Name: MIRIAM AMIT
LPS Team Leader in Israel



Contact details:
Centre for Mathematics and Science Education
Institute for Applied Research
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Beer-Sheva, 84105, Israel

Phone: +972 7 6461901
Fax: +972 7 6472846
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Recent and current professional activities:
My research activities and interests are quite varied. The LPS is a major research activity for me, but I am also involved in teacher in-service programs and maintain an interest in pedagogical issues, aspects of assessment, and humanistic approaches in mathematics education. I also have a keen interest in the history of mathematics.

Selected publications:
*(2002). "Authority in the Mathematics Classroom and Its Influence on Students' Ability to Reflect" (with M. Amit), PME26: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference, edited by A. D. Cockburn & E. Nardi.

* (2002). "Students' Classroom Notebooks and the Blurring of Public and Private Domains" '(with M. Amit), PME26: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference, edited by A. D. Cockburn & E. Nardi.

(2002). "Matriculation Examinations: A Tool for Promoting Elitism or Mathematical Literacy"' (with M. Amit), Mathematical Literacy in the Digital Era, edited by L. Bazzini & C. Whybrow Inchley. Milan: Ghisetti e Corvi Editori.(2002). "Curriculum Reforms in Mathematics Education,"(with Miriam Amit), in the Handbook of International Research in Mathematics Education, edited by L. English, Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

(2001). Apollonius of Perga's Conica: Text, Context, Subtext (with Sabetai Unguru). Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers.

(2001). "Can Mathematics Education and History of Mathematics Coexist?,"Science & Education 10, July, pp.391-408.

(2000). "Some Difficulties in Incorporating History of Mathematics in Teaching-Training in Cultural Diversity in Mathematics" (Education): Proceedings of the 51st Conference of the Commission Internationale pour l'Etude et l'Amelioration de l'Enseignement des Mathematiques (CIEAEM), edited by A. Ahmed & H. Williams, Chichester: Ellis Horwood Publishing Limited.(in press). "The Use of Analogy in Book VII of Apollonius' Conica" Science in Context.

(2002). Apollonius of Perga's Conics, Book IV: Translation, Introduction, and Notes. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Green Lion Press.

(2002), "High-Stake Assessment as a Tool for Promoting Mathematical Literacy and the Democratization of Mathematics Education," (with M. Amit) Journal of Mathematical Behavior 21, pp.499-514

* Denotes LPS related papers.