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• Mathematics for Elementary Teachers
• The Teaching of Mathematics
• Seminar in Mathematics Education: Curriculum and Readings
• Calculus

• Development of Algebraic Thinking; Curriculum Effectiveness
• NSF-funded research project: A Longitudinal Investigation of the Effects of Curriculum on Algebraic Learning (LieCal), 2004-2009

• Developing Algebraic Thinking in Earlier Grades: Some Insights from International Comparative Studies, (with Jinfa Cai), Algebra and Algebraic Thinking in School Mathematics, Seventieth Yearbook of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, edited by Carole E. Greenes and Rheta Rubenstein, pp. 169-180. Reston, Va.: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2008.
  


• The Development of Students' Algebraic Thinking in Earlier Grades: A Cross-Cultural Comparative Perspective, (with Jinfa Cai, et. al.), Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik (ZDM-International Review on Mathematics Education), Vol. 37(no.1), p. 5-15, 2005.
  


• Developing Algebraic Thinking in the Earlier Grades: A Case Study of the US Investigations Curriculum, (with DeAnn Huinker and Jinfa Cai), The Mathematics Educator , Vol.8, No.1, 6-38, 2004.
  


• 21. Chapter 6: Using Research to Guide Mathematics Program Development, Jodean E. Gruneau (Ed.), Planning Curriculum in Mathematics, Madison, Wisconsin, Department of Public Instruction , June 2001,275-284.
  


• 20. Using Students' Work as a Lens on Algebraic Thinking, (with Mark Driscoll), Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, Reston, VA:NCTM , January 2001, Vol. 6(5), 282-287.