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Seah, Rebecca; Horne, Marj; Berenger, Adrian – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
This study surveyed and analysed four secondary school students' writing about a square. Sfard's discursive approach to understanding mathematical discourse was used to analyse the responses collected from 214 Australian secondary school students. The results showed that geometric knowledge was developed experientially and not developmentally.…
Descriptors: High School Students, Knowledge Level, Mathematics Achievement, Geometric Concepts
Sandhu, Satwant; Kidman, Gillian; Cooper, Tom – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2013
Queensland rural and remote schools have difficulty in attracting experienced, in-field mathematics teachers. Thus, when such teachers arrive, much is expected of them to increase the mathematics knowledge of students. This paper looks at one such teacher who, against the high expectations placed upon him as an in-field teacher, experienced…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mathematics Teachers, Secondary School Mathematics, Mathematics Instruction