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Background: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has provided rich data displays informing the public about the spread of infection, risks for certain population groups and the effectiveness of vaccines. These data sources offer opportunities for students and teachers to explore and discuss data of high relevance to their lives and thei...
The purpose of this academic literature review is to identify promising practices in the teaching of mathematics online that emerged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The review scanned international literature to identify key principles related to effective online teaching of mathematics.
Inclusive mathematics education acknowledges human diversity and involves supporting the diverse learning needs of all students in general mathematics classrooms. In this chapter we review Australasian research concerning the various categories of diversity using the three themes of our framework: Access
to the curriculum through policies and leade...
The most recent Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) (2009) mathematical literacy results provide evidence that in Western English-speaking countries, including Australia, the gender gap in achievement appears to be widening in favour of males. In the study reported in this article, the aim was to explore the effects of gender, schoo...
The role of digital technologies in enhancing learning and teaching has been a subject of interest to mathematics educators for at least the past three decades. International interest in this area has been paralleled in Australasia as is evidenced by chapters on this topic in previous MERGA research reviews (e.g., Goos & Cretchley, 2004; Thomas & C...
The results of the National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy [NAPLAN] tests of Australian students in 2008, 2009, and 2010 were analysed by individual question responses (percentage correct) of females and males. The analysis of Grade 3 and Grade 9 data demonstrate that a decline in the achievement of females is evident and these gender d...
