Faculty

Jean Schmittau

Professor, Graduate School of Education

Office: AB-242
Phone: 607-777-4209
Fax: 607-777-3587
E-mail: jschmitt@binghamton.edu

Educational Background

PhD, Educational psychology, cognitive development and mathematics, Cornell University
MS, Mathematics, Marquette University
BS, Mathematics and chemistry

Teaching Profession
Courses regularly taught

Curriculum and Teaching of Mathematics
Practica in Teaching Mathematics
Philosophical and Theoretical Foundations in the Pedagogy of Mathematics
Elementary School Mathematics: Content and Methods
Theories of Learning and Instructional Design

Current Research Interests

Mathematics education
Vygotskian psychology
Mathematical learning and cognition

Selected Publications

Schmittau, J. (2005). The development of algebraic thinking: A Vygotskian perspective. Zentralblatt Fuer Didaktik Der Mathematik (International Review of Mathematics Education), Vol. 37 (1), pp. 16-22
Schmittau, J. (2004). Uses of Concept Mapping in Teacher Education in Mathematics. In A. J. Canas, J. D. Novak, & F.M. Gonzales (Eds.), Concept Maps, Theory, Methodology, Technology , pp. 571 - 577. Pamplona, Spain: Universidad Publica de Navarra.
Schmittau, J. & Morris, A. (2004). The development of algebra in Davydov’s elementary curriculum, The Mathematics Educator.
Schmittau, J. (2004). Vygotskian theory and mathematics education: Resolving the conceptual-procedural dichotomy, European Journal of Psychology of Education.
Schmittau, J. (2003). Cultural historical theory and mathematics education. In A. Kozulin, B. Gindis, S. Miller, & V. Ageyev (Eds.), Vygotsky’s educational theory in cultural context. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Schmittau, J. (2003 ). Beyond constructivism and back to basics: A cultural historical alternative to the teaching of the base ten positional system. In B. Rainforth & J. Kugelmass (Eds.), Curriculum and instruction for all learners: Blending systematic and constructivist approaches in inclusive elementary schools. Baltimore` MD: Brookes Publishing Co.
Schmittau, J. (1996). Cognitive development. Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia, (pp. 85-89). New York: Garland Publishing.
Schmittau, J. (1994). Rolb geometricheskoga modelirovaniya dlya ponimaniya. [The role of geometric modeling in understanding the essence of multiplication of polynomials]. Uchebnaya deyatelnost y psihicheskoe razvitie shkolnikov: Sbornik nauchnykh trudov [The learning activity and psychological development of school students: Collection of research studies], p. 22-33. Russia: Nizhnevartovsk Pedagogicheskii Institut.
Schmittau, J. (1993). Connecting mathematical knowledge: A dialectical perspective. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 12 , (2), 179-201.
Schmittau, J. (1993). Vygotskian psychology and dialectical logic: A psychological-epistemological foundation for contemporary pedagogy. The Review of Education, 15 , 13-20.

Other Professional Activities

Editor of the international, interdisciplinary journal Focus on Learning Problems in Mathematics
Lead Mathematics Educator, Teacher Leader Quality Partnership Project, New York State Department of Education five-year award at $1,200,000, 2004-2008.