Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP150103315

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP150103315

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Secondary and university mathematics: do they speak the same language? This project seeks innovative reasons for low progression rates of students in mathematical sciences subjects in Australia. It will examine students' symbol use at university and explore how it differs from the use at school. It will also examine links between students' response to increased symbolic load and their confidence to continue studying subjects with high mathematical content at university. Theoretical outcomes are expected to include new applications of epistemology and didactics theories and identification of key components of symbol load (for example, symbolic density, symbol familiarity) to describe how mathematical practices change with educational level. Practical outcomes are expected to include advice for educators with examples across the mathematical sciences.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2015

End Date: 10-05-2018

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $206,900.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Higher Education | Curriculum and Pedagogy | Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy | Secondary Education

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Learner and Learning Achievement | Pedagogy |

Other Keywords

Curriculum and Pedagogy | Higher Education | Learner and Learning Achievement | Mathematics and Numeracy Curriculum and Pedagogy | Pedagogy | Secondary Education

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