Browsing by Author "Sharma, Sashi"

• Bridging language barriers in statistics for Year-12 Pasifika students: A collaborative study 

  Sharma, Sashi (Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research, 2018)

  This paper focuses on the use of home languages as a resource for Pasifika students who are learning about statistical methods. It is acknowledged that there are connections between language use and mathematics in mathematics ...

  

• Cultural Influences in Probabilistic Thinking 

  Sharma, Sashi (Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012)

  Concerns about students' difficulties in statistics and probability and a lack of research in this area outside of western countries led to a case study which explored form five (14 to 16 year olds) students' ideas in this ...

  

• Definitions and models of statistical literacy: a literature review 

  Sharma, Sashi (Routledge, 2017)

  Despite statistical literacy being relatively new in statistics education research, it needs special attention as attempts are being made to enhance the teaching, learning and assessing of this sub-strand. It is important ...

  

• Developing statistical literacy with Year 9 students: a collaborative research project 

  Sharma, Sashi (Routledge, 2013)

  Advances in technology and communication have increased the amount of statistical information delivered through everyday media. The importance of statistics in everyday life has led to calls for increased attention to ...

• Exploring Fijian high school students’ conceptions of averages 

  Sharma, Sashi (Pacific Circle Consortium for Education, 2008)

  This paper focuses on part of a much larger study that explored form five (14 to 16 year-old) students’ ideas in statistics. A range of ideas was explored, including the students’ ideas about measures of centre and graphical ...

  

• Children’s negotiation of meanings about geometric shapes and their properties in a New Zealand multilingual primary classroom 

  Sharma , Shweta (The University of Waikato, 2022)

  New Zealand is a nation of superdiversity in terms of ethnicities and languages spoken. This superdiversity is reflected in New Zealand multilingual classrooms. In the New Zealand primary school mathematics curriculum, the ...

  

• Teaching mathematics to English language learners: A comparative study of issues faced by teachers in New Zealand and the United States 

  Jourdain, Laura Violet (University of Waikato, 2015)

  New Zealand and the United States are both ethnically and linguistically diverse. With this diversity comes high numbers of English language learners in school classrooms. This is a challenge for teachers of mathematics, ...

  

• An Investigation of beliefs and attitudes of high school students in the Solomon Islands towards learning mathematics 

  Kele, Andriane (University of Waikato, 2014)

  Mathematics is omnipresent in all walks of life in our society. For instance, every day, citizens all over the world are faced with a complex array of mathematics–from mathematics of business and employment to risks of ...

  

• Understanding teaching practice in support of Non-English-Speaking-Background (NESB) students’ mathematics learning 

  Gwengo, Martin (University of Waikato, 2013)

  Research is needed that gives special attention to the experiences of mathematics teachers of Non-English-Speaking-Background (NESB) students. This need prompted me to investigate four of my tertiary mathematics classes ...

  

• Investigating National Curriculum Implementation in Papua New Guinea (PNG) 

  Kekeya, Joseph Lingawa (University of Waikato, 2013)

  There is a national concern in Papua New Guinea (PNG) about re-construction of social systems because the education offered was irrelevant to the needs of the PNG society. The Government of PNG reformed its national education ...

  

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