Deborah Loewenberg Ball

27.8k citations
112 papers · 17.2k indexed · 10 hit papers · h-index 49
Topics
Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (50 papers)Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (38 papers)Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (16 papers)

In The Last Decade

Deborah Loewenberg Ball

106 papers receiving 14.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Deborah Loewenberg Ball
Comparison fields: 5 of 118
  • Education 15.7k
  • Statistics and Probability 5.0k
  • Developmental and Educational Psychology 2.8k
  • Sociology and Political Science 1.8k
  • Applied Mathematics 1.0k
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All Works

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What Knowledge and Skill Do Mathematics Teacher Educators Need and (How) Can We Support Its Development
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Seeing an invisible world Let's make sure that cultural and interpersonal awareness are on the menu in our schools and throughout our nation.
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Building a Common Core for Learning to Teach: And Connecting Professional Learning to Practice.
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Who Knows Mathematics Well Enough to Teach Third Grade, and How Can We Decide?
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Making Believe: The Collective Construction of Public Mathematical Knowledge in the Elementary Classroom
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Beyond Being Told Not to Tell
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Learning by All.
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Teacher Learning and the Mathematics Reforms: What We Think We Know and What We Need to Learn.
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Reform by the Book: What Is—or Might Be—the Role of Curriculum Materials in Teacher Learning and Instructional Reform?breakdown →
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Magical Hopes: Manipulatives and the Reform of Math Education.
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Breaking with Experience in Learning to Teach Mathematics: The Role of a Preservice Methods Course.
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Unlearning to Teach Mathematics.
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Knowledge and reasoning in mathematical pedagogy : examining What prospective teachers bring to teacher education. (Volumes I and II)
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About Deborah Loewenberg Ball

Deborah Loewenberg Ball is a scholar working on Education, Statistics and Probability and Modeling and Simulation, having authored 112 papers that have together received 17.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (50 papers), Teacher Education and Leadership Studies (38 papers) and Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (16 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Statistics and Probability (5.0k citations), Education (15.7k citations) and Developmental and Educational Psychology (2.8k citations). Deborah Loewenberg Ball has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Israel and Austria. Frequent co-authors include Heather C. Hill, Geoffrey Phelps, Mark Hoover, David K. Cohen, Francesca M. Forzani, Brian Rowan, S. Schilling, Hyman Bass, Stephen Schilling and Stephen W. Raudenbush. Their work appears in journals such as American Educational Research Journal, Educational Researcher and Journal of Research in Science Teaching.

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