DOCTORAL STUDENTS

These are the students, in chronological order, for whom I was chair of their dissertation committee, together with the title of the dissertations.

Senk, Sharon. 1983. Proof-Writing Achievement and Van Hiele Levels among Secondary School Geometry Students

Gustin, William. 1987. Talented research mathematicians: a retrospective study of exceptional cognitive development

Dalida, John. 1988. Risk taking, small groups, and the game of Equations

Hirschhorn, Daniel. 1991. Implementation of the first four years of the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project Secondary Curriculum

Flanders, James R. 1992. Textbooks and the SIMS test: comparisons of intended and implemented eighth-grade mathematics

Friedman, Lynn. 1992. A Meta-analysis of Correlations of Spatial and Mathematical Tasks

Thompson, Denisse. 1992. An evaluation of a new course in precalculus and discrete mathematics

Fan, Lianghuo. 1998. The development of teacher's pedagogical knowledge: an investigation of mathematics teachers in three high-performing high schools

Fernandez, Eileen. 1998. Instantiating the Standards: describing attempts by an exceptional group of mathematics teachers to implement the NCTM professional teaching standards

Levin, Suzanne. Fractions and division: researcher conceptualizations, textbook presentations, and student performance

Li, Jianhua. 2004. A comparative study of U.S. and Chinese elementary mathematics textbook teacher guides