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

  1. 1 2 Home page, Université du Québec à Montréal, retrieved 2020-05-16
  2. ↑ Review of Early Algebra:
    • Huckaby, David A. (September 2016), "Review", MAA Reviews, Mathematical Association of America
  3. ↑ Reviews of Research Issues in the Learning and Teaching of Algebra:
    • Ferreira, Manuel J. (January 1990), The Mathematics Teacher, 83 (1): 72, JSTOR 27966526{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Howden, Hilde (May 1990), The Arithmetic Teacher, 37 (9): 32, JSTOR 41194567{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  4. ↑ Reviews of Selected Lectures from the Seventh International Congress:
    • Moskowitz, Stuart (January 1995), The Mathematics Teacher, 88 (1): 63, JSTOR 27969185{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
    • Shirley, Lawrence (April–May 1995), Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 1 (5): 424, 426, JSTOR 41183269{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  5. ↑ Review of Approaches to Algebra:
    • Wallace, Martha (November 1997), Telegraphic Reviews, The American Mathematical Monthly, 104 (9): 890, JSTOR 2975311{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)
  6. ↑ Review of Computer Algebra Systems in Secondary School Mathematics Education:
    • Wiley, Martha (January 2004), The Mathematics Teacher, 97 (1): 76, JSTOR 20871503{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link)

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