Conference Proceedings 2011


 

Title
Mathematics Traditions and [New] Practices 
Content
 
Preface
 
List of Reviewers
The Review Process and Reviewers
 
Keynote Address
LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE CENTER FOR THE MATHEMATICS EDUCATION OF LATINOS/AS1: IMPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH WITH NON-DOMINANT, MARGINALISED COMMUNITIES
MARTA CIVIL
MATHEMATICS ASSESSMENT: EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW AGAIN?
ROSEMARY CALLINGHAM
 
Practical Implication Award
LEARNING OVER TIME: PEDAGOGICAL CHANGE IN TEACHING MATHEMATICAL INQUIRY
KATIE MAKAR
 
Symposium
 
Research Paper
INSTRUCTIONAL COHERENCE: A CASE STUDY OF LESSSONS ON LINEAR EQUATIONS
Glenda Anthony & Liping Ding
TEACHER AND PRESERVICE TEACHER BELIEFS ABOUT MATHEMATICS TEACHER EDUCATION
DIANNE ASHMAN & DAVID McBAIN
UNSCRIPTED MATHS: EMERGENCE AND IMPROVISATION
MIKE ASKEW
THE INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS ON STUDENT ENGAGEMENT WITH MATHEMATICS DURING THE MIDDLE YEARS
CATHERINE ATTARD
TEACHING PRACTICES FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHERSTUDENT RELATIONSHIPS IN MULTIETHNIC MATHEMATICS CLASSROOMS
ROBIN AVERILL
PRESERVICE TEACHER PERCEPTIONS OF GOOD MATHEMATICS TEACHERS: WHAT MATTERS?
JO BALATTI & DONNA RIGANO
ANALYSING INTERVIEW DATA FOR CLUSTERS AND THEMES
LYNDA BALL
CHILDREN SOLVING WORD PROBLEMS IN AN IMPORTED LANGUAGE: AN INTERVENTION STUDY
DEBBIE BAUTISTA VERZOSA
A STUDY OF THE AUSTRALIAN TERTIARY SECTOR'S PORTRAYED VIEW OF THE RELEVANCE OF QUANTITATIVE SKILLS IN SCIENCE
SHAUN BELWARD, LEANNE RYLANDS, KELLY MATTHEWS, CARMEL COADY, PETER ADAMS, & VILMA SIMBAG
INTERACTIVE WHITEBOARDS AS POTENTIAL CATALYSTS OF PEDAGOGIC CHANGE IN SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHING
KIM BESWICK & TRACEY MUIR
PREPARING FOR SCHOOL TRANSITION: LISTENING TO THE STUDENT, TEACHER, AND PARENT VOICE
BRENDA BICKNELL & ROBERTA HUNTER
STUDENT EXPERIENCES OF MAKING AND USING CHEAT SHEETS IN MATHEMATICAL EXAMS
DAVID BUTLER & NICHOLAS CROUCH
TEACHER KNOWLEDGE ACTIVATED IN THE CONTEXT OF DESIGNING PROBLEMS
BARBARA BUTTERFIELD & MOHAN CHINNAPPAN
DO INTERESTED STUDENTS LEARN MORE? RESULTS FROM A STATISTICAL LITERACY STUDY IN THE MIDDLE SCHOOL
COLIN CARMICHAEL
TEACHING SECONDARY MATHEMATICS WITH AN ONLINE LEARNING SYSTEM: THREE TEACHERS' EXPERIENCES
MICHAEL CAVANAGH & MICHAEL MITCHELMORE
MATHEMATICS ANXIETY: SCAFFOLDING A NEW CONSTRUCT MODEL
ROB CAVANAGH & LEN SPARROW
INVESTIGATING CHILDREN'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE MEASUREMENT OF MASS
Jill Cheesman, Andrea McDonough, & Doug Clarke
TEACHERS' STRATEGIES FOR DEMONSTRATING FRACTION AND PERCENTAGE EQUIVALENCE
HELEN CHICK & WENDY BARATTA
A LESS PARTIAL VISION: THEORETICAL INCLUSIVITY AND CRITICAL SYNTHESIS IN MATHEMATICS CLASSROOM RESEARCH
DAVID CLARKE
MASTERING BASIC FACTS? I DON'T NEED TO LEARN THEM BECAUSE I CAN WORK THEM OUT!
SIMON CLARKE & MARILYN HOLMES
SUPPORTING YOUNG CHILDREN'S MATHEMATICS LEARNING AS THEY TRANSITION TO SCHOOL
NGAIRE DAVIES
LOCATING THE LEARNER: INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
CRIS EDMONDS-WATHEN
DATA MODELLING IN THE BEGINNING SCHOOL YEARS
LYN ENGLISH
MATHEMATICS PRESERVICE TEACHERS LEARNING ABOUT ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS THROUGH TASK-BASED INTERVIEWS
ANTHONY FERNANDES
PROMOTING AN UNDERSTANDING OF MATHEMATICAL STRUCTURE IN STUDENTS WITH HIGH FUNCTIONING AUTISM
MAUREEN FINNANE
GRAPH CREATION AND INTERPRETATION: PUTTING SKILLS AND CONTEXT TOGETHER
NOLEINE FITZALLEN & JANE WATSON
TWO AVATARS OF TEACHERS' CONTENT KNOWLEDGE OF MATHEMATICS
TRICIA FORRESTER & MOHAN CHINNAPPAN
FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT TOOLS FOR INQUIRY MATHEMATICS
KYM FRY
MODELS OF MODELLING: IS THERE A FIRST AMONG EQUALS?
PETER GALBRAITH
MEASURING ACADEMIC NUMERACY: BEYOND COMPETENCE TESTING
LINDA GALLIGAN
TEACHER PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN NUMERACY: TRAJECTORIES THROUGH A MODEL FOR NUMERACY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
VINCE GEIGER, MERRILYN GOOS, & SHELLEY DOLE
INSIGHTS ABOUT CHILDREN'S UNDERSTANDING OF 2-DIGIT AND 3-DIGIT NUMBERS
ANN GERVASONI, LINDA PARISH, TERESA HADDEN, KATHIE TURKENBURG, KATE BEVAN, CAROLE LIVESEY, MELISSA CROSWELL
INSIGHTS FROM ABORIGINAL TEACHING ASSISTANTS ABOUT THE IMPACT OF THE BRIDGING THE NUMERACY GAP PROJECT IN A KIMBERLEY CATHOLIC SCHOOL
ANN GERVASONI, ALIS HART, MELISSA CROSWELL, LESLEY HODGES, & LINDA PARISH
TEACHING LINEAR ALGEBRA: ONE LECTURER'S ENGAGEMENT WITH STUDENTS
JOHN HANNAH, SEPIDEH STEWART, & MIKE THOMAS
CHALLENGING AND EXTENDING A STUDENT TEACHER'S CONCEPTS OF FRACTIONS USING AN ELASTIC STRIP
ROGER HARVEY
MAORI MEDIUM CHILDREN'S VIEWS ABOUT LEARNING MATHEMATICS: POSSIBILITIES FOR FUTURE DIRECTIONS
NGAREWA HAWERA & MERILYN TAYLOR
HOW INCLUSIVE IS YEAR 12 MATHEMATICS?
SUE HELME & RICHARD TEESE
CHALLENGING TRADITIONAL SEQUENCE OF TEACHING INTRODUCTORY CALCULUS
SANDRA HERBERT
GENDER DIFFERENCES IN NAPLAN MATHEMATICS PERFORMANCE
JANELLE C. HILL
SECONDARY STUDENT PERCEPTIONS OF WHAT TEACHING AND LEARNING APPROACHES ARE USEFUL FOR THEM IN LEARNING MATHEMATICS
BRUCE WHITE
MAKING A DIFFERENCE FOR INDIGENOUS CHILDREN
CHRIS HURST, TRACEY ARMSTRONG, & MARANNE YOUNG
LANGUAGE-RELATED MISCONCEPTIONS IN THE STUDY OF LIMITS
SYED MANSOOR JAFFAR & JAGUTHSING DINDYAL
EARLY YEARS SWIMMING AS NEW SITES FOR EARLY MATHEMATICAL LEARNING
ROBYN JORGENSEN & PETER GROOTENBOER
DIGITAL GAMES: CREATING NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR MATHEMATICS LEARNING
ROBYN JORGENSEN & TOM LOWRIE
LEARNING EXPERIENCES OF SINGAPORE'S LOW ATTAINERS IN PRIMARY MATHEMATICS
BERINDERJEET KAUR & MASURA GHANI
MATHEMATICAL IDENTITY, LEADERSHIP, AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: HIDDEN INFLUENCES THAT AFFECT MATHEMATICAL PRACTICES
STEPHEN KENDALL-JONES
REFORM IN MATHEMATICS: THE PRINCIPAL'S ZONE OF PROMOTED ACTION
JANEEN LAMB
PRESERVICE TEACHERS LEARNING MATHEMATICS FROM THE INTERNET
TROELS LANGE & TAMSIN MEANEY
THE PUBLIC'S VIEWS ON GENDER AND THE LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS: DOES AGE MATTER?
GILAH C. LEDER & HELEN J. FORGASZ
WE CAN ORDER BY ROTE BUT CAN'T PARTITION: WE DIDN'T LEARN A RULE
SHARYN LIVY
ASSESSMENT OF SECONDARY STUDENTS' NUMBER STRATEGIES: THE DEVELOPMENT OF A WRITTEN NUMERACY ASSESSMENT TOOL
GREGOR LOMAS & PETER HUGHES
YOUNG CHILDREN'S REPRESENTATIONS OF THEIR DEVELOPING MEASUREMENT UNDERSTANDINGS
AMY MACDONALD
FROM CLASSROOM TO CAMPUS: THE PERCEPTIONS OF MATHEMATICS AND PRIMARY TEACHERS ON THEIR TRANSITION FROM TEACHER TO TEACHER EDUCATOR
NICOLE MAHER
ENGAGING THE MIDDLE YEARS IN MATHEMATICS
MARGARET MARSHMAN, DONNA PENDERGAS, & FIONA BRIMMER
BUILDING PRESERVICE TEACHER CAPACITY FOR EFFECTIVE MATHEMATICS TEACHING THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS WITH TEACHER EDUCATORS AND PRIMARY SCHOOL COMMUNITIES
ANDREA McDONOUGH & MATTHEW SEXTON
LISTENING TO CHILDREN'S EXPLANATIONS OF FRACTION PAIR TASKS: WHEN MORE THAN AN ANSWER AND AN INITIAL EXPLANATION ARE NEEDED
ANNIE MITCHELL & MARJ HORNE
VICTORIAN INDIGNENOUS CHILDREN'S RESPONSES TO MATHEMATICS NAPLAN ITEMS
PATRICIA MORLEY
JOIN THE CLUB: ENGAGING PARENTS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
TRACEY MUIR
TEACHING MATHEMATICS IN THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA HIGHLANDS: A COMPLEX MULTILINGUAL CONTEXT
CHARLY MUKE & PHILIP CLARKSON
AN EVALUATION OF THE PATTERN AND STRUCTURE MATHEMATICS AWARENESS PROGRAM IN THE EARLY SCHOOL YEARS
JOANNE T. MULLIGAN, LYN D. ENGLISH, MICHAEL C. MITCHELMORE, SARA M. WELSBY, NATHAN CREVENSTEN
REVIEWING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF MATHEMATICAL TASKS IN ENCOURAGING COLLABORATIVE TALK WITH YOUNG CHILDREN
CAROL MURPHY
THE USE OF PROBLEM CATEGORISATION IN THE LEARNING OF RATIO
NORHUDA MUSA & JOHN MALONE
NATIONAL TESTING OF PROBABILITY IN YEARS 3, 5, 7, & 9 IN AUSTRALIA: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS
STEVEN NISBET
A POPPERIAN CONSILIENCE: MODELLING MATHEMATICAL KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
DAVID NUTCHEY
WHAT ASPECTS OF QUALITY DO STUDENTS FOCUS ON WHEN EVALUATING ORAL AND WRITTEN MATHEMATICAL PRESENTATIONS?
MAGNUS ÖSTERHOLM
PROMOTING POWERFUL POSITIVE AFFECT: USING STAGES OF CONCERN AND ACTIVITY THEORY TO UNDERSTAND TEACHERS' PRACTICE IN MATHEMATICS
SHAILEIGH PAGE & TRUDY SWEENEY
IDENTIFYING MATHEMATICS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE: YEAR SEVEN STUDENT'S RESULTS
PAMELA PERGER
EARLY CHILDHOOD NUMERACY LEADERS AND POWERFUL MATHEMATICS IDEAS
BOB PERRY
PLAYING WITH MATHEMATICS: IMPLICATIONS FROM THE EARLY YEARS LEARNING FRAMEWORK AND THE AUSTRALIAN CURRICULUM
BOB PERRY & SUE DOCKETT
REACTING TO QUANTITATIVE DATA: TEACHERS' PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT REPORTS
ROBYN PIERCE & HELEN CHICK
STUDENTS' EMERGING INFERENTIAL REASONING ABOUT SAMPLES AND SAMPLING
THEODOSIA PRODROMOU
REFLECTING ON PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE: SITUATING CHANGE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICS TEACHING
TREVOR REDMOND, RAYMOND BROWN & JOANNE SHEEHY
SOME LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF ASSESSING TEACHER PEDAGOGICAL CONTENT KNOWLEDGE IN MATHEMATICS
ANNE ROCHE & DOUG CLARKE
VALUE OF WRITTEN REFLECTIONS IN UNDERSTANDING STUDENT THINKING: THE CASE OF INCORRECT SIMPLIFICATION OF A RATIONAL EXPRESSION
KAREN RUHL, JO BALATTI & SHAUN BELWARD
IMPROVING SELF-CONFIDENCE AND ABILITIES: A PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING APPROACH FOR BEGINNING MATHEMATICS TEACHERS
MARTIN SCHMUDE, PENELOPE SEROW & STEPHEN TOBIAS
STUDENTS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS HANDHELD COMPUTER ALGEBRA SYSTEMS (CAS) IN MATHEMATICS: GENDER AND SCHOOL SETTING ISSUES
EDISON SHAMOAIL & TASOS BARKATSAS1
EFFECTS OF USING HISTORY OF MATHEMATICS ON JUNIOR COLLEGE STUDENTS' ATTITUDES AND ACHIEVEMENT
SIEW YEE, LIM
METAPHORS USED BY YEAR 5 AND 6 CHILDREN TO DEPICT THEIR BELIEFS ABOUT MATHS
CATHERINE SOLOMON & MICHAEL GRIMLEY
TEACHER CAPACITY AS A KEY ELEMENT OF NATIONAL CURRICULUM REFORM IN MATHEMATICS: AN EXPLORATORY COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN AUSTRALIA AND CHINA
MAX STEPHENS & ZHANG QINQIONG
A STRATEGY FOR SUPPORTING STUDENTS WHO HAVE FALLEN BEHIND IN THE LEARNING OF MATHEMATICS
PETER SULLIVAN & SUE GUNNINGHAM
STUDENTS' WAYS OF USING HANDHELD CALCULATORS IN SINGAPORE AND AUSTRALIA: TECHNOLOGY AS MASTER, SERVANT, PARTNER AND EXTENSION OF SELF
HAZEL TAN & HELEN FORGASZ
IMPLEMENTING A MATHEMATICAL THINKING ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK: CROSS CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES
TEE YONG, HWA & MAX STEPHENS
USING ASSESSMENT DATA: DOES GENDER MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
COLLEEN VALE, KRISTY DAVIDSON, ANNE DAVIES, NEIL HOOLEY, DANIEL LOTON, & MARY WEAVEN
LEARNING FROM A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT DESIGN EXPERIMENT: INSTITUTIONAL CONTEXT OF TEACHING
JANA VISNOVSKA & QING ZHAO
AN EXPLORATION OF YOUNG STUDENTS' ABILITY TO GENERALISE FUNCTION TASKS
ELIZABETH WARREN, JODIE MILLER & TOM J. COOPER
TEACHER CHANGE IN A CHANGING EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT
JANE WATSON, KIM BESWICK, NATALIE BROWN & SUZIE WRIGHT
TEACHERS' USE OF NATIONAL TEST DATA TO FOCUS NUMERACY INSTRUCTION
PAUL WHITE & JUDY ANDERSON
CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR LEARNING: WHAT MATTERS TO MATHEMATICS STUDENTS SEEKING TO STUDY DESPITE ABSENCE FROM SCHOOL OWING TO CHRONIC ILLNESS
KARINA J. WILKIE
"MY SELF-ESTEEM HAS RISEN DRAMATICALLY": A CASE-STUDY OF PRE-SERVICE TEACHER ACTION RESEARCH USING BIBLIOTHERAPY TO ADDRESS MATHEMATICS ANXIETY
SUE WILSON & SHANNON GURNEY
DEVELOPING ALGEBRAIC THINKING: USING A PROBLEM SOLVING APPROACH IN A PRIMARY SCHOOL CONTEXT
WILL WINDSOR & STEPHEN NORTON
ADAPTING ASSESSMENT INSTRUMENTS FOR AN ALASKAN CONTEXT
MONICA WONG & JERRY LIPKA
MATHEMATICS AND GIFTEDNESS: INSIGHTS FROM EDUCATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE
GEOFF WOOLCOTT
THE BIG IDEAS IN TWO LARGE FIRST LEVEL COURSES OF UNDERGRADUATE MATHEMATICS
SUSAN RACHEL WORSLEY
META-RULES OF DISCURSIVE PRACTICE IN MATHEMATICS CLASSROOMS FROM SEOUL, SHANGHAI AND TOKYO
LIHUA XU
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE TEACHERS IN COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE: PERCEPTIONS OF "WHO IS MY COMMUNITY"
CONNIE H. YAREMA, ALLAN E. YAREMA, ELIZABETH POWERS & SAMUEL H. SMITH
YOUNG CHILDREN'S UNDERSTANDINGS ABOUT "SQUARE" IN 3D VIRTUAL REALITY MICROWORLDS
ANDY YEH & JENNIFER HALLAM
TEACHERS' INTERACTIONS WITH STUDENTS LEARNING THE "EQUAL ADDITIONS" STRATEGY: DISCOURSE PATTERNS
JENNY YOUNG-LOVERIDGE & JUDITH MILLS
Get down and get dirty in the mathematics': Technology and mathematical modelling in senior secondary
Stillman, G., & Brown, J.
 
Short Communication (abstract only)
 
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Round Table (abstract only)