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Science, Maths and Technology Education research strength

  

Completed projects in Science, Maths and Technology Education research strength

Staff projects

  • Conceptual Understanding Procedures (CUPs)
    David Mills, Susan Feteris, Pam Mulhall and Brian McKittrick
  • Teaching and learning physics
    Ms Pam Mulhall
  • PRIME portfolio research in Mathematics and English
    Dr Barbara Clarke, Dr Brenton Doecke, Emeritus Professor Alan Bishop, Nike Prince
  • Values in Mathematics and Science Education
    Prof. Dick Gunstone, Emeritus Professor Alan Bishop, Dr. Debbie Corrigan, Dr. Barbara Clarke
  • Bishop, A.  A framework for evaluation of new technologies for (semi)autonomous learning in mathematics education.
  • Clarke, B, Doecke, B & Bishop, A.  Developing portfolio assessment in English and Mathematics: insider and outsider perspectives on the implementation of professional teaching standards.
  • Gunstone, R, Clarke, B, Corrigan, D, Ocean, J & FitzSimons, G.  Values in mathematics and science education: mapping the relationships between pedagogical practices and student outcomes.
  • Clarke, D, Rowley, G. & Clarke, B.   Early Numeracy Research Project (ENRP).
  • Gunstone, R.    Resolving confusions in the teaching of electricity.
  • Gunstone, R & Bishop, A.  Monash-King's College International Centre for the Study of Science and Mathematics Curriculum.
  • Gunstone, R & Fensham, P. Performance of Australian school students in international studies in science.
  • Loughran, J.  Scholarship in science teaching: an examination of the relationships between science content, teaching and learning.

Major funded staff projects

  • Bishop, A , Clarke, B & Ocean, J.   Research and development of national professional standards for excellence in teaching mathematics.
  • Bishop, A, Clarkson, P, FitzSimons, G & Seah, W-T.  Values in mathematics education: making values teaching explicit.
  • Gunstone, R.   Fostering understanding in senior high school physics.
  • Ingvarson, L, Rowley, G & Gunstone, R.   Professional standards for highly accomplished teachers of science.
  • Loughran, J & Gunstone, R.   Science cases in action: developing an understanding of science teachers' pedagogical content knowledge.
  • Penna, C, Holkner, B, Lancaster, G, Mitchell, I, Berry, A & Loughran, J. Science online professional development project.

Student projects

Master of Education (thesis only)

  • Reinholtd, D.  Assessment and Professional Development of Primary Mathematics Education.
  • Kourtchatov, I.  Mathematics:  Problem Solving in Schools in Line of Polya Proposed Teachniques and Ideas.

Master of Education (thesis and coursework)

  • Baxter, J.  Teachers assessing teachers: a practical application of professional standards.
  • Al-Safe, M.  The effect of modifying the physics curriculum on the future of VCE physics.
  • EdD
  • Farkota, R.  Effects of direct instruction on self-efficacy and achievement in mathematics.
  • Ng, W.M.  Learning Technology and Science.
  • Steel, R.P.  Enhancement Mathematics.

PhD

  • Agudelo-Valderrama, A.C.  Mathematics teachers' conceptions of their teaching of school algebra.
  • Arnott, N.J.  Collaborative Learning in Engineering.
  • Brandenburg, R.  Monitoring preservice teachers' understandings of the teaching and learning of mathematics.
  • Cao, Z.J.  An Investigation of Students' Attitudes Towards Mathematics in Two Cities in China and Australia.
  • Carbone, A.  Computer Science Education.
  • Draisma, J.  Teaching gesture and oral computation in Mozambique, four case studies.
  • Feteris, S.M.  Student Learning in Undergraduate Teaching Laboratories.
  • Gunn, S.K.  Statistics Curriculum - A Cultural Perspective.
  • Jolayemi, C.O.  Students Understanding of Biology Concepts.
  • Keast, S.R.  The Effectiveness of Single Sex Mathematics at Murtoa Secondary College.
  • Lynch, K.E.  Changes in Attitudes and Approaches to Teaching and Learning as a Result of the Implementation of New Media and Telecommunication Technologies.
  • McGill, M.H.  The Impact of Computer-Mediated Discussion on the Reflection of Beginning Teachers.
  • Mulhall, P.J.  Physics Teachers' Views about Physics and Teaching and Learning Physics.
  • Oyoo, S.O. Language in Science Education.
  • Robbins, J.R.  Posing Young Children's Understanding of Natural Phenomena.
  • Ryan, A.E.  Dilemma in Post-Colonial Science Curricula: The Case Study of Papua New Guinea.
  • Scott, D.M.  Origins of Children's Scientific Knowledge.
  • Seah, W.T.  The Negotiation and Portrayal of Values by Migrant/Expatriate Mathematics Teachers in Australia.
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