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Brough, Chris; Calder, Nigel – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2014
Chris Brough and Nigel Calder share two scenarios in which students co-constructed their curriculum through generating their own problem solving and mathematical investigations. This article is a valuable exploration of the benefits of teachers working in partnership with their students.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Mathematics Instruction, Student Centered Learning
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Ares, Nancy – Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, 2010
O'Connor and Penuel (2010) argue that viewing research in education as a human science requires explicit attention to social, cultural, historical, and institutional dimensions of human activity, to the agency of participants in learning research, and to the importance of incorporating "emic" perspectives that shift the voice of the…
Descriptors: Action Research, Research Methodology, Educational Practices, Educational Change
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Howell, Sally; Kemp, Coral – Educational Psychology, 2005
Recent publications in Australia focus on "number sense" as an important component of mathematics instruction. The current study attempted to tap into local expert knowledge in the area of early mathematics in an effort to establish a consensus on which skills reflect the number sense typically acquired by school entry. A modified Delphi…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Instruction, Participatory Research, Delphi Technique