Full Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa (Italy)
Scientific director with Pietro Di Martino & Samuele Antonini of CARME (Center for Advanced Research on Mathematics Education)
Editor in Chief of Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education
Presidente del Corso di Laurea in Scienze della Formazione Primaria, Università di Pisa
email: anna.baccaglinifrank (at) unipi.it
ORCID: 0000-0002-8116-5370
web of science researcher ID: Q-4353-2019
Current Research Domains
technology-enhanced learning (with particular focus on conjecture generation in dynamic geometry environments)
design based research for the development of inclusive mathematical activities for all grade levels
educational interventions for students manifesting persistent difficulties in mathematics learning
Awards
2023 - Premio AIRDM-UMI "Giovanni Prodi" per la ricerca in didattica della matematica
2024 - Premio «Maria Montessori e Alfredo Margreth» per l’innovazione didattica nelle scuole dell'infanzia ed elementari
Peer-Reviewed Publications
(recent, since 2023)
Poli, F., Baccaglini-Frank, A. & Geraniou, E. (under review). Teaching challenges in fostering students' discursive shifts to explorative participation in mathematics through remedial interventions: the case of linear equations. Paper submitted for ICTMT17.
Poli, C., Lisarelli, G., & Baccaglini-Frank, A. (2025). Mapping routines for analyzing tutor-students interactions. In C. Cornejo, P. Felmer, D. M. Gómez, P. Dartnell, P. Araya, A. Peri, & V. Randolph (Eds.), Proceedings of the 48th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education: Research Reports, Vol. 2 (pp. 187–194). PME
Baccaglini-Frank, A., Sinclair, N., Macchioni, E., Bonadiman, C., & Poli, C. (in press). Re-enacting a digital environment tutoring episode: New insights. Proceedings of CERME 14.
Macchioni, E., & Baccaglini-Frank, A. (2025). Macchioni, E., Baccaglini-Frank, A. When the whole is greater than the sum of its parts: towards a characterization of students’ mathematics discourse participation profiles. Educational Studies in Mathematics. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-025-10410-3
Lisarelli, G., Nannini, B., Baccaglini-Frank, A., & Antonini, S. (2025). Superare le difficoltà in matematica. La Ricerca, 28, 67-73. Loescher.
Baccaglini-Frank, A., Carotenuto, G., Funghi, S., Lisarelli, G., & Miragliotta, E. (2024). Digital artifacts in Mathematics Education: How can we study the learning processes they promote? Bollettino dell'Unione Matematica Italiana. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40574-024-00439-2
Karagiannakis, G., Noël, M-P., Baccaglini-Frank, A., & Termine, C. (2024). Mathematical skills classification through primary education. Discover Education, 3, 174. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s44217-024-00267-8
Weingarden, M., Lisarelli, G., & Baccaglini-Frank, A. (2024). Exploring mathematics learning opportunities afforded by a balanced scale digital activity. Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40751-024-00147-8
Baccaglini-Frank, A., Geraniou, E., Hoyles, C., & Noss, R. (2024). How learning to speak the language of a computer-based digital environment can plant seeds of algebraic generalisation: The case of a 12-year-old student and eXpresser. Education Sciences, 14(4), 409. https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/educsci14040409
Baccaglini-Frank, A., Funghi, S., & Miragliotta, E. (2024). The notion of angle and the GGBot as a tool-to-think-with...or without. In T. Lowrie, A. Gutiérrez, & F. Emprin (Eds.), Pre-Proceedings of the 26th ICMI Study Conference (Advances in Geometry Education) (pp. 319-326). ICMI. Available in the pre-proceedings here.
Finesilver, C., Baccaglini-Frank, A., Miragliotta, E., O'Brien K.C. (2024). Introduction to TWG24: Representations in mathematics teaching and learning. In P. Drijvers, C. Csapodi, H. Palmér, K. Gosztonyi, E. Herendiné-Kónya (Eds.), Proceedings of the Thirteenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME13). Thirteenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME13), (pp. 4381-4384), Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics and ERME, 2023, 978-963-7031-04-5.
Macchioni, E., Lisarelli, G., Miragliotta, E., & Baccaglini-Frank, A. (2024). Sense-making in algebraic mathematizing discourse: The profiles of Bea and Nico. In P. Drijvers, C. Csapodi, H. Palmér, K. Gosztonyi, E. Herendiné-Kónya (Eds.), Proceedings of the Thirteenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME13). Thirteenth Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME13), (pp. 4451-4458), Alfréd Rényi Institute of Mathematics and ERME, 2023, 978-963-7031-04-5.
Elia, I., Baccaglini-Frank, A., Levenson, E., Matsuo, N., Feza, N., & Lisarelli, G. (2023). Early childhood mathematics education research: Overview of latest developments and looking ahead. Annales de didactique et de sciences cognitives, 28, 75–129. https://journals.openedition.org/adsc/3113#text
Palatnik, A., Abrahamson, D., Baccaglini-Frank, A., Ng, O.L., Shvarts, A., & Swidan, O. (2023). Theory and practice of designing embodied mathematics learning. In M. Ayalon, B. Koichu, R. Leikin, L. Rubel., & M. Tabach (Eds.). (2023). Proceedings of the 46th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, (Vol. 1, pp. 159-189). University of Haifa.
Funghi, S., Baccaglini-Frank, A., & Antonini, S. (2023). Gioele’s attempt to incorporate the “solve it” ritual in his meaningful discourse on equations. In M. Ayalon, B. Koichu, R. Leikin, L. Rubel., & M. Tabach (Eds.). (2023). Proceedings of the 46th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, (Vol. 2, pp. 339-346). University of Haifa.
Baccaglini-Frank, A., Finesilver, C., Geraniou, E., & Mavrikis, M. (2023). Introduction to the Special Issue “Supporting Transitions Within, Across and Beyond Digital Experiences for the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics”. Digital Experiences in Mathematics Education. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40751-023-00125-6
De Felice, M., Germelli, L, Piccarducci, R., Da Pozzo, E., Baccaglini-Frank, A., & Martini, C. (2023). Intermittent hypoxia treatments cause cellular priming in human microglia. Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1111/JCMM.17682
Baccaglini-Frank, A., Funghi, S., Maracci, M., & Ramploud, A. (2023). Learning about multiplication by comparing algorithms: “One times one, but actually they are ten times ten”. The Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 70, 101024. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmathb.2022.101024
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Books, Book Chapters and Book Reviews
(recent, since 2023)
Baccaglini-Frank, A. (accepted). Number sense, fingers and multi-touch apps in preschool. In T. Meaney, C. Benz, M. Fiorentino, A. Montone, & B. Di Paola (Eds.), POEM 6 book (working title). Springer.
Baccaglini-Frank, A., Funghi, S., Munarini, R., e Ramploud, A. (2025). Matematica...PerContare. Terza classe della scuola primaria. Carocci.
Baccaglini-Frank, A., Funghi, S., Munarini, R., e Ramploud, A. (2024). Matematica...PerContare. Seconda classe della scuola primaria. Carocci.
Baccaglini-Frank, A., Funghi, S., Munarini, R., e Ramploud, A. (2024). Matematica...PerContare. Prima classe della scuola primaria. Carocci.
Baccaglini-Frank, A., Lisarelli, G., & Antonini, S. (2024). Exploiting the potential of dynamic asymmetry in dragging to foster students' understanding of functions and their Cartesian graphs. In B. Pepin, G. Gueudet and J. Choppin, Handbook of Digital Resources in Mathematics Education, (pp. 381-408). Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95060-6_14-1
Leung, A., Baccaglini-Frank, A., Mariotti, M.A., & Miragliotta, E. (2024). Enhancing geometric skills with digital technology: the case of dynamic geometry. In B. Pepin, G. Gueudet and J. Choppin, Handbook of Digital Resources in Mathematics Education (pp. 409-438). Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95060-6_15-1
Leung, A., Baccaglini-Frank, A., Bokhove, C., Nagari-Haddif, G., & Yerushalmy, M. (2024). Digital curriculum resources in digital mathematics curriculum: design features and implementation. In B. Pepin, G. Gueudet and J. Choppin, Handbook of digital (curriculum) resources in mathematics education (pp. 1143-1174). Springer International Handbooks of Education. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95060-6_58-1
Baccaglini-Frank, A., & Lisarelli, G. (2023). Book review: The Mathematics Teacher in the Digital Era - second edition. Research in Mathematics Education. http://doi.org/10.1080/14794802.2023.2243250
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Selected Presentations
(recent, since 2023)
(2025). Baccaglini-Frank, A. "Remedial interventions in mathematics for high school students: navigating two theories optimize the design of the activities". Faculty Seminar – Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion.
(2024). Baccaglini-Frank, A. "A research path through Maintaining dragging, task design with digital technology and struggling students". Invited lecture at 15th International Congress on Mathematical Education, 7-14 July, 2024, Sydney, Australia.
(2024). Baccaglini-Frank, A. "Number sense, fingers and multi-touch apps in preschool". Keynote at POEM conference, 20-21 May, 2024, Bari.
(2023). Baccaglini-Frank, A. "Alleati contro le difficoltà di apprendimento della matematica." Conferenze Lincee per la Scuola, 12 dicembre, 2023.
(2023). Baccaglini-Frank, A. Intervento a tavola rotonda “L’approccio culturale dell’informatica nell’innovazione della didattica nelle discipline scientifiche e umanistiche”. Accademia dei Lincei, 19 ottobre, 2023.
(2023). Baccaglini-Frank, A. Conferenza su invito: "Artefatti digitali in mathematics education". XXII Convegno UMI, 4-9 settembre, Pisa.
(2023). Baccaglini-Frank, A. Conferenza plenaria: "Dalle difficoltà al successo in matematica". I Convegno Nazionale "Ricerca in Pratica: La ricerca in didattica della matematica per la scuola". Pistoia, 19-20 maggio, 2023.
(2023). Baccaglini-Frank, A. Intervento a tavola rotonda “Digitale e nuove metodologie per il miglioramento dell’educazione matematica” . Accademia dei Lincei, 23 marzo, 2023.
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