Eric Knuth

Associate Professor, Program Area Head
Ph.D. University of Colorado-Boulder, 1999
Curriculum & Instruction
Teacher Education Rm: 476C
225 N. Mills Street
Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Phone: (608) 263-3209        
Email: knuth@education.wisc.edu

Areas of Study

• Mathematics Education
• Teacher Education

Publications

Stylianou, D., Blanton, M., & Knuth, E. (Eds.) (2009). Teaching and learning proof across the grades: A K-16 perspective. New York, NY: Routledge.

Alibali, M., Knuth, E., Hattikudur, S., McNeil, N., & Stephens, A. (2007). A longitudinal examination of middle school students’ understandings of the equal sign and performance solving equivalent equations. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 9 (3), 221-247.

Knuth, E., Stephens, A., McNeil, N., & Alibali, M. (2006). Does understanding the equal sign matter? Evidence from solving equations. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 37(4), 297-312.

McNeil, N., Grandau, L, Knuth, E., Alibali, M., Stephens, A., Hattikudur, S., & Krill, D. (2006). Middle-school students’ understanding of the equal sign: The books they read can’t help. Cognition and Instruction, 24(3), 367-385.

Knuth, E. & Hartmann, C. (2005). Using technology to foster students’ mathematical understandings and intuitions. In W. Masalski (Ed.). Technology-Supported Mathematics Learning Environments, (151-164 ). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

Peressini, D., Borko, H., Romagnano, L., Knuth, E., & Willis-Yorker, C. (2004). A conceptual framework for learning to teach secondary mathematics: A situative perspective. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 56(1), 67-96.

Nathan, M. & Knuth, E. (2003). The study of whole classroom mathematical discourse and teacher change. Cognition & Instruction, 21(2), 175-207.

Knuth, E. (2002). Teacher's conceptions of proof in the context of secondary school mathematics. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 5(1), 61-88.

Knuth, E. (2002). Fostering mathematical curiosity. Mathematics Teacher,  95(2), 126-130.

Knuth, E. (2002). Secondary school mathematics teachers’ conceptions of proof. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 33(5), 379-405.

Knuth, E. (2000). Student understanding of the Cartesian Connection: An exploratory study. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 31(4), 500-508.

Interests

• Mathematics Education
• Teacher Education

Links

PROOF Project
Middle School Algebra Project
Math Ed Homepage
IDIOM Project

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