Browsing by Author "Hourigan, Mairead"
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An bhearna idir an teanga agus an t-ábhar a dhúnadh sa tumoideachas: Cur chuige bunaithe ar staidéar ceachta
Ó Ceallaigh, T.J.; Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead (An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta, 2015)Tá sé léirithe sa taighde go bhfuil éifeacht leis an bhFoghlaim Chomhtháite Ábhar agus Teangacha (FCÁT) i suíomhanna teanga éagsúla. Mar sin féin, níl tuiscint iomlán againn fós ar chomhtháthú teangacha agus ábhar in ... -
Budding architects: Exploring the designs of pyramids and prisms
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead (AAMT [Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers], 2015)The context of students as architects is used to examine the similarities and differences between prisms and pyramids. Leavy and Hourigan use the Van Hiele Model as a tool to support teachers to develop expectations for ... -
The challenges facing pre-service education: Addressing the issue of mathematics subject matter knowledge among prospective primary teachers
Hourigan, Mairead; O'Donoghue, John (St. Patricks College, Dublin, 2007)Research has indicated that it is not necessary to study mathematics to degree level to teach mathematics effectively at primary level (Greaney et al, 1999; Cooney, 1999). Consensus exists however that graduating teachers ... -
Children as data detectives
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead; McMahon, Aine (INTO [Irish National Teachers Organisation], 2012)Transforming the teaching of data Is your experience of teaching data less than exciting? Do you think there is more to teaching data than making bar charts of children’s favourite colours? And pictograms of modes of ... -
Compairing means
Leavy, Aisling; McMahon, Aine; Hourigan, Mairead (INTO [Irish National Teachers Organisation], 2012)A classroom mathematical exploration of the mean In this article, we outline a series of explorations with data, spanning between 3 and 5 lessons, to develop conceptual understanding of the mean. These explorations were ... -
Counting creatures: Exploring data with infants
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead; McMahon, Aine (INTO [Irish National Teachers Organisation], 2012) -
Crime scene investigation in the classroom
Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling; McMahon, Aine (INTO [Irish National Teachers Organisation], 2012)The strand unit of Representing and Interpreting Data (Primary School Mathematics Curriculum, 1999) sets out objectives which emphasise the need for children to experience genuine data investigations. Investigations may ... -
Crossing boundaries into secondary mathematics concepts: The case of functions
Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (St. Patricks College, Dublin, 2013)This paper reports on the use of a particular function machine which was based on the context of the ‘faulty oven’ to develop conceptual understanding of the concept of function among 4th class children. While the concept ... -
Exploring probability concepts using a mini games environment: Ideas for primary and secondary classrooms
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead (NCE-MSTL [National Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning], University of Limerick, 2014) -
Facilitating inquiry based learning in mathematics teacher education
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead; McMahon, Aine (SMEC [Science and Mathematics Education Conference], 2010)A driving question in teacher education centers on how to help prospective teachers become expert teachers. The absence of a shared professional curriculum to prepare teachers to teach mathematics combined with the difficulty ... -
Geometric growing patterns: what’s the rule?
Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (AAMT [Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers], 2015)We explore several examples of the way in which to use geometrical growing patterns. Examples are situated within interesting contexts to elicit algebraic generalisations by working through a five-phase analysis process. -
Getting the balance right: the equals sign
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead; McMahon, Aine (INTO [Irish National Teacher's Organisation], 2011)Much of the number work carried out in primary classrooms contains elements of algebraic reasoning. In fact, equals sign work in junior and senior infants underpins much of the algebraic reasoning used in later years. In ... -
Having fun with functions
Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (INTO [Irish National Teacher's Organisation], 2011) -
Identifying the mystery player: Comparing body measurement data of the Irish soccer and rugby teams
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead (INTO [Irish National Teacher's Organisation], 2014) -
Lesson study in mathematics: Authentic assessment of inquiry learning
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead; Carroll, Claire (DCU [Dublin City University], 2014)Classrooms are complex and unpredictable learning environments. Preparing future teachers to respond to the fast changing needs of learners in mathematics classrooms is the challenge of teacher educators. In our paper, we ... -
Lesson study in teacher preparation: driving inquiry and teacher noticing
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead; Ó Ceallaigh, T.J. (WALS [World Association of Lesson Studies], 2018) -
Let infants’ knowledge of pattern grow
Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (INTO [Irish National Teacher's Organisation], 2011) -
Mathematical under-preparedness: The influence of the pre-tertiary mathematics experience on students’ ability to make a successful transition to tertiary level mathematics courses in Ireland (Pre-published version)
Hourigan, Mairead; O’Donoghue, John (Taylor & Francis, 2007)Internationally, the consequences of the ‘Mathematics problem’ are a source of concern for the education sector and governments alike. Growing consensus exists that the inability of students to successfully make the ... -
Mathematics subject matter knowledge (SMK) for teaching at primary level: How much is enough?
Hourigan, Mairead (NCE-MSTL [National Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning], University of Limerick, 2010) -
Mathematics teaching matters: making complex mathematical ideas accessible to primary level children
Leavy, Aisling; McMahon, Aine; Hourigan, Mairead (St. Patrick’s College, Dublin, 2011)Reform of mathematics curricula has led to the expansion of topics such as algebra, data and probability being taught to primary level children. This new subject matter can be challenging for primary teachers to teach as ...