Faculty Vita

Diana Lambdin, Ph.D.

Academic Degrees

Professional Experience

Faculty load

Other Administrative Responsibilities

Faculty Teaching

Selected Publications

Lester, F. K., & Lambdin, D. V. (in press). The professionalization of mathematics education research in the United States. In G. Stanic and J. Kilpatrick (Eds.), The history of mathematics education research (tentative title). Reston, VA: NCTM.

Mousley, Judith, Lambdin, Diana, & Koc, Yusuf (in press). Mathematics teacher education and technology. Chapter to appear in Second International Handbook of Mathematics Education, Kluwer Academic Publishers: Dordrecht, The Netherlands.

Essex, N. K., Lambdin, D. V., & McGraw, R. H. (2002). Racing against Time: Using Technology to Explore Distance, Rate, and Time. Teaching Children Mathematics, 8(6), 322-326, 347.

Zawojewski, J. S. Ridgway, J., Hoover, M. N., & Lambdin, D. V. (2002). The Connected Mathematics curriculum: Intentions, experiences and performance. In Sharon L. Senk and Denisse R. Thompson, eds, Standards Oriented School Mathematics Curricula: What Does the Research Say About Student Outcomes? Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Lambdin, D. V. (2001). What does it mean to understand fractions and decimals? A videotape in the series: Learning middle school mathematics: A research perspective. Seattle, WA: State of Washington Department of Public Instruction.

Lambdin, D. V. & Wilson, J. W. (2001). The teaching preparation of mathematics educators in doctoral programs in mathematics education. In R. E. Reys and J. Kilpatrick (Eds.), One Field, Many Paths: U.S. Doctoral Programs in Mathematics Education, pp. 77-84. AMS/MAA, Providence, RI.

Lambdin, D. V. (2001). Assessment of student achievement, Issues. In L. S. Grinstein & S. I. Lipsey (Eds.), Encyclopedia of mathematics education (pp. 47-50). New York: Garland Publishing Co. (invited)

Lambdin, D. V., Lynch, R. K., & McDaniel, H. (November, 2000). Algebra in the Middle Grades. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 6(3), 195-198.

Lambdin, D. V. (May, 2000). Algebraic Thinking in the Middle Grades. New England Mathematics Journal, 32(2), 65-77.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (2000). Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. Reston, VA: NCTM.

Reys, R. E., Lindquist, M. M., Lambdin, D. V., Smith, N. L., & Suydam, M. N. (2000). Helping children learn mathematics (Sixth Edition). New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Smith, N. L., Lambdin, D. V., Lindquist, M. M., & Reys, R. E. (2000). Teaching elementary mathematics: A resource for field experience. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

Lambdin, D. V. (November, 1999). Guest Editorial. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 30(5), 482-283.

Lester, F. K., Jr., & Lambdin, D. V. (1998). The ship of Theseus and other metaphors for deciding what we value in mathematics education research. In J. Kilpatrick & A. Sierpinska (Eds.), What is Research in Mathematics Education? (A publication of the International Commission on Mathematical Education). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Publishing Company.

Lambdin, D. V., Duffy, T. M., & Moore, J. A. (1997). Using an interactive system to expand preservice teachers' visions of effective mathematics teaching. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 5(2-3), 171-202. (refereed)

Funded Projects

"A Revision of Investigations in Number, Data, and Space: Focus on Algebra and Assessment." $632,240, National Science Foundation, August, 2002 through August 14, 2005.

Indiana Mathematics Initiative (IMI), Principal investigators: R. Caulfield, B. D'Ambrosio, W. Frascella, F. K. Lester, B. Moore, & D. Maki. $2,040,000, National Science Foundation, March 1, 1997 through October, 2002.

Current Professional and Academic Association Memberships

American Association for Curriculum Development

American Educational Research Association

Delta Kappa Gamma

Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education

Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Mathematical Association of America

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

Research Areas

Reform, curriculum development, & teacher change in mathematics education, Student assessment and curriculum evaluation in mathematics education, Collaboration with teachers on research and publishing.

Service/Outreach Projects

Book Review Editor, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1995-2000.

Associate Editor, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1991-1995.

Associate Editor, Research Monograph Series of Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1987-1991.

Member, Editorial Board, Teaching Mathematics through Problem Solving (work with four others to oversee the preparation of a volume on elementary mathematics teaching, to be published by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics in 2003).

Editor, Spotlight on Standards" section of Teaching Mathematics in the Middle School, 1999-present.

Co-chair (1999-2001) of AERA's Special Interest Group for Research in Mathematics Education (SIG-RME).

Invited by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics to be one of about 20 members of the team (of selected school teachers, university mathematics educators, and assessment experts) to conceptualize and write Standards 2000. The writing team met for two to three weeks of collaborative work during summer 1997, 1998, and 1999, with publication of the document in spring 2000.

Invited by the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics to be one of about 20 members of the team (of selected school teachers, university mathematics educators, and assessment experts) to conceptualize and write Assessment Standards for School Mathematics (NCTM, 1995). The writing was accomplished in three weeks of collaborative work during summer, 1993 and two weeks during summer, 1994.

Honors/Awards

1998: Co-recipient of the IU School of Education's Gorman Award for creative and outstanding teaching (nominated by students).

1997 & 1998: Recognized during annual merit review for outstanding teaching.

1994-95 and 1995-96: Nominated by students for School of Education's Gorman Teaching Award for creative and outstanding teaching.