RESEARCH SAMPLER

Edited by Annie and John Selden

This column contains brief expositions of research on undergraduate mathematics education and is linked to a bibliography, a glossary, and a list of research questions. For archival purposes, entries will be dated and remain unaltered subsequent to their initial publication.

Occasionally articles will be written by guest authors. Potential authors should contact us at js9484@usit.net before proceeding.

• No. 9, March 2005: Key Aspects of Knowing and Learning the Concept of Function. Guest authors: Marilyn Carlson and Michael Oehrtman.

• No. 8, June 2003: Student's Difficulties with Proof. Guest author: Keith Weber.

• No. 7, January 2003: Learning and Teaching Ordinary Differential Equations. Guest authors: Chris Rasmussen and Karen Whitehead.

• No. 6, June 2001: Examining How Mathematics is Used in the Workplace.

• No. 5, February 1998: The Role of Examples in Learning Mathematics.

• No. 4, September 1997: Expert Problem Solvers

• No. 3, June 1997: Preservice Teachers' Conceptions of Mathematics and How to Teach it.

• No. 2, February 1997: Should Mathematicians and Mathematics Educators be Listening to Cognitive Psychologists?

• No.1, November 1996: Of What Does Mathematical Knowledge Consist?