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)
STEM education, mathematics education, science education, teacher education, educational technology
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. & *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.
Lyublinskaya, I.& *Sheehan, S. (2018) Effect of collaboration between Makerspace, university and elementary school on student STEM attitudes: Bringing Maker movement to elementary school. In M. Epshteym (Ed.) Business Community Engagement for Educational Initiatives. (pp. 78-98) 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:
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/
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, 14 book chapters, and has published substantially in academic journals.
Funding agency | Title of Proposal | Amount | Effective dates | PI or co-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 | 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 |
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
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