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Learning to Notice Algebraically: The Impact of Designed Instructional Material on Student Thinking
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Wadham, Bridget; Pearce, Emily; Hunter, Jodie – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2023
In this paper, we explore how students' algebraic noticing's and explanations changed across a two-year period with the introduction of designed instructional material. The data in this report is drawn from n=53 Year 7-8 students' responses to a free-response assessment task across two different years. Analysis focused on how students noticed and…
Descriptors: Algebra, Mathematics Instruction, Multiplication, Learning Processes
The Interaction between Belongingness and Bullying in Relation to the Mathematics Achievement of Fourth and Eighth-Grade Students on the 2011 TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study)
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Ferguson, Sharlyn – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2016
The objective of this paper is to investigate differences in the academic achievement of students who report experiencing both bullying and a lack of belonging within their school settings as compared to their peers who report neither of these experiences. This study will expand upon existing research by using a cross-national sample of students…
Descriptors: Bullying, Academic Achievement, Student School Relationship, Peer Relationship
Calculating for Probability: "He Koretake Te Rima" (Five Is Useless)
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Hawera, Ngarewa; Taylor, Merilyn – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2015
In Maori medium schools, research that investigates children's mathematical computation with number and connections they might make to mathematical ideas in other strands is limited. This paper seeks to share ideas elicited in a task-based observation and interview with one child about the number ideas she utilises to solve a problem requiring…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Education, Computation, Probability
Gender Differences in Mathematics: An International Perspective.
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Ethington, Corinna A. – 1988
The purpose of this study was to investigate whether gender accounts for student differences in performance and achievement in mathematics. Data for the study were drawn from the Second International Mathematics Study (SIMS) of seventh and eighth grade students from Japan, Belgium, Canada (British Columbia and Ontario), France, the United States,…
Descriptors: Females, Foreign Countries, Global Approach, Grade 7
New Zealand's National Education Monitoring Project: Maori Student Achievement, 1995-1998.
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Crooks, Terry; Caygill, Robyn – 1999
The National Education Monitoring Project (NEMP) conducts annual surveys of the achievement of grade 4 and grade 8 students in the New Zealand education system. This paper compares the 1995-98 results for Maori and non-Maori students. Results in 15 curriculum areas are compared for Maori versus non-Maori students using the total sample and using a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Mathematics: Essential Research, Essential Practice. Volumes 1 and 2. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
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Watson, Jane, Ed.; Beswick, Kim, Ed. – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2007
This is a record of the proceedings of the 30th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA). The theme of the conference is "Mathematics: Essential research, essential practice." The theme draws attention to the importance of developing and maintaining links between research and practice and…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Secondary School Mathematics, Concept Mapping, Student Teachers