1. Ball, D. L. (1990). The mathematical understandings that prospective teachers bring to teacher education. The Elementary School Journal, 90, 449–466. doi: 10.1086/461626 .
2. Ball, D. L. (1992). Teaching mathematics for understanding: What do teachers need to know about subject matter? In M. Kennedy (Ed.), Teaching academic subjects to diverse learners (pp. 63–83). New York: Teachers College Press.
3. Ball, D. L. (1993). Halves, pieces, and twoths: Constructing and using representational contexts in teaching fractions. In T. Carpenter, E. Fennema & T. Romberg (Eds.), Rational numbers: An integration of research (pp. 157–195). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
4. Ball, D. L. (2007). What kind of mathematical work is teaching and how does it shape a core challenge for teacher education. Paper presented at the Judith E. Jacobs lecture given at the annual meeting of the Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators, Irvine, CA, 24 January 2007.
5. Ball, D. L., & Bass, H. (2000). Interweaving content and pedagogy in teaching and learning to teach: Knowing and using mathematics. In J. Boaler (Ed.), Multiple perspectives on mathematics teaching and learning (pp. 83–104). Westport, CT: Ablex Publishing.