MSc essays
Researching Mathematical Learning
Essay 1 (2006): Learning as a constructive activity.
I have lost the final version. The reference to Locke is on Essay Concerning Human Understanding.
Essay 2 (2006): Teacher, meta-teaching and constructivisms.
The essay tries to answer the question: "Is the idea of teching incompatible with radical constructivism? Does social constructivism succeed in reconciling individual cognition with social teaching practices?"
Foundation Research Methods
Both essays are concerned with the issue of context in the classroom. The first one describes a research project aimed at pinpointing the differences between the exam and the lesson contexts, the second one analyses data from this research. They should be put online in late January, hopefully along with raw data.
Essay 1(2008): Differences between learning and exam contexts in the classroom - Proposal for a case study
Essay 2 (2009): Differences between the lesson and the exam contexts - a case study
Some typos are still included, a revised version should be uploaded at some later point.
Assessment
Presentation (2009) - Issues around self-assessment
Based on tasks given to year 11s around algebra. The tasks are available here:
Related essay (2009)
4,000 word essay around self-assessment (2009)
Pedagogy and Practice
Essay (2009) Insiduous influences of curriculum
Advanced Research Methods
I only did the ARM1 module's essay, which was concerned with ontology:
Essay (2009)
