MARIA DIAMANTIS Education - Mathematics & Technology Specialist

"Doing Mathematics with Your Child", February 1998 in the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) Journal Teaching Children Mathematics

BOOK REVIEWS:

October 1999 The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics-Teaching Children Mathematics journal requested my review of the book "Knowing and Teaching Elementary Mathematics" by Liping Ma. The book review will appear in the journal.

CONFERENCE PAPERS ORALLY DELIVERED:

October 1999 ATMNE Fall Conference (Killington, VT) presented a workshop "Activities to connect mathematics, science, and reading" for grades 4-7. March 1999

ATOMIC Spring Annual Conference (Cromwell, CT) presented a workshop "Language Arts and Mathematics Connection" with an fourth grade teacher from Mary T. Murphy school in Branford. October 1998

NCTM Regional Conference (Hartford, CT ) presented (with students from MAT 298 class) a workshop "Results of a mathematics laboratory activities for pre-service teachers". Fifteen students from Southern participated in the presentation. October 1998

NCTM Regional Conference (Hartford, CT) presented a workshop on "Algebraic Activities to Energize your Classroom!" with a fourth grade teacher from Branford's Mary T. Murphy school. July 1998

The International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics, Samos, Greece. Poster session on "Result from a Mathematics Laboratory Component to a Mathematics Content Course for Prospective Elementary Middle School Teachers." April 1998

NCTM Annual Conference (Washington, DC) presented "Where There is No Math Methods Course!!" March 1998

ATOMIC Spring Conference (Cromwell, CT) presented "Language Arts and Mathematics Connections" for grades 3-5, and "Science and Mathematics" for grades 4-7. March 1997

ATOMIC Spring Conference (Cromwell, CT) presented "Games to Energize Your Mathematics Classroom" for grades 4-8.

WORKSHOP LEADERSHIP:

Spring '97, Spring '98, Spring '99, and Spring 2000 ATOMIC Spring Conferences

RESEARCH INTERESTS IN GENERAL:

Mathematics Education; Mathematics Games; Parental Involvement in Mathematics