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Refereed Journal Articles and Book Chapters

Madden, S., Ericson, J., Gonzales, A., Vasu, I. (submitted April, 2019). Characteristics of STEM lessons in high needs school districts: A lesson observation study. Teaching and Teacher Education.

Madden, S. (In preparation). Lesson observation research in an NSF-funded master teaching fellow/teaching fellow project. School Science and Mathematics.

Madden, S. (2019). Exploring secondary teacher statistical learning in a blended format statistics and modeling course. In Burrill, G. & Ben-Zvi, D. (Eds.) The teaching and learning of statistics: International perspectives (Vol. II). Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-03472-6_12

Madden, S. (2018). Impacting mathematical and technological creativity with dynamic technology scaffolding. In Freiman, V. & Tassell, J. (Eds.), Creativity and technology in mathematics education. Mathematics Education in the Digital Era, vol 10. Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-72381-5_4

Watson, J., Fitzwallen, N., Wells, J., & Madden, S. (2018). The practice of statistics. In Ben-Zvi, D., Makar, K., & Garfield, J. (Eds.) International handbook of research in statistics education. Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-66195-7_4

Madden, S. & Gonzales, A. (2017). Heart work. Mathematics Teacher, 111(3), 214-221. https://www.nctm.org/Publications/Mathematics-Teacher/2017/Vol111/Issue3/Heart-Work/

Kadijevich, Dj. M. & Madden, S. R. (2015). Comparing approaches for developing TPCK. In Khine, M. S. (Ed.), New directions in technological and pedagogical content knowledge research. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing. Link

Madden, S. (2015). Nurturing statistical thinking before college. CHANCE, 28(4). https://chance.amstat.org/2015/11/conversation/

Sullivan, F., Kapur, M., Madden, S., Shipe, S. (2015). Exploring the role of ‘gendered’ discourse styles in online science discussions. International Journal of Science Education, DOI: 10.1080/09500693.2014.994113. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/09500693.2014.994113

Camp, D., Madden, S., & Stephens, G. (2014). What makes ideas stick? Mathematics Teacher,108(4). https://www.nctm.org/Publications/mathematics-teacher/2014/Vol108/Issue4/What-Makes-Ideas-Stick_/

Madden, S.(2013). Supporting teachers’ instrumental genesis with dynamic mathematical software. In D. Polly (Ed.), Common core mathematics standards and implementing digital technologies (pp. 295-318)Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://www.igi-global.com/chapter/supporting-teachers-instrumental-genesis-with-dynamic-mathematical-software/88177

Konold, C., Madden, S., Pollatsek, A., Pfannkuch, M., Wild, C., Ziedins, I., Finzer, W., Horton, N., Kazak, S. (2011). Conceptual challenges in coordinating theoretical and data-centered estimates of probability. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 13(1-2), 68-86. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10986065.2011.538299

Madden, S. R. (2011). Statistically, technologically, and contextually provocative tasks: Supporting teachers’ informal inferential reasoning. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 13(1-2), 109-131. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10986065.2011.539078

Madden, S. R. (2010). Designing mathematical learning environments for teachers. Mathematics Teacher, 104(4), 274-282. https://www.nctm.org/Publications/mathematics-teacher/2010/Vol104/Issue4/Designing-Mathematical-Learning-Environments-for-Teachers/

Madden, S. (2001). Building Michigan’s capacity for middle school mathematics curriculum reform. Mathematics Teacher, 94(6).

Madden, S. (2001). M3RP update. Michigan Middle School Journal, 25(2).

Madden, S. (2000). Update on the Michigan Middle School Mathematics Reform Project (M3RP). Michigan Middle School Journal, 24(2).

Refereed Conference Proceedings

Ericson, J. & Madden, S. (2019—accepted). Discourse and student beliefs within a standards-based middle school mathematics classroom. Psychology of Mathematics Education North American Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, November 2019.

Madden, S. (2016). Exploring secondary teacher statistical learning in a blended format statistics and modeling course.International Congress on Mathematics Education—ICME-13, Hamburg, Germany, July 2016.

Madden, S. (2014). Designing technology-rich learning environments for secondary teachers to explore and prepare to teach statistics.International Conference on Teaching Statistics 9, Flagstaff, Arizona, July 2014. https://iase-web.org/icots/9/proceedings/pdfs/ICOTS9_9E2_MADDEN.pdf

Madden, S. (2013). Constructing simulations and interrogating empirical sampling distributions supports teachers’ reasoning in the presence of uncertainty. Statistical Reasoning, Thinking, and Literacy Conference 8, University of Minnesota, U. S.

Madden, S. (2011). Sampling and informal inferential reasoning: The case of secondary teachers and mathematics education graduate students. Statistical Reasoning, Thinking, and Literacy Conference 7, Texel Island, The Netherlands.

Madden, S. (2010). Overcoming obstacles to supporting secondary teachers’ statistical content knowledge for teaching. International Conference on Teaching Statistics, Ljubljana, Slovenia, July 2010. https://iase-web.org/documents/papers/icots8/ICOTS8_2E1_MADDEN.pdf

Madden, S. (2009). Teachers’ informal inferential reasoning: Comparing distributions, context, and tools. Statistical Reasoning, Thinking, and Literacy Conference 6, Brisbane, Australia.

Madden, S. (2008). Dynamic technology scaffolding: A design principle with potential for supporting statistical conceptual understanding.International Congress on Mathematics Education—ICME-11, Monterrey, Mexico, http://tsg.icme11.org/document/get/479

Hirsch, C., Cox, D., Kasmer, L., Madden, S., & Moore, D. (2007). Some common themes and notable differences across recent national mathematics curriculum documents. Paper presented at the K-12 Mathematics: What Should Students Learn and When Should They Learn It? Conference, Arlington, VA. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED535223.pdf