Igor' Kontorovich
Associate Professor in Mathematics Education
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Completed projects
The art of problem posing
Publications from the project:
Kontorovich, I. (2024). The road to “good” problems goes through initial responses to stimulating socio-mathematical situations. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior.
Kontorovich, I. (2020). Problem-posing triggers or where do mathematics competition problems come from? Educational Studies in Mathematics, 105, 389–406.
Kontorovich, I. (2016). Considerations of aptness in mathematical problem posing: Students, teachers and expert working on Billiard task. Far East Journal of Mathematical Education, 16(3), 243–260.
Kontorovich, I., & Koichu, B. (2016). A case study of an expert problem poser for mathematics competitions. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 14(1), 81–99.
Koichu, B., & Kontorovich, I. (2013). Dissecting success stories on mathematical problem posing: a case of the Billiard Task. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 83(1), 71–86.
Kontorovich, I., & Koichu, B. (2012). Feeling of innovation in expert problem posing. Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education, 17(3–4), 199–212.
Kontorovich, I., Koichu, B., Leikin, R., & Berman, A. (2012). An exploratory framework for handling the complexity of mathematical problem posing in small groups. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 31(1), 149–161.
Developing research competencies in Mathematics Education
Publications from the project:
Rouleau, A., Kontorovich, I., & Zazkis, R. (2019). Mathematics teachers’ first engagement with research articles in mathematics education: Sketches of new praxeologies. Mathematics Teacher Education and Development, 21(2), 42–63.
Kontorovich, I., & Rouleau, A. (2018). To teach or not to teach? Teacher-researchers cope with misconceptions in interview settings. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 18(1), 9–20.
Kontorovich, I., & Liljedahl, P. (2018). Introduction to the Special Issue on development of research competencies in mathematics education. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 18(1), 1–4.
Kontorovich, I. (2015). Learning from the experts in mathematics education research. Far East Journal of Mathematics Education, 15(1), 35–56.
Kontorovich, I., & Zazkis, R. (2015). Development of researcher knowledge in mathematics education: Towards a confluence framework. International Journal of Social, Behavioral, Educational, Economic and Management Engineering, 9(5), 1295–1300.