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Accreditation Report 2002
Core Campuses: Bloomington and Indianapolis
for the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
and the Indiana Professional Standards Board

Faculty Vita

Beatriz D'Ambrosio, Ph.D

Title: Associate Professor
Office: ES 3152
Campus: Indianapolis


Academic Degrees

Ph.D. Indiana University 1987 Mathematics
M.S. Indiana University 1982 Elementary Education
UG degree State University at Campinas, Brazil 1980 Mathematics

Professional Experience

1994-present Associate Professor, Mathematics Education, School of Education, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI), Indianapolis, IN
1995-present Faculty of the University Graduate School, Indiana University
1992-1994 Assistant Professor in Mathematics Education, College of Education, University of Georgia, Athens
1989-1992 Assistant Professor in Mathematics Education, College of Education, University of Delaware, Newark
1989- Visiting Lecturer, Universidade Estadual de Rio Claro (UNESP) [State University of Rio Claro], Brazil
1987-1989 Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department, Universidade Estadual de Campinas [State University at Campinas], Brazil
1987- Visiting Assitant Professor, Mathematics Department, Pontificia Universidade Catolica de São Paulo [Catholic University of São Paulo], Brazil
1986-1987 Associate Instructor, School of Education, Indiana University, Bloomington

Faculty Teaching

Spring, 2002 N443 Teaching Elementary School Mathematics Problem Solving
Fall, 2001 J538 Masters Practicum/Internship
Fall, 2001 N590 Individual Study or Research in Math Education
Summer II, 2001 N590 Individual Study or Research in Math Education
Summer I, 2001 E543 Advanced Methods of Teaching MS/JH Math

Selected Publications

    D'Ambrosio, B. and Poiani, E. (2001). Instructional methods, current research. In L.S. Grinstein anmd S.T. Lipsey (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education, pp. 345-348. New York: Routledge-Falmer Press.

    Poiani, E. and D'Ambrosio, B. (2001). Instructional methods, new directions. . In L.S. Grinstein anmd S.T. Lipsey (Eds.). Encyclopedia of Mathematics Education, pp. 348-352. New York: Routledge-Falmer Press.

    Research Advisory Committee (2001). Supporting communities of inquiry and practice. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, vol. 32, number 5, pp. 444-447.

    DAmbrosio, B. and Walker, V. (2001). Listening to Children: What might we learn? Newsletter of the Canterbury Mathematics Association, NZ. October, 2001. pp. 2-7.

    D'Ambrosio, B. (2001). The Dilemmas of Preparing Teachers to Teach Mathematics from a Constructivist Perspective. Proceedings of the International Conference on Mathematics Education, held in Tokyo Japan, August 2000. Electronic publication.

Funded Projects

    Indiana Mathematics Initiative, National Science Foundation, 1997-2002, $2.1

    Understanding the complexities in Teachers? Thinking and Practices.? Proffitt Award, with Sue Mau and Linda Houser. (August 1999, awarded $15,000).

    Best Practices in Mathematics Teaching?, Educate Indiana: 1999-2000 School Improvement Subgrant for IPS. (September 1999, awarded $130,000).

    Best Practices in Mathematics Teaching?, Educate Indiana: 1998-99 School Improvement Subgrant for IPS. (September 1998, awarded $130,000).

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

    Research Advisory Committee for the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
    Advisory Board Member, PRIME: Primary Education Mathematics Project K-5
    Seeing Mathematics: The Concord Consortium, Boston MA. Funded by the DOE
    Local Systemic Change Project: Western Michigan University. Three-year NSF funded project
    (INT) Member, Editorial Board, Quadrante, Portuguese journal of mathematics education
    Reviewer, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
    Reviewer, Educational Studies in Mathematics
    Reviewer, Educational Researcher (AERA)

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