Selected Journal Articles
- Ball, D. L.. Lewis, J,. & Thames, M. (2008). Making mathematics work in school. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education Monograph, 14, A Study of Teaching: Multiple Lenses, Multiple Views.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Ball, D.L., & Forzani, F.M. (2007). What makes education research "educational"? (Adobe PDF). Educational Researcher, 36 (9).
- Ball, D.L., Goffney, I.M., & Bass, H. (2005). The role of mathematics instruction in building a socially just and diverse democracy (Adobe PDF). The Mathematics Educator , 15 (1), 2-6.
- Ball, D.L., Ferrini-Mundy, J., Kilpatrick, J., Milgram, J., Schmid, Wilfried, & Schaar, R. (2005). Reaching for common ground in K-12 mathematics education (Adobe PDF). Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 52 (9), 1055-1058.
- 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? (Adobe PDF). American Educator.
- Hill, H.C., Rowan, B., & Ball, D. (2005). Effects of teachers' mathematical knowledge for teaching on student achievement (Adobe PDF). American Educational Research Journal, 42 (2), 371- 406.
- Ball, D. L., & Rowan, B. (2004). Introduction: Measuring instruction (Adobe PDF). The Elementary School Journal, 105 (1), 3-10.
- Thames, M. H., & Ball, D. L. (2004). Review of the book Learning discourse: Discursive approaches to research in mathematics education (Adobe PDF). Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 6 (4), 421 - 433.
- Hill, H.C., & Ball, D. L. (2004). Learning mathematics for teaching: Results from California’s mathematics professional development institutes (Adobe PDF). Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 35 (5), 330-351.
- Cohen, D., Raudenbush, S., & Ball, D. (2003). Resources, instruction, and research (Adobe PDF). Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 25 (2), 1-24.
- Ball, D. L. (2002). Knowing mathematics for teaching: Relations between research and practice (Adobe PDF). Mathematics and Education Reform Newsletter, 14, (3), 1-5.
- Cohen, D. K., & Ball, D. L. (2001). Making change: Instruction and its improvement (Adobe PDF). Kappan.
- Ball, D. L. (2000). Bridging practices: Intertwining content and pedagogy in teaching and learning to teach (Adobe PDF). Journal of Teacher Education, 51, 241-247.
- Chazan, D. & Ball, D. L. (1999). Beyond being told not to tell (Adobe PDF). For the Learning of Mathematics, 9, 2-10.
- Ball, D. L. & Wilson, S. W. (1996). Integrity in teaching: Recognizing the fusion of the moral and the intellectual (Adobe PDF). American Educational Research Journal, 33, 155-192.
- 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? (Adobe PDF). Educational Researcher, 25, 6 - 8, 14.
- Ball, D. L. (1995). Transforming pedagogy: Classrooms as mathematical communities. A response to Timothy Lensmire and John Pryor (Adobe PDF). Harvard Educational Review, 65, 670-677.
- Ball, D. L. (1993). With an eye on the mathematical horizon: Dilemmas of teaching elementary school mathematics (Adobe PDF). Elementary School Journal, 93 (4), 373-397.
- Ball, D. L. (1992). Magical hopes: Manipulatives and the reform of mathematics education (Adobe PDF). American Educator, 16(2), 14-18, 46-47.
- Ball, D. L. (1990). Reflections and deflections of policy: The case of Carol Turner (Adobe PDF). Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 12 (3), 263-275.
- Ball, D. L. (1990). The mathematical understandings that prospective teachers bring to teacher education (Adobe PDF). Elementary School Journal, 90, 449-466.
- Cohen, D. K., & Ball, D. L. (1990). Policy and practice: An overview (Adobe PDF). Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 12 (3), 347-353.
- Cohen, D. K., & Ball, D. L. (1990). Relations between policy and practice: A commentary (Adobe PDF). Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 12 (3), 249-256.