Margaret P. Sinclair
Associate Professor,
Faculty of Education, York University
3159 TEL bldg.
4700 Keele Street
Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3
Phone: 416 736 2100 ext 20344
Fax: 416 650 8080
Email: msinclair@edu.yorku.ca
JavaSketchpad Applets
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Ontario Mathematics Education Research
Ontario Mathematics
Education Researchers File
Research in Ontario –
Key Websites
The
York-Seneca Institute for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education
(YSIMSTE)
CMESG
- The Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group
MathEd Forum - The
Mathematics Education Forum of the Fields Institute
OAME - The
Courses
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EDUC 5848/MATH 5848 Technology and Mathematics Education |
ED/MATH 2590 (formerly MATH 1580) Thinking Mathematically 1 |
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EDUC 5845 Mathematics and Science Understanding in Early Childhood |
JIMA 3020 Teaching Mathematics in the Junior and Intermediate Divisions |
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EDUC 5841/MATH 5900 Thinking About Teaching Mathematics |
PRJM 3030 Teaching Mathematics in the Primary and Junior Divisions |
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EDUC 5840/MATH 5840 Mathematics Learning Environments |
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Materials from Talks
CMS Winter Meeting – Transitions to College. Ottawa, December 2008
ICME 11 TSG 22 – TI-Navigator project. Mexico, July 2008.
ICME 11 TSG 12 – Visual Reasoning project. Mexico, July 2008
OAME 2007 - Developing visual reasoning skills for teaching mathematics
AERA 2007 SSI – Supporting School Improvement in Mathematics. Chicago, April 2007.
AERA 2007 Lesson Study - Adapting Mathematics Lesson Study to Meet the Needs of Elementary Preservice Teachers
ICMI 17 Study – Teaching with Technology: Complexity Theory as a Lens for Reflecting on Practice. Hanoi, December 2006
ICTMT 2005 – Developing Interactive Geometry Applets for Use in Research: Some Methodological Issues. Bristol.
YCDSB PD day – Technology Activities: More than an
Add-On to Your Program, December 2005
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Collection:
Nathalie, Goldenberg and Lewis, Sketchpad samples |
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Tutorials
Introduction
to Geometer’s Sketchpad 4 – This file requires version 4. It includes an
introduction to the basics and some ideas that can be used with elementary
school students. Navigate by using the tabs at the bottom of the screen. If the
tabs are not visible, maximize the Sketchpad screen.
Introduction
to Spreadsheets for teachers – This file includes 7 different applications
of spreadsheets for elementary teachers. If you have Excel on your computer and
the file does not open automatically you may need to choose Excel from a list.
Navigate the applications by clicking on the tabs at the bottom of the screen.
Transformations with
JavaSketchpad
Click here to access
sketches used with two grade 7 classes – spring, 2003.
Click
here to access a similar set of sketches that include onscreen questions
and instructions.
Links to
Other Technology Work
Collection of
Secondary Math Units -My Math Forum Pages
JavaSketchpad -
Links to some interactive geometry sketches
Libermann Page - A
page of math links for high school students
Linear Transformations
Spreadsheet – Requires Microsoft Excel
NCTM 2002 - Using
Pre-constructed sketches - requires GSP 4
Sum 98 - Math Forum
Advanced Summer Internet Workshop
Circles
and Pi – project from the KempenfeltGSPfest, July 2005
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Selected Publications
Articles in refereed journals
Owston, R. D., Sinclair, M., & Wideman, H. (in press -- 2008). Blended learning for professional development: An evaluation of a program for middle school mathematics and science teachers. Teachers College Record, 110(7).
Sinclair, M., & Owston, R. D. (2007). Teacher professional development in mathematics and science: A blended learning approach. Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education, 32(2), 43-66.
Orpwood, G., Sinclair, M., & Schollen, L. (2008) The college mathematics project 2007. OAME Gazette 46 (4), 23-24.
Sinclair, M., Orpwood, G., & Schollen, L. (2007) The college mathematics project. OAME Gazette, 45 (4), 33-34.
Sinclair, M. (2006) Designing tasks with
interactive geometry applets for use in research – Some methodological issues. International Journal for Technology in
Mathematics Education: Special ICTMT7 issue #1, pp. 31-36.
Sinclair, M. (2005) Using technology in the junior grades. OAME Gazette, 33(4), 30-34.
Sinclair, M. P. (2005) Peer Interactions in a lab: Reflections
on results of a case study involving web-based dynamic geometry sketches. Journal of Mathematical Behavior 24(1),
89-107.
Sinclair, M.P. (2004). Complexity theory and the mathematics
lab-classroom. Complicity: An International Journal of Complexity in
Education, 1(1), 57-72.
Sinclair, M. (2004). Working with accurate representations: The case of pre-constructed dynamic geometry sketches, Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 23(2), 191-208.
Sinclair, M. P. (2003). Some implications of the results of a case study for the design of pre-constructed, dynamic geometry sketches and accompanying materials. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 52 (3), 289 – 317.
Papers in refereed conference
proceedings
Sinclair, M.
(2006). Teaching with technology: Complexity theory as a lens for reflecting on
practice. In C. Hoyles, J.-B. Lagrange, L. H. Son & N. Sinclair (Eds.), Proceedings
of the Seventeenth ICMI Study Conference: "Technology Revisited".
Sinclair, M.,
& Byers, P. (2006) Supporting mathematics improvement: Analyzing
contributing factors. In S. Alatorre, J. L. Cortina, M. Sáiz and A. Méndez (Eds.), Proceedings
of the twenty-eighth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the
International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (Vol. 2,
pp. 199-201).
Sinclair, M. (2005) Developing interactive geometry applets for use in
research – Some methodological issues. In Proceedings
of the 7th International Conference on Technology in Mathematics
Teaching,
Owston, R., Sinclair, M., Kennedy, J., &
Wideman, H. (2005) A blended model for professional development in
mathematics: Impacts on teacher practice and student engagement. In Proceedings of the ED-MEDIA 2005
Conference (World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia, and
Telecommunications),
Sinclair, M.
(2004). An approach to incorporating lesson study in elementary preservice
courses. In D. E. McDougall & J. A. Ross (Eds.), Proceedings of the twenty-sixth
annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the
Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 3, pp. 1287-1289).
Sinclair, M. (2003). The provision of accurate images with dynamic
geometry. In N. A. Pateman, B. J. Dougherty and J. T. Zilliox (Eds.) Proceedings
of the 27th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of
Mathematics Education held jointly with the 25th Conference of
PME-NA (
Papers presented at refereed
conferences
Whiteley, W. J., Sinclair, M., Craven, S., Moshe, L.,
Dutfield, A., & Seco, M. (2008) Helping elementary teachers develop visual
and spatial skills for teaching geometry. Paper presented at the 11th
conference of the International Congress for Mathematical Education,
Sinclair, M., Wideman, H., Kallish, L.,& Fiorini, M. (2008). Linked
hand-held technology in early secondary mathematics. Paper presented at the 11th
conference of the International Congress for Mathematical Education,
Sinclair, M. & Margerm, P. (2007). Adapting mathematics
lesson study to meet the needs of elementary preservice teachers. Paper
presented at the conference of the American Educational Research Association,
Division K,
Sinclair, M.,
Orpwood, G. & Byers, P. (2007). Supporting school improvement in
mathematics. Paper presented at the conference of the American Educational
Research Association, in the session: Trilevel Improvement for Literacy and Numeracy in
Owston, R., Sinclair, M., & Wideman, H. (2007). Evaluation of a blended learning professional
development program for middle school mathematics and science teachers. Paper
presented at the conference of the American
Educational Research Association, Division H,
Reviews
Sinclair, M., de Bruyn, Y., Hanna, G., & Harrison, P. (2004). Cinderella and The Geometer’s Sketchpad. [Review] Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 4(3), 423-437.
Sinclair, M. (2001) Towards a new vision of geometry education. [Review of the book Designing Learning Environments for Developing Understanding of Geometry and Space.] In Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education. (1: 2).
Articles in non-refereed journals
Sinclair, M. (2004). Lesson Study in the preservice program. In CMS Notes. 37(1), 13-14. Canadian Mathematical Society.
Sinclair, M. (2002). Helping students gain expertise. In CMS Notes. 34(3), 7-8. Canadian Mathematical Society.
Papers in non-refereed conference proceedings
Sinclair,
M., Sookochoff, S., Dutfield, A., Lim, Louis, Margerm, P. (2006). Report of
Working Group: Classroom Practice and Mathematics Education Research. In
Frederic Goudreau &
Sinclair, M., Chen, S., Jarvis, D., Morey, J. (2006). Report of the Design Group. In Robin Kay (Ed), Designing Mathematical Thinking Tools, Proceedings of a Fields Institute Symposium, Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario June 10-12, 2005, London, Ontario.
Sinclair, M. (2005) Audience and the design of mathematical learning objects, p. 66. In D. Jarvis (Ed), Design Group Report, pp 65-75, in G. Gadanidis, W. Higginson & K. Sedig (Eds), Online Mathematical Investigation as a Narrative Experience, Proceedings of a Fields Institute Symposium, Faculty of Education, University of Western Ontario 11-13 June 2004, London, Ontario.
Sinclair,
M. (2003). Reflections on complexity theory and technology: Experiences in
three mathematics lab-classrooms. In Brent Davis (Ed), Proceedings of the First Conference on Complexity Science in
Educational Research,
Sinclair,
M. (2003). Report of working group 1: Teaching geometry effectively with
dynamic software. In Christianne Rousseau (Ed.), Proceedings of the Canadian
Mathematical Society’s,
Poster sessions at conferences
Sinclair,
M. & Deng, J. (2004). Mathematics learning objects for at-risk secondary
students: Results of an online survey.
Poster presented at The
twenty-sixth annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International
Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education,
Sinclair, M.
(2004). Results of a study to evaluate a blended model for professional
development in elementary school mathematics. Poster presented at The 10th
International Congress on Mathematical Education,
Technological materials developed
Sinclair, M. (2006) Inverses. A Geometer’s Sketchpad module developed for the PRISM-NEO collection of technological math activities for the new grade 11 courses. Available at: http://www.nearnorthschools.ca/it/PRISMNEO/Grade11/index.asp
Sinclair,
M. & Turcot, J., (2005). Circles and Pi. A Geometer’s Sketchpad module
developed for the PRISM-NEO collection of technological math activities
for at-risk students. To be distributed on CD to
teachers in North-Eastern
Sinclair, M. (2003). Transformations with JavaSketchpad. Six applets developed for the online discussion portion of the Fields Working Meeting - Mathematics online: Present examples and a look to the future. Feb 17-Mar 1.
Sinclair, M. (2000).
Geometer’s Sketchpad investigation created for the Grade 9 assessment of
mathematics, EQAO. [Due to the decision to postpone the testing of mathematics
using technology this investigation has not yet been used.]
Sinclair, M. (1999).
Set of four interactive applets on transformations, developed for the
Sinclair, M. (1998). Forum Web Units and Lessons: A Collection of Secondary Math Units. http://mathforum.org/workshops/sum98/participants/sinclair/contents.html. Published with permission: The Math Forum.
Books
Sinclair, M. (1998). How
to Get an A in.....Statistics and Data Analysis. Chapters Inc.,