Please find below information about both Pat Wasley's and Nicholas Branca's publications. Also included is information about some of Dr. Branca's recent presentations. Because of space constraints, the lists are not exhaustive. Thanks to each presenter for providing the information. Ed.
Articles
"Mathematical Problem Solving: Lessons from the British Experience," in Teaching and Learning Mathematical Problem Solving: Multiple Research Perspectives. E.A. Silver, editor. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 1985.
"Some Critical Variables Revisited: Problem-Solving Strategies," in Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress on Mathematical Education. M. Zweng, editor. Boston: Birkhauser, 1983.
"Communication for Mathematical Structure and its Relationship to Achievement." Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. II, 1981.
"Problem-Solving as a Goal, a Process and a Basic Skill." in Problem Solving, 1980 Yearbook. S. Krulik, Editor. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 1980.
Presentations
"Bridging Professional Development in Mathematics." Presentation with Tony L. Spears at the California Department of Education 1998 Asilomar Symposium: Standards and Assessment, Pacific Grove, CA, February 1998.
"California Mathematics Project: An Effort to Assist in the Professional Development of Teachers." Paper presented at the NCTM Western Regional Conference, Denver, CO, February 1998.
"Mathoughts: Thoughts About Math Oughts and Ought Nots Provoked by Problem Solving Situations." Paper presented at the Greater San Diego Mathematics Council Annual Conference, San Diego, CA, February 1998.
"Changing Preservice Elementary Mathematics Teachers' Beliefs and Knowledge and Considering the Difficulties and Solutions from the Different Perspectives of Content and Methods of Instruction." Presentation with Randy Phillipp, Lisa Clements and Jamal Bernhard at the Second Annual Conference of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Pomona, CA, January 1998.
"Thinking About Algebraic Thinking." Keynote address at the Exxon Symposium on Algebraic Thinking, Pomona, CA, January 1998.
"The California Mathematics Project: Fifteen Years of Professional Development, What Have We Learned?" Paper presented at the Sixth Annual Conference of the Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics and Science Education, Pretoria, South Africa, January 1998.
"Mathematical Power for All." Presentation at 1993 Convocation of the California School Leadership Academy, Long Beach, CA, January 1993.
Books
The Change Process: What Never Changes (working title) with Nancy Linnon, forthcoming from Jossey-Bass.
Kids and School Reform, with Robert Hampel and Richard Clark, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1997.
Stirring the Chalkdust: Tales of Teachers Changing Classroom Practice, New York: Teachers College Press, 1994.
Teachers Who Lead: The Rhetoric of Reform and the Realities of Practice, New York: Teachers College Press, 1991.
Articles
"Developing a Repertoire." Childhood Education, Annual Theme 1999.
"Renewing Schools and Smarter Kids: Promises for Democracy." Phi Delta Kappan, April 1999.
"Teaching Worth Celebrating." Educational Leadership, May 1999.
"Re-Imagining Teaching: Developing a Repertoire." Journal of Elementary Education, Spring 1998.
"Snapshots of School Change: 26 Snapshots of Five Schools. Products Over a Three-Year Period." Available from the Coalition of Essential Schools, Brown University.
"Puzzle of Whole School Change", Phi Delta Kappan, Spring 1997. Available through the Coalition of Essential Schools Occasional Paper series.
"Collaborative Inquiry: A Method for the Reform Minded." Available through the Coalition of Essential Schools Occasional Paper series.
"Alternative Schedules: To What End?" NASSP Bulletin, Spring 1997.
"Why Teach, Why Change." Available through the Coalition of Essential Schools Occasional Paper series.
"Navigating Change in High School Science and Mathematics: Lessons Teachers Taught Us," with Robert Donmoyer and Laura Maxwell, in Theory Into Practice, Winter 1995.
"Straight Shooting,", in Educational Leadership, April 1994.
"Using All Minds Well: Creating Coalition Schools Through Collaborative Inquiry," in National Society for the Study of Education Yearbook, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
"When Leaders Leave," in Educational Leadership, November 1992.