Graduate Student Supervision (since 2000)
Doctoral Theses Supervised
Valadkhani, Arezou (PhD, 2022-1), Conditional statements in mathematics and beyond: Syntax, semantics and context
Videnovic, Milica (PhD, 2020-2), Mathematics professors' views on written and oral assessment in mathematics
Leslie, Glen (PhD, 2019), Community College Remedial Algebra: The Search for an Alternative
Stenner, Rebekaah (MSc, 2019), Teacher Noticing of Student Mathematics: Lesson Play Experience
Truman, Julia (PhD, 2017), Mathematical Reasoning Among Adults on the Autism Spectrum: Case Studies with Mathematically Experienced Participants
Jamshid Nejad, Masomeh (PhD, 2017), Students’ understanding of transformations of sinusoidal functions
Jayakody, Gaya (PhD, 2015), University first year students’ discourse on continuous function: A comognitive interpretation
Chavoshi Jolfaee, Simin (PhD, 2015), Objective and subjective probability: Undergraduate students’ descriptions, examples and arguments
Wijeratne, Chanakya, (PhD, 2015), Infinity, Paradoxes and Context
Subedi, Krishna (PhD, 2014), Dealing with Abstraction: Reducing Abstraction in Teaching (RAiT)
Chernoff, Egan*(PhD, 2009), Subjective Probabilities Derived from the Perceived Randomness of Sequences of Outcomes
Mamolo, Ami* (PhD, 2009), Glimpses of Infinity: Intuitions, Paradoxes, and Cognitive Leaps
Businskas, Aldona (PhD, 2008), Conversations about connections: How secondary mathematics teachers conceptualize and contend with mathematical connections
Kavousian, Shabnam (PhD, 2008), Enquiries into Undergraduate Students' Understanding of Combinatorial Structures
Berezovski, Tetyana (PhD, 2007), Exposing Pre-service Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Knowledge Through New Research Designed Methodology
Gholamazad, Soheila (PhD, 2006), Pre-service elementary school teachers’ experiences with interpreting and creating proofs
Bogomolny, Marianna (PhD, 2006), The role of example-generation tasks in students’ understanding of linear algebra
Lucus, Calin (PhD, 2005), Composition of functions and the inverse function of a function: Main ideas, as perceived by teachers
Liljedahl, Peter* (PhD, 2004), The AHA! experience: Mathematical contexts, pedagogical implications
Stewart, Christine (PhD, 2003), Procedural Change in Mathematics: Tales of Adoption and Resistance
Campbell, Stephen* (PhD, 1998), Preservice Teachers' Understanding of Elementary Number Theory: Qualitative Constructivist Research Situated Within a Kantian Framework
(*) Indicates recipients of convocation medals.
Doctoral Committee Member
Kaur, Harpreet (PhD, 2017), Young children’s understanding of angles in a dynamic geometry environment
Sirotic, Natasa (PhD, 2015), Knowledge grown through Lesson Study: A case of secondary mathematics teachers' collaborative learning
Cimen, Arda (PhD, 2013), Mathematics learner profiling using behavioral, physiological and self-reporting methods
Gol Tabaghi, Shiva (PhD, 2012), Using Dynamic Geometry to Explore Linear Algebra Concepts: the Emergence of Mobile, Visual Thinking
Halmaghi, Elena (PhD, 2011), Undergraduate students’ conceptions of inequalities
Percival, Irene (PhD, 2004), The use of cultural perspectives in the elementary school mathematics classroom
Raychaudhury, Debasree (PhD, 2001), The Tension and the Balance between One Mathematical Concept and Student Constructions of it: Solution to a Differential Equation
Danenhover, Peter (PhD, 2001), Learning Complex Analysis: The Role of Multiple Representations
Master Theses Supervised
Khalili, Pouyan (MSc, 2016), Mathematical Needs in the Physics Classroom
Hiebert, Erica (MSc, 2013), Investigating Students’ Understanding of Square Numbers and Square Roots
Berg, Deanna (MA, 2012), Algebraic Thinking in the Elementary Classroom
Kraemer, Karl (MSc, 2011), Algebraic difficulties as an obstacle for high school Calculus
Balakrishnan, Chandra (MSc, 2008), Teaching Secondary School Mathematics through Storytelling
Berezovski, Tetyana (MSc, 2004), Students’ understanding of logarithms.
Sirotic, Natasa (MSc, 2004), An inquiry into prospective teachers’ understanding of irrational numbers
Gadowsky, Karen (MSc, 2001), A Window on Learning by Inquiry with Technology: Exploring Transformations of Functions
Levy, Bat-Sheva (MSc, 1999), Fuzzy Logic: A Model to Explain Students' Mathematical Decision Making
Rogers, Cindy (MA, 1999), Teaching Mathematics: Obstacles and Influences Affecting the Practices of Beginning Teachers
Moor, Jane (MSc, 1998), The Virtual Classroom: An Innovative Approach to Learning Mathematics
Woodward, Tige (MA, 1998), Exploration of Grade 8 Students' Fraction Sense
Langille, Michael (MSc, 1996), Students' Sense Making of Fractal Geometry
Reed, Karen (MSc, 1996), Discovering Circle Geometry with Geometer's Sketchpad
Devito, Gordon (MEd, 1993), Exploring Procedures in PASCAL Programming
Masters Committee Member
Karpilovsky-Aharon, Margarita (MA, 2017), Exploring Parents’ Perceptions of Student Absenteeism in K-3
Bauck, Neena (MSc, 2017), The Transition from High School Mathematics to First-Year Calculus
Pruner, Michael (MSc, 2016), Observations in thinking classroom
Wuolle, Suzanne (MSc, 2016), How and why teachers use real world connections in the secondary mathematics classroom
Larsen, Judy (MSc, 2013), Investigating Students’ Understanding of Square Numbers and Square Roots
Toorian, Ali (MSc, 2012), Tusi: Mathematician, Mathematics Educator and Teacher, and the Saviour of the Mathematics
Shannon, Darien (MSc, 2009), Avoidance Behavior in Mathematics 10 classroom
Fraser, Duncan (MSc, 2007), Using cognitive conflict to promote a structural understanding of Grade 11 Algebra
Rickard, Scott (MSc, 2006), Unpacking Student Discourse in Middle School Mathematics
Wu, Jimmy (MSc, 2003), Calculator Literacy
Bonnet, Denise (MSc, 2003), Integrating Technology into Secondary Mathematics classroom: A multiple case study of a professional development model
Napitupulu, Bettisari (MSc, 2001), An exploration of Student Understanding and Van Hiele Levels of Thinking on Geometric Constructions
Nielson, Jane (MSc, 2001), The Use of Multiple-Choice and Constructed-Response Items in Assessing Mathematics Achievement
Rao, Mark (MSc, 2001), Curriculum Implementation of Mathematics 11 in British Columbia: A Case Study
Lewis, Penelope (M.A., 2000), Changing Teaching Practice in Elementary Science Education Using Action Research: A Case Study
Wong, Andy (MSc, 1998), Using the Graphing Calculator in the Teaching of Secondary Mathematics
Dubois, Larry (MEd, 1992), The Use of Systematic Inquiry with Mathematics Software to Explore Functions in Grade 11