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Research Interests

My main research interest is in the mathematical subject knowledge of primary school teachers. My doctoral work used design-based research to design an intervention programme to help student teachers develop the mental mathematics they need for teaching and the findings of this study has informed much of my teaching. A recent project I worked on explored what student teachers make of video material that is used in their training. A project that I'm currently involved in is looking at different types of reasoning that student teachers engage in how this knowledge and understanding can be deveIoped to support their teaching in this area. I am also interested in children’s mathematical work and in particular, how they develop number sense.

Research group(s)

Conferences

2018 Primary pre-service teachers: reasoning and generalisation. British Congress of Mathematics Education. Warwick University, UK. April 2018

2017 Pre-service primary teachers' approaches to mathematical generalisation.  British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics. Liverpool Hope University, UK. November 2017

2017 What knowledge is necessary to encourage mathematical talk? Congress of European Research into Mathematics Education, Dublin, Ireland. February 2017.

2016 Mathematical talk: links with Subject Knowledge? International Congress on Mathematics Education. Hamburg, Germany. July 2016

2015 An analysis of pre-service teachers’ reflections on ‘good practice’ teaching videos. British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics. St Patrick’s College of Education, Dublin, Ireland. March 2015

2014 Using Grounded Theory: A collaborative approach. British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics. University of Southampton, UK. June 2014

2013 Exploring Approaches to Calculations: A comparison between primary and secondary trainee teachers. British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics. Bristol University, UK. March 2013

2012 Teacher representations of mathematics in the form of knowledge for teaching. British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics. Manchester University, September 2012

2012 Knowledge Quartet Coding Manual conference, Cambridge University. March 2012

2011 Designing a programme for pre-service elementary teachers to develop mental mathematics for teaching. Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Ankara, Turkey. July 2011

2011 Using design-based research to develop a programme of mental mathematics for teaching. British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics. Institute of Education, UK. March 2011

2011 The use of the empty number line to develop a programme of mental mathematics for primary trainee teachers. Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education. Rzescow, Poland. February 2011

2009 Mental mathematics competence: An indication of “Connected” mathematical understanding among trainee teachers?. Association of Teacher Education in Europe Conference. Palma, Majorca. August 2009

2008 “Connected” mathematical understanding, demonstrated through the mental mathematics of trainee teachers. Elementary Mathematics Education Conference. Braga, Portugal. December 2008

2008 Learning Backwards: Trainee Teachers Learning Mental Mathematics. British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics. King’s College London, November 2008

2007 Trainee Teachers’ Mental Mathematics: Patterns and Preferences. British Education Research Association Institute of Education, September 2007

2006 Trainee Teachers Mental Mathematics: Patterns and Preferences. Poster Presentation, British Education Research Association Warwick University, September 2006

2006 Supporting the development of New Researchers in Teacher Education, Workshop presentation. British Education Research Association Warwick University, September 2006

2006 Trainee teachers: Primary Teachers’ Subject Knowledge. Poster Presentation, Learning and Teaching Symposium, Brunel University, April 2006