Publications

Chapters in books

Leikin, R. (Accepted) Problem posing for and through Investigations in a Dynamic Geometry Environment. In F. M. Singer, N. Ellerton & J. Cai (Eds.) Problem Posing: From Research to Effective Practice. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

Leikin, R. (Accepted). Challenging mathematics with multiple solution tasks and mathematical investigations in geometry. In Y. Li, E. A. Silver, & S. Li, (Eds.) Transforming mathematics instruction: Multiple approaches and practices. Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Springer.

Koichu, B Goldin, G. A., Weinzweig, I., Vinner & Leikin R. (2013). Problem solving in mathematics and in mathematics education. (R. Leikin: Can all high achievers in school mathematics become professional mathematicians?). In T. Dreyfus & M. Fried (Eds.). Mathematics & Mathematics Education: Searching for Common Ground. Springer.

Dreyfus, T., Nardy, E. & Leikin R. (2012). Forms of proof and proving in the classroom. In G. Hana and M. DeVillers (Eds.), Proofs and Proving. ICMI Study-19 Volume (pp 191-214). Springer.

Karp, A. P. & Leikin, R. (2011). Research in Russian mathematics education. In A. P. Karp, and B. R. Vogeli (Eds.).Russian mathematics education: History and world significance (pp. 411-486). New Jersey, NJ: World Scientific. Equal contribution - Alphabetical order.

Leikin, R. & Stanger, O. (2010). Teachers' images of gifted students and the roles assigned to them in heterogeneous mathematics classes. In B. Sriraman & Lee K.H. (Eds.). The elements of creativity and giftedness in mathematics (Ch. 7, pp. 103-118). Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Sense Publishers.

Leikin, R. (2010). Learning through Teaching through the Lens of Multiple Solution Tasks. In R. Leikin & R. Zazkis (Eds.) , Learning through teaching mathematics: Development of teachers' knowledge and expertise in practice (Ch. 4, pp. 69 - 85). Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Springer.

Leikin, R. & Zazkis R. (2010). Teachers’ Opportunities to Learn Mathematics Through Teaching. In R. Leikin & R. Zazkis (Eds.). Learning through teaching mathematics: Development of teachers' knowledge and expertise in practice (Ch 1, pp. 3-21). Springer

Leikin, R. (2009). Bridging research and theory in mathematics education with research and theory in creativity and giftedness. In R. Leikin, A. Berman & B. Koichu (Eds.), Creativity in mathematics and the education of gifted students. (Part IV – Synthesis, Ch. 23, pp. 385-411). Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Sense Publisher.

Leikin, R. (2009). Exploring mathematical creativity using multiple solution tasks. In R. Leikin, A. Berman & B. Koichu (Eds.), Creativity in mathematics and the education of gifted students. (Ch. 9, pp. 129-145). Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Sense Publisher.

Leikin, R., Koichu, B. & Berman A. (2009). Mathematical giftedness as a quality of problem-solving acts. In R. Leikin, A. Berman & B. Koichu (Eds.), Creativity in mathematics and the education of gifted students. (Ch. 8, pp. 115-127). Rotterdam, the Netherlands: Sense Publisher.

Leikin, R. (2009). Teaching mathematics with and for creativity: An intercultural perspective. In P. Ernest, B. Greer, & B. Sriraman (Eds.), Critical issues in mathematics education. (Ch. 6, pp. 39-43). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Wood, T., Neubrand, M., Seago, N., and Agudelo-Valderrama, C., DeBlois, L. Leikin, R. (2009). The Balance of Teacher Knowledge: Mathematics and Pedagogy. In D. Ball & R. Even (Eds.), ICMI Study-15 Volume: The professional education and development of teachers of mathematics. (pp. 211-226). Springer.

Holton, D., Cheung, K-C., Kesianye, S., De Losada, M., Leikin, R., Makrides, G., Meissner, H., Sheffield, L., & Yeap, B. H. (2009). Teacher development and mathematical challenge. In E. Barbeau & P. Taylor (Eds.), ICMI Study-16 Volume: Mathematical challenge in and beyond the classroom. (pp. 205-242). Springer.

Leikin, R. (2008) Chapter 4: Teams of Prospective Mathematics Teachers: Multiple Problems and Multiple Solutions. In T. Wood (Series Editor) & K. Krainer (Volume Editor). International handbook of mathematics teacher education: Vol. 3. Participants in mathematics teacher education: individuals, teams, communities, and networks . (pp. 63-88). Sense Publishers.

Leikin, R. (2006). Learning by teaching: The case of Sieve of Eratosthenes and one elementary school teacher. In R. Zazkis & S. Campbell (Eds.),Number Theory in Mathematics Education: Perspectives and Prospects. (pp. 115-140). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Brandon, D., Dotan, M, Zaslavsky, O. & Leikin, R. (2003). Talent Development and Cultural Diversity. In P. Csermely & L. Lederman (Eds.), Science education: Talent recruitment and public understanding. NATO Science Series. (pp. 77-88). Budapest, Hungary: IOS Press.

Zaslavsky, O., Chapman, O., & Leikin, R. (2003). Professional Development of Mathematics Educators: Trends and Tasks. In A. J. Bishop, M.A. Clements, D. Brunei, C. Keitel, J. Kilpatrick, F. K.S. Leung (Eds.),  The Second International Handbook of Mathematics Education , (pp. 875-915), Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer.