Dennis Lee Jarvis B. Ybañez

Assistant Professor
Faculty of Education

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy in Mathematics Education, Ateneo de Manila University, 2021
  • Master of Science in Mathematics Education,
    Ateneo de Manila University, 2017
  • Bachelor of Secondary Education
    Major in Mathematics,
    Polytechnic University of the Philippines, 2014 (magna cum laude)

Research Interests

  • Visualization
  • Design Science
  • Cognitive Science
  • Error Analysis
  • Financial Literacy and Numeracy
  • Teaching and Learning Probability

Public Profile

Networks

  • Chair, Aug 2024 up to present
    Conference Committee
    Mathematics Classroom Teaching Research for All Students (M-CTRAS)
  • Member, Aug 2023 to Jul 2024
    The International Academic Forum
  • Member, Jul 2024 up to present
    The International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
  • Member, Aug 2023 up to present
    Philippine Council of Mathematics Teacher Educators (MATHTED), Inc.
  • *Ybañez, D. L. J. B., & Hao L. C. (2024). Exploring the intersection of visualization and language through cognitive restructuring. In T. Evans, O. Marmur, J. Hunter, G. Leach, & J. Jhagroo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 47th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1). PME.
  • *Ybañez, D. L. J. B., & Vistro-Yu, C. P. (2024). An analysis of students’ perspectives on using teks in determining the sample space of an event. In T. Evans, O. Marmur, J. Hunter, G. Leach, & J. Jhagroo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 47th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1). PME.
  • *Ombid, A. M. O., Ybañez, D.L.J.B., and Vistro-Yu, C.P. (2024). University students’ perspectives on mathematics and their conceptualization of functions. In T. Evans, O. Marmur, J. Hunter, G. Leach, & J. Jhagroo (Eds.). Proceedings of the 47th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1). PME.
  • *Mangubat, H. V., Ombid, A. M. O., and Ybañez, D.L.J.B. (2024). Adaptation of the monty hall problem as an activity for high school probability. In T. Evans, O. Marmur, J. Hunter, G. Leach, & J. Jhagroo (Eds.). Proceedings of the 47th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1). PME.
  • *De Castro, J.L., & Ybañez, D. L. J. B. (2024). ChatGPT as a tutoring tool for nonparametric statistics: A comprehensive analysis. In T. Evans, O. Marmur, J. Hunter, G. Leach, & J. Jhagroo (Eds.), Proceedings of the 47th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 1). PME.
  • *Ortega, A. M., Rural, J., Palillo, D., Malazzab, L. M., Basina, J. I. S., Obrador, J. A., & Ybañez, D. L. J. B. (2024). The use of eduplatapps in teaching probability and its implication to student interactivity. American Institute of Physics (AIP) Conference Proceedings, 3016(1): 040005. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0192787
  • Bagarinao, R. T., Maranan, D. S. S., Serrano, J. V., Gutierez, S. B., Ybañez, D. L. J. B., Rodriquez, Depante, L. C., Rosario, L. M. D., Alip, A. S. Q. (2024). Sustainability office: An important element of the university of the future’s organizational structure. In: Lumante, M. F., Garcia, P. G., Bagarinao, R. T. (Eds.), University of the future: Perspectives, Transformations, and Sustainability. University of the Philippines Open University, Philippines.
  • Deterala, S., De Castro, J., Gutierez, S., Madrona, M.P., Tayzon, C., Ybañez, D.L.J. B. (2024). “At the Edge” of the Metaverse in Teaching and Learning: An Interdisciplinary Conversation. In: Liu, D., Huang, R., Metwally, A.H.S., Tlili, A., Fan Lin, E. (Eds.), Application of the Metaverse in Education. Smart Computing and Intelligence. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-1298-4_2
  • Hao, L. C., Aguilos, G. M., Bermejo, J. L. A., de Jesus, V. P. L., Garcia, M. L. B., Madriñan, J. S. V., Vera, G. G., Ybañez, D. L. J. B., & Vistro-Yu, C. P. (2023). A Phenomenological Analysis of Mathematics Teachers’Experiences of Transitioning to Fully Online Teaching: A Case of Three Filipino Teachers. Intersection, 16(1), 26-43. https://bitly.ws/35Vpj
  • Ybañez, D. L. J. B., & Vistro-Yu , C. P. (2023). Subjective visual imageries in probability: A study on students’ perspectives. The Mathematician Educator, 4 (3), 192-200.
  • Ybañez, D. L. J. B., & Vistro-Yu, C. P. (2022). The role of visualization towards students’ mathematicalabstraction and representation in Solving Probabilities. Intersection, 15(1), 16-19.
  • Ybañez, D. L. J. B., & Vistro-Yu, C. P. (2022). Comparative Analysis Between Two Visualization Objectsin Determining the Sample Space of an Event: Coins and Teks. In F. C., Llinares, S., Gutiérrez, A., &Planas, N. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 45th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 4, p. 321). Alicante, Spain: PME.
  • Ybañez, D. L. J. B., & Vistro-Yu, C. P. (2020). Mathematical abstraction through visualization: Design learningmaterials for visual thinking in probability. In A. Savard & R. Pearce (Eds.), MACAS in the Digital Era:Proceedings of the 2019 MACAS Symposium (pp. 142-151). Montreal, Quebec: McGill Faculty of Education.

Note: Publications with asterisks are recipients of the UP System’s International Publication Award (IPA).

  • MATH 10 – Mathematics, Culture and Society
  • EDUC 103 – Principles and Processes in Curriculum Development
  • EDMT 201 – Mathematics Education
  • EDMT 202 – Computation Mathematics for Teachers
  • EDMT 208 – Mathematics, Technology and Society
  • EDSC 311 – Seminar on Curriculum Design and Infrastructure for Science Education
  • MATH 231 – Foundations of Mathematics
  • MATH 299C – Graduate Seminar (Probability) 

Ongoing

  1. Sularte, Jaymar M. “The Plethora of Artificial Intelligence in Educational Landscape: The Educators’ Perspectives.” (3rd trimester 2023-2024)
  2. Robles, Ralph Ian M. “Untangling Mathematics Anxiety: Exploring How Teacher Positioning Informs Strategies for Reducing Anxiety in Understanding Abstract Mathematical Concepts in Blended Learning Classrooms” (1st trimester 2023-2024)
  3. Balantes, Christian Mark B. “Development and Validation of the Web-based Portals: Philippines Open Resources for Teaching and Learning Statistics.” (2nd semester 2023-2024)