Anna Sierpińska (1947 – October 19, 2023)[1][2] was a Polish-Canadian scholar of mathematics education, known for her investigations of understanding and epistemology in mathematics education. She was a professor emerita of mathematics and statistics at Concordia University.[3]
Education and career
editSierpińska was born in Wrocław in 1947, and lived internationally with her family as a child.[2] She earned a master's degree in 1970 from the University of Warsaw, specializing in commutative algebra. She completed her Ph.D. in mathematics education in 1984 at the Higher School of Pedagogy, Cracow.[4]
She was editor-in-chief of Educational Studies in Mathematics from 2001 to 2005.[5]
Recognition
editIn 2006, Luleå University of Technology in Sweden gave Sierpińska an honorary doctorate.[4]
Selected publications
editMonograph
edit- Sierpinska, Anna (1994), Understanding in Mathematics, The Falmer Press, doi:10.4324/9780203454183, ISBN 978-0-203-45418-3[6]
Edited volumes
edit- Sierpinska, Anna; Kilpatrick, Jeremy, eds. (1998), Mathematics Education as a Research Domain: A Search for Identity, New ICMI Study Series, vol. 4, Springer Netherlands, doi:10.1007/978-94-011-5470-3, ISBN 978-94-011-5470-3[7]
- Steinbring, Heinz; Bussi, Maria G. Bartolini; Sierpinska, Anna, eds. (1998), Language and Communication in the Mathematics Classroom, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics[8]
Articles
edit- Sierpińska, Anna (November 1987), "Humanities students and epistemological obstacles related to limits", Educational Studies in Mathematics, 18 (4): 371–397, doi:10.1007/bf00240986, S2CID 144880659
- Sierpinska, Anna (November 1990), "Some remarks on understanding in mathematics", For the Learning of Mathematics, 10 (3): 24–36, 41, JSTOR 40247990
- Sierpinska, Anna; Lerman, Stephen (1997), "Epistemologies of mathematics and of mathematics education", in Bishop, Alan J.; Clements, Ken; Keitel, Christine; Kilpatrick, Jeremy; Laborde, Colette (eds.), International Handbook of Mathematics Education, Springer Netherlands, pp. 827–876, doi:10.1007/978-94-009-1465-0_23[9]
- Sierpinska, Anna (2000), "On some aspects of students' thinking in linear algebra", in Dorier, Jean-Luc (ed.), On the Teaching of Linear Algebra, Mathematics Education Library, vol. 23, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 209–246, doi:10.1007/0-306-47224-4_8, ISBN 978-0-306-47224-4
- Dorier, Jean-Luc; Sierpinska, Anna, "Research into the teaching and learning of linear algebra", in Holton, Derek; Artigue, Michèle; Kirchgräber, Urs; Hillel, Joel; Niss, Mogens; Schoenfeld, Alan (eds.), The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at University Level, New ICMI Study Series, vol. 7, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 255–273, doi:10.1007/0-306-47231-7_24
References
edit- ^ Birth year from VIAF authority control record, retrieved 2022-06-10
- ^ a b Sierpinska Jankowska, Anna 1947–2023, Kane Fetterly, 3 October 2023, retrieved 2023-10-26
- ^ "Anna Sierpinska", Explore Concordia, Concordia University, retrieved 2022-06-10
- ^ a b Dr. Anna Sierpinska, PhD, Concordia University Department of Mathematics & Statistics, retrieved 2022-06-10
- ^ Bakker, Arthur (January 2019), "A virtual special issue to celebrate 100 volumes of Educational Studies in Mathematics: former editors' choices", Educational Studies in Mathematics, 101 (1): 1–5, doi:10.1007/s10649-019-9882-3
- ^ Review of Understanding in Mathematics:
Schrock, Connie S. (November 1995), The Mathematics Teacher, 88 (8): 688, JSTOR 27969552
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - ^ Reviews of Mathematics Education as a Research Domain:
- Alsina, Claudi, zbMATH, Zbl 0898.00006
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - King, Karen D.; McLeod, Douglas B. (March 1999), "Coming of age in academe", Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 30 (2): 227–234, doi:10.2307/749613, JSTOR 749613
- Steen, Lynn Arthur (March 1999), "Theories that gyre and gimble in the wabe", Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 30 (2): 235–241, doi:10.2307/749614, JSTOR 749614
- Alsina, Claudi, zbMATH, Zbl 0898.00006
- ^ Reviews of Language and Communication in the Mathematics Classroom:
- Berk, Diane (April 1999), Teaching Children Mathematics, 5 (8): 494, JSTOR 41197279
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - McCrone, Sharon Soucy (April 1999), The Mathematics Teacher, 92 (4): 370, JSTOR 27970993
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Morgan, Candia (January 2000), "Language in use in mathematics classrooms: Developing approaches to a research domain" (PDF), Educational Studies in Mathematics, 41 (1): 93–99, doi:10.1023/A:1003891809328, JSTOR 3483062, S2CID 118207634
- Shaw, Jean M. (April 1999), Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 4 (7): 486–488, JSTOR 41180685
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- Berk, Diane (April 1999), Teaching Children Mathematics, 5 (8): 494, JSTOR 41197279
- ^ Review of "Epistemologies of mathematics and of mathematics education":
Otte, Michael (1998), MathSciNet, MR 1459740
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