Review of Approaches to Algebra:
- ^ Review of Computer Algebra Systems in Secondary School Mathematics Education:
External links
- Carolyn Kieran publications indexed by Google Scholar
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