Selected Journal Articles
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- Ball, D. L., & Forzani, F. M. (2011, Summer). Building a common core for learning to teach,
and connecting professional learning to practice. American Educator, 35(2), 17-21,
38-39.
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- Ball, D.L., & Forzani, F.M. (2010). Teaching skillful teaching. Educational Leadership, 68(4), 40-45.
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- Ball, D.L., & Forzani, F.M. (2010). What does it take to make a teacher? Phi Delta Kappan, 92(2), 8-12.
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- Thames, M. H. & Ball, D. L. (2010). What mathematical knowledge does teaching require? Knowing mathematics in and for teaching. Teaching Children Mathematics, 17(4), 220-225.
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- Ball, D.L., Forzani, F. (2009). The work of teaching and the challenge for teacher education. Journal of Teacher Education, 60(5), 497-511.
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- Ball, D.L., Hill, H. (2009). The curious - and crucial - case of mathematical knowledge for teaching. Phi Delta Kappan, 91(2), 68-71.
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- Ball, D. L. , Sleep, L., Boerst, T., & Bass, H. (2009). Combining the development of practice and the practice of development in teacher education. Elementary School Journal, 109, 458-476.
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- Ball, D.L., Thames, M.H., & Phelps, G. (2008). Content knowledge for teaching: What makes it special? Journal of Teacher Education, 59(5), 389-407.
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- Hill, H. C., Blunk, M., Charalambous, C., Lewis, J., Phelps, G., Sleep, L., & Ball, D. L. (2008). Mathematical knowledge for teaching and the mathematical quality of instruction: An exploratory study. Cognition and Instruction, 26(4), 430-511.
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- Stylianides, A. J., & Ball, D. L. (2008). Understanding and describing mathematical knowledge for teaching: Knowledge about proof for engaging students in the activity of proving. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 11, 307-332.
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- Ball, D.L., Lewis, J. & Thames, M.H. (2008). Making mathematics work in school. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Monograph 14, A Study of Teaching: Multiple Lenses, Multiple Views.
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- Delaney, S., Ball, D.L, Hill, H.C., Schilling, S.G., & Zopf, D. (2008). “Mathematical knowledge for teaching”: Adapting U.S. measures for use in Ireland. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 11(3), 171-197.
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- Hill, H., Ball, D. L., & Schilling, S. (2008). Unpacking “pedagogical content knowledge”: Conceptualizing and measuring teachers’ topic-specific knowledge of students. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 39 (4), 372-400.
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- Ball, D.L., & Forzani, F.M. (2007). What makes education research "educational"? Educational Researcher, 36 (9), 529-540.
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- Ball, D.L., Goffney, I.M., & Bass, H. (2005). The role of mathematics instruction in building a socially just and diverse democracy. The Mathematics Educator, 15 (1), 2-6.
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- Ball, D.L., Ferrini-Mundy, J., Kilpatrick, J., Milgram, J., Schmid, Wilfried, & Schaar, R. (2005). Reaching for common ground in K-12 mathematics education. Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 52 (9), 1055-1058.
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- Ball, D. L., Hill, H.C, & Bass, H. (2005). Knowing mathematics for teaching: Who knows mathematics well enough to teach third grade, and how can we decide? American Educator, 29(1), p. 14-17, 20-22, 43-46.
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- Hill, H.C., Rowan, B., & Ball, D. (2005). Effects of teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching on student achievement. American Educational Research Journal, 42 (2), 371- 406.
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- Ball, D. L., & Rowan, B. (2004). Introduction: Measuring instruction. The Elementary School Journal, 105 (1), 3-10.
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- Thames, M. H., & Ball, D. L. (2004). Review of the book Learning discourse: Discursive approaches to research in mathematics education. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 6 (4), 421 - 433.
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- Hill, H.C., & Ball, D. L. (2004). Learning mathematics for teaching: Results from California’s mathematics professional development institutes. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 35 (5), 330-351.
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- Cohen, D., Raudenbush, S., & Ball, D. (2003). Resources, instruction, and research. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 25 (2), 1-24.
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- Ball, D. L. (2002). Knowing mathematics for teaching: Relations between research and practice. Mathematics and Education Reform Newsletter, 14, (3), 1-5.
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- Cohen, D. K., & Ball, D. L. (2001). Making change: Instruction and its improvement. Kappan.
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- Ball, D. L. (2000). Bridging practices: Intertwining content and pedagogy in teaching and learning to teach. Journal of Teacher Education, 51, 241-247.
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- Chazan, D. & Ball, D. L. (1999). Beyond being told not to tell. For the Learning of Mathematics, 9, 2-10.
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- Ball, D. L. & Wilson, S. W. (1996). Integrity in teaching: Recognizing the fusion of the moral and the intellectual. American Educational Research Journal, 33, 155-192.
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- Ball, D. L.. & Cohen, D. K. (1996). Reform by the book: what is – or might be – the role of curriculum materials in teacher learning and instructional reform? Educational Researcher, 25, 6 - 8, 14.
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- Ball, D. L. (1995). Transforming pedagogy: Classrooms as mathematical communities. A response to Timothy Lensmire and John Pryor. Harvard Educational Review, 65, 670-677.
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- Ball, D. L. (1993). With an eye on the mathematical horizon: Dilemmas of teaching elementary school mathematics. Elementary School Journal, 93 (4), 373-397.
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- Ball, D. L. (1992). Magical hopes: Manipulatives and the reform of mathematics education. American Educator, 16(2), 14-18, 46-47.
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- Ball, D. L. (1990). Reflections and deflections of policy: The case of Carol Turner. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 12 (3), 263-275.
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- Ball, D. L. (1990). The mathematical understandings that prospective teachers bring to teacher education. Elementary School Journal, 90, 449-466.
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- Cohen, D. K., & Ball, D. L. (1990). Policy and practice: An overview. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 12 (3), 347-353.
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- Cohen, D. K., & Ball, D. L. (1990). Relations between policy and practice: A commentary. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 12 (3), 249-256.
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