PUBLICATIONS

 

Doctoral thesis

Nardi, E. (1996). The novice mathematician’s encounter with mathematical abstraction: Tensions in concept-image construction and formalisation Unpublished doctoral thesis, University of Oxford, UK (available at http://www.uea.ac.uk/~m011 and http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/ora/oxford_etheses).

 

Monograph

Nardi, E. (2008). Amongst mathematicians: Teaching and learning mathematics at university level. New York: Springer.

 

Articles in peer-reviewed international journals

Nardi, E., Biza, I., & Zachariades, T. (2011, on line first). ‘Warrant’ revisited: Integrating teachers’ pedagogical and epistemological considerations into Toulmin’s model for argumentation. Educational Studies in Mathematics, tbc(tbc), tbc.

González-Martín, A. S., Nardi, E., & Biza, I. (2011). Conceptually-driven and visually-rich tasks in texts and teaching practice: The case of infinite series. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 42(5), 565-589.

Biza, I., Nardi, E., & Zachariades, T. (2009). Teacher beliefs and the didactic contract on visualisation. For the Learning of Mathematics, 29(3), 31-36.

Biza, I., Nardi, E., & González-Martín, A. S. (2009). Introducing the concept of infinite series: preliminary analyses of curriculum content and pedagogical practice. Research in Mathematics Education, 11(2), 185-186.

Biza, I., Nardi, E., & Zachariades, T. (2007). Using tasks to explore teacher knowledge in situation-specific contexts. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 10, 301-309.

Nardi, E., Jaworski, B., & Hegedus, S. (2005). A spectrum of pedagogical awareness for undergraduate mathematics: From ‘tricks’ to ‘techniques’. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 36(4), 284-316.

Nardi, E. (2005). ‘Beautiful minds’ in rich discourses: On the employment of discursive approaches to research in mathematics education. European Educational Research Journal, 4(2), 145-154.

Iannone, P., & Nardi, E. (2005). On the pedagogical insight of mathematicians: 'interaction' and 'transition from the concrete to the abstract'. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 24(2), 191-215.

Nardi, E., & Steward., S. (2003). Is mathematics T.I.R.E.D? A profile of quiet disaffection in the secondary mathematics classroom. British Educational Research Journal, 29(3), 345-367.

Elliott, J., Battersby, J., Boddington, D., Brown, K., Doherty, P., Haydn, T., Nardi, E., & Shreeve, A. (2002). Working ‘Against the Grain’: A conversation piece from the academy about the experience of sustaining collaborative research with teachers. Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 10(2), 323-348.

Ainley, J., Pratt, D., & Nardi, E. (2001). Normalising: Children's activity to construct meanings for trend. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 45, 131-146.

Nardi, E. (2000). Mathematics undergraduates’ responses to semantic abbreviations, ‘geometric’ images and multi-level abstractions in Group Theory. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 43(2), 169-189.

Nardi, E. (2000). Zeros and ones in advanced mathematics: Transcending the intimacy of number. For the Learning of Mathematics, 20(3), 44–51.

Ainley, J., Nardi, E., & Pratt, D. (2000). The construction of meaning for trend in active graphing. International Journal of Computers in Mathematical Learning, 5, 85-114.

Nardi, E. (1999). The challenge of teaching first-year undergraduate mathematics: Tutors’ reflections on the formal mathematical enculturation of their students. Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education, 7(2), 29-53.

Nardi, E. (1999). The novice mathematician's inquiry about new concepts: Bestowing meaning through ambivalent uses of geometrical metaphors. Research in Mathematics Education, 1(1), 57-68.

Nardi, E. (1997). El Encuentro del Matemático Principiante con la Abstracción Matemática: una Imagen Conceptual de los Conjuntos Generadores en el Análisis Vectorial [The Novice Mathematician's Encounter with Mathematical Abstraction: A Concept Image of Spanning Sets in Vectorial Analysis]. Educación Matemática, 9(1), 47-60.


Chapters in books

Dreyfus, T., Nardi, E., & Leikin, R. (2012, in press). Forms of proof and proving. In G. Hanna & M. De Villiers (Eds.), 19th International Commission for Mathematics Instruction Study (Proof and Proving). New York: Springer.

Sriraman, B., & Nardi, E. (2012, in press). Theories, models and frameworks. In M. A. K. Clements, A. Bishop, C. Keitel, J. Kilpatrick & F. Leung (Eds.), Third International Handbook of Mathematics Education. New York: Springer.

Biza, I., Nardi, E., & Zachariades, T. (2012, in press). Using situation-specific tasks to explore teacher mathematical knowledge and pedagogical beliefs: Examples from algebra and analysis. [Translated into Portuguese]. In T. Rogue & V. Giraldo (Eds.), O saber do professor de matemática: ultrapassando a dicotomia entre didática e conteúdo [Mathematics teachers' knowledge: beyond the dichotomy between pedagogy and content] (pp. tbc). Brazil: UFRJ.

Nardi, E. (2012, in press). Amongst Mathematicians and conversations on the teaching and learning of mathematics at university level: The case of visualisation. In B. Barton & M. Artigue (Eds.), Edited collection of the Regular Lectures of the 11th International Congress of Mathematics Education (Monterrey, Mexico).

Nardi, E. (2009). Gaining insight into teaching and learning mathematics at university level through Mason’s inner research. In S. Lerman & B. Davis (Eds.), Mathematical action and structures of noticing (pp. 111-120). NL: Sense Publishers.

Nardi, E. (1996). The novice mathematician's encounter with mathematical abstraction: The case of accumulation point. In A. Gagatsis & L. Rogers (Eds.), Didactics and History of Mathematics (pp. 227-235). Thessaloniki, Greece: ERASMUS ICP - 95 - G - 2011/11.

Rothwell, S., Nardi, E., & Mcintyre, D. (1994). The perceived values of the role activities of mentors and curricular, professional and general tutors. In I. Reid, H. Constable & R. Griffiths (Eds.), Teacher education reform: Current research (pp. 19-39). London: Paul Chapman Publishing Ltd.

Nardi, E. (1992). Conceptions of advanced mathematical concepts and some cognitive phenomena relating to them. Difficulties, obstacles and errors. The exemplary case of function. In A. Gagatsis (Ed.), Didactics of Mathematics. A Greek-English edition. Thessaloniki, Greece: Erasmus ICP-92-G-2011/11.

 

Journal articles (professional)

STEWARD S and NARDI E (2002) "I could be the best mathematician in the world if I actually enjoyed it. I’m 14, and I know that! Why can’t some adult work it out? Part II", Mathematics Teaching 180, p4-9.

STEWARD S and NARDI E (2002) "I could be the best mathematician in the world if I actually enjoyed it. I’m 14, and I know that! Why can’t some adult work it out? Part I", Mathematics Teaching 179, p41-44.

CRAMP S and NARDI E (2000) A Snappy Start to a Mathematics Lesson. Mathematics Teaching 172. p.46-51.

NARDI E (1998) The Novice Mathematician's Encounter With Mathematical Formalism: A Sample of Findings From a Cross-Topical Study. The Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics Newsletter No 9. Available at http://www.bham.ac.uk/ctimath/talum/newsletter

 

Booklets / Reports

NARDI E (2012, in press) From generalized Arithmetic to Abstract Algebra.  In Thomas, M. (ed) Key Mathematical Concepts in the Transition from Secondary to University. Report commissioned by the International Programme Committee of the 12th International Congress in Mathematics Education (Seoul, Corea. July 8-15)

NARDI E & IANNONE P (2006) How To Prove It: a brief guide for teaching Proof to mathematics undergraduates. Commissioned by the Higher Education Academy (Mathematics, Statistics and Operational Research branch). ISBN 978-0-9539983-8-8

BILLS L, COOKER M, HUGGINS R, IANNONE P & NARDI E (2006) Promoting mathematics as a field of study: events and activities for the sixth-form pupils visiting UEA’s Further Mathematics Centre (A UEA Teaching Fellowship Report). Based on work commissioned by the UEA Teaching Fellowship Scheme. ISBN 978-0-9539983-9-8

 

Book Reviews

 

NARDI E & IANNONE P (2007) Book Review (PopCo’), International Newsletter for Women in Mathematics Education. http://extra.shu.ac.uk/iowme/documents/newsletter%2021%201.doc

NARDI E (2002) Review of MASON J Mathematics Teaching Practice: A Guide for University and College Lecturers. In ZDM Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik (International Reviews on Mathematical  Education) 34 (6), p299-301. Available at: www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/fiz/publications/zdm/zdm026r2.pdf

NARDI E (2000) Review of JAWORSKI B & PHILLIPS D (eds) Comparing Standards Internationally: Research and Practice in Mathematics and Beyond. Cambridge Journal of Education. No 30(3). p439-440

 

Papers in Refereed Conference Proceedings

KANELLOS I, NARDI E and BIZA I (2011, in press) [(translated from Greek) Tendencies towards deductive reasoning in secondary students’ pre-proof ideas]. In tbc (Eds.), Proceedings of the 4rth Conference of the Greek Association for Research in Mathematics Education (GARME) (pp. tbc-tbc). Ioannina, Greece.

Nardi, E. (2011). ‘Driving noticing’ yet ‘risking precision’: University mathematicians’ pedagogical perspectives on verbalisation in mathematics. In M. Pytlak, T. Rowland & E. Swoboda (Eds.), Proceedings of CERME7 (7th Conference of European Research in Mathematics Education) (pp. 2053-2062). University of Rzeszów, Poland.

NARDI, E. (2011, in press). ‘Driving noticing’ yet ‘risking precision’: University mathematicians’ pedagogical perspectives on verbalisation in mathematics. In SWOBODA, E. (ed) Proceedings of the 7th Conference of European Researchers in Mathematics Education, Rzeszow, Poland.

NARDI, E. (2010). Situation specific tasks and interviews as tools for the exploration of mathematics teacher knowledge and beliefs: Examples from Algebra and Analysis (plenary lecture text translated from Greek). In Proceedings of the 27th Conference of the Hellenic Mathematical Society. Chalkida, Greece.

NARDI, E. (2010). The changing classroom role of the secondary mathematics teacher (panel contribution text translated from Greek). In Proceedings of the 27th Conference of the Hellenic Mathematical Society. Chalkida, Greece.

IOANNOU M & NARDI E (2010)  Mathematics Undergraduates’ Experience of Visualisation in Abstract Algebra: The metacognitive need for an explicit demonstration of its significance. Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education. SIGMAA: Special Interest Group, Mathematical Association of America. Available at: http://sigmaa.maa.org/rume/crume2010/Archive/Ioannou%20&%20Nardi.pdf.

 CHRISTOPHOROU D, KOUROUNIOTIS C, BIZA I and NARDI E (2009) [(translated from Greek) Alternative IT-based teaching of functions for Year 8]. In F. KALAVASIS, S. KAFOUSI, M. CHIONIDOU-MOSKOFOGLOU, H. SKOUBOURDI & G. FESAKIS (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd Conference of the Greek Association for Research in Mathematics Education (GARME) (pp. 481-491). Rhodes, Greece.

SFONGALI K and NARDI E (2009) [(translated from Greek) Parents, children and mathematical education: Parental experiences, views of mathematics, strategies for participation and relationships with para-school tutoring]. In F. KALAVASIS, S. KAFOUSI, M. CHIONIDOU-MOSKOFOGLOU, H. SKOUBOURDI & G. FESAKIS (Eds.), Proceedings of the 3rd Conference of the Greek Association for Research in Mathematics Education (GARME) (pp. 141-149). Rhodes, Greece.

NARDI E, BIZA I and GONZÁLEZ-MARTÍN A (2009) Introducing the concept of infinite series: The role of visualisation and exemplification. In Tzekaki, M., Kaldrimidou, M. & Sakonidis, C. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 33rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 4, pp. 193-200. Thessaloniki, Greece: PME.

GONZÁLEZ-MARTÍN A, SEFFAH, R and NARDI E (2009). The concept of series in the textbooks: A meaningful introduction? In Tzekaki, M., Kaldrimidou, M. & Sakonidis, C. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 33rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 3, pp. 105-112. Thessaloniki, Greece: PME.

NARDI E  (2009) ‘Because this is how mathematicians work!’: Pictures’ and the creative fuzziness of the didactical contract at university level. In F. Lin, F. Hsieh, G. Hanna & M. de Villiers (Eds.), Proceedings of  ICMI Study 19: Proof and Proving in Mathematics Education, 1, 112-117. Taipei, Taiwan

BIZA I, NARDI E  and ZACHARIADES (2009) Do images disprove but do not prove? Teachers’ beliefs about visualization. In F. Lin, F. Hsieh, G. Hanna & M. de Villiers (Eds.), Proceedings of  ICMI Study 19: Proof and Proving in Mathematics Education, 1, 59-64. Taipei, Taiwan

BIZA I, NARDI E  and ZACHARIADES (2009) Teachers’ views on the role of visualisation and didactical intentions regarding proof. Proceedings of the 6th Conference of European Research in Mathematics Education. 261-270. Lyon, France

BIZA I, NARDI E  and ZACHARIADES T (2008) Persistent images and teacher beliefs about visualisation: the tangent at an inflection point. Research Report. In Figueras, O. & Sepúlveda, A. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 32nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, and the XX North American Chapter Vol. 2, pp. 177-184. Morelia, Michoacán, México.

NARDI E, BIZA I and IANNONE P (2008) Beyond the ‘formalistic nonsense’: The impact of symbolisation and previously held images on students’ sense-making of formal definitions. Paper presented at the 11th International Congress on Mathematics Education (Topic Study Group 17). Available from http://tsg.icme11.org/tsg/show/18. Monterrey, Mexico.

BIZA I, NARDI E and ZACHARIADES T (2007) [translated: Using tasks to explore teacher knowledge in situation-specific: An example from the teaching of limits] Proceedings of the Second Conference  of the Greek Association of Researchers in Mathematics Education, Alexandroupoli, Greece, November 23-25, 536-546.

IANNONE P & NARDI E (2007) The interplay between syntactic and semantic knowledge in proof production: mathematicians’ perspectives, Proceedings of the 5th Conference of European Research in Mathematics Education. Larnaca, Cyprus, 2300-2310. Available at:  http://ermeweb.free.fr/CERME%205/WG14/14_Iannone.pdf

NARDI E (2006) ‘You look at these students, you look at their faces, you know they are lost…’: the pedagogical role of the mathematician as de-mystifier and en-culturator. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics at the Undergraduate Level (Istanbul, Turkey)  John Wiley & Sons Inc. ISBN : 0471072709.

NARDI E and IANNONE P (2005) To appear and to be: acquiring the ‘genre speech’ of university mathematics, Proceedings of the 4th Conference on European Research in Mathematics Education, Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, 1800-1810. Available at: http://ermeweb.free.fr/CERME4/CERME4_WG14.pdf

IANNONE P and NARDI E (2005) The pedagogical insight of mathematicians: effectiveness of interactive modes of teaching, D. Hewitt and A. Noyes (Eds), Proceedings of the sixth British Congress of Mathematics Education University of Warwick, pp. 73-80. Available at http://www.bsrlm.org.uk/IPs/ip25-1/BSRLM-IP-25-1-10.pdf

IANNONE P and NARDI E (2005) Counterexamples: is one as good as many? Proceedings of the 4th Mediterranean Conference in Mathematics Education, Palermo, Italy. Volume II, p379-388.

NARDI E and IANNONE P (2004) On the Fragile, Yet Crucial Relationship Between Mathematicians and Researchers in Mathematics Education, Proceedings of the 28th Annual Conference of the International Group for Psychology in Mathematics Education, 14-18 July 2004, Bergen, Norway. Volume III, p401-408.

NARDI E and IANNONE P (2003) Mathematicians On Concept Image Construction: Single ‘Landscape’ Vs ‘Your Own Tailor-Made Brain Version’ Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the International Group for Psychology in Mathematics Education, 13-18 July 2003, Honolulu, USA. Volume III, p365-372.. Also: soon available in Portuguese in a special edition of seminars presented by invited speakers at  the Department of Mathematics, PUCSP - Pontificate’s Catholic University of São Paulo, Brazil.

NARDI E and IANNONE P (2003) The Rough Journey Towards a Consistent Mathematical Proof: the P(n) ® P(n+1) Step in Mathematical Induction. Proceedings of the 3rd Mediterranean Conference on Mathematics Education, p621-628. 3-5 January 2003, Athens, Greece. ISBN: 960-7341-25-2

NARDI E and JAWORSKI B (2002) Developing a Pedagogic Discourse in the Teaching of Undergraduate Mathematics: On Tutors’ Uses of Generic Examples and Other Pedagogical Techniques, Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on the Teaching of Undergraduate Mathematics, 1-6 July 2002, Crete, Greece. Available on CD ROM and at http://www.math.uoc.gr/~ictm2/

IANNONE P and NARDI E (2002) A Group as a ‘Special Set’? Implications of Ignoring the Role of the Binary Operation in the Definition of a Group, Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for Psychology in Mathematics Education, 21-26 July 2002, Norwich, UK Volume 3, p121-128.

NARDI E and IANNONE P (2001) The Unnecessary War Between Rigour and Intuition in the Learning of Advanced Mathematics, Proceedings of the 5th Annual Panhellenic Conference of Mathematics Education, p295-301. 12-14 October 2001, Thessaloniki, Greece

IANNONE P and NARDI E (2001) On the Tail of a Sequence, the Universal Quantifier and the Definition of Convergence, Proceedings of the 5th British Congress on Mathematics Education, 5-7 July 2001, Keele University. p147-157.

NARDI E and IANNONE P (2001) On Convergence of a Series: The Unbearable Inconclusiveness of the Limit-Comparison Test. Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Psychology in Mathematics Education, 12-17 July 2001, Utrecht, Netherlands. Volume 3, p399-406.

NARDI E and STEWARD S (2001) Observations on the Nature of Quiet Disaffection in the Mathematics Classroom. Proceedings of the 25th Annual Conference of the International Group for Psychology in Mathematics Education, 12-17 July 2001, Utrecht, Netherlands. Volume 3, p407-414.

JAWORSKI B, NARDI E and HEGEDUS S (2000) Characterising Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching: a report on preliminary findings. p.117-122. In BILLS L and HARRIES T (eds) Proceedings of the 4th British Congress of Mathematics Education. University College, Northampton, UK.

JAWORSKI B, NARDI E and HEGEDUS S (1999) Characterising Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching. p.121-128. In ZASLAVSKY O (ed.) Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Psychology in Mathematics Education, Volume III. Technion University, Israel.

NARDI E (1999) Using Semi-structured Interviewing to Trigger University Mathematics Tutors' Reflections On Their Teaching Practices. p.321-328. In ZASLAVSKY O (ed.) Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference of the International Group for Psychology in Mathematics Education, Volume III. Technion University, Israel.

NARDI E (1998) Mapping Out the First - Year Mathematics Undergraduate’s Difficulties With Abstraction in Advanced Mathematical Thinking: Didactical Observations Related to the Teaching of Advanced Mathematics From a Cross-Topical Study. p224 - 226. Proceedings of the International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics. Pythagorion, Greece. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Publishers.

JAWORSKI B and NARDI E (1998) The Teaching - Research Dialectic in a Mathematics Course in Pakistan. p.80-87. In OLIVIER A and NEWSTEAD K (eds.) Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Psychology in Mathematics Education, Volume III. University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

AINLEY J, NARDI E and PRATT D (1998) Graphing as a Computer-Mediated Tool. p.243-258. In OLIVIER A and NEWSTEAD K (eds.) Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the International Group for Psychology in Mathematics Education, Volume I. University of Stellenbosch, South Africa.

NARDI E (1996) Tensions in the Novice Mathematician's Induction To Mathematical Abstraction. p51-57. In PUIG L and GUITIEREZ A Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference of the International Group for Psychology in Mathematics Education, Volume IV. Universitat de Valencia, Spain.

NARDI E (1994) Pathological Cases of Mathematical Understanding. Volume III, p336-343  Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Psychology in Mathematics Education, Lisbon, Portugal.

NARDI E (1994) Visualisation and Symbolisation: A Few Thoughts on the Occasional Inappropriateness of Image. In the supplement to the Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference of the International Group for Psychology in Mathematics Education, Lisbon, Portugal.


Short Contributions to Refereed Conference Proceedings

 

Nardi, E., González-Martin, A. S., Gueudet, G., Iannone, P., & Winsløw, C. (2011). Introduction to the papers of WG 14: University mathematics education. In M. Pytlak, T. Rowland & E. Swoboda (Eds.), Proceedings of CERME7 (7th Conference of European Research in Mathematics Education) (pp. 1923-1927). University of Rzeszów, Poland.

KANELLOS, I., NARDI, E., & BIZA, E. (2011). Greek secondary students’ early encounters with mathematical proof in Algebra and Euclidean Geometry. In tbc (Ed.), Proceedings of the 14th Conference of the European Association for Research into Learning and Instruction (EARLI) (Vol. tbc, pp. tbc). Exeter, UK: tbc.

NARDI E, IANNONE P, BIZA I, GIRALDO V, GONZÁLEZ-MARTÍN A, and PINTO M (2009) The role of theory in university-level mathematics education research. In Tzekaki, M., Kaldrimidou, M. & Sakonidis, C. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 33rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 1, pp. 298. Thessaloniki, Greece: PME.

IOANNOU M and NARDI E (2009) Visualisation as a meaning-bestowing process  in the learning and teaching of abstract algebra. In Tzekaki, M., Kaldrimidou, M. & Sakonidis, C. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 33rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 1, pp. 397. Thessaloniki, Greece: PME.

KANELLOS I and NARDI E (2009) Ritual, arbitrary and impractical: do students’ proof schemes mirror classroom experiences? In Tzekaki, M., Kaldrimidou, M. & Sakonidis, C. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 33rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Vol. 5, pp. 461. Thessaloniki, Greece: PME.

NARDI E and IANNONE P (2008) Shifts in generating pedagogical theory in university-level mathematics education research. Working Session. In Figueras, O. & Sepúlveda, A. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 32nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, and the XX North American Chapter Vol. 1, pp. 200. Morelia, Michoacán, México.

IANNONE P, NARDI E and BILLS L (2008) Engagement with mathematics at post-compulsory level. Short Oral Communication. In Figueras, O. & Sepúlveda, A. (Eds.). Proceedings of the Joint Meeting of the 32nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, and the XX North American Chapter Vol. 1, pp. 274. Morelia, Michoacán, México.

NARDI E (2006) A good moment in time to stop ‘shying away from the nature of our subject’? Towards an overwriting of mathematical stereotypes in popular culture. J. Novotna, H. Moraova, M. Kratka & N. Stehlikova (eds), Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the International Group for Psychology in Mathematics Education. Prague, Czech Republic, Vol. 1, pp. 413

 

Papers in Conference Proceedings (other)

 

GONZÁLEZ-MARTÍN A, SEFFAH, R, NARDI, E and BIZA, I (2009). The understanding of series: the didactic dimension. Proceedings of the 61st Meeting of CIEAEM (Commission Internationale pour l'Étude et l'Amélioration de l'Enseignement des Mathématiques), 203-7. Montreal, Canada. Available at: http://math.unipa.it/~grim/cieaem/Proceedings_cieaem_QRDM_Montreal_09_orales_sub1-2.pdf

IOANNOU, M and NARDI E (2009). Engagement, abstraction and visualisation: Cognitive and emotional aspects of Year 2 mathematics undergraduates’ learning experience in Abstract Algebra. Proceedings of the Conference of the British Society for Research into the Learning of Mathematics, 29(2), 35-40. Bristol.

NARDI E, BIZA I and GONZÁLEZ-MARTÍN A (2008). Introducing the concept of infinite sum: Preliminary analyses of curriculum content. Proceedings of the Conference of the British Society for Research into the Learning of Mathematics, 28(3), 84-89, London.

NARDI E (2006) Mathematicians and conceptual frameworks in mathematics education …or: why do mathematicians’ eyes glint at the sight of Concept Image / Concept Definition? Simpson, A (ed) Retirement as Process and Concept: A Festschrift for Eddie Gray and David Tall, Prague 15-16 July. p181-189

BIZA I, NARDI E and ZACHARIADES T (2006) Pedagogical sensitivity and procedural thinking: an uneasy relationship? Proceedings of Conference  of the British Society for Research into the Learning of Mathematics. June 17th,  2006. Bristol, UK. 13-18.

NARDI E (2004) ‘Mathematicians’ insight into students’ learning: a ‘generous’ and painstaking pursuit of mathematical meaning?’ Plenary Lecture. Proceedings of HTEM-2, the 2nd Conference for History and Technology in Mathematics Education, Department of Mathematics, State University of Rio De Janeiro,  Brazil. 2 March 2004. Proceedings edited by Luiz Mariano Carvalho.

SANGWIN C, COOKER M, HAMDAN M, IANNONE P and NARDI E (2004) Working Group 4 – Mathematicians as Educational Co-Researchers: Report of Work in Progress, Proceedings of the Annual Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching Conference, Birmingham 1-3 September 2003. p.93-107. ISSN 1477-7134. Also available at http://www.umtc.ac.uk/

NARDI E (2003)  The Transition From School to University Mathematics, UCL Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Higher Education, A Colloquium on Transitions (24/25 October 2003), http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cishe/colloquium/papers/nardi.html.

NARDI E,  IANNONE P and COOKER M (2003) ‘Pre-eighteen students have lost something major’: mathematicians on the form and content of school mathematics, Proceedings of the Conference of the British Society of Research Into the Learning of Mathematics, Birmingham University, 23(3), 37-42.

NARDI E and IANNONE P (2002) Students, bicycles and the quirks of symbolic language in mathematical logic Proceedings of the Conference of the British Society of Research Into the Learning of Mathematics. Bristol University. 22(2). p49-54.

NARDI E and STEWARD S (2001) ‘Invisible’ students in the mathematics classroom, paper presented at the British Educational Research Association Conference in Leeds in September 2001. Available from the BERA website: http://www.bera.ac.uk/

NARDI E (2001) Domain, Co-Domain and Relationship: Three Equally Important Aspects of a Concept Image of Function. Proceedings of the Conference of the British Society of Research Into the Learning of Mathematics. Manchester University. 21(1). p49-54.

NARDI E (2000) Towards a Calculus as an 'Arsenal of Techniques': Cognitive and Pedagogical issues. Actes Du Séminaire National de Didactique des Mathématiques, Paris, October 14-15. p251-276.

NARDI E and STEWARD S (2000) The invisible child in the mathematics classroom: a preliminary report on quiet disaffection. Proceedings of the Conference of the British Society of Research Into the Learning of Mathematics. Roehampton University. No 20(3). p61-66.

NARDI E and IANNONE P (2000) Adjusting to the Norms of Mathematical Writing: Short Stories on the Journey From Cipher to Symbol. Proceedings of the Conference of the British Society of Research Into the Learning of Mathematics. Roehampton University. No 20(3). p55-60..

SCHWANK I, GELFMAN E and NARDI E (2000) Mathematical Thinking and Learning as Cognitive Processes. p.17-24. In SCHWANK I (ed.) Proceedings of the First Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education Vol. 2. Publishing House: Forschungsinstitut fuer Mathematikdidaktik, Osnabrück. Vol. 2: ISBN 3-925386-51-3. Also available at: http://www.fmd.uni-osnabrueck.de/ebooks/erme/cerme1-proceedings/cerme1-proceedings.html.

NARDI E (2000) The concept of supremum / infimum of a set: A problematic overture to the concept of limit? p.110-116. Proceedings of the Conference of the British Society of Research Into the Learning of Mathematics. Loughborough University.

JAWORSKI B, NARDI E and HEGEDUS S (1999) Undergraduate Mathematics Teaching Project: a Methodological Report of Work in Progress. p43-48. In BILLS L (ed.) Proceedings of the Conference of the British Society of Research Into the Learning of Mathematics. Open University. ISSN 1463-6840.

AINLEY J, NARDI E and PRATT D (1999) Constructing Meaning for Formal Notation in Active Graphing. In SCHWANK I (ed.) Proceedings of the First Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education Vol. 1. p 189-201. Publishing House: Forschungsinstitut fuer Mathematikdidaktik, Osnabrück. Vol. 1: ISBN 3-925386-50-5. Also available at: http://www.fmd.uni-osnabrueck.de/ebooks/erme/cerme1-proceedings/cerme1-proceedings.html.

NARDI E (1998) Tutors' Reflections Upon the Difficulties of Learning and Teaching Mathematics at University Level: A Report of Work-in-Progress. p79-84. In BILLS L (ed.) Proceedings of the Conference of The British Society for the Research into Learning Mathematics. University of Birmingham.

NARDI E (1997) Coping With the Requirements for Rigour: The Novelty of University Mathematics. p.81-87. In BILLS L (ed.) Proceedings of the Conference of The British Society for the Research into Learning Mathematics. Oxford University.

AINLEY J, NARDI E and PRATT D (1997) Making Connections Through Active Graphing. p.64-70. In BILLS L (ed.) Proceedings of the Conference of The British Society for the Research into Learning Mathematics. Oxford University.

 


Editorials

 

NARDI E and ROWLAND T (2010) Research in Mathematics Education 12(2), 95-97

ROWLAND T and NARDI E (2008) Leone Burton: an appreciation. Research in Mathematics Education 10(2), 117-8

ROWLAND T and NARDI E (2008) Research in Mathematics Education 10(1), 1-2

 

Press Releases and Reports in the General Press

 

The ESRC-funded study Attitude and Achievement of the Disengaged Pupil in the Mathematics Classroom was widely reported in the national press. Examples:

BBC Radio 4, 12 January 2010. Lenny Henry’s series ‘What’s so great about…?’. Episode: Mathematics.

TES :http://www.tes.co.uk/search/search_display.asp?section=Archive&sub_section=News+%26+opinion&id=365516&Type=0 .

Guardian Education (14 June 2002): http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4433686,00.html 

TES Scotland: http://www.tes.co.uk/search/search_display.asp?section=Archive&sub_section=Scotland&id=382631&Type=0

Locally: The Eastern Daily Press, The Evening News, The Advertiser (21 June 2002)

 

Submitted / In preparation

 

Kanellos, I., Nardi, E., & Biza, I. (submitted). Tendencies towards deductive reasoning in secondary students’ pre-proof ideas: A Greek case. In tbc (Ed.), Proceedings of the 35th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) (Vol. tbc, pp. tbc). Ankara, Turkey: PME.

Nardi, E., Iannone, P., Biza, I., Giraldo, V., González-Martin, A. S., Gueudet, G., et al. (submitted). Exploring the transition to and within university mathematics from different perspectives. In tbc (Ed.), Proceedings of the 35th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME) (Vol. tbc, pp. tbc). Ankara, Turkey: PME.

Nardi, E. (in preparation for submission in 2011) [working title: The transition to Abstract Algebra]. The CULMS Newsletter (Community for Undergraduate Learning in the Mathematical Sciences)

Nardi, E. (in preparation for submission in 2011) [working title: Conveying mathematical meaning through symbols, words and diagrams as adopting the discursive norms of the mathematics community]. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education.

Nardi, E. (in preparation for submission in 2011) [working title: based on further analyses of the data in Chapter 8 of the monograph Amongst Mathematicians, and written afresh for the mathematics community readership]. Notices of the Notices of the Mathematical Association of America.

Nardi, E. (in preparation for submission mid-2011) (working title: A good moment in time to stop ‘shying away from the nature of our subject’? Towards an overwriting of mathematical stereotypes in popular culture. Based on the invited lecture to the Mathematical Association of the same title and rewritten for a generalist educational readership]. British Educational Research Journal.

 

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