Publications & Recognition

Relevant Recent Publications and Presentations:

1. Kofman, V. (2016). Word Problem Solving: Parsed Models. In Press. 38^th Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematical Education (PME-NA 2016), Tuscon, Arizona, November 3-6.
2. Ghosh Hajra S. & Kofman, V. (2016). Teaching Pre-Service Teachers to Decontextualize Word Problems. In Press. PME-NA 2016, Tuscon, Arizona, November 3-6.
3. Ghosh Hajra S. & Kofman, V. (2016). Developing Quantitative Reasoning in Word Problems. In Press. PME-NA 2016, Tuscon, Arizona, November 3-6.
4. Kofman, V. (2016). Parameter-pointers in early algebra. In Press. International Congress of Mathematics Education (ICME -13).
5. Kofman, V., Ghosh Hajra, S., Ostrovskiy, O. (2016). Visual representations of word problems. Paper accepted for print. ICME -13.
6. Ghosh Hajra S. & Kofman, V. (2016). Need of the hour: Teaching mental math strategies to pre-service teachers. Invited speakers in TSG08. In Press. ICME-13.
7. Kofman, V. & Ghosh Hajra, S. (2016). A Snapshot of Pre-service Teachers’ Use of Visual Representation for Solving Word Problems. Joint Mathematics Meetings, Seattle, January 6-9.
8. Ghosh Hajra, S. & Kofman, V. (2016). Assessing mental math knowledge of prospective elementary pre-service teachers. Joint Mathematics Meetings, Seattle, January 6-9.
9. Kofman, V., Fedorov, A., Marchenko, R., Soifer, E. (2016). Students’ perceptions for an impact of Math and Logic enrichment program. Joint Mathematics Meetings, Seattle, January 6-9.
10. Kofman, V. (2015). From 100s in a Number to 100 Squares on a 10×10 Checker Board (Or Are There More?). MAA MathFest, Washington, D.C., August 5-8, p.127.
11. Kofman, V. (2015) Teacher Training: Helping the Students in Solving Problems, 1106-K5-543, Joint Mathematics Meeting, January 10-13, 2015, San-Antonio.
12. Kofman, V. (2015). Chunking, Auxiliary Elements, and Commutation as a Topic for Math Circle. 1106-S5-540, Joint Mathematics Meeting, January 10-13, San-Antonio.
13. Kofman, V. (2014) Using Analogous Problems,” p.57, MAA MathFest, August 6-9, Portland, Oregon.
14. Kofman, V. (2005). Math and Logic: Book 1. Hands-on Textbook for 4-7 Year Olds, (60 pages) by VKPublishing, Inc. (www.VKPublishing.com , User ID: NSF and password: NSF)
15. Kofman, V. (2009). The Self-Sustained Educational Module that develops problem solving skills. (24 pages), copyright (www.VKPublishing.com , User ID: NSF and password: NSF)
16. Kofman, V. (2009). Developing the number-line concept while teaching addition and subtraction (10 pages), copyright (www.VKPublishing.com , User ID: NSF and password: NSF)
17. Kofman, V. (2009). Math and Logic: Book 2: Hands-on Textbook for 5-8 Year Olds, (60 pages), copyright (www.VKPublishing.com , User ID: NSF and password: NSF)
18. Kofman, V. (2009) Confronting the decrease in children’s verbal comprehension. (5 pages, Russian with the abstract on English), copyright (www.VKPublishing.com , User ID: NSF and password: NSF)

Physical Chemistry and Bioinorganic Chemistry Field Scientific Publications

Davydov Roman; Kofman Viktoria; Nocek Judith M; Noble Robert W; Hui Hilda; Hoffman Brian M. Conformational substates of the oxyheme centers in alpha and beta subunits of hemoglobin as disclosed by EPR and ENDOR studies of cryoreduced protein. Biochemistry, 2004, 43 (20): 6330–8. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15147217

“Double Nuclear Coherence Transfer (DONUT) – HYSCORE – a new tool for the assignment of nuclear frequencies in pulsed EPR experiments.” D. Goldfarb, V. Kofman, J. Libman, A. Shanzer, R. Rahmatouline, S. Van Doorslaer, A. Schweiger. J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1998, 120 (28), p 7020-9. http://elibrary.ru/item.asp?id=11849037

“The role of the iron(II) center in ethylene biosynthesis.” A.Rocklin, D.L.Tierney, V. Kofman, R.Christofferson, B.M. Hoffman, J.D. Libscomb, and L.Que. Proc. Natl. Acad. Of Sciences, USA, 1999, 96 (14):7905-9. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10393920

“Two-dimensional pulsed EPR spectroscopy of the copper protein azurin.” V.Kofman, O.Farver, I.Pecht, D.Goldfarb. J. Amer. Chem. Soc. 1996, 118, 1201 – 6. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja952704s

“Coordination of Cu(II) to lipophilic bis-hydroxamate binders as studied by one and two-dimensional electron spin echo spectroscopy.” V. Kofman, J.J.Shane, S.A.Dikanov, M.K.Bowman, J.Libman, A.Shanzer and D.Goldfarb. J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 1995, 117, 12771-8. http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja00156a014