Michael Battista, Ph.D.
Professor
Contact Info:
Mailing Address:
- 1945 N. High St.
- Columbus, OH 43210-1172
Academic Degrees
- 1977 - Ph.D. -Mathematics Education, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana (also satisfied all degree requirements for a Ph.D. in mathematics except for the dissertation)
- 1973 - M.S. Mathematics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana
- 1971 - B.S. Mathematics, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
Biography
Michael T. Battista, Professor of Mathematics Education, has taught mathematics to students of all ages, from preschool through adult, and has been involved in mathematics teacher education both at the preservice and inservice levels. His major research interest is students' learning of mathematics, with most of his research focusing on students' learning of geometry and geometric measurement, and the use of technology in mathematics teaching. He is currently completing development of a set of “cognition based” assessment tasks and accompanying research-based interpretations of student reasoning on these tasks, for use in elementary school mathematics (to be published by Heinemann). In his current NSF grant, he is investigating elementary teachers' understanding and classroom use of research-based knowledge about students' mathematical thinking.
Selected Professional Activities
- Editor, JRME Monograph Series (2008 -- )
- NCTM Research Committee Chairperson (April, 2008 – April, 2009).
- Team Leader for Cisco Learning Systems' Elementary School Mathematics Specialist Program (2008 -- )
- Invited Participant, NCTM Research Agenda Project (Summer 2008 -- ).
- NCTM Research Committee (April, 2006 – April, 2009).
- Editorial Panel, 71st (2009) NCTM Yearbook on Geometry.
- Co-leader of mathematics working group, Teachers for a New Era Project, Michigan State University.
- Co-leader of MAA (Mathematical Association of America) PMET (Preparing Mathematicians to Educate Teachers) Kent State University workshops, June 2004, June 2005, June 2006.
- Advisory committee for MAA Mathematicians in Teacher Education project, September 2003.
- Consultant for NSF Developing Mathematical Ideas Teacher Enhancement Project.
- Program Committee, Assistant Chair, Division C, Section 2, for 1996 annual meeting of AERA, New York City.
- Member of the editorial panel for the Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 1990-1993.
Selected Publications
- Battista, M. T., Clements, D. H., Arnoff, J., Battista, K., & Borrow, C. V. A.(1998 November).Students' spatial structuring of 2D arrays of squares. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education 29(5), 503-532.
- Battista, M. T.(July 1999).Fifth graders' enumeration of cubes in 3D arrays:Conceptual progress in an inquiry-based classroom. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 30(4), 417-48.
- Clements, D. H., Battista, M. T.(2001).Logo and Geometry.Journal for Research in Mathematics Education Monograph Series, Number 10.
- Battista, M. T.(2003).Shape Makers:Developing Geometric Reasoning in the Middle School with the Geometer's Sketchpad.Berkeley, CA:Key Curriculum Press.
- Battista, M. T.(2003).Understanding Students' Thinking about Area and Volume Measurement.In Clements, D. H. (ed.), 2003 Yearbook, Learning and Teaching Measurement (pp. 122-142). NCTM.
- Battista, M. T.(2006). Understanding the development of students' thinking about length. Teaching Children Mathematics, 13(3), 140-147.
- Battista, M.T.(2004). Applying cognition-based assessment to elementary school students' development of understanding of area and volume measurement.Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 6(2), 185-204.
- Battista, M. T.(2007).The development of geometric and spatial thinking.In Lester, F. (Ed.), Second Handbook of Research on Mathematics Teaching and Learning (pp. 843-908). NCTM. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
- Battista, M. T.(2007).Learning with understanding:Principles and processes in the construction of geometric ideas.In M. E. Strutchens and W. G. Martin (Eds.), 69th NCTM Yearbook, The Learning of Mathematics (pp. 65-79). Reston, VA:NCTM.
