Browsing by Author "Young-Loveridge, Jennifer"
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Assessing the mathematical thinking of young children in New Zealand: the initial school years
(Routledge, 2011)This paper provides an overview of assessment policy and practice in mathematics for early years classrooms in New Zealand between 1993 and the present day. It describes the introduction of school entry assessment for ... -
Children’s views of their teacher’s role in helping them learn mathematics
(Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc., 2005)This paper reports on data from 183 nine-to eleven-year old children attending six Waikato schools. An analysis is provided of children’s responses to a question about their teacher’s role in helping them learn mathematics. ... -
Deepening students' understanding of multiplication and division by exploring divisibility by nine
(The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc., 2012)This paper explores how a focus on understanding divisibility rules can be used to help deepen students’ understanding of multiplication and division with whole numbers. It is based on research with seven Year 7–8 teachers ... -
Developing young children's understanding of place-value using multiplication and quotitive division
(International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics EducationPME, 2014)This paper focuses on selected findings from a study that explored the use of multiplication and division with 34 five- and six-year-old children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds. The focus of instructional ... -
Enhancing the mathematics achievement of Pasifika students: Performance and progress on the numeracy development project.
(Faculty of Education, University of Waikato, 2006)This paper reports on the analysis of data from approximately 30,000 Pasifika students whose teachers participated in the Numeracy Development Project (NDP) between 2002 and 2005. Most students' performance improved from ...
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Mathematics in workplace settings: Numeracy in the mechanical engineering trades
(The University of Waikato, 2022)While mathematics is an essential tool for both professional and trades mechanical engineers, little is known about how mathematics is used and learned in the mechanical engineering trades. Using an interpretivist paradigm ... -
"Crossing the border" : An interpretive study of children making the transition to school
(The University of Waikato, 2004)This thesis explored the experiences of children and their families as the children started school at one Aotearoa/New Zealand primary school. The study followed the progress of seven case study children and their families, ... -
Phonological awareness and alphabet knowledge in the acquisition of literacy skills
(The University of Waikato, 1999)The nature of the relationship between phonological awareness and the acquisition of literacy was investigated in a longitudinal study of 29 children during their first two years at school. At the beginning of the study, ... -
Understanding the beliefs and behaviours of low-skilled adults as they re-engage with mathematics
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This thesis explored low-skilled adult learners’ beliefs about mathematics and how they engaged with mathematical content delivered as part of foundation-level vocational programmes in New Zealand. It also examined how ... -
Investigating the Professional Knowledge of New Zealand Primary School Teachers when Teaching Mathematics for Numeracy
(The University of Waikato, 2018)This research investigated the relationship between teachers’ espoused professional knowledge, professional knowledge in practice, and student learning, when teaching ‘mathematics for numeracy’ in the New Zealand primary ...
