Books

• James Sandefur. Elementary Mathematical Modeling. : Brooks/Cole, 2003.
• James Sandefur et al. Principles and Standards for School Mathematics. : National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, 2000.
• James Sandefur. Discrete Dynamical Modeling. : Oxford Univeristy Press, 1993.
• James Sandefur. Discrete Dynamical Systems. : Oxford University Press, 1990.

Articles in journals

• James Sandefur, John Mason. "Circular Inclusion." The College Mathematics Journal (2013).
• James Sandefur, John Mason, Anne Watson, Gabriel Stylianidies. "Generating and Using Examples in the Proving Process." Educational Studies in Mathematics (2013).
• Birky, G., Campbell, C., Raman, M., Sandefur, J., Somers, K. . "One problem, nine student-produced proofs." College Mathematics Journal (2011).
• Rosalie Dance and James Sandefur. "Want a Workout? Burning Calories." Consortium 92 (2007).
• R. Dance & J. Sandefur. "Racing to War." Consortium (2006).
• J. Sandefur. "A Geometric Series from Tennis." College Mathematics Journal 36.3 (2005).
• R. Dance & J. Sandefur. "Wake up and Smell the Coffee." Consortium (2005).
• R. Dance & J. Sandefur. "Genetics and a Mathematically Indefensible Historical Movement." Consortium (2004).
• R. Dance & J. Sandefur. "Modeling is a Two-Way Street." Consortium (2003).
• R. Dance & J. Sandefur. "Fishing for Fun and Profit." Consortium (2002).
• R. Dance & J. Sandefur. "Fishing and the Future." Consortium (2001).
• R. Dance & J. Sandefur. "Hazards of Heavy Metal: An Investigation using Exponential Functions." Consortium (2000).
• R. Dance & J. Sandefur. "A Study of the Genetics of Sickle Cell Anemia." Consortium (1999).
• R. Dance & J. Sandefur. "Alcohol and Your Body." Consortium (1998).
• R. Dance & J. Sandefur. "Approaching the Speed of Light with Class." Mathematics Teacher 90.4 (1997): 314-21.
• J. Lightbourne, J. Goldstein, J. Sandefur. "The amount of nonuniqueness in equations with factors of Euler Poisson Darboux type." Mathematical Methods in the Applied Sciences (1997): 1449-57.
• J. Sandefur. "The Baseball Card Collector’s Query." Mathematics Magazine 69.4 (1996): 243-8.
• J. Sandefur. "Using Self Similarity to Find Length, Area, and Dimension." The American Mathematical Monthly 103.2 (1996): 107-20.
• J. Sandefur. "Using similarity to find length and area." Mathematics Teacher 87.5 (1994): 319-25.
• J. Sandefur, J. Goldstein and R. deLaubenfels,. "Regularized Semigroups, Iterated Cauchy Problems and Equipartition of Energy." Monatshefte fur Mathematik 115 (1993): 47-66.
• J. Sandefur. "Technology, Linear Equations, and Buying a Car." Mathematics Teacher 85.7 (1992): 562-7.
• J. Sandefur. "Drugs and Pollution in the Algebra Classroom." Mathematics Teacher 85.2 (1992): 139-45.
• J. Sandefur. "Discrete Dynamical Modeling." College Mathematics Journal 22 (1991).

Articles in books

• J. Sandefur. "Problem Solving: What I have learned from my students." CBMS Issues in Education. Ed. D. Arganbright. : CBMS, 2007.
• J. Sandefur. "Integrating Discrete Mathematics into the Curriculum: An Example." Discrete Mathematics in the Schools. Ed. J. Rosenstein. Providence: DIMACS/AMS, 1997.
• H. Engler, F. Neubrander, J. Sandefur. "Second Order Strongly Damped Cauchy Problems." Nonlinear Semigroups, Partial Differential Equations and Attractors. Ed. A. Dold and B. Eckmann. Washington, DC: Springer Verlag , 1985: 52-62
• J. Goldstein & J. Sandefur. "Equipartion of Energy." Nonlinear Partial Differential Equations and their Applications. Ed. H. Brezis & J. Lions. Boston: Pitman , 1982: 209-19
• J. Goldstein & J. Sandefur. "Equipartition of Energy for Symmetric Hyperbolic Systems." Constructive Approaches to Mathematical Models . Ed. C. Coffman & G.J Fix. Pittsburgh: Academic Press, 1979: 395-412

Articles in conference proceedings

• Raman, M., Sandefur, J., Birky, G., Campbell, C., & Somers, K. . "“Is that a proof?”: Using video to teach and learn how to prove at the university level." Proof and proving in mathematics education: ICMI Study 19 conference proceedings, vol. 2 . Ed. Fou-Lai Lin, Feng-Jui Hsieh, Gila Hanna, Michael de Villiers. National Taiwan Normal University,Taipei, Taiwan: Springer, 2009.