Trigonometry in Grade 3?

Read about it ... see the documentary.

Parallel lines parallel universe

See the documentary.

Taking "numb" out of numbers

See the documentary.

Classroom documentaries

See www.researchideas.ca for documentaries of classroom research. Funded by SSHRC, KNAER and the Fields Institute.

Math Courses 4 Teachers

Do the Math certificate courses for teachers, students and parents, from the Fields Institute.

• Number
• Pattern & Algebra
• Measurement & Geometry
• Probability

Math Concerts & Random Acts of Math

Concerts and Random Acts of Math funded by the Fields Institute.

Here is Bob Hallett of Great Big Sea and Aboriginal recording artist Tracy Bone

Math Performance Festival

www.MathFest.ca

Funded by the Imperial Oil Foundation,the Fields Institute, Research Western, the Faculty of Education at UWO, and the Canadian Mathematical Society.

See the 2012 picks by our judges.

Interviews with Prominent Mathematicians

www.fields.utoronto.ca/mathwindows

Prominent mathematicians discuss topics from elementary mathematics. Funded by the Fields Institute.

Math Stories

Gadanidis, G. & Gadanidis, M. (2012). Math Waves. Whitby, ON: Brainy Day.

Really BIG math ideas for young mathematicians!

Imagine This!

www.ImagineThis.ca

Imagine having conversations and passionate discussions about math ideas and concepts.

• I am nothing by Dr. Lindi Wahl
• Circle or triangle? by Dr. David Poole
• Addition of multiplication? by Dr. Graham Denham

Math Learning Objects

• Digital Windows into Mathematics (Gadanidis & Sedig) - funded by Inukshuk
• Mathematics Preparedness Program (Gadanidis & Jardine) - funded by the Maurice Price Foundation

Fields Symposia (2003-6)

• Digital Mathematical Performance (2006)
• Designing Mathematical Thinking Tools (2005)
• Online Mathematical Investigation as a Narrative Experience (2004)
• Mathematics as Story (2003)

Graduate Students

• Leah Payerl (Master's - in progress)
• Ye Jin Lee (Master's - in progress)
• Ruth Teszeri (Master's - in progress)
• Ricardo Scucuglia (PhD - 2012) - "On the nature of students' digital mathematical performances"
• Linda Moore (Master's - 2012)
• Liliana Simion (Master's - 2011) - "Effects of Frequent Cooperative Quizzes on the Achievement of First Year College Students Enrolled in a Mathematics Course"
• Wendy Ruth Carter (Master's - 2010) - "A case study of a regional youth festival of the arts"
• De-Graft Kwadwo Osafo (Master's - 2010) - "Exploring Science Education through Performance-arts Lens"
• Andrea Law (Master's - 2009) - "Tablet PC’s and their impact on Teaching and Learning"
• Monique Van Hooft (Master's - 2009) - "Developing the Digital Literacy Skills of First Year College and University Students"
• Amy Strauss (Master's - 2008) - "Podcasts, Blogs, and Wikis"
• Alireza Moghaddam (PhD - 2008) - "Virtual Collaboration: Creating a Teaching-Learning and Knowledge Constructing Model"
• Donna Kotsopoulos (PhD - 2007) - "Communication in Mathematics:  A Disclosure Analysis of Peer Collaborations"
• Stephanie Luxton (Master's - 2007) - "An Examination of Exemplar Mentoring Programs to Identify the Keys to Success"
• Michelle Cordy (Master's - 2006) - "If Ten is the Answer, What is the Question?"
• Tammy Flemming (Master's 2006) - "Effective Mentoring"
• John Dallan (Master's - 2003)
• Elizabeth Matlock (Master's - 2003)

Awards (partial list)

2012-2015 SSHRC grant on Performing New Images of Mathematicians ($98,730)

2011 SSHRC and Fields Institute grants on Performing Mathematics Education Research ($99,000)

2011 KNAER grant on What did you do in Math today? ($25,000)

2010 Outstanding Paper Award for: Gadanidis, G. & Hughes, J. (2010). “Sing me a good story”: Using online music videos to share students’ classroom mathematics. ED-MEDIA 2010-World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, Toronto, Canada.

2008-2011 SSHRC grant on Students as Performance Mathematicians ($95,000)

2008-2013 Imperial Oil Foundation grant for the Math Performance Festival ($50,000)

2006-2008 SSHRC-RDI grant on Digital Mathematical Performance ($40,000)

2006 Inukshuk grant for Windows into Mathematics ($80,000)

2006 Maurice Price Foundadtion grant for the Math Preparedness Program ($60,000)

2006 Inducted a Lifetime Fellow of the Fields Institute

2004-2007 SSHRC grant on The Effect of Applets Supporting Higher Level Mathematical Thinking on Pedagogy and Student Learning ($85,000)

Publications (selected journal papers & book chapters)

• Gadanidis, G. (2012). Trigonometry in grade 3? What Works? Research Into Practice, 42. 1-4.
• Gadanidis, G. (2012). Why can't I be a mathematician? For the Learning of Mathematics, 32(2), 20-26.
• Gadanidis, G. & Hughes, J. (2011). Performing big math ideas across the grades. Teaching Children Mathematics, 17(8), 486-496 .
• Gadanidis, G. & Scucuglia, R. (2010). Windows into elementary mathematics: alternate mathematics images of mathematics and mathematicians (Janelas para Matemática Elementar: imagens públicas alternativas de matemáticae matemáticos). Acta Scientiae, 12(1), 24-42
• Gadanidis, G. & Geiger, V. (2010). A social perspective on technology enhanced mathematical learning - from collaboration to performance. The International Journal on Mathematics Education 42, 91-104.
• Gadanidis, G. (2009) I Heard this Great Math Story the Other Day! Education Canada 49(5), 44-46.
• Gadanidis, G. & Namukasa, I. (2009). Teacher Tasks for Mathematical Insight and Reorganization of what it Means to Learn Mathematics. In Clarke, B., B. Grevholm, & R. Millman, Effective Tasks in Primary Mathematics Teacher Education (pp. 113-130). N.Y.: Springer.
• Gadanidis, G. & Kotsopoulos, D. (2009). “This is how we do this and this is how it is.” Middle school teachers’ mathematical compass. For the Learning of Mathematics, 29(1), 29-34.
• Borba, M. & Gadanidis, G. (2008). Virtual communities and networks of practising mathematics teachers: The role of technology in collaboration. In T. Wood (Series Editor) & K. Krainer (Volume Editor), International handbook of mathematics teacher education: Vol. 3. Participants in mathematics teacher education: individuals, teams, communities, and networks (pp. 181-209). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
• Gadanidis, G., Hoogland, C & Hughes, J. (2008). Teaching and learning in a Web 2.0 environment: Three case studies. International Journal of Technology for Teaching and Learning, 4(2), 117-133.
• Gadanidis, G., Hughes, J. & Borba, M. (2008). Students as performance mathematicians. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 14(3), 168-175.
• Gadanidis, G. & Borba, M. (2008). Our lives as performance mathematicians. For the Learning of Mathematics, 28(1), 42-49.
• Gadanidis, G. & Namukasa, I. (2007). Mathematics-for-teachers (and students). Journal of Teaching and Learning, 5(1), 13-22.
• Gadanidis, G. & Schindler, K. (2006). Learning objects and embedded pedagogical models. Computers in the Schools 23(1/2), 19-32.
• Gadanidis, G., Gadanidis, J. & Huang, A. (2005). Using humor to gain mathematical insight. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School 10(5), 244-250.
• Gadanidis, G., Sedig, K. & Liang, H.N. (2004). Designing online mathematical investigation. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 23(3), 273-296.
• Gadanidis, G. (2004). The pleasure of attention and insight. Mathematics Teaching, 186(1), 10-13.