Home Page of Ksenija Simic-Muller
Ksenija Simic-Muller
Department of Mathematical Sciences
Pacific Lutheran University
Office: MCLT 257
Phone: (253) 538-5699 Email: simicmka@plu.edu
Mathematical interests: Mathematics education, especially
teaching mathematics for social justice and equity in mathematics
education; mathematical logic, especially intuitionist,
constructive, and reverse mathematics. If you are interested in any
of these things, or want to know what they mean, email me, or stop
by my office.
For Mathematics Education Majors: Future math teachers often ask
how the classes in their major such as Introduction to
Proofs or Abstract Algebra are going to be useful in their
teaching. I am putting together resources to address this question. You can
go to this page for more
information, but note that it is currently under
construction.
Teaching Spring 2010
Math 123, Modern Elementary
Mathematics Math 152, Calculus
2 Math 245, Discrete
Mathematics
Teaching Fall 2009
Math 123, Modern Elementary
Mathematics Math 446, Mathematics in
the Secondary School
Previous teaching
Math 151,
Introduction to Calculus, Spring 2009
Publications - Simic,
K. PhD Thesis: Aspects of ergodic theory in
subsystems of second-order arithmetic
- Avigad, J.,
Simic, K. Fundamental
notions of analysis in subsystems of second-order arithmetic,
Annals of Pure and Applied Logic 139 (2006) 138-184
- Simic, K. Properties of L_p spaces in
subsystems of second-order arithmetic (submitted)
- Simic, K. The pointwise ergodic theorem
in subsystems of second-order arithmetic (Journal of Symbolic
Logic (2007) 72:46-66)
- Diez-Palomar, J., Simic, K., Varley, M. From
"school" to a unique learning environment: The evolution of an after
school math club (working draft)
- Diez-Palomar, J., Simic, K., Varley, M. Children
and adults talking and doing mathematics: A study of an after-school
math club, in S. Alatorre, J.L. Cortina, M. Saiz, & A. Mindez
(Eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty Eighth Annual Meeting of the
North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology
of Mathematics Education (Vol. 2, 450-456). Merida, Mexico:
Universidad Pedagogica Nacional
- Diez-Palomar, J., Simic, K., Varley, M. "Math is Everywhere": Connecting Mathematics to Students' Lives, Journal of Mathematics and Culture, Volume 1, Number 2, March 2007
(link no longer works)
- Turner, E., Varley Gutierrez M., Simic-Muller, K.,
Diez-Palomar, J. "Everything is Math in the Whole World":
Integrating Critical and Community Knowledge in Authentic
Mathematical Investigations with Elementary Latina/o Students,
Mathematical Thinking and Learning, Volume 11, Issue 3,
2009
- Simic-Muller, K., Turner, E., Varley, M. Math Club Problem
Posing, Teaching Children Mathematics, Volume 16, Issue 4,
2009
General mathematical/teaching information Curriculum Vitae Research Statement
Teaching Statement Teaching Portfolio (excerpts)
Links Pacific Lutheran University Main Page PLU Mathematics
Department CEMELA (Center for the Mathematical Education of
Latinos/as)Home Page of Jeremy Avigad (my advisor)
Association for
Women in Mathematics American Mathematical Society National Council of Teachers of
Mathematics Radical
Math, a resource for teaching mathematics for social
justice TODOS, Mathematics
for All Rethinking
Schools, journal and publications
Maintained by: Ksenija
Simic-Muller