1996 Conference Proceedings

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

Good Use of Technology Changes the Nature of Classroom Mathematics – Susie Groves

Learning Research – David Clarke

The Role of Physical and Cybernetic Phenomena in Building Intimacy with Mathematical Representations – James J. Kaput

 

RESEARCH PAPERS

Some Teachers’ Beliefs and Perceptions of Problem Solving – Judy Anderson

Classroom Instructional Factors Affecting Mathematics Students’ Strategic Learning Behaviours – Glenda Anthony

Algebraic Thinking Within a Technology-Rich Learning Environment – Stephen Arnold

Future Directions for Studying the Learning and Teaching of Algebra: Lessons from the Past – Bill Atweh, Tom J Cooper, & Gillian Boulton-Lewis

The Impact of External Assessment on Teaching Practice: Constraints on Change in the Classroom – Mary Barnes, David Clarke & Max Stephens

Number Comparison Skills of Children with Moderate Intellectual Disabilities – Laaya Bashash & Lynne Outhred

Convincing Preservice Teachers about Calculators – Fred Biddulph

Collective Argumentation in the Primary Mathematics Classroom: Towards a Community of Practice – Raymond A. J. Brown & Peter D. Renshaw

Teachers’ Beliefs and Practice: The Chicken or the Egg? – Anne Buzeika

Teaching Primary Maths. What’s Important? Says Who? – Jean Carroll

Student Understandings in Differential Calculus – Michael Cavanagh

Pre-Service Teachers’ Pedagogical and Content Knowledge about Trigonometry and Geometry: An Initial Investigation – Mohan Chinnappan, Rod Nason & Michael Lawson

Expecting the Unexpected: Professional Growth through the Highlights and Challenges of a Problem-Solving Classroom – Barbara Clarke

The Concerns and Issues in Primary and Secondary Mathematics Teaching as Reflected in Questions to Mathematics Educators – Doug Clarke

Standardising the Mathematics Curriculum: Some Historical and Comparative Perspectives – M.A. (Ken) Clements & Nerida F. Ellerton

Using Data Maps to Analyse Students’ Strategy Use in Problem Solving: A Visual Technique – Carmel M. Diezmann

When There Isn’t Enough Time for an Interview: How to Analyse Open Assessment Tasks – Brian Doig & Jill Cheeseman

Searching for classroom RATs (Rich Assessment Tasks) – Shelley Dole

Collaborative Team Writing of Assessment Tasks as Professional Development – Shelley Dole, Tom J. Cooper, Robert E. Bleicher, Steven Nisbet, & Elizabeth Warren

Teaching Statistics: Teacher Knowledge and Confidence – Roger Edwards

Newman Error Analysis: A Comparative Study Involving Year 7 Students in Malaysia and Australia – Nerida F. Ellerton and M. A. (Ken) Clements

Gender Issues in Tertiary Mathematics Education – Helen J. Forgasz

Using the Internet in mathematics education research – Helen J. Forgasz, Gilah C. Leder & Julianne Lynch

Perceived Competence in the Transition to Secondary School Mathematics – Sue Fullarton

Testing to a Purpose: Assessing the Mathematical Knowledge of Entering Undergraduates – Peter Galbraith, Michael Pemberton & Christopher Haines

Evaluating Mathematical Knowledge Elements – Lupe M.T. Gates

Number Plugging or Problem Solving? Using Technology to Support Collaborative Learning – Vince Geiger & Merrilyn Goos

Where Does Student Talk Become Collaborative Mathematical Discussion? – Merrilyn Goos, Peter Galbraith and Peter Renshaw

Investigating the Teaching and Learning of Negative Number Concepts and Operations – Bob Hayes

Mathematics Educators: Shaping the Curriculum? – Jo Haynes

The ‘Ups’ and ‘Downs’ of Subtraction: Young Children’s Additive and Subtractive Mental Strategies for Solutions of Subtraction Word Problems and Algorithmic Exercises – A.M. Heirdsfield & T.J. Cooper

Moments in the Process of Coming to Know – Sue Helme, David Clarke & Cathy Kessel

“I’ve never had such a long conversation with him” Video as a Means of Gaining Access to Elementary Children’s Engagement with Mathematical Processes – Joanna Higgins

A methodology for using classroom teachers to gather information about using mathematics from the workplace – John Hogan

Change Trajectories in Teacher Professional Growth – Hilary Hollingsworth

Aboriginal Educators’ Views Concerning the Learning and Teaching of Mathematics – Peter Howard

Trigonometry: Comparing Ratio and Unit Circle Methods – Margaret Kendal and Kaye Stacey

Children’s perceptual judgement of area – Gillian Kidman and Tom J Cooper

Assessing the Major Trends and Directions of Research into Students’ Judgements of Area – Gillian Kidman and Tom J Cooper

First Year Teacher Trainees’ Understanding of Geometry – Christine Lawrie

The Relationship of the Concept of Fair to the Construction of Probabilistic Understanding – Sharyn T. Lidster, Jane M. Watson, Kevin F. Collis & Lionel Pereira-Mendoza

Using Algebra to Solve Problems: Selecting, Symbolising, and Integrating Information – Mollie MacGregor & Kaye Stacey

An Analysis of Teacher Generated Whole Number Word Problems – Kevin J. Maguire

“Mathematics” and “Maths” – The Same Meaning? Investigating One Young Child’s Beliefs – Andrea McDonough

Young Students’ Interpretations of Physical Angle Situations – Michael Mitchelmore & Paul White

Odds: Chance Measurement in Three Contexts – Jonathan B. Moritz, Jane M. Watson & Kevin F. Collis

Natural communication in mathematics classrooms: What does it look like? – Judy Mousley & Peter Sullivan

Children’s Representations and Conceptual Understanding of Number – Joanne Mulligan, Michael Mitchelmore, Lynne Outhred & Janette Bobis

Creating and Maintaining Knowledge-Building Communities of Practice During Mathematical Investigations – Rod Nason, Clare Brett & Earl Woodruff

Ethics, Morality, and Mathematics Education – Jude Ocean

Integrating Science and Mathematics Concepts: A Student Teacher Perspective – Lynne Outhred, John Farrell & Kaye Cotter

Problems with Probability – Robert Peard

Attitudes towards mathematics: What about NESB students? – Catherine Pearn, Christine Brew, Gilah Leder & Alan Bishop

K-6 Teacher Beliefs About the Learning and Teaching of Mathematics – Bob Perry, Peter Howard & John Conroy

Focusing on the Self as a Learner of Mathematics and Statistics – Anne Porter

Patterns, Language and Algebra: A Longitudinal Study – Ted Redden

Goal Transformation In Professional Development Programs – Michael Richards and David Clarke

What Does an Expert Teacher in Instructional Computing Look Like? – Greta Rollo and Janette Bobis

Statistical Concepts of High School Students: Some Findings from Fiji – Sashi Sharma

Evaluating Student Expository Writing in Mathematics – Mal Shield

“This Is Your Life”: Initial Study of Mathematical Autobiographies – Beth Southwell, Alan Brady, Ian Harrison & Bryant Lavaring

A Framework for Research into Students’ Problem Posing in School Mathematics – Elena Stoyanova & Nerida F. Ellerton

Identifying Teacher Education Students’ Views of Quality Mathematics Teaching – Peter Sullivan & Judith Mousley

Mathematical Misconceptions Commonly Exhibited by Entering Tertiary Mathematics Students – Philip Swedosh

Critical Moments in a Teacher’s Attempts to Introduce Discussion-Based Teaching into a Secondary Mathematics Programme – Margaret Taplin and Kwok Lai Yin

Computers in the Mathematics Classroom: A Survey – M.O.J. Thomas

The Riemann Integral in Calculus: Students’ Processes and Concepts – Mike Thomas & Ye Yoon Hong

Problem Solving in Algebra: The Role of Arithmetic Thinking and Affective Factors – Mike Thomas & Saraswathi Kota

‘Oh, the Usual’: The Usefulness of Curriculum Genres to Explain Students’ Interpretations of Mathematics Lessons – Dianne Tomazos

Teaching Children to Draw Diagrams in Solving Word Problems: An Exploratory Study – Palanisamy K. Veloo

Fairness and Fractions in Early Childhood – Jane M. Watson, K. Jennifer Campbell & Kevin F. Collis

A Study of Children’s Probability Judgements – Jenni Way

The beginnings of a phenomenology of writing-to-learn – Andrew Waywood

A Phenomenological Approach to Upper Primary Mathematics Teachers and Their Beliefs About Specific Teaching Behaviours – Allan White

Secondary School Students’ Understanding of Inequalities in a Linear Programming Task – Kevin M. White