2024 Conference Proceedings

CLEMENTS-FOYSTER LECTURE

A Deep Dive into Mathematics Education Research in Search of Significance – Janette Bobis

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES

Interventions and Development of Mathematics Education for Primary Schools – Mercy Kazima

Towards Embodied Validity in Mathematics Education Research – Nathalie Sinclair

BETH SOUTHWELL PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS AWARD

Turn Left, Turn Right: An Embodied Perspective on Children’s Difficulties with Left/Right Spatial Orientations – Jennifer Way & Katherin Cartwright

RESEARCH SYMPOSIA

From Tensions to Opportunities: Evidencing Mathematics Leadership – Kate Copping, Natasha Ziebell, Matt Sexton, Ann Downton, Bernadette Pearce, Andrea O’Connor, Lauren Gould & Peter Grootenboer

Attending to Student Diversity in Mathematics Education in Inclusive Settings – Kate Quane, Matt Thompson, Catherine Attard, Kathryn Holmes, Lorraine Gaunt, Tom Porta, Melissa Fanshawe, Melissa Cain, & Bec Neill

Effective Mathematics Teaching: Building Partnerships to Co-Develop Evidence-Based Capability – Rose Wood, Rhonda Horne, Katie Makar, Merrilyn Goos, Terry Moran, Kyan Lambie, Rhonda Horne & Judith Hillman

RESEARCH PAPERS

Beyond Qualifications: Identity of Out-of-Field Teachers in Years 7–10 Mathematics in South Australia – Amie Albrecht & Lisa O’Keeffe

An Analysis of Multiplicative Thinking Development in Years 3 to 6 – Lei Bao & Max Stephens

Beliefs About the Active, Bodily Experience Mathematics Learning Activities: An Explorative Teacher Survey in Australia – Alessandra Boscolo

Classroom Expectations: Listen to the Maths – Jill Brown

Using the McNamara Fallacy to Critique (Mis)representations of “Success” in Mathematics Education – Rebecca Burtenshaw & Merrilyn Goos

Changes in Year 11 Mathematics Students’ Choices About the Use of a Computer Algebra System (CAS) to Solve Routine Problems – Scott Cameron, Lynda Ball & Vicki Steinle

What Kind of Mathematics Teacher is ChatGPT? Identifying the Pedagogical Practices Preferenced by Generative AI Tools When Preparing Lesson Plans – Scott Cameron & Carmel Mesiti

A School Mathematics Leader’s Account of her Leadership – Jill Cheeseman & Kerryn Driscoll

Australian Junior Secondary Students’ Approaches to Solving Ratio Problems Prior to Formal Instruction and Their Misconceptions – Michelle Cheung, Bronwyn Reid O’Connor & Ben Zunica

Developing Complex Unfamiliar Mathematics Questions: A Perspective – David Chinofunga & Philemon Chigeza

Potential Fraction Concept Images Afforded in Textbooks: A Comparison of Northern Ireland and Singapore – Ban Heng Choy & Pamela Moffett

Delving Deeply into Interviews with Timeline Tools – Ellen Corovic, Sharyn Livy & Ann Downton

Learning to Share Fairly: The Importance of Spatial Reasoning in Early Partitioning Experiences – Chelsea Cutting

Scripted Identities of the Mathematics Learner: Blurring Fiction and Fact in the Presentation of Research Data – Lisa Darragh & Alice Smith

Exploring Beliefs and Practices Towards Teaching Probability Using Games: A Case Study of one Fijian Secondary Mathematics Teacher – Hem Dayal, Krishan Kumar & Sashi Sharma

Secondary In-Service Mathematics Teachers’ Self-Reported Teaching Practices and Their Views on Using Games in Teaching – Hem Dayal, Sashi Sharma & Krishan Kumar

Mathematical Modelling for a Class Party: Challenges for Students in one Year 4 Classroom –Kym Fry, Judith Hillman, Rhonda Horne & Elizabeth Rasmussen

An Aesthetic Approach to Teaching Mathematics: A Proposed Framework Using Children’s Picture Books – Lorraine Gaunt, Mellie Green, Georgina Barton, Hannah Deehan & Danielle Sparrow

Harnessing the Expertise of Mathematics Intervention Teachers to Support Primary Teachers Through Co-Teaching Cycles – Ann Gervasoni, Ann Downton, Linda Flanagan, Kerry Giumelli, Anne Roche & Owen Wallis

Relationship Between Pre-Service Teachers’ Early Mathematics Experiences and Their Current Self-Perception on Mathematics  – Seyum Getenet, Saidat Adeniji & Melissa Fanshawe

Numeracy Across the Australian Curriculum: Opportunities from F to 6 – Seyum Getenet, Penelope Baker, Jill Fielding, Tracey Muir & Saidat Adeniji

Student Engagement with Dynamic Digital Representations of Decimal Fractions to Prompt Conceptual Change – Amelia Gorman

Secondary Mathematics Teachers’ Mathematical Competence  – Vesife Hatisaru, Julia Collins, Steven Richardson & Constantine Lozanovski

Teacher Expectations of Student Strategies for Algebra Problems – Vesife Hatisaru, Olivia Johnston, Julia Collins & Wendy Harmon

Learning Mathematics Through Sequences of Connected, Cumulative, and Challenging Tasks: A Self-Determination Theory Perspective – Jane Hubbard

Riding the Wave of COVID-19: The afterMATH  – Naomi Ingram & Trish Wells

Comprehending and Applying the First Isomorphism Theorem – Marios Ioannou

Development of Items to Assess Big Ideas of Equivalence and Proportionality – Jahangeer Mohamed Jahabar, Toh Tin Lam, Tay Eng Guan & Tong Cherng Luen

Roles of Mathematical and Statistical Models in Data-Driven Predictions in an Integrated STEM Context  – Takashi Kawakami & Akihiko Saeki

Reducing Mathematics and Examination Anxiety Using the Five Question Approach – John Ley

Incorporating Data Visualisation Into Teaching and Learning – Meng Li

The Assessment of Mathematical Proficiency in Written Exams: A Perspective From New South Wales (NSW)­ – Zehao Li

Conveyance Technology in Supporting the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics Through Student Reasoning and Problem Solving – Sharyn Livy

Primary Students’ Responses to a Cognitive Activation Lesson – Ciara Loughland, Janette Bobis & Jennifer Way

Pre-Service Teachers’ Use of Jump Strategy on the Empty Number Line When Recording Micro-Teaching Videos – Tarryn Lovemore

Defining the Problem in a Changing Landscape: How Leaders Plan for and Address Mathematics Curriculum Change – Margaret Marshman, Emily Ross, Anne Bennison & Merrilyn Goos

Factors that Influence Primary Preservice Teachers’ Self-Efficacy While Teaching Mathematics During Professional Practice – Karen McDaid

Mathematics Written Feedback for Pre-Service Teachers During Professional Experience – Chrissy Monteleone & Monica Wong

Implementing Dialogic Pedagogies in Early Years Mathematics Teaching – Tracey Muir, Damon Thomas & Carol Murphy

Mathematics Teachers’ Beliefs and Pedagogical Approaches Regarding Creativity Within a Novel STEM Creativity Framework – Rowan Nas

Pre-Service Primary School Teachers’ Understanding of the Meaning of ‘Capacity’ in the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics – Erica Nguyen & Heather McMaster

Pre-Service Teachers’ Struggles With Core Numeracy Concepts – Kathy O’ Sullivan

Examining Students’ Mathematical Thinking: The Case of Porridge Words – Kate Quane

Flourishing Mathematics Teachers: The Effect of School-Based Placements on Preservice Secondary Mathematics Teachers Anticipated Job Enjoyment – Bronwyn Reid O’Connor & Ben Zunica

Engaging Multilingual Students in Frequent and Supported Opportunities for Discourse to Strengthen Their Mathematical Thinking – Rachel Restani, Margarita Jimenez-Silva, Tony Albano, Suzanne Abdelrahim, Robin Martin & Rebecca Ambrose

Catching the Translanguaging Wave: Considerations for Young Multilingual Learners’ Mathematical Meaning-Making – Sally-Ann Robertson & Mellony Graven

Teaching the Unexpected Mathematics: How Digital Technologies Unlocked Incidental Primary Mathematics Concepts – Emily Ross, Margaret Marshman & Natalie McMaster

Do Primary School Teachers Prefer Digital or Non-Digital Games to Support Mathematics Instruction? – James Russo & Anne Roche

Mathematics Lecturer’s Adaption to Online Teaching in Response to COVID-19 – Khalid Saddiq & Helen Chick

Raising Students’ Awareness and Actions Through a Sustainability Project – Soma Salim, Katie Makar & Jana Višňovská

Mathematics Leaders as Agents of Project Sustainability – Matt Sexton

Can a Short Online Test Diagnose Student Thinking? – Vicki Steinle, Kaye Stacey & Beth Price

Promoting Mathematical Reasoning in the Early Years Through Dialogic Talk – Anita Stibbard, Christine Edwards-Groves & Christina Davidson

Understanding of the Equal Sign: A Case of Chinese Grade 5 Students – Jiqing Sun, Xinghua Sun & Max Stephens

Out-of-School PSLE Mathematics Practice Books in Singapore – Teo Pei Pei & Berinderjeet Kaur

How Children who Speak Marathi Respond to the Introduction of Uncertain Language in a Statistical Investigation – Mitali Thatte & Katie Makar

Social Mathematical Practices in Multi-Digit Multiplication – Kristen Tripet

Preservice Primary Teacher Pedagogical Content Knowledge of Fractions Using the Refined Consensus Model – Elise van der Jagt & Wendy Nielsen

Student Problem-Posing During Open Mathematical Inquiry – Kristin Zorn, Kym Fry, Kevin Larkin & Peter Grootenboer

ROUND TABLES

Supporting Out-of-Field Secondary Mathematics Teaching in NSW: A Multifaceted Project Design – Judy Anderson, Janette Bobis, Kathryn Holmes, Helen Watt & Paul Richardson

If Not With Fennema in the 1970s, Then When? – Helen Forgasz & Jennifer Hall

Arresting the Decline in Secondary School Mathematics Enrolments – Michael Jennings

Reflective Encounters Between Primary Pre-Service Teachers and a Mathematics Teacher Educator to Explore Critical Mathematics Teaching Approaches – Rosalie Miller & Julie Clark

Threshold Concepts in Primary Mathematics – Meredith Page & Julie Clark

Exploring the Culture of Out-of-Field Professional Education for Mathematics Teachers – Emily Ross, Merrilyn Goos, Susan Caldis, Connie Cirkony, Seamus Delaney, Janet Dutton, Linda Hobbs, Greg Oates & Christopher Speldewinde

Effective Pedagog(ies) in Mathematics: The Current State of Mathematics Education Practice and Research – Elise van der Jagt, Jill Fielding & Nadia Walker

World-Centred Mathematics Education: Theorising with Biesta – Jana Višňovská, Margaret Marshman & José Luis Cortina

Write Like a Reviewer: MERGA Conferences and Beyond – Jana Višňovská, Emily Ross, Seyum Getenet, Vince Geiger & Greg Oates

University Lecturers in Early Childhood Mathematics Education: Who are They? What are Their Professional Needs? – Jennifer Way, Laurinda Lomas, & Chrissy Monteleone

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS

Using a Visual Representation Framework with Pre-Service Teachers to Analyse Place Value Representations – Tammy Booysen

Use of Newman Error Analysis Guidelines to Identify Pupils’ Errors in a Word Problem Involving Fractions – Elaine Yu Ling Cai

Supporting EAL/D Learners in Mathematics – Geraldine Caleta & Barbara McHugh

Supporting Out-of-Field Mathematics Teaching in Middle Years of Schooling – Philemon Chigeza & Subhashni Taylor

Revisiting Pedagogical Design Capacity: Mathematics Teachers’ Agency in Designing Instructional Materials – Sze Looi Chin, Ban Heng Choy & Yew Hoong Leong

Investigating High School Students Understanding of Decomposition Techniques in Mathematics – Michael Dennis

Students of Different Engagement and Achievement Levels Responses to Mathematics Lessons Involving Challenging Tasks – Maggie Feng, Janette Bobis, Jennifer Way & Bronwyn Reid O’Connor

Building Parental Capital in Supporting Early Literacy and Numeracy Learning – Mellony Graven & Robyn Jorgensen

What Would Make Mathematics More Interesting? Junior Secondary Student Perspectives – Kathryn Holmes, Matt Thompson & Erin Mackenzie

Teacher Professional Learning: The Interplay of External Stimuli, Social Dynamics, and Institutional Dimensions – Sally Hughes

Uncovering the Complexities of Mathematical Problem-Solving Instruction: An In-Depth Analysis of a Mathematical Problem-Solving Lesson for Low-Progress Primary School Students – Kwan Yu Heng Kenneth

Understanding Australian Teachers’ Conceptualisation of Angle – John Lawton

Supporting the Development of Language and Collaborative Competencies for International Students in 1st Year Mathematics – Kim Locke & Lisa Darragh

On the Necessity of Multimodal Semiotic Approaches for the Analysis of Young Children’s Mathematical Drawings – Andrea Maffia & Ann Downton

Analysing the Use of Hands-on Tasks to Develop Student Talk and Collaboration – Carol Murphy, Tracey Muir, & Damon Thomas

Mathematics Homework: The Importance of Pitch – Lisa O’Keeffe & Amie Albrecht

Enrolment Trends in Queensland Senior Advanced Mathematics: Comparisons for Socio-Economic Advantage and Regions­ – Chris Powell

Froebel Meets OpenSCAD: Pre-Service Teachers Form Units in Notes for Children and in Instructions for 3D Cube Constructions – Simone Reinhold & Bernd Wollring

Scaffolding Structured Inquiry Learning Through ‘Spotlighting’ – James Russo, Jane Hubbard, Carly Millichap & Alana Brandholz

Mathematics Education Researchers’ Perspectives on Implications of Their Research for Primary Teachers – James Russo, Jane Hubbard & Anne Roche

Enhancing Problem-Solving Skills Among Low-Progress Students in Singapore: Leveraging Variation Theory in Mathematics Education – Tan Chek Khai Rayner

We All Know Fun Maths – But Where is the Theoretical Foundation?  – Laura Tuohilampi