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Rob Ely, Ph.D.

College of Science
Mathematics
Assistant Professor

With UI Since
2007
Office: Brink 314
Phone: 208-885-6740
Email: ely@uidaho.edu
Mailing Address:
PO Box 441103

Moscow, ID 83843

  • Ph.D., Curriculum & Instruction, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2007
  • Master's, Mathematics, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2004

Selected Publications

  • Ely, R. & Adams, A. (in review). Unknown, placeholder, or variable: What is x? Mathematics Education Research Journal.
  • Ely, R. (in review). Loss of dimension as a mental image in calculus. MathAMATYC Educator.
  • Ely, R. (in review). Conception clusters among the foundational concepts of calculus.  Journal of Mathematical Behavior.
  • Ely, R. (2011). Envisioning the infinite by projecting finite properties. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 30(1), 1-18.
  • Ellis, A. & Ely, R. (to appear April 2011). The Case of the Mystery Table. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School.
  • Ely, R. (2010). Nonstandard student conceptions about infinitesimal and infinite numbers.  Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, 41(2): 117–146.
  • Ely, R. & Cohen, J. S. (2010). Using student work: The double-spin game.  Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 16(4): 208-215.
  • Ely, R. & Boester, T. (2010). Point/Counterpoint: Should we teach calculus using infinitesimals? Online Proceedings for the 13th SIGMAA on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education Conference. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina State University.
  • Ely, R. (2007). Nonstandard models of arithmetic found in student conceptions of infinite processes.  In Lamberg, T., & Weist, L. R. (Eds.) Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Stateline (Lake Tahoe), NV: University of Nevada, Reno.