Lyublinskaya, Irina (il2369)

Educational Background

Ph.D. in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, Leningrad State University (now St. Petersburg State University)

M.S. in Physics (minor in Mathematics), Leningrad State University (now St. Petersburg State University)

Scholarly Interests

STEM education, mathematics education, science education, teacher education, educational technology, international education, research methodology, curriculum development

Selected Publications

Books:

Lyublinskaya, I. & Ryzhik, V. (2020) Geometry investigations with GeoGebra. St. Petersburg, Russia: SMIO-Press

Lyublinskaya, I. & Tikhomirova, S. (2017) Teaching geometry in elementary school using GeoGebra application: Teacher’s guide. Vladimir, Russia: Vladimir State University Press

Kunkel, P., Scher, D., Steketee, S., Lyublinskaya, I. (2012) Exploring precalculus with The Geometer’s Sketchpad version 5. Emeryville, CA: Key Curriculum Press.

Lyublinskaya, I., Ryzhik, V., Armontrout, R. (2010) Calculus explorations with Geometry Expressions. Beaverton, OR: Saltire Software, Inc.

Lyublinskaya, I,. Ryzhik, V., Funsch, D. (2009) Developing geometry proofs with Geometry Expressions. Beaverton, OR: Saltire Software, Inc.

Scher, D., Steketee, S., Kunkel, P., Lyublinskaya, I. (2004) Exploring precalculus with The Geometer’s Sketchpad version 4. Emeryville, CA: Key Curriculum Press.

Chapters:

Lyublinskaya, I. & *Sheehan, S. (2022) Effect of collaboration between Makerspace, university and elementary school on student STEM attitudes: Bringing Maker movement to elementary schools. In Information Resources Management Association (Ed.) Research Anthology on Makerspaces and 3D Printing in Education (pp. 365-381) Hershey, PA: IGI Global. http://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-6295-9

Lyublinskaya, I. & *Du, X. (2021) Transforming teaching for virtual environments: Developing preservice teachers’ online TPACK. In M. Niess & H. Gillow-Wiles (Eds.) Transforming teachers’ online pedagogical reasoning for teaching K-12 students in virtual learning environments. (pp. 534-560) Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

*Kaplon-Schilis, A. & Lyublinskaya, I. (2018) Development and transfer of TPACK from pre-service to in-service experience for a special education elementary school teacher - Case study. In M. Niess, H. Gillow-Wiles, & Angeli (Eds.)  Handbook of Research on TPACK in the Digital Age. (pp. 173-198) Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Lyublinskaya, I. (2016) Evolution of a course for special education teachers on integrating technology into math and science. In Special and Gifted Education: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (4 Volumes) (pp. 323-350) Hershey, PA: Information Resource Management Association

Lyublinskaya, I. (2014). STEM in American secondary education and Next Generation Science Standards. In E.B. Petrova (Ed.), Challenges of Teaching Natural Sciences in Russia and Foreign Countries. (pp. 6–23) Moscow, Russia: Lenand

Lyublinskaya, I. & Tournaki, E. (2012) The effects of teacher content authoring on TPACK and on student achievement in algebra: Research on instruction with the TI-Nspire handheld. In R. Ronau, C. Rakes, & M. Niess (Eds.), Educational Technology, Teacher Knowledge, and Classroom Impact: A Research Handbook on Frameworks and Approaches. (pp. 295-322) Hershey, PA: IGI Global.

Articles:

*Du, X., Lyublinskaya, I. & Keller, B. (2023). Exploring changes in pre-service teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge and Stage of Adoption of Technology during an online educational technology course. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 31(3), 271-298.

Lyublinskaya, I. & Cabral, M. (2023) Integrating art and dynamic geometry software into the teaching and learning of middle school geometry: Deepening geometrical thinking of in-service teachers. Research in Integrated STEM Education, 1, 174-206. https://doi.org/10.1163/27726673-bja00008

Lyublinskaya, I. & *Du, X. (2023) Annotated digital timelining: Interactive visual display for data analysis in mixed methods research. Methods in Psychology, 8(1), 100108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metip.2022.100108

*Du, X. & Lyublinskaya, I. (2023) Study of computer attitudes in STEM problem solving for students with disabilities. Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 31(1), 117-130, https://doi.org/10.1002/cae.22574

Lyublinskaya, I. & *Du, X. (2022) Preservice teachers’ TPACK learning trajectories in an online STEM education summer program. Journal of Research on Technology in Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/15391523.2022.2160393

*Du, X. & Lyublinskaya, I. (2022) Designing professional development for special education teachers: Effects on assistive technology competency in developing inquiry-based student experiences. Journal of Digital Learning in Teacher Education, 38(4), 199-210. https://doi.org/10.1080/21532974.2022.2113938

Lyublinskaya I, & *Kaplon-Schilis A. (2022) Analysis of differences in the levels of TPACK: Unpacking performance indicators in the TPACK Levels Rubric. Education Sciences, 12(2), 79. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci12020079

Lyublinskaya, I. (2022) Using annotated timeline analysis (timelining) to examine variations in learning trajectories: Development of preservice teachers’ Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) in an online educational technology course. SAGE Research Methods: Doing Research Online. https://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781529602982

Lyublinskaya, I. & Petrova, E.B. (2021) Mathematics learning in physics classrooms of Russian schools: A changing landscape from the Soviet period to present. ZDM - The International Journal on Mathematics Education, 53(7), 1485-1497. DOI: 10.1007/s11858-021-01248-z

*Kaplon-Schilis, A. & Lyublinskaya, I. (2020). Analysis of relationship between five domains of TPACK framework: TK, PK, CK Math, CK Science, and TPACK of pre-service special education teachers.  Technology, Knowledge, and Learning, 25(1), 25-43

Lyublinskaya, I. & Tournaki, N (2014) A study of special education teachers’ TPACK development in mathematics and science through assessment of lesson plans. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education. 22(4), 449-470

Tournaki, N. & Lyublinskaya, I., Carolan, B. (2011) An on-going professional development program and its impact on teacher effectiveness. The Teacher Educator, 46(4), 1-17

Todd, P., Lyublinskaya, I., & Ryzhik, V. (2010) Symbolic geometry software and proof. International Journal of Computers for Mathematics Learning. 15(2), 151-159.

Tournaki, N., Lyublinskaya, I., & Carolan, B. (2008) Pathways to teacher certification: Does it really matter when it comes to efficacy and effectiveness? Action in Teacher Education. 30(4), 96-110.

Lyublinskaya, I., & Zhou, G. (2008) Integrating graphing calculators and probeware into science methods courses: Impact on pre-service elementary teachers’ confidence and perspectives on technology for learning and teaching. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 27(2), 163-182.

Lyublinskaya, I.E. & **Vyas, R.(1993) Single-atom fluorescence with nonclassical light. Phys. Rev. A, 48, 3966-3979.

**Kondratyev, A.S., Lyublinskaya, I.E., & Uzdin, V.M. (1991) The low-temperature thermomagnetic properties of thin films in high magnetic fields. Thin Solid Films, 202(1), 21-28.

**Kondratyev, A.S., Lyublinskaya, I.E., & Uzdin, V.M. (1990) Spectral representation for the non-equilibrium Green's functions in Kadanoff-Baym method. Soviet Theoretical and Mathematical Physics, 84(1), 675-686.


*Student (former student)

*Dissertation sponsor/mentor

AACE/SITE (Association for the Advancement in Computing Education/Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education)

AMTE (Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators)

AERA (American Education Research Association)

ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education)

MAA (Mathematical Association of America)

NCTM (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics)

Irina Lyublinskaya received her Ph.D. in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics from Leningrad State University in 1991. She has taught at the university as well as the high school level for over 30 years. Among her research interests are topics of integrating technology into mathematics and science education, pre-service and in-service professional development of STEM teachers, curriculum development, and international STEM education. She is a recipient of various awards for teaching excellence, including Radioshack/Tandy Prize for Teaching Excellence in Mathematics, Science, and Computer Science, NSTA Distinguished Science Teaching Award and citation, Education’s Unsung Heroes Award for innovation in the classroom, and NSTA Vernier Technology Award. In 2011, she was inducted to the NYS Mathematics Educators Hall of Fame. In 2019 she was elected as a full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences. She is a recipient of several outstanding paper awards from AACE and SITE, an author/co-author of 16 books, 15 book chapters, and over 90 peer-reviewed journal articles and conference papers.

HIGHER EDUCATION

Institution

Dates attended

Degree and Field

Date conferred

Leningrad State University named after A. Zhdanov (now St. Petersburg State University), St.‑Petersburg, USSR

09/1987‑06/1991

Ph.D. in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics

June 1991

Leningrad State University named after A. Zhdanov (now St. Petersburg State University), St.‑Petersburg, USSR

09/1980-02/1986

M.S. Degree in Physics with minor in Mathematics. Class Valedictorian

February 1986

ADDITIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION     

Institution

Dates attended

Degree and Field

Date conferred

Leningrad State Pedagogical Institute named after A. Gerzen (now The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia), St.‑Petersburg, USSR.

09/1987-05/1990

24 graduate semester hours in education

May 1990

EXPERIENCE

Institution

Dates 

Rank

Department

Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY

09/2019-current

Full Professor

Mathematics, Science, and Technology

College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, NY 

01/2015-08/2019

Director

Discovery Institute

College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, NY 

01/2010-08/2019

Full Professor

Curriculum & Instruction

CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY04/2009-08/2019Doctoral facultyUrban Education

College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, NY 

01/2005-12/2009

Associate Professor

Education

College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, NY 

01/2006-01/2008

Director

Discovery Institute

College of Staten Island, CUNY, Staten Island, NY 

01/2005-01/2006

Associate Director

Discovery Institute

The Peddie School, Hightstown, NJ

07/1998-12/2004

Physics and Mathematics Instructor

Science and Mathematics

Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences, Hot Springs, AR

08/1993-06/1998

Department Chair

Physics

University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Little Rock, AR

10/1992-06/1993

Postdoctoral Fellow

Physics

University of Arkansas at Fayetteville, Fayetteville, AR

08/1991-10/1992

Visiting Lecturer

Physics

Leningrad Technological Institute (now St. Petersburg Technological University), St. Petersburg, Russia

02/1988-06/1991

Assistant Professor

Physics

Leningrad Technological Institute (now St. Petersburg Technological University), St. Petersburg, Russia

02/1986-02/1988

Adjunct Professor

Mathematics

Leningrad Technological Institute (now St. Petersburg Technological University), St. Petersburg, Russia

02/1986-06/1988

Junior Research Scientist

Chemical Engineering


 

Teachers College

  • Chen Chen (current) – Ed.D. in Mathematics Education
  • Reginald Dorsely (current) – Ed.D. in Mathematics Education
  • Emma LaPlace (current) – Ed.D. in Mathematics Education
  • Diana Llanos (current) – Ed.D. in Mathematics Education
  • Anne Uglum (current) – Ed.D. in Mathematics Education
  • Alyssa MacMahon (2022) – Ed.D. in Mathematics Education

Columbia University

  • Alanna Gibbons (current) – Ph.D. in Mathematics Education
  • Yiran Li (current) – Ph.D. in Mathematics Education
  • Abner Zorrilla (current) – Ph.D. in Mathematics Education

External

  • Shereen El Bedewy (2023) - Ph.D. in STEM Education, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
  • Aleksandra Kaplon-Schilis (2018) - Ph.D. in Urban Education, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY 

Funding agency

Title of Proposal

Amount

Effective dates

PI or co-PI

NSF - ITEST

Promoting learning and interest in mathematics for urban Black and Latinx children through culturally relevant daily robot coding activities

$1,319,239

04/15/2022-03/31/2026

PI

Ministry of Education of Kazakhstan

International Bolashak Scholarship: STEM Education Research and Practice program for Kazakhstan faculty - 

$159,704

01/07/2022-06/30/2023

PI

American Councils for International Education

Innovative approach to teaching mathematics to pre-service teachers - Integrating STEM into curriculum

$39,600

01/2020-09/2020

PI

NSF - Robert Noyce Scholarship

Developing Science Leaders in High Need Elementary Schools: Noyce Master Teaching Fellows Academy.

$1,306,253

2017 - 2022

PI

Eurasian Foundation

Development of elementary school technology-based geometry curriculum and field-testing of materials with pre-service teachers.

$41,000

2016

PI

NSF

Robert Noyce Teacher Academy at College of Staten Island – Phase 2

$799,000

2015 - 2020

Co-PI

NSF

Robert Noyce Teacher Academy at College of Staten Island

$839,000

2009 - 2015

Co-PI

Saltire Software

Using Geometry Expressions for teaching proofs in high school geometry

$15,000

2009

PI

Saltire Software

Developing calculus concepts with symbolic geometry

$7,500

2009

PI

Texas Instruments

Effect of Teacher’s Content Authoring on Student Achievement in Geometry Early Stage Research on Instruction with the TI-Nspire Handheld  - Phase II

$98,000

2008

PI

Texas Instruments

Development of Inquiry Based Mathematics Content by Teachers and Students with TI-Nspire for Mathematics Teaching and Learning - TI-Nspire Early Stage I Research

$5,000

2007

PI

Saltire Software

Using interactive symbolic geometry to teach algebra 2 and precalculus

$5,000

2007

PI

USDOE

GEAR UP

$3,702,000

2006 - 2013

Co-PI

NYSED

C-STEP

$881,216

2006 - 2009

Co-PI

NYSED

STEP

$1,085,312

2006 – 2009

Co-PI

Texas Instruments

Study of pre-service teachers’ attitudes in teaching and learning mathematics and science with graphing calculator technology

$3,000

1/2006

PI

Pfizer Foundation

Summer Technology Conference for Middle School Teachers

$39,600

2005 - 2006

PI

Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation

Mathematics and Technology Conference for Middle School Teachers.

$30,000

2002 - 2003

PI

The Best Practices in Education, Inc.

US-Russian geometry workshop for the NYC public school teachers training.

$20,000

2001

PI

Clay Mathematics Institute and Best Practices in Education

Development of interactive geometry materials for high schools in collaboration with Russian educators

$110,000

1999 – 2000

PI

The Best Practices in Education

US-Russian geometry curriculum project

$8,150

1999

PI

The Best Practices in Education

Development of the textbook “Physics as a Way of Thinking”.

$7,500

1998

PI

Northern Life Insurance (ING)

“Physics Days” project

$2,000

1998

PI

NSF Eisenhower Funds

Arkansas Teachers’ Workshop on Conceptual Physics  with Life Science Applications

$9,800

1997 – 1998

PI

Weyerhaeuser Corporation

Physics Days in High School Program for Elementary and Middle Schools

$400

1997

PI

The Best Practices in Education Project, Inc.

International Physics and Mathematics Curriculum Project between ASMS, Central High School of Little Rock and PTHS, St. Petersburg, Russia.

$2,500

1996

PI

The Best Practices in Education Project, Inc.

International Physics and Mathematics Curriculum Project between ASMS and PTHS, St. Petersburg, Russia. 

$22,000

1995 – 1996

PI

Southwestern Bell Telephone Company at Little Rock

Development of Advanced Optics Research Laboratory for high school students.

$70,000

1993 – 1994

PI

The William and Mary Greve Foundation, NY

Planning of International Curriculum Project and teacher's exchange between ASMS and PTHS.

$7,500

1993 - 1994

PI

2020 - Co-mentor of the Teachers College Zankel Fellowship Award on a project Math in Motion.

2019 - Elected as a full member (academician) of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

2018 - Elected as a member of the scientific expert committee for the Pedagogical Research Institute of the St. Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia

2017 - Outstanding paper award at Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference

2015 - Thompson TPACK award for two best papers at Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference

2011 - Inducted to New York State Mathematics Educators Hall of Fame

2011 - Thompson TPACK award for best paper at Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference

2008 - NSTA Vernier Technology Award for innovative use of technology in science teaching (college level recipient)

2005 - Intel/ISEF award to the teacher-sponsor of the ISEF finalist

2005 - US Army, US Navy, and US Air Force award for the support of young scientists

2005 - Teacher-sponsor of the NJ state Junior Stockholm Water Prize winner

2005 - Teacher-sponsor of the overall regional winner of the Mercer Science Fair, New Jersey

2002-2004 - MAA/AMC certificate of honor to the teacher of USAMO finalist

1999 - Radioshack/Tandy Prize Recipient for Teaching Excellence (2 teachers per state)

1998 - NSTA Distinguished Science Teaching Award and citation (high school level recipient)

1998 - Education’s Unsung Heroes Award for innovation in the classroom awarded by Northern Life Insurance (3 awards per state)

1998 - Tandy Technology Scholars Award – Honorable Mention

1997 - Semi-finalist for the NSTA Science Teaching Award (top 10 science teachers nationally)

1997 - Arkansas School for Mathematics and Sciences Teacher of the Year

Thompson Hall, 323C

  • Digital transformation: Past, present and future of research on educational technology. The 10th International Conference on Education and Training Technologies, Macau, China, April 2024
  • Role of AI in mathematics education. AMTNYC (Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York City) Fall Conference, New York, NY, November 2023
  • Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) in theory and practice: Applications to teacher education. East China Normal University, Asian Center for Mathematics Education, Shanghai, China, July 2023
  • Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) in theory and practice: Applications to teacher education. Shanghai Normal University, Shanghai Teacher Training Centre, and UNESCO Asia-Pacific Education Center. Shanghai, China, July 2023.
  • Historical perspectives and future directions of teaching and learning with digital technology. The 5th International Conference on Computer Science and Technologies in Education. Shaanxi Normal University, China, April 2023
  • Why do many students hate math and how can we fix it? LIMACON (Long Island Mathematics Conference), SUNY Old Westburry, NY, March 2023
  • Transforming STEM teaching to virtual environments: Lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Workshop-Cum-Conference on Mathematics Education (IWCME) 2021, Mizoram University, India and University of Guadalajara, Mexico, November 2021
  • Transforming STEM teaching to virtual environments: Lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic. Education of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics International Conference (ESTEMIC) 2021, Bandybg, Indonesia, September 2021
  • Promoting transformative changes in STEM teaching and learning in elementary schools through online collaboration. Teaching with Grace in the 21st Century online conference, Teachers College Columbia University, New York, October 2017
  • STEM Education, perspectives, and experience in US secondary schools. STEM Conference. Kursk, Russia, October 2017
  • Developing the student cultural experience in the liberal education environment – reflections on course choices in American public schools. International Conference on Intellectual Foundations of Modern Liberal Education hosted by Bard College, NY, USA and St. Petersburg State University, Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia, November 2014
  • STEM and Next Generation Science Standards. Engineering culture: from school to industry International Conference, St. Petersburg, Russia, November 2013
  • STEM and Next Generation Science Standards. School League RUSNANO, Penza, Russia, July 2013
  • STEM and Next Generation Science Standards. School League RUSNANO, Moscow, Russia, June 2013
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