The influence of teachers on student engagement with mathematics during the middle years

Catherine Attard; Julie Clark; Barry Kissane; Judith Mousley; Toby Spencer; Steve Thornton

The influence of teachers on student engagement with mathematics during the middle years

Catherine Attard, Julie Clark, Barry Kissane, Judith Mousley, Toby Spencer, Steve Thornton

School of Education

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Abstract

Recent decades have seen growing concern over the lowering levels of engagement with mathematics in Australia and internationally. This paper reports on a longitudinal study on engagement with mathematics during the middle years and explores the influences of teachers on the participants"Ÿ engagement with mathematics. Findings reveal that development of positive pedagogical relationships forms a critical foundation from which positive engagement can be promoted.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Mathematics: Traditions and (New) Practices: Proceedings of the AAMT-MERGA Conference Held in Alice Springs, 3-7 July 2011, Incorporating the 23rd Biennial Conference of The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc. and the 34th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc.
Publisher	Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Print)	9781875900701
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	AAMT-MERGA Conference - Duration: 1 Jan 2011 → …

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Conference	AAMT-MERGA Conference
Period	1/01/11 → …

Keywords

mathematics
motivation in education
teacher-student relationships

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Attard, C., Clark, J., Kissane, B., Mousley, J., Spencer, T., & Thornton, S. (2011). The influence of teachers on student engagement with mathematics during the middle years. In Mathematics: Traditions and (New) Practices: Proceedings of the AAMT-MERGA Conference Held in Alice Springs, 3-7 July 2011, Incorporating the 23rd Biennial Conference of The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc. and the 34th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc. Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers.

Attard, Catherine ; Clark, Julie ; Kissane, Barry et al. / The influence of teachers on student engagement with mathematics during the middle years. Mathematics: Traditions and (New) Practices: Proceedings of the AAMT-MERGA Conference Held in Alice Springs, 3-7 July 2011, Incorporating the 23rd Biennial Conference of The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc. and the 34th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc.. Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, 2011.

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Attard, C, Clark, J, Kissane, B, Mousley, J, Spencer, T & Thornton, S 2011, The influence of teachers on student engagement with mathematics during the middle years. in Mathematics: Traditions and (New) Practices: Proceedings of the AAMT-MERGA Conference Held in Alice Springs, 3-7 July 2011, Incorporating the 23rd Biennial Conference of The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc. and the 34th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc.. Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, AAMT-MERGA Conference, 1/01/11.

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Mathematics: Traditions and (New) Practices: Proceedings of the AAMT-MERGA Conference Held in Alice Springs, 3-7 July 2011, Incorporating the 23rd Biennial Conference of The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc. and the 34th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc.. Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers, 2011.

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Attard C, Clark J, Kissane B, Mousley J, Spencer T, Thornton S. The influence of teachers on student engagement with mathematics during the middle years. In Mathematics: Traditions and (New) Practices: Proceedings of the AAMT-MERGA Conference Held in Alice Springs, 3-7 July 2011, Incorporating the 23rd Biennial Conference of The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc. and the 34th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc.. Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers. 2011

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