Not to be confused with Wacław Sierpiński.
Anna Sierpińska (1947 – October 19, 2023) was a Polish-Canadian scholar of mathematics education, known for her investigations of understanding and epistemology in mathematics education. She was a professor emerita of mathematics and statistics at Concordia University.
Education and career
Sierpińska was born in Wrocław in 1947, and lived internationally with her family as a child. She earned a master's degree in 1970 from the University of Warsaw, specializing in commutative algebra. She completed her Ph.D. in mathematics education in 1984 at the Higher School of Pedagogy, Cracow.
She was editor-in-chief of Educational Studies in Mathematics from 2001 to 2005.
Recognition
In 2006, Luleå University of Technology in Sweden gave Sierpińska an honorary doctorate.
Selected publications
Monograph
- Sierpinska, Anna (1994), Understanding in Mathematics, The Falmer Press, doi:10.4324/9780203454183, ISBN 978-0-203-45418-3
Edited volumes
- Sierpinska, Anna; Kilpatrick, Jeremy, eds. (1998), Mathematics Education as a Research Domain: A Search for Identity, New ICMI Study Series, vol. 4, Springer Netherlands, doi:10.1007/978-94-011-5470-3, ISBN 978-94-011-5470-3
- Steinbring, Heinz; Bussi, Maria G. Bartolini; Sierpinska, Anna, eds. (1998), Language and Communication in the Mathematics Classroom, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Articles
- Sierpińska, Anna (November 1987), "Humanities students and epistemological obstacles related to limits", Educational Studies in Mathematics, 18 (4): 371–397, doi:10.1007/bf00240986, S2CID 144880659
- Sierpinska, Anna (November 1990), "Some remarks on understanding in mathematics", For the Learning of Mathematics, 10 (3): 24–36, 41, JSTOR 40247990
- Sierpinska, Anna; Lerman, Stephen (1997), "Epistemologies of mathematics and of mathematics education", in Bishop, Alan J.; Clements, Ken; Keitel, Christine; Kilpatrick, Jeremy; Laborde, Colette (eds.), International Handbook of Mathematics Education, Springer Netherlands, pp. 827–876, doi:10.1007/978-94-009-1465-0_23
- Sierpinska, Anna (2000), "On some aspects of students' thinking in linear algebra", in Dorier, Jean-Luc (ed.), On the Teaching of Linear Algebra, Mathematics Education Library, vol. 23, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 209–246, doi:10.1007/0-306-47224-4_8, ISBN 978-0-306-47224-4
- Dorier, Jean-Luc; Sierpinska, Anna, "Research into the teaching and learning of linear algebra", in Holton, Derek; Artigue, Michèle; Kirchgräber, Urs; Hillel, Joel; Niss, Mogens; Schoenfeld, Alan (eds.), The Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at University Level, New ICMI Study Series, vol. 7, Kluwer Academic Publishers, pp. 255–273, doi:10.1007/0-306-47231-7_24
References
- Birth year from VIAF authority control record, retrieved 2022-06-10
- ^ Sierpinska Jankowska, Anna 1947–2023, Kane Fetterly, 3 October 2023, retrieved 2023-10-26
- "Anna Sierpinska", Explore Concordia, Concordia University, retrieved 2022-06-10
- ^ Dr. Anna Sierpinska, PhD, Concordia University Department of Mathematics & Statistics, retrieved 2022-06-10
- Bakker, Arthur (January 2019), "A virtual special issue to celebrate 100 volumes of Educational Studies in Mathematics: former editors' choices", Educational Studies in Mathematics, 101 (1): 1–5, doi:10.1007/s10649-019-9882-3
- Review of Understanding in Mathematics:
Schrock, Connie S. (November 1995), The Mathematics Teacher, 88 (8): 688, JSTOR 27969552
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- Alsina, Claudi, zbMATH, Zbl 0898.00006
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - King, Karen D.; McLeod, Douglas B. (March 1999), "Coming of age in academe", Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 30 (2): 227–234, doi:10.2307/749613, JSTOR 749613
- Steen, Lynn Arthur (March 1999), "Theories that gyre and gimble in the wabe", Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 30 (2): 235–241, doi:10.2307/749614, JSTOR 749614
- Alsina, Claudi, zbMATH, Zbl 0898.00006
- Reviews of Language and Communication in the Mathematics Classroom:
- Berk, Diane (April 1999), Teaching Children Mathematics, 5 (8): 494, JSTOR 41197279
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - McCrone, Sharon Soucy (April 1999), The Mathematics Teacher, 92 (4): 370, JSTOR 27970993
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: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link) - Morgan, Candia (January 2000), "Language in use in mathematics classrooms: Developing approaches to a research domain" (PDF), Educational Studies in Mathematics, 41 (1): 93–99, doi:10.1023/A:1003891809328, JSTOR 3483062, S2CID 118207634
- Shaw, Jean M. (April 1999), Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 4 (7): 486–488, JSTOR 41180685
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- Berk, Diane (April 1999), Teaching Children Mathematics, 5 (8): 494, JSTOR 41197279
- Review of "Epistemologies of mathematics and of mathematics education":
Otte, Michael (1998), MathSciNet, MR 1459740
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