Education:
   B.A. University of Toronto, Specialization in Psychology
   M.A. University of Toronto, School Psychology
   Ph.D. University of Toronto, Applied Cognitive Science

• Educational Psychology.
• Mathematics Education – Elementary and Middle Levels.
• Preservice Teacher Education.

• Health Literacy
• Mathematics Education.
• Preservice Teachers’ Beliefs.

• Learning and Instruction in Classroom Contexts.
• Teacher as a Change Agent.
• Curriculum Implementation and Evaluation.

• Joram, E. & Montecinos, C. (2008).  Personal epistemologies and the learning paradox in teacher education: A neglected dilemma.  Invited chapter to appear in Teacher education: Policy, practice, and research. Nova Science Publishers.
• Joram, E. & Oleson, V. (2007/2008). How fast do trees grow?  Using tables and graphs to explore slope. Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School, 13(5), 260-265.
• Gabriele, A. J., & Joram, E.(2007).Teachers' reflection on their reform-based teaching in mathematics: Implications for the development of teacher self-efficacy. Action in Teacher Education, 29(3), 60-74.
• Joram, E. (2007). Clashing epistemologies:  Aspiring teachers', practicing teachers', and professors' beliefs about knowledge and research in education. Teaching & Teacher Education, 23(2), 123-135. 
• Joram, E. & Garcia, F. (2006). Taking a closer look at measurement: Using teacher read alouds of nonfiction to develop students’ measurement sense.  Journal of the Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 33, 47-53.
• Henning, J. E., DeBruin-Parecki, A., Hawbaker, B. W., Nielsen, C. P., Joram, E., & Gabriele, A. J. (2005).  The Teacher Work Sample: A tool for scaffolding and assessing preservice teachers’ early field experiences.  The Teacher Educator 40(3), 188-207.
• Joram, E., Gabriele, A. J., Bertheau, M., Gelman, R., & Subrahmanyam, K. (2005). Children’s use of the reference point strategy for measurement estimation.  Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 36(1), 4-23.
• Joram, E., Oleson, V., & Sabey, K. (2005).Is it a good deal? Developing number sense in algebra by comparing housing prices.   Journal of the Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 32, 15-19.
• Joram, E. & Oleson, V. (2004).  Learningabout area by working with building plans.  Mathematics Teaching in the Middle School. 9(8), 450-456. 
• Joram, E., Hartman, C., & Trafton, P. (2004).  "As people get older they get taller": Exploring second grade students' intuitions about functional relationships. Teaching Children Mathematics, 10(7), 344-351.
• Joram, E. (2003a). Benchmarks as tools for developing measurement sense.  In D. H. Clements & G. Bright (Eds.) Learning and teaching measurement - NCTM 2003 Yearbook (pp. 57-67). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
• Joram, E. (2003b).  Benchmarks for measurement units. In D. H. Clements & G. Bright (Eds.), Classroom activities for Learning and teaching measurement - NCTM 2003 Yearbook (pp. 15-18). Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

• Joram, E. & Hartman, C. (2007). Comparing heights to explore linear measurement; Analyzing changes in height as a function of age. Web-based lessons on the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Illuminations Web-site. http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=U171
• Osborne, H. (2007). Health numeracy: How do patients handle the concept of quantity when it relates to their health? Interview with Joram on health numeracy.
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• Joram, E., Joseph, S., Yehieli, M., Roberts-Dobie, S., & Herbrandson, C. (October, 2008). Diabetes Pamphlets: What are Their Demands on Health Numeracy? Paper to be presented at the 136th Annual American Public Health Association, October 2008, San Diego, CA.
• Joram, E., Herbrandson, K., Joseph, S., Yehieli, M., & Roberts-Dobie, S. (May, 2007) The numeracy demands of written diabetes materials. Paper presented at the Institute for Health Advancement’s Sixth Annual Health Literacy Conference, Anaheim, CA.
• Roberts-Dobie, S., Joram, E., & Yehieli, M. (May, 2007) Viewing patient-provider communication through the frame of reciprocal determinism. Paper presented at the Institute for Health Advancement’s Sixth Annual Health Literacy Conference, Anaheim, CA.
• Joram, E. (April, 2007). Using concept maps to examine the relationship between epistemologies and beliefs about assessment in preservice and practicing teachers. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
• Joram, E., Gabriele, A. J., Henning, J. & Hawbaker, B. (April, 2006). Preservice teachers’ and their supervising teachers’ beliefs about assessment practices. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.

• American Educational Research Association.
• International Society of the Learning Sciences.
• Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

• Rosa Janssen & Henry and Nancy Meyer Scholarly Seed Grant (2002).
• First in the Nation in Education (FINE Foundation) Grant (2000).
• Rosa Janssen & Henry and Nancy Meyer Scholarly Seed Grant (1998).
• Small Grant - Spencer Foundation to Rochel Gelman & Elana Joram (1995).