Sharon M. Soucy McCrone

Publications

Dossey, J. A., McCrone, S. S., & O’Sullivan, C. (in press). Problem solving in international comparative assessments (NCES 2005-107). Washington, DC: U. S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics.

Martin, T. S., McCrone, S. M. S., Bower,  M. L. W., and Dindyal, J. (2005). The interplay of teacher and student actions in the teaching and learning of geometric proof. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 60, 95-124.

McCrone, S. S. (2005). The development of mathematics discussions: An investigation in a fifth-grade classroom. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 7 (2), 111-133.

McCrone, S. M. S., & Martin, T. S. (2004). Assessing high school students’ understanding of geometric proof. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education, 4(2), 223 – 242.

Martin, T. S., & McCrone, S. M. S. (2003). Classroom factors related to student proof construction ability. The Mathematics Educator, 7(1), 18-31.

 McCrone, S. S., Martin, T. S., Dindyal, J., & Wallace, M. L. (2002). An investigation of classroom factors that influence proof construction ability. In D. Mewborn, P. Sztajn, D. White, H. Wiegel, R. Bryant, & K. Nooney (Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty-fourth Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (vol. 4, pp. 1701-1712). Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education.

Dossey, J. A. & McCrone, S. S. (2002). External review of the Prairie State Achievement Examination mathematics test. In ACT Illinois State Board of Education, Prairie State Achievement Examination Technical Manual (pp. 327-344). Springfield, IL: Illinois State Board of Education.

Dossey, J.A., Giordano, F. R., McCrone, S.S., & Wier, M. D., & COMAP. (2002). Mathematics methods and modeling for today's mathematics classroom: A contemporary approach to teaching grades 7-12.  Pacific Grove, CA:  Brooks-Cole.

Dossey, J.A., Giordano, F. R., McCrone, S.S., & Wier, M. D., & COMAP. (2002). Instructor’s manual for mathematics methods and modeling for today's mathematics classroom: A contemporary approach to teaching grades 7-12.  Pacific Grove, CA:  Brooks-Cole.

Martin, T. S., & McCrone, S. S. (2001). Investigating the teaching and learning of proof: First year results. In R. Speiser (Ed.), Proceedings of the Twenty-third Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (vol. 2, pp. 585-594). Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education.

Dossey, J. A., & McCrone, S. S. (2000) Meeting the Challenges of Mathematics Content and Goals for Preservice Secondary Teachers in the Undergraduate Mathematics Curriculum.  In Chris Arney and Donald Small (Eds.), Proceedings of NSF Conference on Changes in the Undergraduate Curriculum for Mathematics, Physics, and Engineering. West Point, NY: U.S. Military Academy.

Dossey, J. A. & McCrone, S. S. (2000).  Education: Library Recommendations for Undergraduate Mathematics.  In Lynn Arthur Steen (Ed.) Library Recommendations for Undergraduate Mathematics. Washington, DC: Mathematical Association of America.

McCrone, S. S. & Martin, T. S. (2000). Tools for investigating high school students’ understanding of geometric proof. In M. Fernandez (Ed.), Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (vol.1, pp. 295-299). Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education.

Dossey, J. A., & McCrone, S. S.  (1999).  Mathematics: A Resource for Curriculum Administrators.  Alexandria, VA:  Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.

McCrone, S. S. (1999). Understanding the development of classroom discussions through mathematical content. In F. Hitt & M. Santos (Eds.) Proceedings of the Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (vol. 1, pp. 345-351). Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education.

McCrone, S. S. (1999). Book review: “Language and Communication in the Mathematics Classroom, Heinz Steinbring, Maria Bartollini Bussi, and Anna Sierpinska. 1998. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.” Mathematics Teacher, 92(4), 370.

Miscellaneous Papers
Martin. T. S. & McCrone, S. M. S. (2003). The teaching and learning of geometric proof: An emerging theory. In N. A. Pateman, B. J. Dougherty, & J. T. Zilliox (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education held jointly with the 25th Conference of PME-NA (vol. 1, p. 244). Honolulu, HI: Center for Research and Development Group, University of Hawai’i.

McCrone, S. (October 1997).  Student interactions and mathematics discourse: A study of the development of discussions in a fifth grade classroom.  Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the North American Chapter for the Psychology of Mathematics Education  (p. 311). Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education.

Ferrini-Mundy, J., & McCrone, S. (1996, 1995, 1994). Evaluation report: Mathematics for Tomorrow project at the Education Development Center. Interim evaluation reports to the Education Development Center for NSF-funded project.

Findell, B. R. & Soucy, S. M. (1995). Connecting college geometry to the NCTM Standards: A course for teachers. Abstracts of Papers Presented to the American Mathematical Society, 16 (3), 656.

Papers Under Review or Preparation

Burke, M., Luebek, J. Martin, T. S., McCrone, S. M., Piccolino, A., & Riley, K. (in press). Navigating through reasoning and proof in grades 9-12. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

McCrone, S. M. S. & Martin, T. S. (2005). Formal proof in high school geometry: Learning the rules of the game. Book chapter submitted for publication.