Vecihi Zambak, Ph.D.

Refereed Journal Articles:

• Zambak, V. S., & Magiera, M. T. (2020). Supporting grades 1-8 PSTs’ argumentation skills: Constructing mathematical arguments in situations that facilitate analyzing cases. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 51(8), 1196-1223.
• Magiera, M. T., & Zambak, V. S. (2020). Exploring prospective teachers’ ability to generate and analyze evidence-based explanatory arguments. International Journal of Research in Education and Science, 6(2), 327-346.
• Zambak, V. S., & Tyminski, A. M. (2019). Examining mathematical technological knowledge of pre-service middle grades teachers with Geometer’s Sketchpad in a geometry course. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 51(2), 183-207. Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings:
• Zambak, V. S., & Mulyono B. (2019). Developing and using the law of cosines: Using star maps as a context. In J. A. Bazler, & B. L. Van Sickle (Eds.), Cases on models and methods for STEAM education (pp. 274-288). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
• Zambak, V. S., & Carduner, K. M. (2019). How to support teacher noticing: Perspectives on different media representations. In M. Graven, H. Venkat, A. Essien, & P. Vale (Eds.), Proceedings of the 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 4, p. 115). PME: Pretoria, South Africa.
• Magiera, M. T, & Zambak, V. S. (2018). Noticing student generalizations and justifications: Does task context matter? In E. Bergqvist, M. Österholm, C. Granberg, and L. Sumpter (Eds.), Proceedings of the 42nd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 5, p. 106). PME: Umea, Sweden.
• Zambak, V. S., & Magiera, M. T. (2018). Pre-service K-8 teachers’ professional noticing and strategy evaluation skills: An exploratory study. Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 14(11). DOI: https://doi.org/10.29333/ejmste/92021
• Zambak, V. S., Alston, D. M., Marshall, J. C. & Tyminski, A. M. (2017). Convincing science teachers for a practical change towards inquiry-based instruction: Revisiting Guskey’s staff development model. Science Educator, 25(2), 108-116.
• Zambak, V. S., & Tyminski, A. M. (2017). A case study on specialized content knowledge development with dynamic geometry software: The analysis of influential factors and technology beliefs of three pre-service middle grades mathematics teachers. Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 19(1), 82-106.
• Alston, D. M., Marshall, J. C., & Zambak, V. S. (2017). Inquiry instructional practice in middle school science classes: Applying Vroom’s VIE theory of motivation. Science Educator, 26(1), 1-10.
• Tyminski, A. M., Haltiwanger, L., Zambak, V. S., Horton, R., & Hedetnieme, T. (2013). Developing inquiry practices in middle grades mathematics teachers: Examining the introduction of technology. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 13(4), 325-359. Retrieved from http://www.citejournal.org/tempcite/vol13/iss4/mathematics/article1.cfm.
• Tyminski, A. M., Zambak, V. S., Drake, C., & Land, T. (2013). Using representations, decomposition, and approximations of practices to support prospective elementary mathematics teachers’ practice of organizing discussions. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 16(6), 1-25.
• Linder, S. M., Ramey, M. D., & Zambak, V. S. (2013). Predictors of success for school readiness: A selective review of the literature. Early Childhood Research & Practice, 15(1). Retrieved from http://ecrp.uiuc.edu/v15n1/linder.html

Book Chapters and Conference Proceedings

• Zambak, Vecihi S. and Budi Mulyono. 2020. “Developing and Applying the Law of Cosines: Using Star Maps as a Context.” In Cases on Models and Methods for STEAM Education, edited by Judith Ann Bazler and Meta Lee Van Sickle, 274-288. Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
• Magiera, M. T, & Zambak, V. S. (2016). Exploring quality of PSTs’ arguments in “constructing” and “critiquing” situations. Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Conference, San Francisco, CA.
• Zambak, V. S., Richie, J. W., Mehrotra, S., & Magiera, M. T. (2016). Middle school pre-service teachers’ mathematical argumentation on crypto-arithmetic problems. Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Washington, D.C. Retrieved from the AERA Online Paper Repository.
• Zambak, V. S., & Tyminski, A. M. (2016). Construction of an analytical framework to explore prospective teachers’ technological content knowledge for geometry. Proceedings of the 2016 Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association. Washington, D.C. Retrieved from the AERA Online Paper Repository.
• Zambak, V. S., & Tyminski, A. M. (2015). Specialized content knowledge development with GSP: A case study. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (p. 1258), East Lansing, Michigan.
• Zambak, V. S., & Magiera, M. T. (2015). An exploratory analysis of pre-service middle school teachers’ mathematical arguments. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (p. 428), East Lansing, Michigan.
• Tyminski, A. M., Land, T. J., Drake, C., Zambak, V. S., & Simpson, A. (2014). Pre-service elementary mathematics teachers’ emerging ability to write problems to build on children’s mathematics. In J. Lo, K. R. Leatham, & L. R. Van Zoest (Eds.), Research trends in mathematics teacher education (pp. 193-218). New York, NY: Springer.
• Zambak, V. S., Alston, D. M., Tyminski, A. M., & Marshall, J. C. (2013). Inquiry in motion: An investigation of a professional development program to change teachers’ beliefs. Proceedings of the 35th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (pp. 1093-1096), Chicago, Illinois.