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    Hourigan, Mairead (32)
    Leavy, Aisling (27)McMahon, Aine (10)O'Donoghue, John (3)Ó Ceallaigh, T.J. (2)... View MoreSubjectMathematics (17)Teaching (12)Children (5)Architecture (2)Concepts (2)... View MoreDate Issued2010 - 2018 (28)2006 - 2009 (4)

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    Using architecture as a context to enhance students’ understanding of symmetry 

    Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (AAMT [Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers], 2011)
    Working within the context of a contest to find the most beautiful tourist attraction in the world, Year 5 students investigate the most symmetric building from a short-list of three iconic buildings. This involves ...
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    Varying your approaches to teaching variables 

    Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead; McMahon, Aine (INTO [Irish National Teachers Organisation], 2011)
    Our previous article Getting the balance right: The equals sign presented activities which can be used to introduce children to translating and solving word problems using equations where the unknown is represented with a ...
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    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 ...
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    Providing challenge in pattern work in the infant classes 

    Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling; McMahon, Aine (NCE-MSTL [National Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning], University of Limerick, 2012)
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    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 ...
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    Pre-service primary teachers’ geometric thinking: Is pre-tertiary mathematics education building sufficiently strong foundations? (Pre-published version) 

    Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (Routledge [Taylor & Francis], 2017)
    Teacher knowledge is a critical focus of educational research in light of the potential impact of teacher knowledge on student learning. The dearth of research exploring entry-level pre-service teachers’ geometric knowledge ...
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    Using a simulation to explore the law of large numbers 

    Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead (NCE-MSTL [National Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning], University of Limerick, 2014)
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    What’s a real 2D shape? Designing appropriate geometric instruction 

    Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (AAMT [Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers], 2015)
    Mairead Hourigan and Aisling Leavy describe a range of teaching and learning activities focusing on the identification and classification of 2-dimensional shapes. The activities described are useful in highlighting students’ ...
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    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 ...
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    Having fun with functions 

    Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (INTO [Irish National Teacher's Organisation], 2011)
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