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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 ...

    • 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’ ...

    • Working towards addressing the mathematics subject matter knowledge needs of prospective teachers 

      Hourigan, Mairead; O'Donoghue, John (St. Patricks College, Dublin, 2009)
      This study is the result of a perceived need for action within one Irish College of Education. During professional interactions with prospective teachers in both mathematics pedagogy sessions and teaching practice, the ...