Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE160100830

Funded Activity Summary

Supporting children's early mathematics development. This project aims to investigate how implementation of cognitively demanding mathematics tasks in the early years may change number development and mathematics achievement. By focusing on children’s use of strategy, the project seeks to link classroom mathematics with underpinning cognitive processes. It also plans to use eye tracking technology to identify connections between explicit mathematics strategies and intuitive cognitive behaviours. It is expected this project will have important implications for teaching practice in the early years of school, by providing new understanding of how engaging in demanding tasks influences children’s flexible use of strategy and subsequent achievement. This would inform practitioners and policy-makers about the supports required to establish strong mathematics foundations in children.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 04-04-2016

End Date: 31-07-2022

Funding Scheme: Discovery Early Career Researcher Award

Funding Amount: $365,071.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Early Childhood Education (excl. Māori) | Curriculum and Pedagogy | Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy | Developmental Psychology and Ageing

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Learner and Learning Processes | Pedagogy | Learner Development |

Other Keywords

Curriculum and Pedagogy | Developmental Psychology and Ageing | Early Childhood Education (excl. Māori) | Learner Development | Learner and Learning Processes | Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy | Pedagogy

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