Curriculum Vita

Erh-Tsung Chin (Abe)

Present Position:

Assistant Professor

Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Changhua University of Education (NCUE)

Add: #1, Jin-De Road, Changhua City, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Tel: 011886-4-7232105 ext. 3119; Fax: 011886-4-7211178

E-mail: abechin@cc.ncue.edu.tw

Previous Experience

2003-
Graduate Institute of Science Education, National Changhua University of Education
Assistant Professor

2002-2003
Department of Mathematics,

National Taiwan Normal University
Post-doctoral Researcher

1998-2001
Department of Mathematics,

University of Warwick, UK.
Undergraduate Supervisor

Education:

Institute
Year of Study
Major
Degree

University of Warwick, UK.

1998-2002
Mathematics Education (supervisor: David O. Tall)
PhD

Professional Affiliations

International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (IGPME)

Taiwanese Association of Mathematics Education (TAME)

Chinese Science Education Association (CSEA)

Awards

1999-2001 The Overseas Research Students Awards, (assessed by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom)

1997 Member of The Phi Tau Phi Scholastic Honor Society of the Republic of China

Research Projects

2002/08-2003/07 Research on Junior High School Student’s Ability of Making Mathematical Argumentations（3/3） （NSC91-2511-S-003-013, Doctoral Researcher）

2003/08-2004/07 Research on Learning and Teaching Theories of Junior High School Student’s Mathematical Argumentation: Project 1 ─ Developing Junior High School Student’s Understanding of Validity of Conditional Statements and Truth of Assertions (1/4) （NSC 92-2521-S-003-011，Associate Project Executor）

2004/08-2005/07 A Study of Developing Mathematics Teacher's Ability of Inquiry Teaching（NSC 93-2511-S-018-006, Project Executor）

Research Interests

Inquiry-based instruction, Validity of conditional statements, Mathematical thinking, Learning theories

Journal Publication

Wu Yu, C-Y., Chin, E-T*., Lin, C-J. (2004). Taiwanese junior high school students’ understanding about the validity of conditional statements. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2(2), 257-285. (correspondence author, NSC 91-2511-S-003-013)

Tu, S-T., Luo, W-C., Chin, E-T. (1997). Solutions of a class of n-th order ordinary and partial differential equations via fractional calculus. Taiwanese Journal of Mathematics, 1(4), 499-515.

Tu, S-T., Chyan, D-K., Chin, E-T. (1997). Solutions of Gegenbauer and Tchebycheff equations via operator Nμmethod. Journal of Fractional Calculus, 12, 61-69.

Tu, S-T., Chin, E-T., Luo, W-C. (1996). Solutions of a class of third order ordinary and partial differential equations via fractional calculus. Chung Yuan Journal, 24(3), 23-31.

Conference Paper

Chin, E-T., Lin H-N. (2005). Action research on applying mathematics writing as a teaching strategy to the mathematics class in a vocational continuation high school in Taiwan. Presented in International Conference of Reading and Writing in Science and Mathematics, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan, R.O.C., 17~20, February, 2005. (NSC 93-2511-S-018-006)

Wu Yu, C-Y., Chin, E-T., Lin, C-J. (2003). The understanding of Taiwanese junior high school students’ conception about the validity of conditional statements. Presented in 2003 International Conference of Science and Mathematics Learning, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., 16~18, December, 2003.( NSC 91-2511-S-003-013)

Chin, E-T. (2003). Mathematical proof as formal procept in advanced mathematical thinking (revised version). In N. A. Pateman, B.J. Dougherty, J. Zilliox (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, (Hawaii, USA), 2, 213-220.( NSC 91-2511-S-003-013)

Chin, E-T. , Chen, C-Y., Liang, H-R. (2002). The gap between student general understanding and mathematical formalism. Presented in 2002 International Conference on Mathematics: Understanding Proving and Proving to Understand, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., 16~19, November, 2002.( NSC 91-2511-S-003-013)

Chin, E-T., Tall, D.O. (2002). Mathematical proof as formal procept in advanced mathematical thinking (original version). Presented in 2002 International Conference on Mathematics: Understanding Proving and Proving to Understand, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., 16~19, November, 2002.

Tall, D.O., Chin, E-T. (2002). University students’ embodiment of quantifier. In A.D. Cockburn, E. Nardi (Eds), Proceedings of the 26th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, (Norwich, UK), 4, 273–280.

Chin, E-T., Tall, D.O. (2001). Developing formal mathematical concepts over time. In M. van den Heuvel-Pabhuizen (Ed.), Proceedings of the 25th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, (Utrecht, Netherlands), 2, 241-248.

Chin, E-T., Tall, D.O. (2000). Making, having and compressing formal mathematical concepts. In T. Nakahara, M. Koyama (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, (Hiroshima, Japan), 2, 177-184.