Elena Marchisotto

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Elena Anne Corie Marchisotto (born 1945)[1] is a mathematician, mathematics educator, and historian of mathematics. She is a professor emeritus of mathematics at California State University, Northridge.[2]

Education and career

Marchisotto graduated from

Anneli Cahn Lax.[3]

She joined the California State University, Northridge faculty in 1983.[2]. At Northridge, she also created and directed a developmental mathematics program, designed to train graduate students as teachers.[4][5][6] This developmental program earned the Noel Levitz Center National Conference on Student Retention, New Orleans: Award for Outstanding Mathematics Program in 1993.[7]

Writing

In 1995, Marchisotto became a co-author of a study edition of The Mathematical Experience (a book originally published in 1981 by Reuben Hersh and Philip J. Davis),[8] after having read the book and used it for her teaching from the early 1980s.[9]. The second edition of the book was published in 2012 and includes Epilogues written by the authors.[10]

She also co-authored an English translation of a history of mathematics by Umberto Bottazzini, Hilbert's Flute: The History of Modern Mathematics (with Bottazzini and Patricia Miller, Springer, 2016).

Marchisotto has written extensively about Mario Pieri:

Marchisotto's philosophy of teaching can be described as "humanistic"[12] Her publications on this philosophy include:

  • "The Human Face of Mathematics: Reuben Hersh (1927-2020) In Memoriam." In Journal of Humanistic Mathematics 10(2) (July 2020)/ https://scholarship.claremont.edu/jhm/vol10/iss2/25
  • "A case study in Hersh’s Philosophy: Bézout’s Theorem." In Humanizing Mathematics and its Philosophy: Essays Celebrating the 90th Birthday of Reuben Hersh edited by Bharath Sriraman (Birkhäuser, 2017)
  • "Teaching mathematics humanistically: A new look at an old friend'. In Essays in Humanistic Mathematics (MAA Notes Series, 1993).

Textbooks

  • 1987: Topics in Intermediate Algebra (Wiley)
  • 1987: Developmental Mathematics: Arithmetic, Algebra, and Measurement Geometry (Wiley)
  • 2003: Mathematics for High School Teachers: An Advanced Perspective (with Zalman Usiskin, Anthony Peressini, and Dick Stanley, Prentice Hall)[13]

References

  1. ^ "Marchisotto, Elena (1945–....)", IdRef – Identifiants et référentiels pour l'Enseignement supérieur et la recherche, retrieved 2018-11-11
  2. ^ a b c "Emeritus Faculty: Marchisotto, Elena A.", University Catalog, California State University, Northridge, 2018–2019
  3. ^ Elena Marchisotto at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  4. ^ Kilts, Stefanie (February 18, 2013), "Faculty of Year honorees focus on students: online and in classroom", Post Independent, Jason Vargas owes it to a very special mentor that he is now teaching math at Colorado Mountain College. Dr. Elena Marchisotto, the director of the developmental math program at Cal State University – Northridge where Vargas attended college, recognized his potential and encouraged him to pursue teaching.
  5. ^ Marchisotto, Elena Anne (2001) The graduate student as teacher: faculty meetings as a catalyst for teacher development. In Mathematics Education: An Encyclopedia. Taylor and Francis
  6. ^ Marchisotto, Elena & Hartzog, John (1984) Mathematics 095, Review of pre-college mathematics: A Modular, Multi-Media Course. International Journal of Mathematics, Education, Science and Technology 15, 221-230
  7. ^ A Compendium of Successful, Innovative Retention Programs and Practices, page 23
  8. ^ Reviews of the updated edition of The Mathematical Experience:
    • Burgess, J. P.; Ernest, P. (June 1997), Philosophia Mathematica, 5 (2): 175–188,
      doi:10.1093/philmat/5.2.173{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link
      )
    • Bultheel, A. (1997), "Review", Bulletin of the Belgian Mathematical Society, 4 (5): 706–707
    • Millett, Kenneth C. (November 1997), "Review" (PDF), Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 44 (10): 1316–1318
    • Wilders, Richard J. (March 2012), "Review", MAA Reviews
  9. MR 3751539
  10. ^ The Mathematical Experience, Study Edition, second edition, (2012) P.J. Davis, R. Hersh, E.A. Marchisotto. Birkhäuser
  11. ^ Reviews of The legacy of Mario Pieri:
    • Ruane, Peter N. (September 2007), "Review", MAA Reviews
    • Lewis, Albert C. (2008), Mathematical Reviews,
      MR 2310967{{citation}}: CS1 maint: untitled periodical (link
      )
  12. ^ Marchisotto, Elena Anne (1992) "Mathematics as a Humanistic Discipline," Humanistic Mathematics Network Journal: Iss. 7, Article 9. Available at: http://scholarship.claremont.edu/hmnj/vol1/iss7/9
  13. ^ Review of Mathematics for High School Teachers:
    • Ashbacher, Charles (December 2011), Review, MAA Reviews
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