CLEMENTS-FOYSTER LECTURE
In Search of Mathematical Structure: Looking Back, Beneath, and Beyond – 40 Years On – Joanne Mulligan
KEYNOTE ADDRESSES
The “M” in STEM: National Perspectives – Alan Finkel
We are Still Learning to Integrate Affect (and Mathematics) into our Research – Naomi Ingram
PANEL: MERGA1 to MERGA40
Progressing Along a “Road Less Travelled”: The History of School Mathematics – M.A. (Ken) Clements
Forty Years On: Mathematical Modelling in and for Education – Peter Galbraith
Mathematics Performance and Future Occupation: Are They (Still) Related? – Gilah C. Leder
“Does This Mean That Kindergarten Will Be a Remedial Year?” – Bob Perry
Forty Years of Teaching Problem Solving – Kaye Stacey
BETH SOUTHWELL PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS AWARD
Framing, Assessing and Developing Children’s Understanding of Time – Margaret Thomas, Doug Clarke, Andrea McDonough & Philip Clarkson
SYMPOSIA
Reframing Mathematical Futures: Using Learning Progressions to Support Mathematical Thinking in the Middle Years – Dianne Siemon, Lorraine Day, Max Stephens, Marj Horne, Rosemary Callingham, Jane Watson, & Rebecca Seah
Research Engagement and Impact in Mathematics Education – Merrilyn Goos, Vince Geiger, Anne Bennison, Shelley Dole, & Helen Forgasz
STEM Practices: A Reconceptualization of STEM in the Early Years – Ann Gervasoni, Tom Lowrie, Tracy Logan, Kevin Larkin, Claudette Bateup, & Caroline Kinny-Lewis
Transitions in Mathematics Education – Gail FitzSimons
STEM Professional Learning: Evaluating Secondary School Teachers’ and Students’ Experiences – Judy Anderson, Kathryn Holmes, Deborah Tully & Gaye Williams
RESEARCH PAPERS
The Prevalence of the Letter as Object Misconception in Junior Secondary Students – Zarina Akhtar & Vicki Steinle
Developing Interactive ICT Tools for the Teaching and Learning of Vectors at A-Level – Khemduth Singh Angateeah, Savial Thapermall, & Ravi Jawahir
The Modelling Process and Pre-Service Teacher Confidence – Taryn Axelsen, Linda Galligan, & Geoff Woolcott
Re-Examining a Framework for Teacher Identity as an Embedder-of-Numeracy – Anne Bennison
Privileging a Contextual Approach to Teaching Mathematics: A Secondary Teacher’s Perspective – Raymond Brown & Trevor Redmond
Partial Credit in Multiple-Choice Items – Joan Burfitt
How Might the Use of Apps Influence Students’ Learning Experiences? Exploring a Socio-Technological Assemblage – Nigel Calder & Carol Murphy
Entangled Modes: Social Interaction in Collaborative Problem Solving in Mathematics – Man Ching Esther Chan & David Clarke
Investigating Teachers Perceptions of Enabling and Extending Prompts – Jill Cheeseman, Ann Downton, & Sharyn Livy
The Impact of a Measurement-Focused Program on Young Children’s Number Learning – Jill Cheeseman & Yianna Pullen
Snapshots of Productive Noticing: Orchestrating Learning Experiences Using Typical Problems – Ban Heng Choy & Jaguthsing Dindyal
The Argument from Matriculation Used by Proprietors of Victorian Secondary Schools Around 1900 – M. A. (Ken) Clements & Nerida F. Ellerton
That First Step: Engaging with Mathematics and Developing Numeracy – Audrey Cooke
“Maths Inside”: A Project to Raise Interest in Mathematics – Mary Coupland, Marco Angelini, Anne Prescott, Sandy Schuck, Tapan Rai, & Carmen Lee
Mastery Learning: Improving the Model – Mary Coupland, Danica Solina, & Gregory E. Cave
The Interplay Between Pre-service Teachers’ Intentions and Enacted Mathematical Content Knowledge in the Classroom – Leah Daniel
Exploring Ways to Improve Teachers’ Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching with Effective Team Planning Practices – Aylie Davidson
Primary School Mathematics Leaders’ Views of their Mathematics Leadership Role – Kerryn Driscoll
Historical Perspectives on the Purposes of School Algebra – Nerida F. Ellerton, Sinan Kanbir, & M. A. (Ken) Clements
Fourth-Graders’ Meta-Questioning in Statistical Investigations – Lyn D. English, Jane M. Watson, & Noleine Fitzallen
Essential Topics for Secondary Mathematics Success: What Mathematics Teachers Think – Melinda Evans
Hypothesis of Developmental Dyscalculia and Down Syndrome: Implications for Mathematics Education – Rhonda Faragher
Gender and VCE Mathematics Subject Enrolments 2001-2015 in Co-Educational and Single-Sex Schools – Helen Forgasz & Gilah Leder
A Secondary Mathematics Teacher’s Perceptions of her Initial Attempts at Utilising Whiteboarding in her Classes – Tricia Forrester, Carolyn E. Sandison, & Sue Denny
The Development of Addition and Subtractions Strategies for Children in Kindergarten to Grade 6: Insights and Implications – Ann Gervasoni, Kerry Giumelli, & Barbara McHugh
Teaching Fractions for Understanding: Addressing Interrelated Concepts – Seyum Getenet & Rosemary Callingham
Teachers’ Understanding and Use of Mathematical Structure – Mark Gronow, Joanne Mulligan, & Michael Cavanagh
Initial Teacher Education Students’ Reasons for Using Digital Learning Objects When Teaching Mathematics – Ngārewa Hāwera, Sashi Sharma, & Noeline Wright
Peer Observation as Professional Learning about Mathematical Reasoning – Sandra Herbert & Leicha A. Bragg
Exploring Reasons Why Australian Senior Secondary Students Do Not Enrol in Higher-Level Mathematics Courses – Gregory Hine
Does (Problem-Based) Practice Always Make Proficient? – Sarah Hopkins & James Russo
Explicitly Connecting Mathematical Ideas: How Well Is It Done? – Chris Hurst & Ray Huntley
Exploring Undergraduate Mathematics Students’ Difficulties with the Proof of Subgroup’s Closure under Operation – Marios Ioannou
Is Mathematics Education Worthy? From Mathematics for Critical Citizenship to Productivity Growth – Dan Jazby
Grade 10 Students’ Mathematical Understanding and Retention in a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Classroom – Premanan Juakwon & Duanghathai Katwibun
Knowledge, Beliefs, and Innovative Curriculum – Laurinda Lomas
Engaging Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers in Creating Spatially- Based Problems in a 3D Virtual Environment: A CAVE2TM Experience – Margaret Marshman, Geoff Woolcott, & Shelley Dole
Structure in the Professional Vocabulary of Middle School Mathematics Teachers in Australia – Carmel Mesiti & David Clarke
Using Coding to Promote Mathematical Thinking with Year 2 Students: Alignment with the Australian Curriculum – Jodie Miller & Kevin Larkin
Online, Anytime, Anywhere: Enacting Flipped Learning in Three Different Secondary Mathematics Classes – Tracey Muir
Learning from our Neighbours: The Value of Knowing Their Number History – Kay Owens
Generalising Fraction Structures as a Means for Engaging in Algebraic Thinking – Catherine Pearn & Max Stephens
First-Year University Students’ Difficulties with Mathematical Symbols: The Lecturer/Tutor Perspective – Robyn Pierce & Meredith Begg
11th Grade Students’ Self-Regulated Learning in a Mathematics Problem-Based Learning (PBL) Classroom – Supatpong Promsawan & Duanghathai Katwibun
Statistics Instructors’ Beliefs and Misconceptions About p-values – Robyn Reaburn
Revisiting Friedrich Froebel and his Gifts for Kindergarten: What are the Benefits for Primary Mathematics Education? – Simone Reinhold, Ann Downton, & Sharyn Livy
Perceived Changes in Teachers’ Knowledge and Practice: The Impact on Classroom Teachers from Leader Participation in Whole-School Reform of Mathematics Teaching and Learning – Anne Roche & Ann Gervasoni
Examining the Impact of Lesson Structure when Teaching with Cognitively Demanding Tasks in the Early Primary Years – James Russo & Sarah Hopkins
Pricing: Exploring the Intersection Between Values, Maths, Finance, and Entrepreneurship – Carly Sawatzki
Using Activity Theory to Understand a Mathematics Leader’s Motivations and Use of Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching – Matt Sexton & Janeen Lamb
Exploring Critical Thinking in a Mathematics Problem-Based Learning Classroom – Rakkor Siriwat & Duanghathai Katwibun
10th Grade Students’ Participation in a Mathematics Problem-Based Learning Classroom – Ajaree Srikhamsuk & Duanghathai Katwibun
Examining Non-Traditional Pathway Preservice Teachers’ Attitudes Towards Mathematics – Dung Tran & Syed Javed
Indigenous Teacher Education: When Cultural Enquiry Meets Statistical Enquiry – Tony Trinick & Tamsin Meaney
Maths Anxiety: The Nature and Consequences of Shame in Mathematics Classrooms – Sue Wilson
Graphic-Rich Items within High-Stakes Tests: Indonesia National Exam (UN), PISA, and TIMSS – Destina Wahyu Winarti & Sitti Maesuri Patahuddin
Pre-Service Teachers’ and Tutors’ Perceptions about the Value of Talk Moves – Vince Wright
SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
A Developing Framework for Identifying Young Children’s Engagement with the Spatial Features of Play Spaces – Catherine McCluskey & Joanne Mulligan
A Five Question Approach to the Teaching of Mathematics – John Ley
Challenging Teacher Perceptions: Those Children will Struggle No Matter What You Do to Them – Glenda Anthony, Roberta Hunter & Jodie Hunter
Evaluating Learning Analytics of an Online System to Improve Teacher Education Students’ Numeracy Skills Development – Thuan Thai, Amanda Yeung, Timothy Perkins, Kate Hartup, & Marguerite Maher
Exploring Mathematics Pedagogy in Collaborative Teaching Environments – Bilinda Offen & Naomi Ingram
Exploring Primary Teachers’ Conceptions of Mathematical Fluency: Are We Speaking the Same Language? – Katherin Cartwright
Factors Influencing Student Selection of Senior Secondary School Mathematics Subjects – Micheal Jennings, Merrilyn Goos & Peter Adams
Fitness for Purpose of Tertiary Algebra Textbooks: An Arabic Case Study – Hassnaa Shaheed
High-Potential Mathematics Students and Their Mathematics-Related Activities Outside School – Simone Zmood
Impact of Culture in Parental Control and Mathematics Achievement of their Children – Daya Weerasinghe
Improving Mathematics Curriculum Support for Indigenous Language Speaking Students – Cris Edmonds-Wathen
Influential Factors for Effective Problem Solving Practice in Primary Mathematics Teachers – Melody McCormick
Interbreeding Paradigms in Research on Mathematics Knowing and Learning – Thorsten Scheiner & Marcia Maria Fusaro Pinto
Linguistic Obstacles to Second Language Learners’ Access to Mathematical Talk for Individualised Sense-Making – Sally-Ann Robertson & Mellony Graven
Looking Inside the Black Box of Mathematics Teacher Noticing – Ban Heng Choy & Jaguthsing Dindyal
Numeracy in Action in Family Shopping Experiences: A View from the Trolley – Amy MacDonald, Angela Fenton, & Christina Davidson
Numeracy of Undergraduate Business School Students – Chris Linsell, Brigid Casey, & Christine Smith-Han
Practitioner Inquiry: Developing Capabilities in Mathematics Teachers – Jyoti Jhagroo
South African Vocational Engineering Students’ Conceptual Understandings of Area, Surface Area, Volume, and Flow Rate Measurement: A Case Study – Pamela Vale
Student Engagement in Mathematics – Alexandra Laird & Peter Grootenboer
Student Errors in a Mathematical Literacy Examination and the Correlated English Language Features – Pamela Vale
Students’ Espoused and Enacted Theories in an Inquiry Mathematics Classroom – Generosa Leach
Students’ Reflections on Portfolio Assessment in Mathematics – Hem Chand Dayal, Bronwen Cowie, & Salanieta Bakalevu
Task Modification to Facilitate Creativity by Korean Prospective Mathematics Teachers – Kyeong-Hwa Lee
Teachers Choosing Mathematics – Inge Koch & Janine McIntosh
The Road to Transformative Healing of Mathematics Anxiety: A Case Study in Progress – Timothy Perkins
The Use of Contextual Patterning Tasks with Young Pasifika and Maori Students in New Zealand Mathematics Classrooms – Jodie Hunter & Jodie Miller
Unidoodle – Michael Jennings
Use of Social Media in Preservice Mathematics Education Courses – Paul Brown
Using Peer-Reflection to Develop Self-Regulated Learning Strategies in Year 10 Mathematics – Karen McMullen
ROUND TABLES
Exploring Emotional Aspects of Pre-Service Mathematics Learning Environments – Joanna Higgins
Mathematics Leadership in Primary Schools – McMaster, Bobis, & Way
Rethinking Mathematical Tasks – Ban Heng Choy & Jaguthsing Dindyal
Scaling Up and Sustaining Successful Interventions in Mathematics Teaching – Merrilyn Goos, Robin Proffitt-White, & Anne Bennison