Olive, John

Professor
Mathematics Education

Research Interests:

Children’s mathematical learning

The use of technology as a tool to enhance mathematical learning

Featured Publications:

Olive, J. & Lobato, J. (in press). The learning of rational number concepts using technology. In K. Heid and G. Blume (Eds.) Research on Technology in the Learning and Teaching of Mathematics, Greenwich, CT: Information Age Publishing, Inc.

Olive, J. & Vomvoridi, E. (2006). Making sense of instruction on fractions when a student lacks necessary fractional schemes: The case of Tim. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 25(1).

Olive, J. (2002). Bridging the gap: Interactive computer tools to build fractional schemes from children's whole-number knowledge. Teaching Children Mathematics, 8(6), 356-361.

Olive, J. & Steffe, L. P. (2002). The construction of an iterative fractional scheme: The case of Joe. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 20, 413-437.

Steffe, L. P. & Olive, J. (2002). A Constructivist Approach to the Design and Use of Software for Early Mathematics Learning. Special issue of the Journal of Educational Computing Research on Microworlds in Mathematics Education, 55-76.

Olive, J. (2001). Children’s number sequences: An explanation of Steffe’s constructs and an extrapolation to rational numbers of arithmetic. The Mathematics Educator, 11(1), 4-9.

Olive, J. (2000). Computer tools for interactive mathematical activity in the elementary school. The International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning, 5: 241-262.

Olive, J. (1999). From fractions to rational numbers of arithmetic: A reorganization hypothesis. Mathematical Thinking and Learning, 1(4), 279-314.

Steffe, L. P. & Olive, J. (1996). Symbolizing as a constructive activity in a computer microworld. Journal of Educational Computing Research, 14, 2, 113-138.

Education:

The University of Manchester, England, Mathematics, B.Sc. (with honors), 1967.

Leicester University, Primary Education, Post Graduate Certificate in Education, 1968.

Emory University, Atlanta, Mathematics Education, Ph.D., 1985.