Browsing by Author "Leavy, Aisling"
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Preface: statistics in early childhood and primary education
Leavy, Aisling; Meletiou-Mavrotheris, Maria; Paparistodemou, Efi (Springer Nature, 2018) -
Lesson study in teacher preparation: driving inquiry and teacher noticing
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead; Ó Ceallaigh, T.J. (WALS [World Association of Lesson Studies], 2018) -
Insights into the approaches of young children when making informal inferences about data
Leavy, Aisling; Sloane, Finbarr (CERME [Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education], 2017)There is growing awareness of the statistical reasoning abilities of young children. In this study the informal inferential reasoning skills of a class of 5-6 year old children are examined as they reason about data in the ... -
Using architecture as a context to enhance students' understanding of symmetry
Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (AAMT [Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers], 2017)Working within the context of a contest to find the most beautiful tourist attraction in the world, Year 5 students investigate the most symmetric building from a short-list of three iconic buildings. This involves ... -
Pre-service primary teachers’ geometric thinking: Is pre-tertiary mathematics education building sufficiently strong foundations? (Pre-published version)
Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (Routledge [Taylor & Francis], 2017)Teacher knowledge is a critical focus of educational research in light of the potential impact of teacher knowledge on student learning. The dearth of research exploring entry-level pre-service teachers’ geometric knowledge ... -
Practical problems: using literature to teach statistics
Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (NCTM [National Council of Teachers of Mathematics], 2016) -
Prospective primary teachers understandings of graphicacy (Pre-published version)
Leavy, Aisling; Sloane, Finbarr (Springer Verlag [Germany], 2016)This paper reports on the statistical knowledge of 456 entry-level, prospective teachers relating to data representation. We report on the responses of participants to three items sourced from the OECD Programme for ... -
"ESRI research reviews new support programme for newly qualified teachers"
Leavy, Aisling; Banks, Joanne; Conway, Paul F.; Darmody, Merike; Smyth, Emer; Watson, Dorothy (ESRI [Economic & Social Research Institute], 2016)A new research report, ‘Review of the Droichead Teacher Induction Pilot Programme’, was published today by the ESRI and the Teaching Council,providing an in-depth examination of a new approach to teacher induction in primary ... -
Review of the Droichead teacher induction pilot programme (Report)
Leavy, Aisling; Smyth, Emer; Conway, Paul F.; Darmody, Merike; Banks, Joanne; Watson, Dorothy (ESRI [The Economic and Social Research Institute], 2016) -
An examination of concepts of school readiness among parents and educators in Ireland
Ring, Emer; Mhic Mhathuna, Maire; Moloney, Mary; Hayes, Noirin; Stafford, Patsy; Keegan, Siobhan; Kelleher, Cathy; Ozonyia, Martina; Breathnach, Deirdre; Carswell, Des; McCafferty, Des; O'Keeffe, Anne; Leavy, Aisling; Madden, Ruth (Department of Children and Youth Affairs [Ireland], 2016) -
Introduction to the papers of TWG05: probability and statistics education
Leavy, Aisling; Hahn, Corinne; Eichler, Andreas; Kazak, Sibel; Primi, Caterina (CERME [Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education], 2015)TWG gathered 37 participants from 16 countries. 22 papers and 11 posters were accepted. We started with two ice-breaker activities. The first one allowed participants to introduce themselves. During the second activity, ... -
Budding architects: Exploring the designs of pyramids and prisms
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead (AAMT [Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers], 2015)The context of students as architects is used to examine the similarities and differences between prisms and pyramids. Leavy and Hourigan use the Van Hiele Model as a tool to support teachers to develop expectations for ... -
Review of the Droichead teacher induction pilot programme (Working Paper)
Leavy, Aisling; Banks, Joanne; Conway, Paul F.; Darmody, Merike; Smyth, Emer; Watson, Dorothy (ESRI [Economic & Social Research Institute], 2015)The Droichead pilot programme is designed to provide whole-school support for teacher induction. The programme is innovative in being led at school level, by a Professional Support Team (PST) consisting of the principal, ... -
Geometric growing patterns: what’s the rule?
Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (AAMT [Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers], 2015)We explore several examples of the way in which to use geometrical growing patterns. Examples are situated within interesting contexts to elicit algebraic generalisations by working through a five-phase analysis process. -
Understanding the knowledge demands of teaching statistics: insights gained from examining practice
Leavy, Aisling (CERME [Conference of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education], 2015)This research examines the knowledge demands placed on 73 pre-service teachers who are observed as they plan, teach and re-teach data lessons in classrooms. Problems of practice are identified and categorized using the ... -
What’s a real 2D shape? Designing appropriate geometric instruction
Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (AAMT [Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers], 2015)Mairead Hourigan and Aisling Leavy describe a range of teaching and learning activities focusing on the identification and classification of 2-dimensional shapes. The activities described are useful in highlighting students’ ... -
An bhearna idir an teanga agus an t-ábhar a dhúnadh sa tumoideachas: Cur chuige bunaithe ar staidéar ceachta
Ó Ceallaigh, T.J.; Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead (An Chomhairle um Oideachas Gaeltachta agus Gaelscolaíochta, 2015)Tá sé léirithe sa taighde go bhfuil éifeacht leis an bhFoghlaim Chomhtháite Ábhar agus Teangacha (FCÁT) i suíomhanna teanga éagsúla. Mar sin féin, níl tuiscint iomlán againn fós ar chomhtháthú teangacha agus ábhar in ... -
Lesson study in mathematics: Authentic assessment of inquiry learning
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead; Carroll, Claire (DCU [Dublin City University], 2014)Classrooms are complex and unpredictable learning environments. Preparing future teachers to respond to the fast changing needs of learners in mathematics classrooms is the challenge of teacher educators. In our paper, we ... -
Exploring probability concepts using a mini games environment: Ideas for primary and secondary classrooms
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead (NCE-MSTL [National Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning], University of Limerick, 2014) -
Using a simulation to explore the law of large numbers
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead (NCE-MSTL [National Centre for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching and Learning], University of Limerick, 2014)