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Margaret Smith - Publications

 
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Margaret Smith
School of Education
University of Pittsburgh
5515 Wesley W. Posvar Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15260
PHONE: 412-648-7361
EMAIL: pegs@pitt.edu

 

  • Smith, M.S. (2000). Reflecting on practice: Redefining success in mathematics teaching and learning. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 5 (6) 378-382; 386.
  • Stein, M.K., Smith, M.S., & Silver, E.A. (1999). The development of professional developers. Harvard Educational Review, 69 (3), 237-269.
  • Heid, M.K., Blume, G.W., & Smith, M.S. (Eds.) (1999). Implementing the standards: Local, state, and national issues. The 1998 yearbook of the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics. {As associate editor, I solicited reviewers for manuscripts, encouraged submissions to the yearbook, reviewed all manuscripts, participated with the co-editors in making publication decisions, and edited one of the seven manuscripts.}

Book Chapters

  • Smith, M.S. (2009). Talking about teaching: A strategy for engaging teachers in conversations about their practice. G. Zimmermann (Ed.) Empowering the Mentor of the Beginning Mathematics Teacher. (pp.33-34) and Empowering the Mentor of the Experienced Mathematics Teacher, (pp.35-36). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
  • Stein, M.K., & Smith, M.S. The Influence of Curriculum on Student Learning. (in press) In R. Reys & B. Reys (Eds.) K-12 Mathematics Curriculum: Issues, Trends and Future Directions (2010 yearbook of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
  • Hughes, E.K., Smith, M.S., Hogel, M., & Boston, M.D. (in press). Case stories: Supporting teacher reflection and collaboration on the implementation of cognitively challenging mathematical tasks. In F. Arbaugh & P. M. Taylor (Eds.), Inquiry into Mathematics Teacher Education. Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators (AMTE) Monograph Series, Volume 5. Anticipated publication date: Fall 2008.
  • Markovits, Z., & Smith, M.S., (in press). Case as tools in mathematics teacher education. In T. Wood (Series Ed.) & P. Sullivan (Vol. Ed.), International handbook of mathematics teacher education: Vol.1. Knowledge and beliefs in mathematics teaching and teaching development. Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
  • Smith, M.S., (submitted). Talking about Teaching: A Strategy for Engaging Teachers in Conversations about Their Practice. G. Zimmermann (Ed.) Empowering Mentors of Teachers of Mathematics. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
  • Smith, M.S., Arbaugh, F., & Fi, C. (in press). Teachers, the school environment, and students: Influences on students’ opportunities to learn mathematics in grades 4 and 8. In P. Kloosterman & F. K. Lestor Jr. (Eds.), Results from the Ninth Mathematics Assessment of the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Reston, VA: The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Books

  • Stein, M.K., Smith, M.S., Henningsen, M.A., & Silver, E.A. (2009). Implementing standards-based mathematics instruction: A casebook for professional development (Second Edition). New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
  • Debellis, V.A., Friel, S.N., Arbaugh, F., Mooney, E.S., Pugalee, D.K., Watanable, T., Smith, M.S., & House, P.A. (2009). Navigating Through Reasoning and Problem Solving Grades 6-8. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
  • Lappan, G., Smith, M.S., Jones, L., & Paparella, P. (Eds.)(in press) Activities for Junior High School and Middle School Mathematics. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
  • Smith, M.S., & Friel, S. (Ed) (in press). Cases in mathematics teacher education: Tools for developing knowledge needed for teaching. Fourth Monograph of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators. San Diego, CA: AMTE.
  • Smith, M. S., Heid, M. K., & Zbiek, R.M (Eds.) (2006). Learning and teaching mathematical processes. The 2005-2006 yearbook of the Pennsylvania Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Journal Articles

  • Battista, M.T., Boest, T., Confrey, J., Knuth, E., Smith, M.S., Sutton, J.T., White, D. & Reed, J. Research in Mathematics Education: Multiple Methods for Multiple Uses. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education^, 40 (3), 216-240.
  • Confrey, J., Strutchens, M.E., Battista, M.T., Smith, M.S., King, K.D., Sutton, J.T., Boest, T., & Reed, J. (2008). Situating research on curricular change. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education^, 39 (2), 102-112.
  • Smith, M.S., Hughes, E.K., & Engle, R.A., & Stein, M.K. (in press). Orchestrating discussions of challenging tasks: Keeping your eye on the mathematics to be learned. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School.
  • Smith, M.S., Bill, V., & Hughes, E.K. (in press). Thinking through a lesson protocol: A key for successfully implementing high-level tasks. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School.
  • Boston, M.D., & Smith, M.S., (in press). Transforming secondary mathematics teaching: Increasing the cognitive demands of instructional tasks used in teachers’ classrooms. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education.
  • Hillen, A.F., & Smith, M.S. (submitted). Representations as a vehicle for making sense of proportional relationships. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School.
  • Smith, M.S., Hillen, A.F., & Catania, C. (in press). Using pattern tasks to develop mathematical understandings and set classroom norms. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School.
  • Hillen, A.F., & Smith, M.S. (in press). Is silence golden? Considering what silent students might learn in discourse –rich classrooms. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School.
  • Stein, M.K., Engle, R., Hughes, E.K., & Smith, M.S. (under review). Orchestrating productive mathematical discussions: Helping teachers learning to better incorporate student thinking. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education.