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Direct linkJane M. Watson; Zalman Usiskin – For the Learning of Mathematics, 2025
A newspaper article about the availability of guns in Chicago, presented at a mathematics education conference in that city in 1998, is linked to a tragic shooting near that city in 2022. The article was used in Australia for many years in research with teachers and students to assess statistical literacy in relation to sampling, until ethics…
Descriptors: News Reporting, Weapons, Mathematics Education, Conferences (Gatherings)
Download full textO'Connor, Bronwyn Reid; Norton, Stephen – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
This paper examines the factors that hinder students' success in working with and understanding the mathematics of quadratic equations using a case study analysis of student error patterns. Twenty-five Year 11 students were administered a written test to examine their understanding of concepts and procedures associated with this topic. The…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Equations (Mathematics), Case Studies, Error Patterns
Chinnappan, Mohan; White, Bruce – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2015
That the quality of teachers' knowledge has direct impact on students' engagement and learning outcomes in mathematics is now well established. But questions about the nature of this knowledge and how to characterise that knowledge are important for mathematics educators. In the present study, we examine a strand of "Specialised Content…
Descriptors: Evidence, Preservice Teachers, Preservice Teacher Education, Error Correction
