Maths education

NZCER's Maths education work

Maths education research projects

Maths self-efficacy and achievement

This research investigates the extent to which Year 4 to 10 students view themselves as capable learners of mathematics, how their views change over time, and how these views are associated with their achievement in mathematics.

Project leader(s): Elliot Lawes, Linda Bonne

Key Competencies Maths education

Recent Maths education research publications

Learning Progressions for Students working within Level 1 of the New Zealand Mathematics Curriculum

Author(s): Julie Roberts, Vince Wright

Learning Progressions for Students working within Level 1 of the New Zealand Mathematics Curriculum.

Proceedings research aarticle for the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) Annual Conference 2019

Maths education

Conference proceedings - 2019

Students’ maths self-efficacy exceeds their predicted achievement: Initial findings of an ongoing study

Author(s): Linda Bonne and Elliot Lawes

Curriculum and assessment Maths education

Research report - 2019

New Zealand Students’ Mathematics-Related Beliefs and Attitudes: Recent Evidence

Author(s): Linda Bonne

This article examines five studies to identify patterns in New Zealand students’ mathematics-related beliefs and attitudes, and their relationships with achievement. The article is available here.

Maths education Student engagement

Journal article - 2016

Students' beliefs about themselves as mathematics learners

Author(s): Bonne, L., & Johnston, M.

This journal article looks at how a group of 7-9 year olds in four New Zealand primary schools thought about intelligence, their beliefs about themselves as maths learners and how that related to their achievement in maths.

Maths education

Journal article - 2016

The financial capability of secondary students, and the place of financial capability in secondary schools - summary report

Author(s): Alex Neill, Melanie Berg and Liesje Stevens

This report summarises research carried out for the Commission for Financial Capability into financial capability in secondary schools. We also produced a brochure for schools and parents, setting out the main findings from the research.

Maths education

Research summary - 2015

Recent Maths education books from NZCER Press

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$59.95

Mathematics and statistics in the middle years: Evidence and practice

ISBN: 978-1-927231-48-7

There is much to celebrate in mathematics and statistics education in Aotearoa New Zealand. The chapters in this book showcase some of our most exciting practice and research, and they are excellent examples of the work happening in New Zealand schools and teacher education.

Maths education

$25.00

Set 40th Anniversary Collection

To celebrate 40 years of set: Research Information for Teachers, NZCER Press has published a collection of 16 articles selected from the many hundreds that have been published over the years. Selected by guest editor Marie Cameron, this is not a “best of” compilation but is a collection of some of the articles that have stood out for...

Education leadership practices Implementing New Zealand Curriculum Key Competencies Literacy Maths education National Standards NCEA Policy School governance and management Schooling for the future

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$59.95

In The Early World

In The Early World helped change the course of education in New Zealand and across the world.

Elwyn Richardson and his small rural primary school at Oruaiti in Northland in the 1950s became an international symbol of progressive education in New Zealand with a child-centred approach to learning focusing on creative and environmental...

Literacy Maths education Science education

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$39.95

Changing Trajectories of Teaching and Learning

This monograph is designed to highlight areas of research strength found at The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Education. The chosen theme of this volume, “Changing trajectories of teaching and learning”, encompasses the Faculty’s strong research presence in ongoing teacher learning and in raising student achievement, particularly in lower...

Curriculum and assessment Literacy Maths education

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$54.95

Teaching Primary School Mathematics and Statistics: Evidence-based Practice

Crammed full of classroom practice, investigative learning experiences and key research- and practice-based ideas, we predict it will quickly become a dog-eared resource in every primary school. It’s aimed at teacher educators and new graduates as well.

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Maths education research projects

Maths self-efficacy and achievement