Browsing by Author "Leavy, Aisling"
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Abstract: Applying results of statistics education research to teaching statistics in Irish primary schools (Pre-published version)
Leavy, Aisling; Sloane, Finbarr (ISI [International Statistical Institute], 2011)In this research paper we explore the relationship between pre-service teachers' secondary mathematics scores and their readiness for teaching the new data analysis curriculum in Irish primary schools. Next we explore the ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Children as data detectives
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead; McMahon, Aine (INTO [Irish National Teachers Organisation], 2012)Transforming the teaching of data Is your experience of teaching data less than exciting? Do you think there is more to teaching data than making bar charts of children’s favourite colours? And pictograms of modes of ... -
Compairing means
Leavy, Aisling; McMahon, Aine; Hourigan, Mairead (INTO [Irish National Teachers Organisation], 2012)A classroom mathematical exploration of the mean In this article, we outline a series of explorations with data, spanning between 3 and 5 lessons, to develop conceptual understanding of the mean. These explorations were ... -
Coordinating student learning and teacher activity – The case of Savannah: Motivating an understanding of representativeness through examination of distributions of data
Leavy, Aisling (St. Patrick's College, Dublin, 2007)This research study investigated the measures chosen by five 4th to 8th grade students when selecting statistical measures to describe distributions of data. Over the course of eight weeks of instruction, individual teaching ... -
Counting creatures: Exploring data with infants
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead; McMahon, Aine (INTO [Irish National Teachers Organisation], 2012) -
Crime scene investigation in the classroom
Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling; McMahon, Aine (INTO [Irish National Teachers Organisation], 2012)The strand unit of Representing and Interpreting Data (Primary School Mathematics Curriculum, 1999) sets out objectives which emphasise the need for children to experience genuine data investigations. Investigations may ... -
Crossing boundaries into secondary mathematics concepts: The case of functions
Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (St. Patricks College, Dublin, 2013)This paper reports on the use of a particular function machine which was based on the context of the ‘faulty oven’ to develop conceptual understanding of the concept of function among 4th class children. While the concept ... -
The design space of student learning: Who is accountable and accountable for what? (Pre-published version)
Leavy, Aisling; Kelly, Anthony (Taylor & Francis [Routledge], 2013) -
Elementary and middle grade students’ constructions of typicality
Leavy, Aisling; Middleton, James A. (Elsevier, 2011)This study addresses the measures chosen by students when selecting or constructing indices to properties of distributions of data. A series of individual teaching experiments were conducted to provide insight into the ... -
"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 ... -
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) -
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) -
Facilitating inquiry based learning in mathematics teacher education
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead; McMahon, Aine (SMEC [Science and Mathematics Education Conference], 2010)A driving question in teacher education centers on how to help prospective teachers become expert teachers. The absence of a shared professional curriculum to prepare teachers to teach mathematics combined with the difficulty ... -
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. -
Getting the balance right: the equals sign
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead; McMahon, Aine (INTO [Irish National Teacher's Organisation], 2011)Much of the number work carried out in primary classrooms contains elements of algebraic reasoning. In fact, equals sign work in junior and senior infants underpins much of the algebraic reasoning used in later years. In ... -
Gifted students’ understanding of statistics: analysis of data arising from a small group teaching experiment
Leavy, Aisling (Routledge, 2003)The principal objective of the study was to gain insight into cognitive processes related to three gifted students’ understanding of data. Small group teaching experiment methodology was used to uncover students’ understanding ... -
Having fun with functions
Hourigan, Mairead; Leavy, Aisling (INTO [Irish National Teacher's Organisation], 2011) -
Identifying the mystery player: Comparing body measurement data of the Irish soccer and rugby teams
Leavy, Aisling; Hourigan, Mairead (INTO [Irish National Teacher's Organisation], 2014)