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575
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2003 - Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)

Overview

Edward A. Silver is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of mathematics, with a significant emphasis on mathematics education and teaching techniques as well as the cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills.

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
  • Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
  • Biblical Studies and Interpretation
  • Mathematics Education and Programs
  • Mathematics Education and Pedagogy
  • Advanced Differential Equations and Dynamical Systems

Edward A. Silver has published in several academic venues, notably:

  • Educational Studies in Mathematics
  • Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
  • Asian Journal for Mathematics Education
  • The Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Their recent papers include:

  • "2001: A Research Odyssey," 2020, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education
  • "Cross-national perspectives on mathematical problem posing," 2025, Asian Journal for Mathematics Education
  • "Book review," 2024, The Journal of Mathematical Behavior
  • "Book Review: Meeting the challenge of mathematical challenge in mathematics education. Roza Leikin (Ed.) (2023) Mathematical Challenges for All," 2025, Educational Studies in Mathematics

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Louis Stulman
  • Yeping Li
  • Hui-Yu Hsu

Subfields in which Edward A. Silver has contributed span:

  • Education
  • Statistics and Probability
  • Religious studies
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Applied Mathematics

In 2003, they were recognized as a Fellow of the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).

Best Publications

  • Fostering creativity through instruction rich in mathematical problem solving and problem posing

    Edward A. Silver

  • On Mathematical Problem Posing.

    Edward A. Silver

  • Implementing Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction: A Casebook for Professional Development

    Mary Kay Stein;Margaret Schwan Smith;Marjorie A. Henningsen;Edward A. Silver

  • Rational number concepts

    M. Behr;R. Lesh;Thomas R. Post;E. Silver

  • An Analysis of Arithmetic Problem Posing by Middle School Students.

    Edward A. Silver;Jinfa Cai

  • The Development of Professional Developers: Learning to Assist Teachers in New Settings in New Ways

    Mary Kay Stein;Margaret Schwan Smith;Edward A. Silver

  • The Quasar Project: The "Revolution of the Possible" in Mathematics Instructional Reform in Urban Middle Schools

    Edward A. Silver;Mary Kay Stein

  • Operations Research in Inventory Management: A Review and Critique

    Edward A. Silver

  • Research on Teaching Mathematical Problem Solving: Some Underrepresented Themes and Needed Directions

    Edward A. Silver

  • Moving from rhetoric to praxis: Issues faced by teachers in having students consider multiple solutions for problems in the mathematics classroom

    Edward A. Silver;Hala Ghousseini;Dana Gosen;Charalambos Charalambous

  • A heuristic solution procedure for the multi-item, single-level, limited capacity, lot-sizing problem

    Paul S. Dixon;Edward A. Silver

  • Posing Mathematical Problems: An Exploratory Study.

    Edward A. Silver;Joanna Mamona-Downs;Shukkwan S. Leung;Patricia Ann Kenney

  • Teaching and Learning Mathematical Problem Solving : Multiple Research Perspectives

    Edward A. Silver

  • Foundations of cognitive theory and research for mathematics problem-solving instruction.

    Edward A. Silver

  • Using Conceptual and Procedural Knowledge: A Focus on Relationships

    Edward A. Silver

  • Chapter 9: Assessment, Testing, and Instruction: Retrospect and Prospect:

    Robert Glaser;Edward Silver

  • MATHEMATICS REFORM AND TEACHER DEVELOPMENT: A COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE PERSPECTIVE

    Mary Kay Stein;Edward A. Silver;Margaret Schwan Smith

  • The Role of Task Format, Mathematics Knowledge, and Creative Thinking on the Arithmetic Problem Posing of Prospective Elementary School Teachers

    Shukkwan S. Leung;Edward A. Silver

  • Forecasting the returns of reusable containers

    Peter Kelle;Edward A. Silver

  • The teaching and assessing of mathematical problem solving

    Randall Charles;Edward A. Silver

  • Implementing Standards-Based Mathematics Instruction: A Casebook for Professional Development. Second Edition.

    Mary Kay Stein;Margaret Schwan Smith;Marjorie A. Henningsen;Edward A. Silver

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