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Marcinek, Tibor

Professor

FACULTY

More about Tibor Marcinek

  • Marcinek, T., Jakobsen, A., Partová, E. (2023). Using MKT measures for cross-national comparisons of teacher knowledge: case of Slovakia and Norway. Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 26(3), 303-333. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10857-021-09530-3
  • Lapp, D. A., Marcinek, T., Lapp, S. E. (2023). Active Learning and the Pythagorean Theorem Through Dynamic Geometry and Robotic Optimization: The Case of Kaitlyn. Technology Integration and Transformation in STEM Classrooms (pp. pp. 75-103). Hershey, PA: IGI Global.
  • Žilková, K., Marcinek, T. (2021). Characteristics, focus, objectives and components of the subject area of mathematics.. Bases for Changes in Educational Areas: Characteristics and Objectives of Educational Areas in Primary Education (pp. 39-49). Bratislava: National Institute for Education in Slovak Republic. https://vzdelavanie21.sk/zmeny-v-obsahu-a-forme-vzdelavania/elementor-688/
  • Partová, E., Marcinek, T. (2020). Metódy vyučovania matematiky v primárnom vzdelávaní 1 (Teaching and learning mathematical concepts in primary education 1). (pp. 200). Ružomberok: Verbum.
  • Marcinek, T.: Geometric Constructions as Interactive Java Applets with Automated Feedback. Presentation at Joint Mathematics Meetings, San Francisco, California, 2010.
  • Marcinek, T.: (2009): So You Think You Can Find the Midpoint In: Mathematics from the Perspective of Primary Education, University of Banská Bystrica, Slovakia.
  • Marcinek, T.: Personal Experience as a Reference Point for Interpretations of International Comparisons: Fragments from Qualitative Research. Presentations at the 10th International Congress on Mathematical Education, Copenhagen, Denmark 2004.
  • Marcinek, T.: On Initiatives with Impact on Education of Mathematics Teachers in the Slovak Republic. Presentation referenced in: Proceedings of the 9th International Congress on Mathematical Education. Kluwer Academic Publishers Tokyo, Japan, 2004.

Awards: 

  • Distinguished Teaching Award, Mathematical Association of America, Michigan Section (March 31, 2023)
  •  Central Michigan University, College of Science and Engineering Outstanding Teaching Award (August 2021)
  • Ph.D., Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, 2002
  • M.Sc., Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia, 1995
  • Mathematical and technological knowledge for teaching K-8 mathematics and related cross-national issues
  • Open-source dynamic geometry systems in K-8 education
  • National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
  • The Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
  • Slovak Mathematical Society (SMS)
  • Union of Slovak Mathematicians and Physicists (ISMF)

Courses Taught

  • Mathematics for elementary teachers
  • Geometry for K-8 teachers
  • Mathematical structures for K-8 teachers
  • History of elementary mathematics for K-8 teachers