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Zevenbergen, Robyn – Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, 2001
Discusses a 4-year action research project that involved the development of effective assessment tools for preservice mathematics teachers. Focuses on peer assessment in which students reviewed posters created by their peers. Concludes that peer assessment is an effective tool for assessment in preservice mathematics teacher education but must not…
Descriptors: Action Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Mathematics Education
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Zevenbergen, Robyn – Educational Studies in Mathematics, 1996
Constructivism has assumed a dominance with mathematics education but it ignores the social implications of the construction of meaning. It is argued that constructivism is a liberal discourse that valorizes the individual construction of meaning. In doing this, the social and political contexts in which mathematical knowledge is located is…
Descriptors: Constructivism (Learning), Elementary Secondary Education, Epistemology, Mathematics Education
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Hyde, Merv; Zevenbergen, Robyn; Power, Des – American Annals of the Deaf, 2003
Evaluation of the ability of 77 students who are moderately to profoundly deaf to solve arithmetic word problems found that students who are deaf experienced delays in successful work problem performance. Results support the idea that the delayed language acquisition of this population affects their capacity to solve arithmetic word problems.…
Descriptors: Arithmetic, Deafness, Developmental Delays, Elementary Secondary Education
Biddulph, Fred, Ed.; Carr, Ken, Ed. – 1997
This document contains both volumes of the proceedings of a conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA). Three keynote papers by Gordon Knight, J. Michael Shaughnessy, and Robyn Zevenbergen, and a practical implications paper by Lyn English are included. Seventy-five conference papers are included in these…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Kanes, Clive, Ed.; Goos, Merrilyn, Ed.; Warren, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1998
The second volume of this proceedings contains the papers presented at the 21st annual meeting of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. Full papers include: (1) "Teachers Interpreting Algebra: Teachers' Views about the Nature of Algebra" (Brenda Menzel and David Clarke); (2) "Long Odds: Longitudinal Development of…
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Calculators, Educational Assessment
Atweh, Bill, Ed.; Forgasz, Helen, Ed.; Nebres, Ben, Ed. – 2001
This book, based on research on sociocultural aspects of mathematics education, presents contemporary and international perspectives on social justice and equity issues that impact mathematics education. In particular, it highlights the importance of three interacting and powerful factors--gender, social, and cultural dimensions. The book is…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Gender Issues
Truran, John M., Ed.; Truran, Kathleen M., Ed. – 1999
Papers from the 22nd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Incorporated include the following: (1) "Making Sense of Primary Mathematics" (Gillian M. Boulton-Lewis); (2) "Seeking a Rationale for Particular Classroom Tasks and Activity" (Peter Sullivan); (3) "Research in Mathematics…
Descriptors: Algebra, Arithmetic, Educational Research, Educational Technology