Invited Book Chapters
Karakok, G., Tang, G., Cilli-Turner, E., El Turkey, H., Savic, M., & Satyam, V. R. (submitted). “Creativity is Contagious” and “Collective”: Progressions of Undergraduate Students’ Perspectives on Mathematical Creativity. In S. Chamberlin, P. Liljedahl & M. Savic (Eds.), Mathematical Creativity: A Developmental Perspective (pp. —). New York, NY: Springer.
Savic, M., Satyam, V. R., El Turkey, H., & Tang, G. (submitted). Mathematical Creativity at the Tertiary Level: A Systematic Review of the Literature. In S. Chamberlin, P. Liljedahl & M. Savic (Eds.), Mathematical Creativity: A Developmental Perspective (pp. —). New York, NY: Springer.
Savic, M., Karakok, G., Tang, G., El Turkey, H., & Naccarato, E. (2017). Formative assessment of creativity in undergraduate mathematics: Using a Creativity-in-Progress Rubric (CPR) on proving. In R. Leikin & B. Sriraman (Eds.), Creativity and Giftedness: Interdisciplinary perspectives from mathematics and beyond, New York, NY: Springer.
Peer-Reviewed Papers
Satyam, V.R., Savic, M., Tang, G., El Turkey, H., & Karakok, G. (2022). Teacher Actions to Foster Creativity in Calculus. In S. Karunakaran, Z. Reed, & A. Higgins (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 536-544). Boston, MA.
Tang, G., Savic, M., Satyam, V.R., El Turkey, H., & Karakok, G. (2022). “The reason why I didn’t like [math] before is because I never felt creative”: Affective Outcomes from Teaching Actions to Foster Mathematical Creativity in Calculus 1. In S. Karunakaran, Z. Reed, & A. Higgins (Eds.), Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 630-638). Boston, MA.
Satyam, V. R., Savic, M., Cilli-Turner, E., El Turkey, H., & Karakok, G. (2021). Exploring the Role of Students’ Views of Creativity on Feeling Creative. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology (IJMEST). Available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2021.1961032.
Regier, P., Savic, M., & El Turkey, H. (2021). A Quantitative Analysis of Six Aspects of Student Identity and Creativity-Fostering Instruction. In M. Vollstedt (Ed.), Proceedings of the ICME-14 Topic Study Group 18 Students’ identity, motivation, and attitude towards mathematics and its study (pp. 72-75).
Karakok, G., El Turkey, H., Savic, M., Tang, G., Cilli-Turner, E., & Regier, P. (2020). Creativity-in-Progress Rubric on Problem Solving at the Post-Secondary Level. In A.I. Sacristán, J.C. Cortés-Zavala & P.M. Ruiz-Arias, (Eds.), Mathematics Education Across Cultures: Proceedings of the 42nd Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Mexico (pp. 986-990). Cinvestav / AMIUTEM / PME-NA. https:/doi.org/10.51272/pmena.42.2020.
Cilli-Turner, E., Savic, M., Tang, G., El Turkey, H., & Karakok, G. (2020). Sources of Evolution of University Students’ Views on Mathematical Creativity. In A.I. Sacristán, J.C. Cortés-Zavala & P.M. Ruiz-Arias, (Eds.), Mathematics Education Across Cultures: Proceedings of the 42nd Meeting of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Mexico (pp. 1069-1073). Cinvestav / AMIUTEM / PME-NA. https:/doi.org/10.51272/pmena.42.2020.
Tang, G., Savic, M., El Turkey, H., Cilli-Turner, E., Karakok, G., & Regier, P. (2020). Shifting Pedagogical Beliefs into Action Through Teaching for Mathematical Creativity. In S. Karunakaran, Z. Reed, & A. Higgins (Eds.), Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 959-965). Boston, MA.
El Turkey, H., Karakok, G., Tang, G., Regier, P., Savic, M., & Cilli-Turner, E. (2020). Tasks to Foster Mathematical Creativity in Calculus I. In S. Karunakaran, Z. Reed, & A. Higgins (Eds.), Proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 588-597). Boston, MA.
Cilli-Turner, E., Savic, M., Karakok, G., El Turkey, H., & Tang, G. (2019). Tertiary Students’ Ever-Changing Views on Mathematical Creativity. In J. Pettigrew, L. Rylands, D. Shearman, & A. Yeung (Eds.), Reflections of Change Proceedings (pp. 11-18). Freemantle, Australia, 2019.
Cilli-Turner, E., Savic, M., El Turkey, H., & Karakok, G. (2019). An Initial Investigation Into Teaching Actions That Specifically Foster Mathematical Creativity. In M. Nolte (Ed.), Proceedings of the 11th Biannual Conference on Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness (pp. 130-135). Hamburg, Germany.
Omar, M., Karakok, G., Savic, M., El Turkey, H. & Tang, G. (2019). “I Felt Like a Mathematician”: Homework Problems to Promote Creative Effort and Metacognition. Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies (PRIMUS), 29(1), 82-102. Available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/10511970.2018.1475435
El Turkey, H., Tang, G., Savic, M., Karakok, G., & Cilli-Turner, E. (2018). The Creativity-in-Progress Rubric (CPR) on proving: Two teaching implementations and students' reported usage. Problems, Resources, and Issues in Mathematics Undergraduate Studies (PRIMUS) 28(1), 57-79. Available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10511970.2017.1346735
Tang, G., El Turkey, H., Cilli-Turner, E., Savic, M., Karakok, G., & Plaxco, D. (2017). Inquiry as an entry point to equity in the classroom. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 48 (Sup1), S4-S15. Available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/0020739X.2017.1352045.
Savic, M., El Turkey, H., Tang, G., Karakok, G., Cilli-Turner, E., Plaxco, D. & Omar M. (2017). Pedagogical practices for fostering mathematical creativity in proof-based courses: Three case studies. In A. Weinberg, C. Rasmussen, J. Rabin, M. Wawro, & S. Brown (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 1418-1424). San Diego, CA, 2017.
Tang, G., El Turkey, H., Cilli-Turner, E., Savic, M. Plaxco, M., & Karakok, G. (2017). Inquiry as an access point to equity in the classroom. In A. Weinberg, C. Rasmussen, J. Rabin, M. Wawro, & S. Brown (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 1098-1106). San Diego, CA, 2017.
Savic, M., Plaxco, D., Wenger, M., Cilli-Turner, E., Tang, G., El Turkey, H., & Karakok, G. (2017) C x N: Investigating the creative proving process using neuroscience methods. In A. Weinberg, C. Rasmussen, J. Rabin, M. Wawro, & S. Brown (Eds.), Proceedings of the 20th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 879-885). San Diego, CA, 2017.
Savic, M., El Turkey, H., Tang, G., Karakok, G., Cilli-Turner, E., Plaxco, D. & Omar, M. (2017). Pedagogical Practices for Fostering Mathematical Creativity in Tertiary-Level Proof-Based Courses. In D. Pitta-Pantazi (Ed.), Proceedings of the 10th Biannual Conference on Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness (pp. 130-135). Nicosia, Cyprus. Available online at http://www.cyprusconferences.org/mcg10/files/Proceedings_MCG10_FinalPublication.pdf.
Karakok, G., Savic, M., Tang, G. & El Turkey, H. (2015). Mathematicians' views on undergraduate student creativity. In K. Krainer and N. Vondrová (Eds.), CERME 9-Ninth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (pp. 1003-1009). Prague, Czech Republic. Available online at http://www.mathematik.uni-dortmund.de/ieem/erme_temp/CERME9.pdf.
Tang, G., El Turkey, H., Savic, M., & Karakok, G. (2015). Exploration of undergraduate students' and mathematicians' perspectives on creativity. In T. Fukawa-Connelly, N. Infante, K. Keene, & M. Zandieh (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 993-1000). Pittsburgh, PA. Available online at http://sigmaa.maa.org/rume/RUME18v2.pdf.
Savic, M., Karakok, G., Tang, G., & El Turkey, H., (2015). Developing a Creativity-in-Progress Rubric on proving. In T. Fukawa-Connelly, N. Infante, K. Keene, & M. Zandieh (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th Annual Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (pp. 939-945). Pittsburgh, PA. Available online at http://sigmaa.maa.org/rume/RUME18v2.pdf.
Savic, M., Karakok, G., Tang, G., Stubblefield, M., & Turkey, H. (2014). How can we assess undergraduate students' creativity in proof and proving? In G. Howell, L. Sheffield, & R. Leikin (Eds.), Proceedings of the 8th Conference of MCG-International Group for Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness (pp. 107-112). Denver, CO. Available online at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1W-oFlzfvpobU5Ma0g5RjZPRWc/view.
Other Publications
Karakok, G., Savic, M., Tang, G., El Turkey, H., Plaxco, D & Naccarato, E. (2016). A rubric for creativity in writing proofs. Mathematical Association of America Focus Magazine, 36(1). pp. 42-43.
Presentations
MCG 2019 (Hamburg, Germany). An Initial Investigation Into Teaching Actions That Specifically Foster Mathematical Creativity. August 23, 2019.
AMNS 2019 (Pokhara, Nepal). A University Instructor's Pedagogical Shifts as a Result of Focusing on Mathematical Creativity. June 27, 2019.
Joint Mathematics Meetings (Baltimore, MD). A Framework for Fostering Mathematical Creativity in the Undergraduate Classroom. January 18, 2019.
Cal Poly Pomona Colloquium (Pomona, CA). Reshaping Mathematical Identity by Valuing Creativity in Calculus. December 6, 2018.
USTA Mathematics Colloquium (San Antonio, TX). Fostering Mathematical Creativity in a Classroom and its Effects. November 16, 2018.
IBL&T Conference 2018 (Austin, TX). ZEPs: Zero-Expectation Problems in IBL. May 31, 2018.
University of Connecticut Mathematics Teaching Seminar (Storrs, CT). Exploring Intersections of Inquiry, Equity, and Creativity. April 13, 2018.
Joint Mathematics Meetings (Northridge, CA). Exploring the Intersection of Fostering Mathematical Creativity and Inquiry Teaching. January 12, 2018.
11th Southern Hemisphere Conference on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics (Gramado, Brazil). Inquiry as an Access Point to Equity in the Classroom. November 26-December 1, 2017.
MAA Southern California/Nevada Sectional Conference (Northridge, CA). Mathematics in Pain. April 29, 2017.
10th International Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness Conference (Nicosia, Cyprus). Pedagogical Practices that Foster Mathematical Creativity at Tertiary-Level Proof-Based Courses. April 26, 2017.
Breaking the Boundaries in STEM Education (Los Angeles, CA). Research in the Classroom: Leveling the Playing Field. April 7, 2017.
University of San Francisco Department of Mathematics and Statistics Colloquia (San Francisco, CA). CPR on Proving: Explicitly Valuing Mathematical Creativity. April 5, 2017.
University of South Florida (Tampa, FL). CPR on Proving: Explicitly Valuing Mathematical Creativity. April 5, 2017.
MAA Texas Sectional Conference (Commerce, TX). What is Mathematical Creativity in Proving and How Can it be Fostered? March 30-April 1, 2017.
Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (San Diego, CA). Pedagogical Practices for Fostering Mathematical Creativity in Proof-Based Courses: Three Case Studies. February 23-25, 2017.
Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (San Diego, CA). Inquiry as an Access Point to Equity. February 23-25, 2017.
Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (San Diego, CA). CxN: Investigating the Creative Proving Process Using Neuroscience Methods. February 23-25, 2017.
Joint Mathematics Meeting (Atlanta, GA). Inquiry as an Access Point to Equity. January 4-7, 2017.
13th International Congress on Mathematical Education (Hamburg, Germany). Creativity-in-Progress Rubric on Proving: Enhancing Student Creativity. July 26, 2016.
University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT). April 19, 2016.
University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX). Explicitly Valuing Mathematical Creativity in Proof-Based Courses. March 7, 2016.
Washington State University Colloquium (Pullman, WA). Explicitly Valuing Mathematical Creativity in Proof-Based Courses. February 9, 2016.
Arizona State University Colloquium Talk (Tempe, AZ). Explicitly Valuing Mathematical Creativity in Proof-Based Courses. January 14, 2016.
Joint Mathematics Meeting (Seattle, WA). Discussing Mathematical Creativity at the Undergradute Level. January 6-9, 2016.
Claremont Colleges Mathematics Colloquia (Claremont, CA). Bringing Mathematical Creativity to the Forefront. November 24, 2015.
MCG 2019 (Hamburg, Germany). An Initial Investigation Into Teaching Actions That Specifically Foster Mathematical Creativity. August 23, 2019.
AMNS 2019 (Pokhara, Nepal). A University Instructor's Pedagogical Shifts as a Result of Focusing on Mathematical Creativity. June 27, 2019.
Joint Mathematics Meetings (Baltimore, MD). A Framework for Fostering Mathematical Creativity in the Undergraduate Classroom. January 18, 2019.
Cal Poly Pomona Colloquium (Pomona, CA). Reshaping Mathematical Identity by Valuing Creativity in Calculus. December 6, 2018.
USTA Mathematics Colloquium (San Antonio, TX). Fostering Mathematical Creativity in a Classroom and its Effects. November 16, 2018.
IBL&T Conference 2018 (Austin, TX). ZEPs: Zero-Expectation Problems in IBL. May 31, 2018.
University of Connecticut Mathematics Teaching Seminar (Storrs, CT). Exploring Intersections of Inquiry, Equity, and Creativity. April 13, 2018.
Joint Mathematics Meetings (Northridge, CA). Exploring the Intersection of Fostering Mathematical Creativity and Inquiry Teaching. January 12, 2018.
11th Southern Hemisphere Conference on the Teaching and Learning of Undergraduate Mathematics and Statistics (Gramado, Brazil). Inquiry as an Access Point to Equity in the Classroom. November 26-December 1, 2017.
MAA Southern California/Nevada Sectional Conference (Northridge, CA). Mathematics in Pain. April 29, 2017.
10th International Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness Conference (Nicosia, Cyprus). Pedagogical Practices that Foster Mathematical Creativity at Tertiary-Level Proof-Based Courses. April 26, 2017.
Breaking the Boundaries in STEM Education (Los Angeles, CA). Research in the Classroom: Leveling the Playing Field. April 7, 2017.
University of San Francisco Department of Mathematics and Statistics Colloquia (San Francisco, CA). CPR on Proving: Explicitly Valuing Mathematical Creativity. April 5, 2017.
University of South Florida (Tampa, FL). CPR on Proving: Explicitly Valuing Mathematical Creativity. April 5, 2017.
MAA Texas Sectional Conference (Commerce, TX). What is Mathematical Creativity in Proving and How Can it be Fostered? March 30-April 1, 2017.
Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (San Diego, CA). Pedagogical Practices for Fostering Mathematical Creativity in Proof-Based Courses: Three Case Studies. February 23-25, 2017.
Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (San Diego, CA). Inquiry as an Access Point to Equity. February 23-25, 2017.
Conference on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education (San Diego, CA). CxN: Investigating the Creative Proving Process Using Neuroscience Methods. February 23-25, 2017.
Joint Mathematics Meeting (Atlanta, GA). Inquiry as an Access Point to Equity. January 4-7, 2017.
13th International Congress on Mathematical Education (Hamburg, Germany). Creativity-in-Progress Rubric on Proving: Enhancing Student Creativity. July 26, 2016.
University of Connecticut (Storrs, CT). April 19, 2016.
University of Texas at Arlington (Arlington, TX). Explicitly Valuing Mathematical Creativity in Proof-Based Courses. March 7, 2016.
Washington State University Colloquium (Pullman, WA). Explicitly Valuing Mathematical Creativity in Proof-Based Courses. February 9, 2016.
Arizona State University Colloquium Talk (Tempe, AZ). Explicitly Valuing Mathematical Creativity in Proof-Based Courses. January 14, 2016.
Joint Mathematics Meeting (Seattle, WA). Discussing Mathematical Creativity at the Undergradute Level. January 6-9, 2016.
Claremont Colleges Mathematics Colloquia (Claremont, CA). Bringing Mathematical Creativity to the Forefront. November 24, 2015.