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Zsolt Lavicza

Zsolt Lavicza - teaching and learning mathematics Faculty of Education University of Cambridge
Position/Status
  • Associate Lecturer
E-mail Address

zl221@cam.ac.uk

Phone

(+44) 1223 767 739 and (+44) 7962 488 222

Qualifications
  • BA - Mathematics, University of Szeged
  • BA - Physics, University of Szeged
  • MS - Applied Mathematics, University of Cincinnati
  • MA - Mathematics Education, University of Michigan
  • MPhil - Mathematics Education, University of Cambridge
  • PhD - Mathematics Education, University of Cambridge
Membership of Professional Bodies/Associations
  • American Mathematical Society (AMS)
  • British Educational Research Association (BERA)
  • British Association for Research into Learning Mathematics (BSRLM)
  • Cambridge Philosophical Society (CPS)
  • European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI)

Profile

After receiving his degrees in mathematics and physics in Hungary, Zsolt began his postgraduate studies in applied mathematics. While teaching several mathematics courses at the University of Cincinnati he became interested in researching issues in the teaching and learning mathematics. In particular, he focused on investigating issues in relation to the use of technology in undergraduate mathematics education. Since then both at the University of Michigan and Cambridge, he has worked on several research projects examining technology and mathematics teaching in a variety of classroom environments. In addition, he became interested in studying quantitative methodologies in educational research.

Research Topics

  • Using technology in teaching mathematics education
  • International comparative studies
  • Equity and sustainability issues in educational technology
  • Quantitative research

Research Projects

A comparative analysis of academic mathematicians' conceptions and professional use of computer algebra systems in university mathematics, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, (PhD research, Supervisor: Dr Paul Andrews - Supported by ESRC).

Establishing a professional development network with an open-source dynamic mathematics software - GeoGebra, University of Cambridge, Funded by the National Centre for the Excellence in Teaching Mathematics, Principal Investigators: Zsolt Lavicza and Markus Hohenwarter.

Tender for 'Schools and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in England - State of the Nation' Research Project (T34718), University of Cambridge and The Open University Funded by the Training and Development Agency, Principal Investigators: David Pedder, Darleen Opfer, and Anne Storey.

Designing dynamic mathematics teacher training resources with GeoGebra software, Department of Mathematics, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, Funded by the National Science Foundation, Principal Investigators: Heinz-Otto Peitgen, Markus Hohenwarter, and Zsolt. Lavicza.

Implementing Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) in university mathematics instruction: Developing a framework for international research on professional development, Funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Principal Investigators: Daniel H. Jarvis, Zsolt Lavicza, and Chantal Buteau.

Research on the Quality of Primary Teacher Education in Uganda, Funded by the Ministry of Education and Sports, Uganda, Principal Investigator: Iffat Farah, AKUIED.

The evaluation of the influence of Summer Engineering Academy courses on students' achievements during their engineering studies in Michigan, University of Michigan, Principal Investigators: Darryl Koch and Zsolt Lavicza.

Teaching Together - Linking 12 with 13 in the K-16 pipeline, University of Michigan, Research team: Darryl Koch, Zsolt Lavicza, and Helen Siedel.

CCCRE-UK Study - Consortium for Cross Cultural Research in Education, Principal Investigator: Paul Andrews, University of Cambridge.

CCCRE-Hungary Study - Consortium for Cross Cultural Research in Education, Principal Investigator: Nora Arato, University of Michigan.

Course Involvement

  • Core Research Training and Educational Research MPhil Courses, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge.
  • Teaching Quantitative Research Methods, Statistics and SPSS for Biology, Clinical Medicine, Joint Schools' Research Methods in the Social Sciences, Computer Services, and Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge.

Publications

Refereed Publications

Hohenwarter, M., Jarvis D., and Lavicza, Z. (in press). Linking Geometry, Algebra, and Mathematics Teachers: GeoGebra Software and the Establishment of the International GeoGebra Institute. International Journal for Technology in Mathematics Education.

Lavicza, Z., Andrews, P. and Arato, N. (in press). Head-teacher and Teacher Perceptions of Teacher Involvement in Three Countries: United Kingdom, Hungary, USA: Michigan. Proceedings of the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting. San Diego, CA.

Buteau, C., Lavicza, Z., Jarvis, D., and Marshall, N. (2009). Issues in integrating CAS in post-secondary education – a literature review. Sixth Conference of European Research in Mathematics Education, Lyon, France.

Lavicza, Z. (2008). Examining the use of Computer Algebra Systems in university-level mathematics teaching. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching. 28(2), 99-111.

Lavicza, Z. (2008). The use of Computer Algebra Systems in university-level mathematics teaching. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Mathematics Education. University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico.

Jarvis, D., Lavicza, Z., and Buteau, C. (2008). Computer Algebra System (CAS) Usage and Sustainability in University Mathematics Instruction: New Opportunities and Consequences. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Mathematics Education. University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico.

Hohenwarter, M. Hohenwarter, J., Kreis, Y., and Lavicza, Z. (2008). Teaching and learning calculus with free dynamic mathematics software GeoGebra. Proceedings of the 11th International Congress on Mathematics Education. University of Nuevo Leon, Monterrey, Mexico.

Kadijevich, D., Kokol-Voljc, V., and Lavicza, Z. (2008). Towards a suitable designed instruction statistical reasoning: understanding sampling distribution by means of technology. Proceedings of the ICMI 18 study conference: Background papers for the ICMI 18 study on statistics education. Monterrey, Mexico.

Amdal, A., Bringslid, O., Caprotti, O., Lavicza, Z., Misfeldt, M., Sanne, A., and de la Villa, A. (2008). Mathematical e-content: expressing, manipulating and retrieving mathematics online. Proceedings of the 5th Nordic Conference on Research in Mathematics Education, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Lavicza, Z. (2008). The examination of technology use in university-level mathematics teaching. Proceedings of the Symposium on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of International Commission on Mathematical Instruction. Rome, Italy.

Jarvis, D., Lavicza, Z., and Buteau, C. (2008). Computer Algebra Systems (CAS) in University Mathematics Instruction: A Preliminary Research Report Investigating CAS Technology Use and Sustainability. Proceedings of the Research on Undergraduate Mathematics Education. San Diego, CA.

Lavicza, Z. (2007). Mathematicians' uses of Computer Algebra Systems in mathematics teaching in the UK, US, and Hungary. Proceedings of the CETL - MSOR Conference, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

Lavicza, Z. (2006). The examination of Computer Algebra Systems integration into university-level mathematics teaching. In L. H. Son, N. Sinclair, J. B. Lagrange and C. Hoyles (Eds.), Proceedings of the ICMI 17 study conference: Background papers for the ICMI 17 study. (pp. 37-44) Hanoi University of Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam.

Lavicza, Z. (2004). The description of the initial phases of an instructional technology assessment project at the University of Michigan. In C. Sarvari (Ed.), Computer Algebra Systems and Dynamic Geometry Systems in Mathematics Teaching (pp. 97-112). Pecs, Hungary: University of Pecs.

Book Chapters

Brown, J., Goos, M., Kong, C. M., Laborde, C., Lavicza, Z., Miller, D., Sinclair, M., and Soury-Lavergne, S. (in press). Theoretical frameworks for researching teaching with digital technologies. In L. H. Son, N. Sinclair, J. B. Lagrange and C. Hoyles (Eds.), Digital technologies and mathematics teaching and learning: Rethinking the terrain - ICMI 17 Study book. Springer Inc., New York.

Hohenwarter, M. and Lavicza, Z. (forthcoming). GeoGebra and its international community: past, present, and future. Bu, L., Schoen R., and Lavicza, Z. (Eds.) Sense Publishers, Boston, MA.

Andrews, P., and Lavicza, Z. (submitted). English teachers' participation in school change. In N. Arato, L. Collet, T. Evers, A. Menlo (Eds.), A cross-cultural study of teacher participation., Symposium Books, Oxford.

Arato, N., and Lavicza, Z. (submitted). The Hungarian Education System in Transition: Shifting towards Decentralization. In N. Arato, L. Collet, T. Evers, A. Menlo (Eds.), A cross-cultural study of teacher participation., Symposium Books, Oxford.

Conference Proceedings

Hohenwarter, M., and Lavicza, Z. (2007). Mathematics teacher development with ICT: towards an International GeoGebra Institute. In D. Küchemann (Ed.), Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics. 27(3):49-54. University of Northampton, UK: BSRLM.

Lavicza, Z. (2006). Designing on-line questionnaires for mathematicians. In D. Hewitt (Ed.), Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics Day Conference, 17 June, 2006. (pp. 67-72) University of Bristol, Bristol, UK: BSRLM.

Lavicza, Z. (2005). Computer algebra related conceptions and motivations of university mathematics lecturers - an international study. In D. Hewitt (Ed.), Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics Day Conference, 11 June, 2005 (pp. 49-54). Open University, Milton Keynes, UK: BSRLM.

Reports

Lavicza, Z., Hohenwarter, M., and Lu, Y. W. (2009). Establishing a professional development network with an open-source dynamic mathematics software – GeoGebra. National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics, London, UK.

Opfer, D. V., Pedder, D. and Lavicza, Z. (2008). Schools and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in England – State of the Nation Research Project Report for the Training and Development Agency for Schools, University of Cambridge, UK.

Lavicza, Z., Hohenwarter, J., and Hohenwarter, M. (2008). First Year Report of the2nd NSF MSP Supplement Grant. Department of Mathematics, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida.

Hohenwarter, M., Jarvis, D., and Lavicza, Z. (2008). Report of the First Meeting of the International GeoGebra Institute. 7-8 May 2008, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, UK. http://www.geogebra.org/igi/

Other

Hohenwarter, M. and Lavicza, Z. (in press). The Strength of the Community: How GeoGebra can Inspire Technology Integration in Mathematics Teaching. Mathematics, Statistics, Operation Research Connections.

Lavicza, Z. (2008). A comparative analysis of academic mathematicians' conceptions and professional use of computer algebra systems in university mathematics. Unpublished Doctoral Dissertation. Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

Lavicza, Z. (2008). Teaching undergraduate mathematics with Computer Algebra Systems: an overview. Proceedings of the 5th Nordic Conference on Research in Mathematics Education, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Lavicza, Z. (2007). Exploring the current and future roles of Computer Algebra Systems in teaching mathematics at the university level. Mathematics, Statistics, Operation Research Connections, 7(1), 14-16.

Lavicza, Z. (2006). Computer Algebra Systems in university mathematics. Pedagogisk profil, University of Oslo. (pp. 33-34), University of Oslo.

Forthcoming

Jones, D. K., Lavicza, Z., Hohenwarter, M., Lu, Y. W., Dawes, M., Little C., and Parish A. (forthcoming). Establishing a professional development network with an open-source dynamic mathematics software – GeoGebra. In D. Küchemann (Ed.), Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics. Cambridge, UK: BSRLM.

Lavicza, Z. (under review). Integrating technology into mathematics teaching: A review. International Reviews on Mathematical Education. Andrews, P., Lavicza, Z., and Arato, N. (forthcoming). Principal and teacher perceptions of teacher involvement in three countries: United Kingdom, Hungary, and the USA: Michigan, Compare.

Lavicza, Z. and Erdodi, L. (forthcoming). Statistics'r'us – Reshaping students' attitude from aversion and anxiety to curiosity and confidence. Journal of Statics Education.

Lavicza, Z., Opfer, D. V., and Pedder, D. (forthcoming). Statistical methods of the Schools and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) in England study. International Journal of Social Research Methodology.

Lavicza, Z., and Koch, D. M. (forthcoming). The evaluation of the effectiveness of pre-freshman summer mathematics courses on the academic performance of underrepresented minority engineering students. Journal of Engineering Education.

Lavicza, Z., and LaRose, G. P. (forthcoming). Assessment of pedagogy and perceived effectiveness of technology use in multivariate calculus. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning.

Lavicza, Z. (forthcoming). Mathematicians' views on Computer Algebra integration into undergraduate mathematics teaching. International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning.

Lavicza, Z., Kokol-Voljc V. (forthcoming). Mathematicians views on assessment in CAS-equipped environments. MSOR – Computer-aided assessment series.