Latest Books
Learning Through Teaching Mathematics
Roza Leikin, Rina Zazkis (Eds.)
Creativity In Mathematics And The Education Of Gifted Students
Roza Leikin,
Abraham Berman,
Boris Koichu (Eds.)
Publications - Articles in Refereed Conference Proceedings
Leikin, R. & Zaslavsky, O. (1994). Promoting Active Classroom Activities through Cooperative Learning of Mathematics. In: J. P. da Ponte and J. F. Matos (Eds.) Proceedings of the 18th International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, 136 -143.
Leikin, R., Berman, A. & Zaslavsky, O. (1997). Defining and Understanding Symmetry. In: J. P. da Ponte and J. F. Matos (Eds.) Proceedings of the 21st International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, 192-199.
Stylianou D. A., Leikin, R. & Silver E.A (1999). Exploring Students' Solution Strategies in Solving a Spatial Visualization Problem Involving Nets. In O. Zaslavsky (Ed.), Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Vol. 4, 241-248.
Zaslavsky, O. & Leikin, R. (1999). Interweaving the Training of Mathematics Teacher-Educators and the Professional Development of Mathematics Teachers. In O. Zaslavsky (Ed.), Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Vol. 1, 143-158.
Leikin, R., Chazan, D., & Yerushalmy, M. (2001). Understanding teachers’ changing approaches to school algebra: Contributions of concept maps as part of clinical interviews. In M. van den Heuvel-Panhuizen (Ed.), Proceedings of the 25th International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, 289-2296.
Rota, S. & Leikin, R (2002). Development of mathematics teacher’s proficiency in discussion orchestration. In A. D. Cockburn & E. Nardi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 26th International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Vol. 4, 137-144.
Leikin, R. (2002). Cooperative Learning as a Trigger for Professional Development of Mathematics Teachers. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Science Education. (pp. 297-304). Cyprus, Nicosia: The Cyprus Pedagogical Institute.
Leikin, R. & Dinur, S. (2003). Patterns of flexibility: Teachers' behavior in mathematical discussion. In Electronic Proceedings of the Third Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education.(10 p.) http://www.dm.unipi.it/~didattica/CERME3/WG11/papers_pdf/TG11_Leikin.pdf
Leikin, R. (2003). Raising Mathematics Teacher expectations of pupils' Ability to Solve Challenging Problems. In Velikova, E. (Ed.) Proceedings of The 3rd International Conference "Creativity in mathematics education and the education of gifted students", (pp. 243-250). Athens, Greece: V-publications.
Leikin, R. (2004). Professional dialog, its components and qualities: From graduate research on teaching to an undergraduate teachers' program. Presented at The 10th International Conference of Mathematics Education, ICME-10, Topic Study Group 3: New Trends and Developments in Mathematics Education on Tertiary Level. http://www.icme-10.dk/
Leikin, R. (2004). Towards High Quality Geometrical Tasks: Reformulation of A Proof Problem. In M. J. Hoines & A. B. Fuglestad (Eds.), Proceedings of the 28th International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Vol. 3, 209-216.
Leikin, R. (2005). Teachers’ learning in teaching: Developing teachers’ mathematical knowledge through instructional interactions. The paper presented at the 15th ICMI Study: The Professional Education and Development of Teachers of Mathematics. (2,500 words). http://stwww.weizmann.ac.il/G-math/ICMI/log_in.html
Levav-Waynberg, A. & Leikin R. (2006). Solving problems in different ways: Teachers' knowledge situated in practice. In J. Navotna, H. Maraova, M. Kratka & N. Stehlikova (Eds.), Proceedings of the 30th International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, v. 4, (pp. 57-64). Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
Leikin, R. (2006). Getting Aware: Secondary school teachers learn about 'Mathematics Challenges in Education'. The paper presented at the 16th ICMI Study: Mathematical challenges in and out of the classroom. (3,900 words). http://www.amt.canberra.edu.au/icmis16pisrleikin.pdf
Applebaum, M., Schneiderman, O. & Leikin, R. (2006). Mathematical Tasks and Teaching Mathematics in MOFET classes, In the Electronic proceedings of the 16th ICMI Study: Challenging Mathematics in and Beyond the Classroom. (2,500 words). Trondheim, Norway
Schneiderman, O., Applebaum, M. & Leikin, R. (2006). Creative Mathematical Tasks in MOFET classes, Proceedings of the 4th Conference on Creativity in Mathematics Education and the Education of Gifted Students, (pp. 98 – 101), Budejovice, Czech Republic.
Leikin, R. (2007). Habits of mind associated with advanced mathematical thinking and solution spaces of mathematical tasks. The Fifth Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education - CERME-5. (pp. 2330-2339) (CD-ROM and On-line). Available: http://ermeweb.free.fr/Cerme5.pdf
Leikin, R. & Zazkis, R. with Liljedahl, P., Borba, M., Simon, M. & Tzur, R. (2007). Learning through Teaching: Development of teachers' knowledge in practice – Research forum. In J-H Woo, H-C Lew, K-S Park & D-Y Seo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (vol. 1, pp. 121-150). Korea: The Korea Society of Educational Studies in Mathematics.
Applebaum, M. & Leikin, R. (2007). Teachers' conceptions of mathematical challenge in school mathematics. In J-H Woo, H-C Lew, K-S Park & D-Y Seo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 31st International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (vol. 2, pp. 9 - 16). Korea: The Korea Society of Educational Studies in Mathematics.
Leikin, R. & Lev, M. (2007). Multiple solution tasks as a magnifying glass for observation of mathematical creativity. In J-H Woo, H-C Lew, K-S Park & D-Y Seo (Eds.) Proceedings of the 31st International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (vol. 3, pp. 161-168). Korea: The Korea Society of Educational Studies in Mathematics.
Leikin, R. (2008). Teaching mathematics with and for creativity: an intercultural perspective. The paper presented at the 11th International Conference of Mathematics Education, ICME-11, Discussion Group 3: Mathematics education: for whom and why? (1300 words).
Applebaum, M., Freiman, V. & Leikin, R. (2008). Teachers' views on teaching mathematically promising students. The paper presented at the 11th International Conference of Mathematics Education, ICME-11, Topic Study Group-6: Education of gifted students. (5 370 words).
Zazkis R. & Leikin, R. (2009). – Advanced mathematical Knowledge: How is it used in teaching? The Sixth Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education - CERME-6 (3770 words).
Levav-Waynberg, A. & Leikin R. (2009). Multiple solutions to a problem: A tool for assessment of mathematical thinking in geometry. The Sixth Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education - CERME-6. (2870 words)
Leikin, R. (2009). Multiple proof tasks: Teacher practice and teacher education. In F-L. Lin, F-J. Hsieh, G. Hana & M. De Villiers (Eds.), The proceeding of the 19th ICMI Study conference: Proofs and proving in mathematics education. (v. 2, pp. 31-36). National Taipei University, Taiwan.
Karp, A., Leikin, R. with Applebaum, M., Christou, C., Freiman, V., Koichu, B., Pitta-Pantazi, D., & Walker, E. (2009). Research Forum - Mathematical gift and promise: Exploring and developing. In M. Tzekaki, M. Kaldrimidou & H. Sakonidis (Eds.) The Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (v. 1, pp. 185-206). Thessaloniki, Greece.
Leikin, R. & Zazkis, R. (2009). Exemplifying definition: On the field-related character of teachers' content knowledge. In M. Tzekaki, M. Kaldrimidou & H. Sakonidis (Eds.) The Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (v. 4, pp. 1-8). Thessaloniki, Greece.
Robinson N. & Leikin, R. (2009). A tale of two lessons during Lesson Study process. In M. Tzekaki, M. Kaldrimidou & H. Sakonidis (Eds.) The Proceedings of the 33rd International Conference for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (v. 4, pp. 489-496). Thessaloniki, Greece.
