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Informing Practice in Mathematics through the Use of Herrmann's Whole Brain® Theory
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Randewijk, E.; du Toit, P. H.; Harding, A. F. – South African Journal of Education, 2022
In this research I explored how mathematics teachers can inform their teaching practice through a meta-reflective inquiry into methods of facilitating Whole Brain® learning in mathematics. Herrmann's Whole Brain® theory was used as a lens through which to explore leading theories in the fields of constructivism, mathematics education and cognitive…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods
Challenging and Disrupting Deficit Discourses in Mathematics Education: Positioning Young Diverse Learners to Document and Share Their Mathematical Funds of Knowledge
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Hunter, Jodie – Research in Mathematics Education, 2022
In New Zealand and internationally, diverse groups of people are under-represented in mathematics. Disrupting deficit discourses requires educators to recognise the funds of knowledge of learners. This article focuses on stories of mathematics at home and in the community of Pacific learners to highlight what we can learn from the voices of…
Descriptors: Cultural Background, Mathematics Instruction, Student Diversity, Disadvantaged
Photovoice: Understanding High School Females' Conceptions of Mathematics and Learning Mathematics
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Harkness, Shelly Sheats; Stallworth, James – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 2013
Photovoice is a participatory action research tool that is grounded in the literature for critical consciousness (Wang & Burris, 1997). Four creative high school girls who reported struggles with mathematics were given cameras and asked to take photographs to answer the following questions: (1) What is mathematics? (2) What is your ideal…
Descriptors: High School Students, Females, Student Attitudes, Participatory Research
The Effect of "Clickers" on Attendance in an Introductory Statistics Course: An Action Research Study
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Amstelveen, Raoul H. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to design and implement a Classroom Response System, also known as a "clicker," to increase attendance in introductory statistics courses at an undergraduate university. Since 2010, non-attendance had been prevalent in introductory statistics courses. Moreover, non-attendance created undesirable classrooms…
Descriptors: Audience Response Systems, Attendance, Introductory Courses, Statistics
Child-Centred Inquiry Learning: How Mathematics Understanding Emerges
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Calder, Nigel; Brough, Chris – International Journal for Mathematics Teaching and Learning, 2013
This paper examines how mathematical understandings might emerge through student-centred inquiry. Data is drawn from a research project on student-centred curriculum integration that situated mathematics within authentic problem-solving contexts and involved students in collaboratively constructed curriculum. The project involved case studies in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Centered Curriculum, Inquiry, Problem Solving
Engaging Minds. Proceedings of the National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning Annual Conference (5th, Galway, Ireland, June 9-10, 2011)
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National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NJ1), 2011
This publication contains the papers presented at the 5th Annual Conference of National Academy for Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (NAIRTL) and the 9th Galway Symposium. Presenters from across Ireland and overseas share their perspectives. The theme of engagement touches on the very heart of what a "higher" education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Conferences (Gatherings), Epistemology, Learner Engagement