Prof. Sergei Abramovich

 Introduction

  • Affiliation: Professor in the School of Education and Professional Studies at State University of New York at Potsdam.
  • Web page: http://www2.potsdam.edu/abramovs
  • Areas of specialization: Mathematics Education, Differential Equations, Control Theory

Honors & Awards

  • 2017: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education – MATHEMATICS EDUCATION SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP BEST PAPER AWARD AT SITE 2017
  • 2012: Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs of the Department of State Council for the International Exchange of Scholars -FULBRIGHT SPECIALIST GRANT IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION AT UNIVERSITIES OF NIS AND NOVI SAD, SERBIA
  • 2008: AState University of New York – THE SUNY CHANCELLOR’S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN SCHOLARSHIP AND CREATIVE ACTIVITIES
  • 2006: International Academy of Main Education (Russia) – DIPLOMA OF ACADEMICIAN
  • 2006: State University of New York – Featured in a banner image at SUNY Central web site (www.suny.edu) representing Potsdam campus
  • 2005: United University Professions – CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION WITH BADGE
  • 2003: State University of New York at Potsdam – PRESIDENT’S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN RESEARCH AND CREATIVE ENDEAVORS
  • 1999: International Program Committee
    for the 9th International Congress on Mathematical Education – Appointed as an associate organizer of the Working Group for Action: The Use of Technology in Mathematics Education
  • 1996: Kappa Delta Epsilon, Educational Honor Society – AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN TEACHING College of Education, University of Georgia, USA
  • 1996: 8th International Congress on Mathematical Education, Seville, Spain – KEYNOTE TALK to the Topic group Technology for Visual Representation
  • 1990: St. Petersburg Association of Scientists, St Petersburg, RUSSIA – THE BEST ST. PETERSBURG MATHEMATICS TEACHER AWARD
  • 1977: Society of German-USSR Friendship, Berlin, GERMANY – THE GOLD BADGE OF HONOR for an exposé at Leipzig Exhibition of Scientific Papers

Current Memberships in Professional Organizations

  • Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
  • International Study Group for Mathematical Modeling and Applications
  • International Consortium for Research in Science and Mathematics Education

Publications

  • Abramovich, S., and Leonov, G. A. (2019). Revisiting Fibonacci numbers through a computational experiment. New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
  • Abramovich, S. (2019). Integrating computers and problem posing in mathematics teacher education. Singapore: World Scientific.
  • Abramovich, S. (2019). Technology-immune/technology-enabled mathematical problem solving as instrumental genesis. Open Mathematical Education Notes, 9(1), 23-54.
  • Abramovich, S., Grinshpan, A. Z., and Milligan, D. L. (2019). Teaching mathematics through concept motivation and action learning. Educational Research International, volume 2019, Article ID 3745406, 13 pages, http://doi.org/10.1155/2019/3745406.
  • Connell, M. and Abramovich, S. (2018). Aunt Sarah and the Farm: A guided tour of a spreadsheet exploration. In Proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 1386-1393). Las Vegas, NV, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE).
  • Abramovich, S. (2018). Diversity in mathematics teacher preparation in the era of Common Core: From Egyptian papyrus roll to Gestalt psychology to digital computation. In R. V. Nata (Ed.), Progress in Education, vol. 54 (pp. 1-36). New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
  • Abramovich, S. (2018). From the teaching machine movement to instrumental perspective on technology-immune/technology-enabled mathematics curriculum. Informatics and Education, 6(295), 58-64.
  • Kuznetsov, N. V., Abramovich, S., Fradkov, A. L. and Chen, R. (2018). In Memoriam: Gennady Alekseevich Leonov. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 28(5), 5 pages.
  • Abramovich, S., Kuznetsov, N. V, and Neittaanmäki, P. (2018). Obituary: Gennady Alekseevich Leonov (1947-2018). Open Mathematical Education Notes, 8(1), 15-21.
  • Connell, M., Abramovich, S., and Sack, J. (2018). Teaching and learning mathematics in technology intensive classrooms. In J. L. Nath and I. Chen (Eds), Technology in the Classroom: For Now and the Future (pp. 85-107). Second revised edition. Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing Company.
  • Abramovich, S. (2018). Technology and the development of creativity in advanced school mathematics. In V. Freiman and J. Tassell (Eds). Creativity and Technology in Mathematics Education (pp. 371-398). Cham, Switzerland: Springer.
  • Abramovich, S., and Nikitin, Ya. Yu. (2017). Teaching classic probability problems with modern digital tools. Computers in the Schools, 34(4), 318-336.
  • Abramovich, S., and Nikitin, Ya. Yu. (2017). On the probability of co-primality of two randomly chosen natural (Who was the first to pose and solve this problem?). Mathematics in Higher Education, 15, 53-68. (In Russian).
  • Lazić, B., Abramovich, S., Mrda, M, and Romano, D. A. (2017). On the teaching and learning of fractions through a conceptual generalization approach. IEJME–Mathematics Education, 12(8), 749-767.
  • Abramovich, S., and Connell, M. L. (2017). Revisiting mathematical activities for secondary teachers through the lenses of modern digital tools. Open Mathematical Education Notes, 7(1), 9-28.
  • Connell, M. L., and Abramovich, S. (2017). Burning the candle: A Technology Immune Technology Enabled problem within an Action on Objects framework. In J. Dron & S. Mishra (Eds), Proceedings of 2017 E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (pp. 1724-1730). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
  • Connell, M. L., and Abramovich, S. (2017). Stamping Functions: A Technology Immune Technology Enabled Problem within an Action on Objects Framework. In L. Liu & D. Gibson (Eds), Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education 2017 (pp. 55-61). Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Available on-line at https://www.learntechlib.org/p/180960/.
  • Abramovich, S., and Connell, M. L. (2017). Problem solving in the digital age: New ideas for secondary mathematics teacher education. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 36(2), 105-116.
  • Connell, M. L., and Abramovich, S. (2017). A technology immune technology enabled problem within an action on objects framework: Stamping functions. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 36(2), 117-127.
  • Abramovich, S., and Connell, M. L. (2017). TITE problem solving: integrating computing and proving in secondary mathematics teacher education. In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (pp. 1321-1327). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
  • Connell, M. L., and Abramovich, S. (2017). STEM teaching and learning via technology enhanced inquiry. In I. Levin and D. Tsybulsky (Eds.), Digital Tools and Solutions for Inquiry-Based STEM Learning, Section 1: Inquiry-Based Learning of STEM in Digital Era, chapter 9 (pp. 221-251). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Connell, M. L., and Abramovich, S. (2017). Stamping Functions: A Technology Immune Technology Enabled Problem within an Action on Objects Framework. In In P. Resta & S. Smith (Eds.), Proceedings of Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference 2017 (pp. 1328-1334). Chesapeake, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education.
  • Abramovich, S. (2017). Progress in mathematical problem posing: From “the liberty of the child”to computational experiments. In R. V. Nata (Ed.), Progress in Education, vol. 43 (pp. 49-69). New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers.
  • Abramovich, S. (2017). Diversifying Mathematics Teaching: Advanced Educational Content and Methods for Prospective Elementary Teachers. Singapore: World Scientific.
  • Abramovich, S., and Nikitin, Ya. Yu. (2017). On the probability of co-primality of two randomly natural numbers chosen at random: From Euler identity to Haar measure on the ring of adeles. Bernoulli News, 24(1), 7-13.