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Using architecture as a context to enhance students’ understanding of symmetry
(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 ...
Varying your approaches to teaching variables
(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 ...
Crime scene investigation in the classroom
(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 ...
Providing challenge in pattern work in the infant classes
(NCE-MSTL [National Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning], University of Limerick, 2012)
Compairing means
(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 ...
Pre-service primary teachers’ geometric thinking: Is pre-tertiary mathematics education building sufficiently strong foundations? (Pre-published version)
(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 ...
Using a simulation to explore the law of large numbers
(NCE-MSTL [National Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning], University of Limerick, 2014)
What’s a real 2D shape? Designing appropriate geometric instruction
(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’ ...
Crossing boundaries into secondary mathematics concepts: The case of functions
(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 ...
Having fun with functions
(INTO [Irish National Teacher's Organisation], 2011)