2001 Conference Proceedings

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

Connecting Mathematics Education Research to Practice – Judith Sowder

Understanding, Assessing, and Developing Young Children’s Mathematical Thinking: Research as a Powerful Tool for Professional Growth – Doug Clarke

 

RESEARCH PAPERS

The Mathematics Enhancement Project: Combining Research and Development – Wilfredo Alangui, Jessie Autagavaia, Bill Barton, and Albert Poleki

Multiple Learning Contexts: A Vehicle for Changing Preservice Primary Teachers’ Mathematical Beliefs, Knowledge, and Practices – Sharne Aldridge & Janette Bobis

CGI Down Under – Glenda Anthony, Brenda Bicknell & Jan Savell

Year 9 Mathematics Schemes in New Zealand – Robin Averill & Megan Clark

Assessing Algebraic Expectation – Lynda Ball, Kaye Stacey & Robyn Pierce

The Gender Stereotyping of Mathematics: Cultural Dimensions – Anastasios N. Barkatsas, Helen Forgasz & Gilah Leder

Collaborative Learning and Student Change: A Case Study – Mary Barnes

The Revised VCE Mathematics 2000: The “Ripple Effect” for Junior Secondary Mathematics – Christine Brew, Steve Tobias & David Leigh-Lancaster

Using Mathematics to Communicate Understanding in a Primary Classroom – Raymond Brown

Assessing the Statistics Knowledge of Preservice Teachers – Tim Burgess

Beyond the Basics: Improving Indigenous Students’ Numeracy – Rosemary Callingham & Patrick Griffin

A Developmental Scale of Mental Computation – Rosemary Callingham & Alistair McIntosh

Students’ Attributions of Success and Failure in Mathematics: Findings in China and Australia – Zhongjun Cao & Alan Bishop

Pre-Service Primary Teachers’ Judgements About the Probability of Everyday Events – Helen Chick & Darien Hunt

Prospective Teachers’ Perspectives on Function Representations – Mohan Chinnappan & Mike Thomas

Phantom Classmates: A Case Study of Talented Mathematics Students Learning via Telematics – Leanne Clarke & Jack Bana

Implementing Mathematical Investigations with Young Children – Carmel Diezmann & James Watters & Lyn English

Primary Mathematics Practice: The Victorian Position – Brian Doig & Susie Groves & Laurance Splitter

Developing Ten Facts with Prep Grade Students: A Teaching Experiment – Shelley Dole & Kim Beswick

Students’ Statistical Reasoning in Constructing Newspaper Articles -Lyn English

Beyond Numeracy: Values in the Mathematics Classroom – Gail FitzSimons & Wee Tiong Seah & Alan Bishop & Philip Clarkson

Issues in Assessing the Impact of CAS on Mathematics Examinations – Peter Flynn & Barry McCrae

Gender, Attribution and Success in Tertiary Mathematics – Mary-Ruth Freislich & Alan Bowen-James

Integrating Technology in Mathematics Learning: What Some Students Say – Peter Galbraith & Merrilyn Goos & Peter Renshaw & Vince Geiger

Computers, Mathematics, and Undergraduates: What Is Going on? – Peter Galbraith & Mike Pemberton & Patricia Cretchley

Analysing Nursing Students’ Drug Calculation Errors – Linda Galligan

Specialised Programs for Students Who Are Low Attaining in Mathematics: Do They Help? – Ann Gervasoni

Quadratic Equation Representations and Graphic Calculators: Procedural and Conceptual Interactions – Rosheen Gray & Mike Thomas

Teachers’ Mathematical Beliefs and Practices in Teaching and Learning Thematically – Boris Handal & Janette Bobis & Lindsay Grimison

Integration and Compensation in Accurate Mental Computation – Ann Heirdsfield

Preparing Square Pegs to Fit into Round Holes: A Discussion of Preservice Teachers’ Personal Beliefs About Teaching and Learning Mathematics – Sally Hobden

Feedback Practices and the Classroom Culture – Patricia Hosking & Mal Shield

Learning Mathematics: The Voices of Aboriginal Children – Peter Howard & Bob Perry

Recognising the Difference Between Additive and Multiplicative Thinking in Young Children – Lorraine Jacob & Sue Willis

Identifying Testable Teacher Beliefs Through Teacher-Led Professional Development – Stephen Keast

Testing for Additivity in Intuitive Thinking of Area – Gillian Kidman

A Poststructuralist Analysis of Mathematical Inquiry in a Year 6 Classroom: The Rhetoric, Realisation, and Practical Implications – Mary Klein

Correcting Mathematical and Attitudinal Deficiencies in Preservice Teacher Education: The Conservative Effect of Blaming the Victim – Mary Klein

Australian Year 7 Benchmarks in Numeracy: Student Performance on Matching TIMSS Items – John Lindsey & Barry McCrae

The Influence of Visual Representations on Mathematical Problem Solving and Numeracy Performance – Tom Lowrie

Misperceptions in Mathematics and Music: An Intra- and Inter- Disciplinary Investigation Employing Applied Metacognition via Computer-Aided Learning – John Malone & Sam Leong & Martin Lamb

Numeracy Intervention: Is It Working in Primary Schools? – Bronwyn McMahon

Representing Categorical and Numerical Data – Steven Nisbet

Factors Influencing Computer Use in Mathematics Teaching in Secondary Schools – Stephen Norton & Tom Cooper

An Evaluation of the Count Me Into Measurement Program: Teachers’ Perspectives – Lynne Outhred

Changing the Teaching of Space Mathematics – Kay Owens & Cathy Reddacliff & Peter Gould & Diane McPhail

Counting On: A Systemic Program for Year 7 Students Who Have Experienced Difficulty with Mathematics – Bob Perry & Peter Howard

A Framework for Algebraic Insight – Robyn Pierce & Kaye Stacey

From Geometric Patterns to Symbolic Algebra is Too Hard for Many – Cyril Quinlan

Visions of Practice: Getting the Balance Right – Tracey Smith & Tom Lowrie

Dilemmas of Beginning Teachers of Primary Mathematics – Len Sparrow & Sandra Frid

Visible and Invisible Zeros: Sources of Confusion in Decimal Notation – Vicki Steinle & Kaye Stacey

Development of a New Research Tool: The Cognitive Demand Profile – Gloria Stillman

Understanding Mathematics Classrooms Through the Synthesis of Multiple Analyses of a Common Data Set – Harsh Suri & David Clarke

Peer Assessment in Teacher Education – Online – Merilyn Taylor & Fred Biddulph

MERGA or MEGA: The Future of Mathematics Education Research in Australasia – Jan Thomas

The “Strugglers” in Selected Computer-Based Mathematics Classrooms – Colleen Vale

Children Talk About Their Mathematics Lives – Fiona Walls

Attending to How Stories Are Told: Analysing Data in Mathematics Education Research – Margaret Walshaw

Learning to Teach: The Construction of Teacher Identity in the Context of Schools – Margaret Walshaw & Jan Savell

The Role of Cognitive Conflict in Developing Students’ Understanding of Chance Measurement – Jane Watson & Jonathan Moritz

Teaching for Abstraction: Angle as a Case in Point – Paul White & Michael Mitchelmore

“‘Cause Pepe and I Have the Same Level of Intelligence in Mathematics”: Collaborative Concept Creation – Gaye Williams

The Arithmetical Strategies of Four 3rd Graders – Robert (Bob) Wright

Is Streaming an Equitable Practice? Students’ Experiences of Streaming in the Middle Years of Schooling – Robyn Zevenbergen

Communicative Competence in School Mathematics: On Being Able to Do School Mathematics – Robyn Zevenbergen & Steve Lerman

Semantic Characteristics That Make Arithmetic Word Problems Difficult – Ban-Har Yeap & Berinderjeet Kaur