Lara Alcock is a British mathematics educator. She is a professor in mathematics education at Loughborough University, head of the Mathematics Education Centre at Loughborough, and the author of several books on mathematics.[1][2] Alcock won the Selden Prize for her research in mathematics education[3] and the inaugural John Blake University Teaching Medal in 2021.[4] Alcock is a National Teaching Fellow.[5]
Lara Alcock | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Warwick (BSc, MSc, PhD) |
| Awards | National Teaching Fellowship (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematical thinking Proof comprehension Mathematical reading[1] |
| Institutions | Loughborough University Rutgers University Essex University |
| Thesis | Categories, definitions and mathematics : student reasoning about objects in analysis (2001) |
| Doctoral advisor | Adrian Simpson |
| Website | laraalcock |
Education
editAlcock earned bachelor's and master's degrees in mathematics at the University of Warwick, and in 2001 completed a PhD in mathematics education at Warwick.[2][3] Her PhD research on Categories, definitions and mathematics: Student reasoning about objects in analysis, was supervised by Adrian Simpson.[6]
Career and research
editAfter working as an assistant professor at Rutgers University in New Jersey, she returned to the UK as a teaching fellow at Essex University. She moved to Loughborough in 2007.[2][7][8][9][3]
Publications
editAlcock's publications[1] include:
- Ideas from Mathematics Education: An Introduction for Mathematicians (with Adrian Simpson, Higher Education Academy, 2009)
- How to Study for a Mathematics Degree / How to Study as a Mathematics Major (UK/US; Oxford University Press, 2013); Wie man erfolgreich Mathematik studiert (translated into German by Bernhard Gerl, Springer Spektrum, 2017)[10][11][12][13]
- How to Think about Analysis (Oxford University Press, 2014)[14]
- Mathematics Rebooted: A Fresh Approach to Understanding (Oxford University Press, 2017)[7]
Awards and honours
editAlcock is the 2012 winner of the Annie and John Selden Prize for research in undergraduate mathematics education, given by the Mathematical Association of America.[3] She was named a National Teaching Fellow by the Higher Education Academy in 2015.[5]
Alcock was the inaugural winner of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications John Blake University Teaching Medal in 2021. [4]
References
edit- ^ a b c Lara Alcock publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ a b c Centre Staff: Dr Lara Alcock, Loughborough University Mathematics Education Centre, retrieved 2018-09-12
- ^ a b c d 2012 Selden Prize Winner, Mathematical Association of America, retrieved 2018-09-12
- ^ a b "Dr Lara Alcock wins the inaugural IMA John Blake University Teaching Medal". Institute of Mathematics & its Applications. Retrieved 8 August 2021.
- ^ a b Grove, Jack (11 June 2015), "National Teaching Fellows of 2015 are named: Fifty-five people working in universities have been named as the latest winners of the sector's top honour for teaching and learning", Times Higher Education
- ^ Alcock, Lara (2001). Categories, definitions and mathematics : student reasoning about objects in analysis (PhD thesis). University of Warwick. OCLC 921054748. EThOS uk.bl.ethos.246820.
- ^ a b Reviews of Mathematics Rebooted: Bultheel, Adhemar (February 2018), Review, European Mathematical Society
- ^ Stenger, Allen (April 2018), "Review", MAA Reviews
- ^ Grove, Michael (January 2019), "Review" (PDF), Newsletter of the London Mathematical Society, 480: 39–40
- ^ Foster, Colin (July 2014), The Mathematical Gazette, 98 (542): 377–378, doi:10.1017/s0025557200001625
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - ^ Storr, Graham (2014), The Mathematical Gazette, 98 (543): 547, doi:10.1017/s0025557200008457, S2CID 184177892
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - ^ Selden, Annie (September 2013), "Review", MAA Reviews
- ^ Panse, Anja (2018), Mathematische Semesterberichte, 65 (1): 133–135, doi:10.1007/s00591-018-0219-6, S2CID 125487245
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - ^ Huddy, Stanley R. (January 2015), "Review of How to Think about Analysis", MAA Reviews
