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Erna Beth Yackel
A smiling white woman with a set hairstyle and glasses, wearing a white blouse and a dark vest
Erna Beth Yackel, from a 1983 newspaper
Born
Erna Beth Seecamp

(1939-02-13)February 13, 1939
Portland, Oregon
DiedSeptember 1, 2022(2022-09-01) (aged 83)
Dyer, Indiana
Occupation(s)College professor, math educator
Children3, including Carolyn Yackel

Erna Beth Seecamp Yackel (February 13, 1939 – September 1, 2022) was an American college professor and math educator. She was a member of the faculty at Purdue University Northwest from 1984 to 2004.

Early life and education[edit]

Erna Beth was born in Portland, Oregon, the daughter of Carsten Herman Seecamp and Ida Julia Zepik Seecamp.[1][2] Both of her parents were from Canada; her father was a clergyman born in Germany, and the family lived in various rural places in Canada during her childhood. She earned a bachelor's degree at Dickinson State University in 1957, at age 18,[3] and a master's degree in mathematics at the University of Minnesota at age 21.[4] She later completed doctoral studies in mathematics education at Purdue University in 1984.[5] Her dissertation was titled "Characteristics of Problem Representation Indicative of Understanding in Mathematics Problem Solving".[6]

Career[edit]

Yackel taught statistics at Purdue while she was working on her doctorate, and for several years co-taught "Overcoming Math Anxiety", a noncredit class.[7][8][9] She was a member of the faculty at Purdue University Northwest from 1984 until she retired in 2004. Early in her career, she won a Young Investigator Award from the National Science Foundation.[5] She spoke at international conferences in her field. In 1992, she received the Golden Hawk Award from Dickinson State University.[3] In 2005, she received a Distinguished Education Alumni Award from Purdue University.[5]

Publications[edit]

Yackel published over 100 articles and book chapters in mathematics education, often on the subject of "sociomathematical norms", a concept she helped to develop.[5][10] She also co-wrote a textbook on math education.[11] Her work was published in scholarly journals including American Educational Research Journal,[12] Journal for Research in Mathematics Education,[11][13][14] Educational Studies in Mathematics,[15] Educational Psychologist,[16] The Journal of Mathematical Behavior,[17] The Arithmetic Teacher,[18] and Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education.[19]

  • "Research Into Practice: Experience, Problem Solving, and Discourse as Central Aspects of Constructivism" (1990, with Paul Cobb, Terry Wood, Graceann Merkel, and Michael T. Battista)[18]
  • "Change in Teaching Mathematics: A Case Study" (1991, Terry Wood and Paul Cobb)[12]
  • "A Constructivist Alternative to the Representational View of Mind in Mathematics Education" (1992, with Paul Cobb and Terry Wood)[14]
  • "Interaction and Learning in Mathematics Classroom Situations" (1992, with Paul Cobb and Terry Wood)[15]
  • "Constructivist, emergent, and sociocultural perspectives in the context of developmental research" (1996, with Paul Cobb)[16]
  • "Sociomathematical Norms, Argumentation, and Autonomy in Mathematics" (1996, with Paul Cobb)[11]
  • "Social and sociomathematical norms in an advanced undergraduate mathematics course" (2000, with Chris Rasmussen and Karen King)[17]
  • Symbolizing and Communicating in Mathematics Classrooms: Perspectives on Discourse, Tools, and Instructional Design (2000, with Paul Cobb and Kay McClain)[20]
  • "Mathematical tasks designed to foster a reconceptualized view of early arithmetic" (2007, with Norma Salem Elias and Diana Underwood)[19]
  • "Young Children’s Emotional Acts While Engaged in Mathematical Problem Solving" (2011, with Paul Cobb and Terry Wood)[21]
  • "The Development of Collaborative Dialogue Within Small Group Interactions" (2013, with Terry Wood)[22]
  • "Justification in the Context of High School: Co-constructing Content and Process" (2022, with Jill Newton)[23]

Personal life[edit]

Erna Beth married fellow academic James Yackel in 1960, while they were both graduate students in Minneapolis.[2][24] They had three children, including attorney Juliet Yackel,[25] computer science professor Jonathan Yackel, and Carolyn Yackel, a noted mathematician.[26][27]

She died at her home in Dyer, Indiana on September 1, 2022, at the age of 83.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Obituaries: Erna Yackel". Journal and Courier, via Legacy.com. September 7, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  2. ^ a b "Seecamp, Yackel Vows Exchanged". The La Crosse Tribune. 1960-08-23. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-12-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "DSU honors grads, volunteers". The Bismarck Tribune. 1992-10-18. p. 42. Retrieved 2022-12-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Erna Yackel". The Times. 2022-09-07. pp. A8. Retrieved 2022-12-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Condolences for the family of Dr. Erna Yackel". Purdue University Northwest. 2022-09-08. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
  6. ^ Yackel, Erna Beth Seecamp (1984). Characteristics Of Problem Representation Indicative Of Understanding In Mathematics Problem Solving. PhD dissertation, Purdue University.
  7. ^ Smith, Emily M. (1983-11-10). "Coping with a fear of numbers". Journal and Courier. p. 35. Retrieved 2022-12-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Jensen, Laurie (1981-08-13). "Purdue course will help combat math anxiety". Journal and Courier. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-12-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Ordovensky, Pat (1985-09-10). "Course helps people scared by numbers". Lansing State Journal. p. 21. Retrieved 2022-12-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Math classes stress explanation". The Indianapolis Star. 2002-11-03. p. 30. Retrieved 2022-12-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ a b c Yackel, Erna; Cobb, Paul (1996). "Sociomathematical Norms, Argumentation, and Autonomy in Mathematics". Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 27 (4): 458–477. doi:10.2307/749877. ISSN 0021-8251. JSTOR 749877.
  12. ^ a b Wood, Terry; Cobb, Paul; Yackel, Erna (September 1991). "Change in Teaching Mathematics: A Case Study". American Educational Research Journal. 28 (3): 587–616. doi:10.3102/00028312028003587. ISSN 0002-8312. S2CID 145812129.
  13. ^ Cobb, Paul; Wood, Terry; Yackel, Erna; Nicholls, John; Wheatley, Grayson; Trigatti, Beatriz; Perlwitz, Marcella (1991). "Assessment of a Problem-Centered Second-Grade Mathematics Project". Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 22 (1): 3–29. doi:10.2307/749551. ISSN 0021-8251. JSTOR 749551.
  14. ^ a b Cobb, Paul; Yackel, Erna; Wood, Terry (1992). "A Constructivist Alternative to the Representational View of Mind in Mathematics Education". Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 23 (1): 2–33. doi:10.2307/749161. ISSN 0021-8251. JSTOR 749161.
  15. ^ a b Cobb, Paul; Yackel, Erna; Wood, Terry (1992). "Interaction and Learning in Mathematics Classroom Situations". Educational Studies in Mathematics. 23 (1): 99–122. doi:10.1007/BF00302315. ISSN 0013-1954. JSTOR 3482604. S2CID 143841760.
  16. ^ a b Cobb, Paul; Yackel, Erna (1996-06-01). "Constructivist, emergent, and sociocultural perspectives in the context of developmental research". Educational Psychologist. 31 (3–4): 175–190. doi:10.1080/00461520.1996.9653265. ISSN 0046-1520.
  17. ^ a b Yackel, Erna; Rasmussen, Chris; King, Karen (2000-07-01). "Social and sociomathematical norms in an advanced undergraduate mathematics course". The Journal of Mathematical Behavior. 19 (3): 275–287. doi:10.1016/S0732-3123(00)00051-1. ISSN 0732-3123.
  18. ^ a b Yackel, Erna; Cobb, Paul; Wood, Terry; Merkel, Graceann; Battista, Michael T. (1990-12-01). "Research Into Practice: Experience, Problem Solving, and Discourse as Central Aspects of Constructivism". The Arithmetic Teacher. 38 (4): 34–35. doi:10.5951/AT.38.4.0034.
  19. ^ a b Yackel, Erna; Underwood, Diana; Elias, Norma (December 2007). "Mathematical tasks designed to foster a reconceptualized view of early arithmetic". Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education. 10 (4–6): 351–367. doi:10.1007/s10857-007-9044-x. ISSN 1386-4416. S2CID 144396273.
  20. ^ Paul Cobb; Erna Yackel; Kay McClain, eds. (2000). Symbolizing and communicating in mathematics classrooms : perspectives on discourse, tools, and instructional design. Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. ISBN 0-585-31798-4. OCLC 45729289.
  21. ^ Cobb, Paul; Yackel, Erna; Wood†, Terry (2010), Sfard, Anna; Gravemeijer, Koeno; Yackel, Erna (eds.), "Young Children's Emotional Acts While Engaged in Mathematical Problem Solving", A Journey in Mathematics Education Research, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp. 41–71, doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9729-3_5, ISBN 978-90-481-9728-6, retrieved 2022-12-10
  22. ^ Wood, Terry; Yackel, Erna (2013-11-05), Steffe, Leslie P.; Wood, Terry (eds.), "The Development of Collaborative Dialogue Within Small Group Interactions", Transforming Children's Mathematics Education (0 ed.), Routledge, pp. 258–266, doi:10.4324/9780203052372-36, ISBN 978-0-203-05237-2, retrieved 2022-12-10
  23. ^ Newton, Jill; Yackel, Erna (2022), Bieda, Kristen N.; Conner, AnnaMarie; Kosko, Karl W.; Staples, Megan (eds.), "Justification in the Context of High School: Co-constructing Content and Process", Conceptions and Consequences of Mathematical Argumentation, Justification, and Proof, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 159–175, doi:10.1007/978-3-030-80008-6_14, ISBN 978-3-030-80007-9, retrieved 2022-12-10
  24. ^ "Erna Seecamp". Star Tribune. 1960-01-17. p. 70. Retrieved 2022-12-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ Personette, Jessica (2003-08-04). "Juliet Yackel still defends Williams after 11 years". The Times. p. 38. Retrieved 2022-12-10 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ Yackel, Carolyn; belcastro, sarah-marie (January 2022). "Journal for Mathematics and the Arts Call for Papers: Special Issue on the Mathematics of Fiber Arts". Journal of Humanistic Mathematics. 12 (1): 560–561. doi:10.5642/jhummath.202201.43.
  27. ^ "Carolyn Yackel | Faculty and Staff | Mercer University". College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2022-12-10.
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