Conference Proceedings 1992

Title
Conference Proceedings herd at Hawkaid Conference Centre, University of Western Sydney, 4 - 8 Jury 1992
 
Content
 
Preface
PREFACE
Beth Southwell, Bob Perry, and Kay Owens
 
List of Reviewers
 
Keynote Address
AUSTRALIAN SPACE - PUSHING BACK THE FRONTIERS
PAM HARRIS
BRINGING THEORY INTO THE CLASSROOM: THE SCHOOL AS A LEARNING ENVIRONMENT FOR TEACHERS
RICHARD R. SKEMP
DOING AND CONSTRUING MATHEMATICS IN SCREENSPACE
JOHN MASON
STUDENTS' UNDERSTANDING OF GEOMETRY: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
JOHN PEGG
THE AUSTRALIAN RESEARCH COUNCIL AND ITS ROLE IN SUPPORTING EDUCATION RESEARCH
M H BRENNAN
 
Practical Implication Award
 
Symposium
 
Research Paper
IMAGES AND DEFINITIONS OF FUNCTIONS IN AUSTRALIAN SCHOOLS AND UNIVERSITIES
STEPHEN ARNOLD
TECHNOLOGY ENRICHED INSTRUCTION IN YEAR 9 ALGEBRAl
GARY ASP, JOHN DOWSEY, and KAYE STACEY
THE STRUCTURED CLASSROOM INTERACTIONS SCHEDULE (SCIS): A VALIDATION STUDY
BILL ATWEH, CLARE CHRISTENSEN AND TOM COOPER
A PHILOSOPHICAL JUSTIFICATION FOR ETHNOMATHEMATICS AND SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION
BILL BARTON
GAINING INSIGHTS BY COMPARING PROCESSES
ANDY BEGG
STUDENTS' MANIPULATION OF ALGEBRA SYMBOLS AND THEIR AWARENESS OF THE CORRESPONDING CONCEPTUAL RELATIONSHIPS
ALAN BELL and JOHN MALONE
CHALLENGING PRIMARY STUDENT TEACHERS' VIEWS ABOUT MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
FRED BIDDULPH
ACQUISITION OF CONCEPT OF VARIABLE IN A TRADITIONAL AND COMPUTER· INTENSIVE ALGEBRA CURRICULUM
MONIQUE A. M. BOERS
THE GRAPHICS CALCULATOR IN TERTIARY MATHEMATICS
MONIQUE A.M. BOERS AND PETER L. JONES
CONSTRUCTIVISM, LEARNING AND COGNITIVE REPRESENTATION; THE CASE OF FRACTION IDEAS
GEORGE BOOKER
MATHEMATICS EDUCATION IN FIRST YEAR PRE-SERVICE PRIMARY TEACHERS
ELIZABETH BUCKINGHAM
SENSITISING PRIMARY STUDENT TEACHERS TO YOUNG CHILDREN'S MATHEMATICAL IDEAS
KEN CARR
GUIDED PROBLEM SOLVING FOR FIRST YEAR, TERTIARY STUDENTS
RODNEY CARR
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE SECONDARY MATHEMATICS TEACHER: A CASE STUDY
DAVID CLARKE, PAUL CARLIN, & ANDREA PETER
STUDENT RESPONSE CHARACTERISTICS TO OPEN-ENDED TASKS IN MATHEMATICAL AND OTHER ACADEMIC CONTEXTS
DAVID CLARKE, PETER SULLIVAN AND URSULA SPANDEL
THE OTHER CONSEQUENCES OF A PROBLEM-BASED MATHEMATICS CURRICULUM
DAVID CLARKE, MARGARITA WALLBRIDGE & SHERRY FRASER
MULTIMODAL FUNCTIONING IN NOVEL MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM SOLVING
KEVIN F COLLIS, JANE M W ATSON andK JENNIFER CAMPBELL
STUDENTS' CERTAINTY AND CHECKING BEHAVIOUR DURING MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM SOLVING
CECILIA DEL BEATO and KAYE STACEY
LETTING CHILDREN DESIGN THE CURRICULUM
BRIAN DOIG and JOHN LINDSEY
IMPLICATIONS OF NEWMAN RESEARCH FOR THE ISSUE OF "WHAT IS BASIC IN SCHOOL MATHEMATICS?"
NERIDA ELLERTON AND M.A. (KEN) CLEMENTS
SOME PLUSES AND MINUSES OF RADICAL CONSTRUCTIVISM IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
NERIDA ELLERTON AND M.A. (KEN) CLEMENTS
GENDER AND PERCEPTIONS OF MATHEMATICS ACHIEVEMENT AMONGST YEAR 2 STUDENTS
Helen J Forgasz
CALCULUS STUDENTS' SOURCES OF CONVICTION
SANDRA D FRID
ASSESSMENT IN MATHEMATICS - SOME ALTERNATIVES
LINDSAY GRIMISON
FROM PROCEDURAL ANALOGY TO UNDERSTANDING
NEIL HALL
MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS AND "AT-RISK" PRESCHOOLERS
NEIL HALL & ALISON ELLIOTT
TEACHERS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE STUDENT USE OF CALCULATORS IN K-6 MATHEMATICS CLASSES
PETER HOWARD
TEACHERS MAKING MEANING IN MATHS OR: WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO LEARN MATHS?
BETTY JOHNSTON
. KNOWING AND MEANING IN MATHEMATICS CLASSROOMS: PERSPECTIVES DRAWN FROM WITTGENSTEIN'S PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE
CLIVE KANES
COMPARISON OF PATTERN-BASED AND EQUATION-SOLVING APPROACHES TO ALGEBRA
MOLLIE MACGREGOR AND KAYE STACEY
LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS IN MATHEMATICS: EXPLORING PUPIL PERCEPTIONS
ANDREA MCDONOUGH
BRIDGING MATHEMATICS STUDENTS: ATTITUDES, AUTONOMOUS LEARNING BEHAVIOURS, AND PROBLEM SOLVING
LEX MILNE
WHY CHILDREN DO NOT DRAW PARALLELS
MICHAEL MITCHELMORE
CONSTRUCTIVISM: EPISTOMOLOGY TO PRACTICE
Judith A. Mousley
CHILDREN'S SOLUTIONS TO PARTITION PROBLEMS
JOANNE MULLIGAN
FACTORS PERTINENT TO CHILDREN'S RESPONSIVENESS IN SPATIAL PROBLEM SOLVING ACTIVITIES
KAY OWENS
THE USE OF THE REPRESENTATIVENESS AND AVAILABILITY HEURISTIC IN PROBABILISTIC REASONING BY STUDENTS IN THE GRADUATE DIPLOMA OF EDUCATION QUT, 1992
R. PEARD
TRANSITION FROM SENIOR SECONDARY TO UNIVERSITY MATHEMATICS: A CASE STUDY INTRODUCTION
YACHAI PONGBORIBOON
COGNITIVE DIFFICULTIES IN EARLY ALGEBRA
CYRIL QUINLAN
PRE-SERVICE PRIMARY TEACHERS' ATTITUDES TO TEACHING MATHEMATICS A REAPPRAISAL OF A RECENTLY DEVELOPED INSTRUMENT
JOE RELICH AND JENNI WAY
TOWARDS A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ETHOS
MARY RICE
INTEGRATING COMPUTERS INTO THE TEACHING OF CALCULUS: DIFFERENTIATING STUDENT NEEDS
JULIE RYAN
CHILDREN'S APPROACHES TO MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM SOLVING
DIANNE SIEMON
BELIEFS ABOUT MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICS EDUCATION
BETH SOUTHWELL and MON KHAMIS
USING OPEN QUESTIONS FOR TEACHING: A CLASSROOM EXPERIMENT
PETER SULLIVAN
AN ANALYSIS OF CHILDREN'S UNDERSTANDING OF NUMERATION
NOEL THOMAS
CHILDREN'S UNDERSTANDING OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF RANDOM GENERATORS
JOHN TRURAN
PERCEPTIONS OF CHANCE EVENTS AMONG R - 7 CHILDREN
KATH TRURAN
WHAT RESEARCH IS NEEDED IN PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA IN THE 1990s?
JANE M WATSON
TO WHAT EXTENT DO GRADES 3 AND 4 CHILDREN MAKE SPONTANEOUS USE OF CALCULATORS FOR COMPUTATION?'
RON WELSH
ABSTRACT THINKING IN RATES OF CHANGE AND DERIVATIVE
Paul White & Michael Mitchelmore
WHAT DO YOUNG CHILDREN KNOW ABOUT LINEAR MEASUREMENT AND IS IT RELATED TO CONSERVATION?
ANNETTE WILLIS
THE DESIGN OF A HYPERCARD STACK ON INTRODUCTORY CALCULUS
KHOON YOONG WONG
THE CONSTRUCTION OF SPATIAL MEANING AND SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE
ROBYN ZEVENBERGEN
 
Short Communication (abstract only)
 
Poster (abstract only)
 
Round Table (abstract only)