Maths Education Research

The MESH team are involved with a range of research projects in the mathematics and statistics education area. The following are a selection of recent papers, conference presentations and posters associated with these projects. For full author acknowledgements please follow the links for each item.

Library Roving

• 'Just for me' engagement - Library Roving (PDF, 6406.53 KB) (opens in a new window), poster presentation at ACSME 2014
• Two supports are better than one (opens in a new window), presentation at FYiMaths National Workshop, Melbourne, July 2017
• Examining Students' Interaction with Mathematics Consultation using Text Mining (opens in a new window), presentation at AustMS Annual Meeting, Sydney, December 2017

Support, Engagement and Participation

• Performance of students with weak mathematics in first year mathematics and science (opens in a new window), International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, vol 40, no 6.
• Video-based supplemental instruction : creating opportunities for at-risk students undertaking engineering mathematics (opens in a new window), Journal of Peer Learning, vol 4, no 1.
• Improving student engagement in mathematics using simple but effective methods (opens in a new window), paper presentation at AARE 2012.
• Scientists and mathematicians collaborating to build quantitative skills in undergraduate science (opens in a new window), International Journal of  Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, vol 44, no 6.
• Supporting Engagement or Engaging Support? (opens in a new window), International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, vol 23 no 1.
• Tertiary students' engagement in a mathematics support program (opens in a new window), paper presentation at ACSME 2014
• I've worked my ^&%$ off all semester, now has it had any effect? (opens in a new window), presentation at inaugural FYiMaths NSW Meeting and FYiMaths National Workshop 3 2015
• Great Expectations: I expect to pass because I already know all this stuff (opens in a new window), presentation at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematics Society, 2015
• Bleak House or Great Expectations, a matter of perspective (opens in a new window), presentation at the ANZIAM 2016 Mathematics Education Workshop, Canberra, 2016. Video of presentation can be found here.
• Do Workshops Work (opens in a new window), presentation at the FYiMaths National Workshop, Melbourne, 2016
• Is it too Late to Master Your Numeracy when the Days in Your Masters are Numbered?, (opens in a new window), presentation at the FYiMaths NSW Meeting, December 2017
• We Built It, Where Are They? (opens in a new window), presentation at ACSME, Melbourne, September 2017

Online Resources

• I Don't Get It - Just in time support for confused students (opens in a new window), Ideas Exchange at ACSME 2013.
• Piloting an online mathematics and statistics tutoring service (opens in a new window), paper presentation at ASCILITE 2013.
• Developing interactive mathematical and statistical visualisations (opens in a new window), poster presentation at ACSME 2014
• Developing interactive mathematical visualisations (opens in a new window) paper presentation at ASCILITE 2014

Diagnostic Testing

• Basic Skills: test, work, learn? (opens in a new window), presentation at FYiMaths NSW Workshop June 2017
• Sport and Exercise Science Numeracy Project - How Good is Our Instrument? (opens in a new window), presentation at FYiMaths NSW Workshop June 2017
• Sports and Exercise Science Numeracy Project - Diagnostic Testing (opens in a new window), presentation at FYiMaths NSW Workshop June 2017
• A Tale of Two Diagnostic Tests (opens in a new window), presentation at Brazil Delta conference, Gramado, Brazil, November 2017

Other Topics

• Equity in Maths Education (opens in a new window) presentation at UNSW Learning and Teaching Seminar
• From Where do Our Students Come? (opens in a new window), presentation at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematics Society, Sydney, December 2017