Mathematics | Projects

The ZEN-Math project (Zooming into Environments for Nurturing Mathematics) seeks to address the evident need in the field for...

Leading team: Dr. Alon Pinto Dr. Ronnie Karsenty Dr. Adi Eraki

Innovative Teaching Education in Mathematics (iTEM) – Improving teaching, learning, and understanding in 1st-year mathematics...

Leading team: Dr. Ronnie Karsenty WIS representative in iTEM group of directors Dr. Alon Pinto Dr. Jason Cooper Prof. Boris Koichu

A comprehensive junior-high school mathematics curriculum program that emphasizes problem solving, thinking, and reasoning for...

Leading team: Prof. Ruhama Even

Lenses on the Improvement of Teaching is a unique professional development (PD) program, designed especially for teachers of the...

Leading team: Dr. Ronnie Karsenty Tzila Yarhi Prof. Abraham Arcavi

Mathematicians and practicing math teachers watch together videotaped lessons and inquire into the potential affordances of tertiary...

Leading team: Dr. Alon Pinto Myriam Goor Ester Gruenhut Michael Gorodin

School-based professional learning communities for mathematics teachers that combine lesson study with the VIDEO-LM lenses.     Math-VALUE...

Leading team: Prof. Abraham Arcavi Dr. Ronnie Karsenty

The MesiMatica project centers on developing research-, theory- and practice-based formative assessment materials that attend...

Leading team: Prof. Ruhama Even

This study analyzes the opportunities for mathematics learning offered to students in seventh grade math textbooks.     Mathematics...

Leading team: Prof. Ruhama Even

Mathematics teachers personalize activities for their students, and share them with other teachers in the PeTeL-Math community.   PeTeL-Math...

Leading team: Dr. Ruth Reiz project coordinator Prof. Boris Koichu

Municipal professional learning communities for the professional development of heads of mathematics departments in middle school...

Leading team: Dr. Jason Cooper Project coordinator (2017-2020) Dr. Mirela Widder Project coordinator (2020-2021) Prof. Boris Koichu

Professional Learning Communities work on the enactment of problem solving in middle school classes, with the goal of increasing...

Leading team: Dr. Jason Cooper project coordinator Yonah Amir Aamer Badarneh Menucha Farber Dr. Orly Gottlib Prof. Boris Koichu

Teacher-Researcher Alliance for Investigating Learning (TRAIL): Teacher-researcher co-learning partnerships, including communities...

Leading team: Dr. Jason Cooper Dr. Mirela Widder Dr. Alon Pinto Prof. Boris Koichu

Study of the contribution and relevance of academic mathematics studies to teaching secondary school mathematics, focusing on...

Leading team: Prof. Ruhama Even

Development of teaching units for 9th grade that focus on solving complex problems in the context of the real world, with an emphasis...

Leading team: Prof. Ruhama Even