Publications

Journal publications and book chapters

Buchbinder, O. (accepted). Supporting prospective secondary mathematics teachers in creating instructional explanations through video based experience. Accepted to Journal of Technology and Teacher Education.

Buchbinder, O., & Zaslavsky, O. (accepted pending revisions). Students’ understanding of the role of examples in proving: strengths and inconsistencies. Submitted to Journal of Mathematical Behavior.

Buchbinder, O., Chazan, D. & Capozzoli, M. (under review). Solving Equations: Exploring Instructional Exchanges as Lenses to Understand Teaching and its Resistance to Reform. Submitted to Journal for Research in Mathematics Education.

Buchbinder, O. (2018). Systematic exploration of examples as proof: analysis with four theoretical frameworks. In G. Harel and A. Stylianides (Eds.). Advances in mathematics education research on proof and proving: An international perspective. (pp. 253-268). Springer, Cham.

Buchbinder, O., & Cook, A. (2018). Examining the mathematical knowledge for teaching of proving in scenarios written by pre-service teachers. In O. Buchbinder & S. Kuntze (Eds.). Mathematics Teachers Engaging with Representations of Practice (pp. 131-154). Springer, Cham.

Buchbinder, O., & Kuntze, S. (2018). Representations of Practice in Teacher Education and Research—Spotlights on Different Approaches. In O. Buchbinder & S. Kuntze (Eds.). Mathematics Teachers Engaging with Representations of Practice (pp. 1-8). Springer, Cham.

Buchbinder, O. (2018). “Who is right?” What students’ and prospective teachers’ responses to scripted dialog reveal about their conceptions of proof. In R. Zazkis & P. Herbst (Eds.), Scripting approaches in mathematics education: Mathematical dialogues in research and practice (pp. 89-113), New York, NY: Springer

Buchbinder, O. (2017). Guided discovery of the Nine-point Circle Theorem and its proof. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 49(1), 1-16.

Buchbinder, O., Ron, G., Zodik, I. & Cook, A. (2016). What can you infer from this example? Applications of on-line, rich-media task for enhancing pre-service teachers’ knowledge of the roles of examples in proving. In A. Leung and J. Bolite-Frant (Eds.), Digital Technologies in Designing Mathematics Education Tasks – Potential and Pitfalls. (pp. 215-235). Springer, Cham.

Buchbinder, O., Chazan, D., & Fleming, E. (2015). Insights into the school mathematics tradition from solving linear equations. For the Learning of Mathematics, 35(2), 1-8.

Pedemonte, B. & Buchbinder, O. (2011). Examining the role of examples in proving processes through a cognitive lens. ZDM - The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 43(2), 257-267.

Buchbinder, O. & Zaslavsky, O. (2011). Is this a coincidence? The role of examples in fostering a need for proof. ZDM - The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 43(2), 269-281.

Pedemonte, B. & Buchbinder, O. (2011). Examining the role of examples in proving processes through a cognitive lens. Special issue on ‘Examples in Mathematical Thinking and Learning from an Educational Perspective’ (Vol. 43(2), pp. 257-267) ZDM - The International Journal on Mathematics Education.    

Buchbinder, O. & Zaslavsky, O. (2011). Is this a coincidence? The role of examples in fostering a need for proof. Special issue on ‘Examples in Mathematical Thinking and Learning from an Educational Perspective’ (Vol.43(2), pp. 269-281) ZDM - The International Journal on Mathematics Education.  


Peer reviewed conference proceedings

Buchbinder, O. (2016). Supporting classroom implementation of proof-oriented tasks: lessons from teacher researcher collaboration. Paper presented at 10th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education (CERME 10)

Buchbinder, O. (2016). Attending to structure of mathematical statements: secondary students’ difficulties and interpretations. Paper presented at AERA 2016 Conference.

Buchbinder, O. (2016). Systematic exploration of examples as proof: analysis from four theoretical perspectives. Paper presented at ICME 13 - International Congress on Mathematical Education, Hamburg, Germany. July 2016.

Buchbinder, O., & Cook, A. (2015). Pre-service teachers’ construction of algebraic proof through exploration of math-tricks. In K. Krainer; N. Vondrová (Eds.). Proceedings of 9th Congress of European Research in Mathematics Education, Prague, Czech Republic (pp.100-106).

Buchbinder, O., & Zaslavsky, O. (2013). A Holistic Approach for Designing Tasks that Capture and Enhance Mathematical Understanding of a Particular Topic: The Case of the Interplay between Examples and Proof. In C. Margolinas (Ed.). Proceedings of ICMI Study 22: Task Design in Mathematics Education Conference, (Vol. 1, pp. 27-35) Oxford, UK.

Buchbinder, O., & Zaslavsky, O. (2013). Inconsistencies in students’ understanding of proof and refutation of mathematical statements. In A. M. Lindmeir & A. Heinze  (Eds.). Proceedings of the 37th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, (Vol. 2, pp. 129 – 136). Kiel, Germany: PME.

Buchbinder, O. & Zaslavsky, O. (2009). A framework for understanding the status of examples in establishing the validity of mathematical statements. In Tzekaki, M., Kaldrimidou, M. & Sakonidis, C. (Eds.). Proceedings of the 33rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. (Vol. 2, pp. 225-232). Thessaloniki, Greece.                   

Buchbinder, O., & Zaslavsky, O. (2009). Uncertainty: A driving force in creating a need for proving. Online collection of accepted papers of the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI), Study 19: Proof and Proving in Mathematics Education, Taipei, Taiwan, May 2009.

Buchbinder, O. & Zaslavsky, O. (2007). How to decide? Students' ways of determining the validity of mathematical statements. In D. Pita-Fantasy & G. Philippot (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (pp. 561-571), Larnaca, University of Cyprus.