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click HERE for abstracts of some publications; click HERE for a 2-page overall brief vita updated January 23, 2012

CITATIONS There are 100+ instances where other scholars have cited one of my papers one or more times in one of their papers. These citations span several dissertations, books (e.g., the 2008 MAA book Calculation vs. Context: Quantitative Literacy and its Implications for Teacher Education, the 2008 Springer-Verlag book Developing Students' Statistical Reasoning: Connecting Research and Teaching Practice, the 2009 Wiley-Blackwell book A Guide to Teaching Statistics: Innovations and Best Practices, the 2010 Wiley book Teaching Psychology in Higher Education, the 2010 Stylus Press book Social Justice Education: Inviting Faculty to Transform Their Institutions, and the 2011 ICMI Study Series), major websites (e.g., www.statlit.org), and 38+ periodicals, including (in alphabetical order): Arthuriana, Choice, Computers in the Schools, Decision Sciences Journal of Innovative Education, Educational Studies in Mathematics, Gamma, Geombinatorics, International Journal for Studies in Mathematics Education, International Journal of Critical Pedagogy, International Journal of Computer Algebra in Mathematics Education, International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, Journal of Educational Technology Systems, Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Application, Journal of Mathematics and the Arts, Journal of Mathematics and Culture, Journal of Statistics Education, MAA Loci: Convergence, Mathematics Teacher, Model Assisted Statistics and Applications, Practice and Evidence of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Primary-Online, Primus, Proceedings of the Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education, Proceedings of the International Conference on Teaching Statistics, Proceedings of the SOBIE (Society of Business, Industry and Economics), Proceedings of the World Congress of the International Fuzzy Systems Association, Radical Statistics, Statistics Education Research Journal, Syllabus, Teaching and Teacher Education, Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics, Teaching Statistics, Technological Innovations in Statistics Education, The Journal of Education for Business, The Mathematics Educator, The (Montana) Mathematics Enthusiast, and Transportation Research Record.

a representative dozen publications

Garfunkel, S.; Malkevitch, J.; Lesser, L.M.; Taylor, A.D.; Conrad, B.P.; Brams, S.J.; Gallian, J.; Campbell, P.J.; (published Dec. 2011; copyright year is 2013). For All Practical Purposes (9^th ed.). New York: W.H. Freeman and Company (with COMAP: Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications). [I had sole responsibility for the 4 statistics chapters in the 8^th edition (pp. 147-282) and 9^th edition (pp. 162-323)]

Lesser, L. M., & Kephart, K. (Nov. 2011). Setting the tone: A discursive case study of problem-based inquiry learning to start a graduate statistics course for in-service teachers. Journal of Statistics Education, 19(3), 1-29. http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v19n3/lesser.pdf (also see related invited national webinar at http://www.causeweb.org/webinar/activity/2012-01/)

Sorto, M. A., & Lesser, L. M. (2010). Towards Measuring Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Statistics: Middle School Teachers Using Graphing Calculators. Proceedings of the 2009 IASE Satellite Conference on Next Steps in Statistics Education (8 pp.). Durban, South Africa. [refereed paper, 12.5% acceptance rate; can be accessed at http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications/sat09/5_1.pdf]

Lesser, L. (2010; 6-page paper was invited as well as refereed). Equity and the increasingly diverse tertiary student population: challenges and opportunities in statistics education. In C. Reading (Ed.), Data and context in statistics education: Towards an evidence-based society. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Teaching Statistics, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. (see left sidebar of http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications.php)

Lesser, L., & Winsor, M. (2009). English Language Learners in Introductory Statistics: Lessons Learned from an Exploratory Case Study of Two Pre-Service Teachers. Statistics Education Research Journal, 8(2), 5-32. [10% acceptance rate]

Tchoshanov, M., Lesser, L, & Salazar, J. (2008). Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement: Revealing Patterns. Journal of Mathematics Education Leadership, 10(2), 38-48.

Lesser, L., & Pearl, D. (2008). Functional Fun in Statistics Teaching: Resources, Research, and Recommendations. Journal of Statistics Education, 16(3), 1-11.

Lesser, L. (2007). Critical Values and Transforming Data: Teaching Statistics with Social Justice. Journal of Statistics Education, 15(1), 1-21.

Lesser, L. (2006). Book of Numbers: Exploring Jewish Mathematics and Culture at a Jewish High School. Journal of Mathematics and Culture, 1(1), 8-31.

Lesser, L., & Tchoshanov, M. (2006). Selecting Representations. Texas Mathematics Teacher, 53(2), 20-26.

Lesser, L. (2001). Representations of Reversal: An Exploration of Simpson's Paradox. In Albert A. Cuoco and Frances R. Curcio (Eds.), The Roles of Representation in School Mathematics, pp. 129-145 [chapter of the juried annual NCTM yearbook]. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. [listed over several years as one of the most downloaded articles from the premier statistics literacy website, http://www.statlit.org] http://www.statlit.org/pdf/2001LesserNCTM.pdf

a more complete list of papers, grouped by 5 foci (teacher knowledge, equity, engagement, intuition, curriculum)

TEACHER KNOWLEDGE [for in-service or pre-service teachers, this includes the use of multiple representations, MKT (mathematical knowledge for teaching), TPACK (technological pedagogical content knowledge), etc.]

Lesser, L. & Guthrie, J. (in press; expected 2012). Uncommon Connections with Common Numerators. PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies

Lesser, L. (2012). High-Speed Hypotheses! Teaching Statistics, 34(1), 10-12. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2010.00447.x/abstract

Lesser, L. (2011). Letter to the Editor: Further Comments and Conceptualizations Regarding the Mean. Journal of Statistics Education, 19(3), 1-3. http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v19n3/lesser_letter.pdf

M. Alejandra Sorto, Alexander White, & Larry Lesser (2011). Understanding Student Attempts to Find a Line of Fit. Teaching Statistics, 33(2), 49-52. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2010.00458.x/pdf

Lesser, L. M. (2011) Making statistics memorable: New mnemonics and motivations. Proceedings of the 2011 Joint Statistical Meetings, Section on Statistical Education (pp. 1118-1124). https://www.amstat.org/membersonly/proceedings/2011/papers/300805_65461.pdf or http://www.statlit.org/pdf/2011Lesser-JSM.pdf

Lesser, L. (2011). On the use of mnemonics for teaching statistics. Model Assisted Statistics and Applications, 6(2), 151-160. http://iospress.metapress.com/content/4110606635520345/?p=4d340e1a1f35435f85f00f5d80bdc882&pi=8

Lesser, L. (2011). Simple Datasets for Distinct Basic Summary Statistics. Teaching Statistics, 33(1), 9-11. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2009.00408.x/full

M. Alejandra Sorto, Leigh M. Harrell, Rebecca L. Pierce, Teri J. Murphy, Felicity B. Enders, & Lawrence M. Lesser (2010). Experts’ Perceptions in Linking GAISE Guidelines to the Self-Efficacy to Teach Statistics Instrument. Proceedings of the 2010 Joint Statistical Meetings, Section on Statistical Education (pp. 4289-4294). Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association.

Leigh M. Harrell, Rebecca L. Pierce, Alejandra Sorto, Teri J. Murphy, Lawrence M. Lesser, & Felicity B. Enders (2009). On the Importance and Measurement of Pre-Service Teachers’ Efficacy to Teach Statistics: Results and Lessons Learned from the Development and Testing of a GAISE-based Instrument. Proceedings of the 2009 Joint Statistical Meetings, Section on Statistical Education (pp. 3396-3403). Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. http://www.statlit.org/pdf/2009HarrellEtAlASA.pdf

Lesser, L. & Groth, Randall (2009). Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge in Statistics. In Joanne Foster (Ed.), CD-ROM Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, pp. 148-152. Boston: Pearson. ISBN 0-321-64488-3 [Reprint available in the Electronic Proceedings of the 20^th Annual ICTCM: http://archives.math.utk.edu/ICTCM/i/20/S118.html]

Tchoshanov, M., Lesser, L., & Salazar, J. (2008). Teacher Knowledge and Student Achievement: Revealing Patterns. NCSM [National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics] Journal of Mathematics Education Leadership, 10(2), 38-48. The issue is at http://www.mathedleadership.org/docs/resources/journals/NCSMJournalVol10Num2.pdf. (a paper based on this article and our 6-figure TEA grant with some follow up work was published in the top-tier mathematics education research journal Educational Studies in Mathematics)

Lesser, L. (2007). Using Graphing Calculators to Do Statistics: A Pair of Problematic Pitfalls. Mathematics Teacher, 100 (5), 375-378.

http://www.nctm.org/eresources/article_summary.asp?URI=MT2007-01-375a&from=B

Lesser, L. with Rayas, L., Trujillo, G., Vargas, A., & Velankar, Y. (2006). Teachers’ Technology Class Continues Discussion of Pitfalls. Mathematics Teacher, 99(5), 340-2. http://my.nctm.org/eresources/article_summary.asp?URI=MT2006-01-340a&from=B

Lesser, L. & Winsor, M. (2006). Interactive Representations of the Big Six Trigonometry Functions: Connections to Geometry and Language. ON-Math: Online Journal of School Mathematics, 5(1). The issue is at http://my.nctm.org/eresources/tocgraphic.asp?journal_id=6&issue_id=798

Lesser, L. (2006). Discovering (in) the Discipline: Going Beyond Statistical Literacy to Explore What Helps Students ‘Think Like a Statistician’, Proceedings of the 2006 International Sun Conference on Teaching and Learning (9 pp.). El Paso, TX: University of Texas at El Paso Center for Teaching and Learning. http://sunconference.utep.edu/SunHome/2006/proceedings2006.html has the proceedings. http://cetalweb.utep.edu/sun/pastconf/2006/docs/proceedings/Discovering%20in%20the%20Discipline.doc is the paper

Lesser, L. & Tchoshanov, M. (2006). Evidence-Based Professional Development Partnership with Middle Schools to Improve Student Test Achievement. In Alatorre, S., Cortina, J.L., Sáiz, M. and Méndez, A. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 28^th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Mérida, México: Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Vol. 2, pp. 208-209. http://www.pmena.org/2006/cd/ASSESSMENT/ASSESSMENT-0008.pdf

Lesser, L. & Tchoshanov, M. (2006). Selecting Representations. Texas Mathematics Teacher, 53(2), 20-26. [the issue is also available online at http://www.utdanacenter.org/tctm/downloads/TMT_Fall_06.pdf]

Lesser, L. & Tchoshanov, M. (2005). The Effect of Representation and Representational Sequence on Students’ Understanding, research report. In G. M. Lloyd, M.R. Wilson, J.L.M. Wilkins, & S.L. Behm (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. [7 pages on CD-ROM] http://www.math.utep.edu/Faculty/lesser/pmena05.pdf

Lesser, L. (2005). Illumination through Representation: An Exploration Across the Grades. Statistics Teacher Network, No. 66, pp. 3-5. http://www.amstat.org/education/stn/pdfs/STN66.pdf

Lesser, L. (2005). “Theory and Practice” columns in [Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators] Connections: “Bridging the Potential Divide Between Theory and Practice” (15(1), pp. 10-11 of ) http://www.amte.net/drupal/AMTE_legacy/newsletter/amte_fall05.pdf and “Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching” (14(2), pp. 8-9 of http://www.amte.net/drupal/AMTE_legacy/resources/Mar05.pdf).

Lesser, L. (2004). Comment by Lesser [on Wainer, H. and Brown, L.M. (2004), “Two Statistical Paradoxes in the Interpretation of Group Differences: Illustrated with Medical School Admission and Licensing Data”]. The American Statistician, 58(4), 362.

Lesser, L. (2003). Additional Analogies in Teaching Statistics [Letter responding to Martin, M. A. (2003), "'It’s like...you know': The Use of Analogies and Heuristics in Teaching Introductory Statistical Methods," JSE, 11(2)]. Journal of Statistics Education, 11 (3). Published by the American Statistical Association at: http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v11n3/lesser_letter.html

Lesser, L. (2001). Enlightening the Black Box: Technology Motivating Mathematics. In Przemyslaw Bogacki, Earl D. Fife and Larry Husch (Eds.), Electronic Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics. 4pages, http://archives.math.utk.edu/ICTCM/VOL13/C010/paper.pdf

Lesser, L. (1999). Making the Black Box Transparent. Mathematics Teacher, 92(9), 780-784. http://www.nctm.org/eresources/article_summary.asp?URI=MT1999-12-780a&from=B

Lesser, L. (1999). The 'Ys' and 'Why Nots' of Line of Best Fit. Teaching Statistics, 21(2), 54-55. http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0141-982x

Lesser, L. (1999). Investigating the Role of Standards-Based Education in a Pre-Service Secondary Math Methods Course. In Myra L. Powers and Nancy K. Hartley (Eds.), Promoting Excellence in Teacher Preparation: Undergraduate Reforms in Mathematics and Science [juried monograph for NSF-funded Rocky Mountain Teacher Education Collaborative, also ERIC ED439089], pp. 53-64. Ft. Collins, CO: Colorado State University. http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/Home.portal;jsessionid=GmLV4TLjJ29vjpM6BC0sqbBgWSYCn7drFKghsMDvbjJQXy6st0Sp!-1626766616?_nfpb=true&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED439089&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&_pageLabel=ERICSearchResult&newSearch=true&rnd=1189529621320&searchtype=keyword

EQUITY [including English language learners, diversity, ethics, social justice, ethnomathematics]

Wagler, A. E., and Lesser, L. M. (2011). Teaching statistics to culturally and linguistically diverse students. Proceedings of the 2011 Joint Statistical Meetings, Section on Statistical Education (pp. 821-830). https://www.amstat.org/membersonly/proceedings/2011/papers/300678_65313.pdf or http://www.statlit.org/pdf/2011Wagler-Lesser-JSM.pdf

Lesser, L. (2011). Supporting Learners of Varying Levels of English Proficiency. Statistics Teacher Network, 77, 2-5. http://www.amstat.org/education/stn/pdfs/STN77.pdf

Lesser, L. (2010; 6-page paper was invited as well as refereed). Equity and the increasingly diverse tertiary student population: challenges and opportunities in statistics education. In C. Reading (Ed.), Data and context in statistics education: Towards an evidence-based society. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Teaching Statistics, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. (see left-hand sidebar of http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications.php)

Lesser, L. (2010). The Necessity of Equity in Teaching Statistics. Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, no. 25. http://people.exeter.ac.uk/PErnest/pome25/index.html, 8 pp.

Lesser, L. (2010). An Ethnomathematics Spin on Statistics Class. Notices of the North American Study Group in Ethnomathematics (NASGEm News), 3(2), 5-6. http://nasgem.rpi.edu/files/2055/

Lesser, L. & Winsor, M. (2009). English Language Learners in Introductory Statistics: Lessons Learned from an Exploratory Case Study of Two Pre-Service Teachers. Statistics Education Research Journal, 8(2), 5-32. [the first research paper specifically on ELLs in statistics education] http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/serj/SERJ8(2)_Lesser_Winsor.pdf

Lesser, L. (2009). Equity, Social Justice, and the Mission of TODOS: Connections and Motivations. Teaching for Excellence and Equity in Mathematics, 1(1), 22-27. http://www.todos-math.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=53246&orgId=toma. A virtually-final version of the article is at http://www.math.utep.edu/Faculty/lesser/TEEM2009LesserArticle.pdf. [this is an enhanced version of my piece in the fall 2008 Noticias de TODOS: News from TODOS Mathematics for All, 4(2), 7-9.]

Lesser, L. (2009). Social Justice, Gender Equity, and Service Learning in Statistics Education: Lessons Learned from the DOE-Funded Project ACE (ACtion for Equity). Proceedings of the 2008 Joint Statistical Meetings, Section on Statistical Education, pp. 424-431. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. [ISBN: 978-0-9791747-5-9] https://www.amstat.org/membersonly/proceedings/papers/300471.pdf

Lesser, L. (2008). Reunion of Broken Parts: Experiencing Diversity in Algebra. In Portia C. Elliott and Cynthia M. Elliott Garnett (Eds.), Getting into the mathematics conversation: Valuing communication in mathematics classrooms (pp. 99-107). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. [competitively selected republication of paper from January 2000 Mathematics Teacher, 93(1), 62-67, http://www.nctm.org/eresources/article_summary.asp?URI=MT2000-01-62a&from=B, which in turn yielded my appearance as the featured guest on show #123 of "Math Medley", an hour-long talk-radio call-in show and a spin-off activity published in the Fall 2007 issue of Teaching Tolerance (No. 32, p. 15) called Using ‘Objects’ to Object to Objectification.]

Lesser, L. (2007). Critical Values and Transforming Data: Teaching Statistics with Social Justice. Journal of Statistics Education, 15(1), 1-21. http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v15n1/lesser.pdf (or http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v15n1/lesser.html). [the first juried article comprehensively connecting ‘statistics education’ and ‘social justice teaching’; also, see related invited national webinars at: http://www.causeweb.org/webinar/2007-07/ and http://www.amstat.org/education/webinars/UsingSocialJusticeExamples.wmv

Lesser, L. (2006). Book of Numbers: Exploring Jewish Mathematics and Culture at a Jewish High School. Journal of Mathematics and Culture, 1(1), 8-31. [first juried comprehensive article on Jewish culturally relevant mathematics] http://nasgem.rpi.edu/files/1466

Lesser, L. & Blake, S. (2006). Mathematical Power: Exploring Critical Pedagogy in Mathematics and Statistics. Refereed chapter in C. Rossatto, R.L. Allen, M. Pruyn (Eds.) Re-inventing Critical Pedagogy: Widening the Circle of Anti-Oppression Education, pp. 159-173. New York: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 0-7425-3887-7; 0-7425-3888-5. This particular chapter received the highest and most specific critical praise in a review of the whole book in the June 2007 issue of Choice. Also, a version of this paper was independently selected with permission for publication in the May 2007 J. for Critical Education Policy Studies: http://www.jceps.com/index.php?pageID=article&articleID=94

Lesser, L. (2006). Critical Values: Connecting Ethics, Service Learning, and Social Justice to Lift Our World. Proceedings of the 2005 Joint Statistical Meetings, Section on Statistical Education [pp. 2269-2271 in CD-ROM]. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. http://www.amstat.org/committees/ethics/linksdir/Jsm2005Lesser.pdf or http://www.statlit.org/PDF/2005LesserASA.pdf

Lesser, L. & Nordenhaug, E. (2004). Ethical Statistics and Statistical Ethics: Making an Interdisciplinary Module, Journal of Statistics Education, 12(3), http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v12n3/lesser.html. [the first juried comprehensive article on philosophical ethics and statistics education]

Lesser, L. (2002). Ethical Statistics and Statistical Ethics: The Experience of Creating an Interdisciplinary Module. Proceedings of the 2001Joint Statistical Meetings, Section on Statistical Education [5 pages in CD-ROM]. Alexandria, VA: American Statistical Association. http://www.amstat.org/committees/ethics/linksdir/Jsm2001Lesser.pdf

ENGAGEMENT [of learners in or beyond the classroom, using a motivating context or modality (e.g., Pi Day, lotteries, music, magic, etc.)]

Lesser, L. (2011). Low-Tech, Low-Cost, High-Gain, Real-Time Assessment? It’s all in the cards, easy as ABCD! Texas Mathematics Teacher, 58(2), 18-22. http://tctmonline.org/TMT_archive.html

Lesser, L. M. (2010). Opening Intentions. The Teaching Professor, 24(9), p. 4. http://www.magnapubs.com/newsletter/issue/1223/ [TTP is the most widely-read pedagogical periodical for professors in North America]

Lesser, L. M. & Glickman, Mark E. (2009). Using Magic in the Teaching of Probability and Statistics. Model Assisted Statistics and Applications, 4(4), 265-274. [the first juried comprehensive article on the use of magic in the statistics classroom] Also available online at: http://iospress.metapress.com/content/j730w4777h667125/.

Winsor, M., & Lesser, L. (2009). Mathematical Explorations: Hot Wheels. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 15 (4), 239-243. http://www.nctm.org/eresources/article_summary.asp?URI=MTMS2009-11-239a&from=B [was independently selected for republication as the featured article of the spring 2010 issue of the refereed journal Texas Mathematics Teacher]

Kosheleva, O., Lesser, L., Munter, J., & Trillo, S. (2008). Parent Power Nights: A Vehicle for Engaging Adults/Families in Learning Mathematics. Adults Learning Mathematics International Journal, 3(2b), 36-52. The issue is at http://www.alm-online.net/images/ALM/journals/almij-volume3_2_b_nov2008.pdf.

Lesser, L. & Pearl, D. (2008). Functional Fun in Statistics Teaching: Resources, Research, and Recommendations. Journal of Statistics Education, 16(3), 1-11. http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v16n3/lesser.pdf (or http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v16n3/lesser.html)

Lesser, L. (2008). Even More Fun Learning Stats. STATS, 49, pp. 5-8, 19, 27. [issue is at http://www.causeweb.org/stats/STATS_49.pdf ]

Lesser, L. (2007). Learning Stats is FUN…with the Right Mode. STATS, 48, pp. 7-11, 21, 26-28. [ [issue is at http://www.causeweb.org/stats/STATS_48.pdf; also, see related invited webinar: http://www.causeweb.org/webinar/teaching/2006-04/]

Lesser, L. & Winsor, M. (2006). Notes from the Field: Emerging Strategies to Address Needs on the Border. Noticias de TODOS: News from TODOS Mathematics for All, 2(1), pp. 1-3.

Winsor, M., Lesser, L. Payne, L., & Grouws, D. (2006). Real-Time Traffic Data: A Vehicle for Statistical Exploration. ON-Math: Online Journal of School Mathematics, 4(1). The issue is at http://www.nctm.org/eresources/tocgraphic.asp?journal_id=6&issue_id=758.

Lesser, L. (2005). Getting Students to Engage Conceptions as well as Content!, Proceedings of the 4^th Sun Conference on Teaching and Learning (6 pp.). El Paso, TX: University of Texas at El Paso Center for Teaching and Learning. http://sunconference.utep.edu/SunHome/2005/proceedings2005.html has the proceedings;

http://cetalweb.utep.edu/sun/pastconf/2005/docs/proceedings/Engage_Conceptions.doc is the paper

Lesser, L. (2004). Slices of Pi: Rounding Up Ideas for Celebrating Pi Day. Texas Mathematics Teacher, 51(2), 6-11. [issue is also at http://www.utdanacenter.org/tctm/downloads/TMT_Fall_04.pdf]

Lesser, L. (2004). Take a Chance by Exploring the Statistics in Lotteries. Statistics Teacher Network [joint publication of NCTM and ASA], No. 65, 6-7. [issue is also at http://www.amstat.org/education/stn/pdfs/STN65.pdf]

Lesser, L. (2003). A Whole Lotto Education! Texas Mathematics Teacher, 50(2), 12-15. [issue is also at http://www.utdanacenter.org/tctm/downloads/journal_fall03.pdf]

Lesser, L. (2003). Further Comments and Cautions on Using Humor [Letter responding to H. H., Friedman, L. W., and Amoo, T. (2002) "Using Humor in the Introductory Statistics Course," JSE, 10(3)]. Journal of Statistics Education, 11 (1), http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v11n1/lesser_letter.html.

Lesser, L. (2002). Stat Song Sing-Along! STATS, 33, pp. 16-17. [to be posted at www.causeweb.org]

Lesser, L. (2001). Musical Means: Using Songs in Teaching Statistics, Teaching Statistics, 23(3), 81-85. [first comprehensive article on the use of song in the statistics classroom] http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0141-982x

Lesser, L. (2000). Sum of Songs: Making Mathematics Less Monotone! Mathematics Teacher, 93(5), 372-377. [first comprehensive article on the use of song in the mathematics classroom] http://www.nctm.org/eresources/article_summary.asp?URI=MT2000-05-372a&from=B

Lesser, L. (1997). Exploring Lotteries with Excel. Spreadsheet User, 4(2), 4-7.

INTUITION [as well as misconceptions and counterintuitive examples, some of which could also be labeled a form of “engagement”]

Lesser, L. (2010). Sizing Up Class Size: A Deeper Classroom Investigation of Central Tendency. Mathematics Teacher, 103(5), 376-380. http://www.nctm.org/eresources/article_summary.asp?URI=MT2009-12-376a&from=B

Lesser, L. & Melgoza, L. (2007). Simple Numbers: ANOVA Example of Facilitating Student Learning in Statistics. Teaching Statistics, 29(3), 102-105. [this paper won an international development grant award from the Teaching Statistics Trust] http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118539718/abstract

Lesser, L. (2006). Engaging the Intuition in Statistics to Motivate. Juried paper (also presented at 50^th national AP Conference) published on Advanced Placement Statistics Course Home Page at College Board AP Central. http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/courses/teachers_corner/50025.html

Lesser, L. (2005). Further Perspective and Counterexample to Skewness Rule of Thumb. [Letter responding to P.T. von Hippel’s “Mean, Median, and Skew: Correcting a Textbook Rule”, JSE, 13(2)]. Journal of Statistics Education, 13(3), http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v13n3/lesser_letter.html

Lesser, L. (2002). The Role of Counterintuitive Examples [Letter responding to Sowey, E. R. (2001) "Striking Demonstrations in Teaching Statistics", JSE, 9(1)]. Journal of Statistics Education, 10 (1), http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v10n1/lesser_letter.html.

Lesser, L. (2001). Representations of Reversal: An Exploration of Simpson's Paradox. In Albert A. Cuoco and Frances R. Curcio (Eds.), The Roles of Representation in School Mathematics, pp. 129-145 [chapter of the juried annual NCTM yearbook]. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. [listed as the second-most downloaded article in 2006, 2008, and 2009 from the premier statistics literacy website, http://www.statlit.org] http://www.statlit.org/pdf/2001LesserNCTM.pdf

Lesser, L. (1999). Exploring the Birthday Problem with Spreadsheets. Mathematics Teacher, 92(5), 407-411. http://www.nctm.org/eresources/article_summary.asp?URI=MT1999-05-407a&from=B

Lesser, L. (1998). Countering Indifference Using Counterintuitive Examples. Teaching Statistics, 20(1), 10-12. [article later selected by the editors for republication in Getting the Best from Teaching Statistics, a collection of the best articles from volumes 15-21: http://www.rsscse-edu.org.uk/tsj/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/lesser.pdf]; article also independently selected for translation into Italian for 1998 publication in the journal INDUZIONI demografia probabilità statistica a scuola: “Impiegare esempi controintuitivi per contrastare il disinteresse”, N. 16, pp. 87-92.]

CURRICULUM

Garfunkel, S.; Malkevitch, J.; Lesser, L. M.; Taylor, A. D.; Conrad, B. P.; Brams, S. J.; Gallian, J.; Campbell, P. J.; (2013). For All Practical Purposes (9^th ed.). New York: W. H. Freeman and Company (with COMAP: Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications). [I had sole responsibility for the four statistics chapters: pp. 147-282 in the 8^th edition and 162-323 in the 9^th edition] http://bcs.whfreeman.com/fapp9e/

Garfunkel, Solomon; Malkevitch, Joseph; Lesser, Lawrence M.; Moore, David S.; Taylor, Alan D.; Conrad, Bruce P.; Brams, Steven J.; Gallian, Joseph; Campbell, Paul J.; (2009). For All Practical Purposes 8^th ed (http://bcs.whfreeman.com/fapp8e/). New York: W. H. Freeman and Company (with COMAP: Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications). For this major revision of the 23-chapter book, I had sole responsibility for the 4 statistics chapters, pp. 149-282; this is the top-selling applied math-for-liberal-arts textbook). http://books.google.com/books?id=fdV7BOQ4I10C&pg=PP1&dq=inauthor:%22Lawrence+M.+Lesser%22&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false has a preview. One of my chapters (Ch. 5) was selected as the featured FAPP chapter for the company’s webportal (launched in 2009 at http://portals.bfwpub.com/fapp8e.php).

Lesser, L. (2007 – present). Features where a real-life or mass media artifact is accompanied by classroom-ready questions, including Mathematics Teacher “Mathematical Lens” (Slippery Slopes in Sept. 2008 issue), Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School “Cartoon Corner” (A Round This Date in Time; Pizza Pi, Anyone? in March 2007), and Mathematics Teacher “Media Clips” (The High School Weirdness Factor in Mar. 2010, Imperfect Storm in April 2009, Easy Angle Finder in Oct. 2008, Safe Havens graph in May 2008, Predicting Rain in Sept. 2007).

Mayes, R. & Lesser, L. (1998). ACT in Algebra: Applications, Concepts and Technology in Learning Algebra (Preliminary ed.) [college algebra textbook]. Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill. [ISBN: 0070410933] http://books.google.com/books?id=hBMNAAAACAAJ&dq=inauthor:%22Lawrence+M.+Lesser%22&cd=2

MISCELLANEOUS

Lesser, L. (2010). Confounded. The Mathematical Intelligencer, 32(4), p. 53. (the print issue appeared Dec. 2010 and since Feb. 2010, it’s been online at http://www.springerlink.com/content/387514r978586377/fulltext.pdf; poem includes my reported smallest nonzero dataset that yields Simpson’s paradox from)

Lesser, L. (2010). Denominator. 2009 Journal of the Association of Mexican American Educators, pp. 60-61. (issue is also electronically posted at http://amaejournal.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/amae-journal-2009.pdf)

Lesser, L. (2008). Update on Texas College Readiness Standards in Mathematics, P-16 Initiatives, 1(2), pp. 1-2. http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/CollegeReadiness/Newsletters/Lesser_1_2.pdf

Lesser, L. & Linda Gann (2008). Texas College Readiness Standards in Mathematics. Texas Mathematics Teacher, 55(2), p. 15. http://www.utdanacenter.org/tctm/downloads/TMT_Fall_08.pdf has the full issue.

Lesser, L. (2007). Teaching Time Savers: Modular Curriculum Files. MAA Focus, 27(7), p. 5 of the issue at http://www.maa.org/pubs/october07web.pdf [column is also at MAAOnline: http://www.maa.org/features/102007timesavers.html]

Garfield, J., Zieffler, A., delMas, R., Chance, B., Hilton, S., & Lesser, L. (2007). Practical Issues in Conducting Statistics Education Research. 2006 Proceedings of the American Statistical Association, Section on Statistical Education, pp. 2295-2297. Alexandria, VA: ASA. http://www.causeweb.org/research/gettingstarted/JSM%202006%20panel%20paper.pdf

Lesser, L. (2005 – present). Mathematics outreach radio scripts (5 so far) written for the Centennial Museum’s Desert Diary program, aired on KTEP 88.5 FM, and archived at http://museum2.utep.edu/archive/math/indexmath.htm.

Blake, S. & Lesser, L. (2006). Exploring the Relationship Between Academic Self-Efficacy and Middle School Students’ Performance on a High-Stakes Mathematics Test. In Alatorre, S., Cortina, J. L., Sáiz, M. and Méndez, A. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 28^th annual meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Mérida, México: Universidad Pedagógica Nacional, Vol. 2, pp. 655-656. http://www.pmena.org/2006/cd/TEACHER%20EDUCATION%20-INSERVICE/TEACHER%20EDUCATION%20-INSERVICE-0010.pdf

Lesser, L. (2001). Discussion of Jim Banning Presentation "Using Photographs as Qualitative Data to Promote Organizational Change: An Interpretivist View". (second author: K. Fahey). In K. Fahey, J. Richter, L. Lesser, D. Schnelker, and S. Omdal (Eds.), Transitions in Qualitative Inquiry: Preparing for a New Century of Research: Proceedings of 1998-1999 Qualitative Research Seminar Series at University of Northern Colorado, pp. 27-30. College Park, MD: ERIC Clearinghouse on Assessment and Evaluation (ED 445086). http://www.eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED445086&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=eric_accno&accno=ED445086

Lesser, L. (1999). Technology, Standards and Statistics: Lessons Learned from ETIP [Educational Technology Improvement Project]. In Gail Goodell (Ed.), Proceedings of the Tenth Annual International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, pp. 260-262. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley Longman.

Lesser, L. (1998). Technology-Rich Standards-Based Statistics: Improving Introductory Statistics at the College Level. Technological Horizons in Education Journal, 25(7), 54-57. http://thejournal.com/Articles/1998/02/01/TechnologyRich-StandardsBased-Statistics-Improving-Introductory-Statistics-at-the-College-Level.aspx

Lesser, L. (1998). Richard Von Mises. In Donald R. Franceschetti (Ed.), Biographical Encyclopedia of Mathematicians, pp. 371-374. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp.

My 75+ presentations at national/international conferences include the International Conference on Teaching Statistics, the United States Conference on Teaching Statistics, International Conference on Technology in Collegiate Mathematics, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Mathematical Association of America (winter & summer meetings), North American chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Association for Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, Joint Statistical Meetings (American Statistical Association), International Conference on Education, Labor & Emancipation, Conference on Math Education and Social Justice, Lineae Terrarum: International Borders Conference, Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, Working Class/Poverty Class Academics Conference, the Sun Conference on Teaching and Learning, the Advanced Placement Conference, Research Council on Mathematics Learning, and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Research Presession. The most exotic place I’ve presented was probably Marrakesh, Morocco, where my 1994 ICOTS talk was translated in real time over headphones into French (and I’ll be giving an invited paper at 2010 ICOTS in Slovenia!). A close second would be when I was the featured guest on the hour-long live call-in show "Math Medley" (broadcast via AM radio and the Internet!) or the ASA and CAUSE webinars I’ve done. I have given invited featured presentations at national meetings (e.g., the Opening Banquet speaker for Mathematical Association of America’s MathFest 2008, which yielded a standing ovation from its 385 attendees) as well as at numerous local and regional meetings (e.g., the opening plenary session for an SRO audience of 800 at the 2009 NCTM Regional Conference in Nashville). I’ve given 45+ presentations (including 9 plenary/keynote talks) at regional/statewide conferences (including Western Statistics Teachers' Conference, Georgia Mathematics Conference, California Mathematics Council Community Colleges South, Regional National Council of Teachers of Mathematics conferences, Conference for the Advancement of Mathematics Teaching, Bilingual Educators Emphasizing and Mastering Standards conference, Mathematical Association of America, and Teachers Teaching with Technology, and the Charles A. Dana Center’s Annual Mathematics and Science Higher Education Conference). I have also given invited talks at schools and universities in over a dozen states and overseas (e.g., the Technion in Haifa, Israel). During my time at AASU, I also gave several university-wide presentations (e.g., President's Symposium on Teaching and Learning, Robert Ingram Strozier Faculty Lecture Series, Scholarship of Teaching RoundTable, Women's Studies Conference). Overall, my presentations have spanned many areas/topics, including: mentoring new teachers, education outreach, mathematics and music/song, mathematics/statistics and philosophy (including ethics), mathematics history, multiculturalism/diversity/gender equity, using the Internet, using mass media, standards-based mathematics and technology, assessment, goals of statistics education, algebraic reasoning in statistics, line of fit, student-collected data, capture/recapture methods, mathematics and science connections, careers in statistics, constructivism, misconceptions, counterintuitive examples, collaborative learning, qualitative research, algebra reform, conceptual understanding of functions, and multiple representations.

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overall list of papers (not broken down by categories as above)

Lesser, L. & Guthrie, J. (in press). Uncommon Connections with Common Numerators. PRIMUS: Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies

Lesser, L. (2012). Three Mathematical Lyrics. Journal of Humanistic Mathematics, 2(1), 104-106. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol2/iss1/9/

Lesser, L. (2012). High-Speed Hypotheses! Teaching Statistics, 34(1), 10-12. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2010.00447.x/abstract

Lesser, L. (2011, but appeared in 2012). Low-Tech, Low-Cost, High-Gain, Real-Time Assessment? It’s all in the cards, easy as ABCD! Texas Mathematics Teacher, 58(2), 18-22. http://tctmonline.org/TMT_archive.html

Sorto, M. A., White, A., & Lesser, L. (2011). Understanding Student Attempts to Find a Line of Fit. Teaching Statistics, 33(2), 49-52. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2010.00458.x/pdf

Lesser, L. (2011). Supporting Learners of Varying Levels of English Proficiency. Statistics Teacher Network, 77, 2-5. http://www.amstat.org/education/stn/pdfs/STN77.pdf

Lesser, L. (2011). Simple Datasets for Distinct Basic Summary Statistics. Teaching Statistics, 33(1), 9-11. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9639.2009.00408.x/full

Lesser, L. (2010; 6-page paper was invited as well as refereed). Equity and the increasingly diverse tertiary student population: challenges and opportunities in statistics education. In C. Reading (Ed.), Data and context in statistics education: Towards an evidence-based society. Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Teaching Statistics, Ljubljana, Slovenia. Voorburg, The Netherlands: International Statistical Institute. (see left-hand sidebar of http://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~iase/publications.php)

Lesser, L. (2010). The Necessity of Equity in Teaching Statistics. Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal, no. 25. http://people.exeter.ac.uk/PErnest/pome25/index.html, 8 pp.

Lesser, L. (2010). An Ethnomathematics Spin on Statistics Class. Notices of the North American Study Group in Ethnomathematics (NASGEm News), 3(2), 5-6. http://nasgem.rpi.edu/files/2055/

Lesser, L. (2008). Even More Fun Learning Stats. STATS, 49, pp. 5-8, 19, 27. [issue is at http://www.causeweb.org/stats/STATS_49.pdf ]

Lesser, L. (2008). Update on Texas College Readiness Standards in Mathematics, P-16 Initiatives, 1(2), pp. 1-2. http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/CollegeReadiness/Newsletters/Lesser_1_2.pdf

Lesser, L. (2007). Using Graphing Calculators to Do Statistics: A Pair of Problematic Pitfalls. Mathematics Teacher, 100 (5), 375-378.

http://www.nctm.org/eresources/article_summary.asp?URI=MT2007-01-375a&from=B

Lesser, L. & Tchoshanov, M. (2006). Selecting Representations. Texas Mathematics Teacher, 53(2), 20-26. http://www.utdanacenter.org/tctm/downloads/TMT_Fall_06.pdf is the issue.

Lesser, L. & Winsor, M. (2006). Notes from the Field: Emerging Strategies to Address Needs on the Border. Noticias de TODOS: News from TODOS Mathematics for All, 2(1), pp. 1-3.

http://cetalweb.utep.edu/sun/pastconf/2005/docs/proceedings/Engage_Conceptions.doc is the paper

Lesser, L. (2005). Illumination through Representation: An Exploration Across the Grades. Statistics Teacher Network, No. 66, pp. 3-5. http://www.amstat.org/education/stn/pdfs/STN66.pdf

Lesser, L. (2004). Slices of Pi: Rounding Up Ideas for Celebrating Pi Day. Texas Mathematics Teacher, 51(2), 6-11. http://www.utdanacenter.org/tctm/downloads/TMT_Fall_04.pdf

Lesser, L. (2004). Take a Chance by Exploring the Statistics in Lotteries. Statistics Teacher Network [joint publication of NCTM and ASA], No. 65, 6-7. http://www.amstat.org/education/stn/pdfs/STN65.pdf

Lesser, L. (2003). A Whole Lotto Education! Texas Mathematics Teacher, 50(2), 12-15. http://www.utdanacenter.org/tctm/downloads/journal_fall03.pdf

Lesser, L. (2002). Stat Song Sing-Along! STATS, 33, pp. 16-17. [to be posted at www.causeweb.org]

Lesser, L. (2001). Representations of Reversal: An Exploration of Simpson's Paradox. In Albert A. Cuoco and Frances R. Curcio (Eds.), The Roles of Representation in School Mathematics, pp. 129-145 [chapter of the juried annual NCTM yearbook]. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. [listed as the second-most downloaded article in 2006, 2008, and 2009 from the premier statistics literacy website, http://www.statlit.org] http://www.statlit.org/pdf/2001LesserNCTM.pdf

Lesser, L. (1999). Making the Black Box Transparent. Mathematics Teacher, 92(9), 780-784. http://www.nctm.org/eresources/article_summary.asp?URI=MT1999-12-780a&from=B

Lesser, L. (1999). The 'Ys' and 'Why Nots' of Line of Best Fit. Teaching Statistics, 21(2), 54-55. http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0141-982x

Lesser, L. (1999). Exploring the Birthday Problem with Spreadsheets. Mathematics Teacher, 92(5), 407-411. http://www.nctm.org/eresources/article_summary.asp?URI=MT1999-05-407a&from=B

Lesser, L. (1998). Richard Von Mises. In Donald R. Franceschetti (Ed.), Biographical Encyclopedia of Mathematicians, pp. 371-374. New York: Marshall Cavendish Corp.

Lesser, L. (1997). Exploring Lotteries with Excel. Spreadsheet User, 4(2), 4-7.