Robyn Pierce

Symbols: the challenge of subscripts

Meredith Begg, Robyn Pierce

Journal article  |  2020  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL EDUCATION IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Symbols are a cornerstone of the written language of mathematics and mathematical sciences. However, variations in their use pose ..

University students' conceptions of mathematical symbols and expressions

KE Chin, R Pierce

Journal article  |  2019  |  Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

Undergraduate mathematics instructors often report that students make careless errors or have not previously learned key mathemati..

Aligning Online Mathematical Problem Solving with the Australian Curriculum

Duncan Symons, R Pierce

Conference Proceedings  |  2018

The current Australian Curriculum mandates that technology be utilised to support students to “investigate, create and communicate..

Interviews Reveal Year 8 Student's Struggle to Generalise Solutions to reverse Fraction Tasks

C Pearn, Max Stephens, R Pierce

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  ICMI-EARCOME8 Proceedingsof the 8th ICMI-East Asia Regional Conference on Mathematics Education

The links between fractional knowledge and readiness for algebra have been highlighted by many researchers such as Wu (2001); Jaco..

Diagram Effective or Diagram Dependent? ...

Catherine Pearn, Max Stephens, Robyn Pierce

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia

This paper will focus on two students who depended on diagrammatic representations in both a Fraction Screening Test and in a subs..

Symbolic Synonyms

M Begg, R Pierce, K Chin

Journal article  |  2017  |  AMSI Calculate Teacher Resources

When students are drilled, and undertake practice using algebraic expressions which always employ the same letters, they may not r..

Met-Before

M Begg, R Pierce, KE Chin

Journal article  |  2017  |  AMSI Calculate Teacher Resources

Interpreting symbols is not as easy as we perceive. Many students face difficulties in interpreting the meanings of symbols they h..

Communicating like a Mathematician

M Begg, R Pierce, KE Chin

Journal article  |  2017  |  AMSI Calculate Teacher Resources

Students’ working is often peppered with incorrect usage of symbols and very little written explanation of methodology. When read ..

Mathematical language exposed online

D Symons, R Pierce

Conference Proceedings  |  2017

Reverse fraction tasks reveal algebraic thinking

C Pearn, R Pierce, Max Stephens

Conference Proceedings  |  2017  |  Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education