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MRS CATHERINE PEARN



Contact Details

Organization: Melbourne Graduate School of Education
Position: LECTURER
Email:
Work: (03)8344 8527
Fax: (03) 83443742
Room: 705
Level: 07
Building: Doug Mcdonell Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United Kingdom King's College London Research
United Kingdom The University of Manchester Research
United States University of Massachusetts Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Master of Education La Trobe University 31-Dec-1995
Trained Primary Teachers Certificate Burwood State College 31-Dec-1966
Diploma of Teaching (Primary) Conversion Phillip Institute of Technology 31-Dec-1988
Graduate Diploma of Mathematics Education Hawthorn Institute of Education 31-Dec-1990

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Member The Mathematical Association of Victoria Vice President 02-Apr-2009 01-Apr-2010

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • Using paper folding, fraction walls, and number lines to develop understanding of fractions for students from Years 5-8
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Mathematics Teacher
    Volume: 63
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 31-36
    Author(s):
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Conference Publications/Papers

  • Basic Number Facts: How many can I remember and is it important?
    Year: 2007
    Event name: International Symposium Elementary Mathematics Teaching
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the International Symposium Elementary Mathematics Teaching: Approaches to Teaching Mathematics at the Elementary Level
    Page numbers: 203-211
    Publisher: Charles University in Prague(Prague)
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  • Whole number knowledge and number lines help to develop fraction concepts
    Year: 2007
    Event name: Mathematics: Essential Research, Essential Practice: The 30th annual conference of the Mat
    Conference Publication: Mathematics: Essential Research, Essential Practice: Proceedings of the 30th annual conference of the Mat
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 601-610
    Publisher: MERGA Inc.(Adelaide)
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Publications in 2006

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Generative Concept Images
    Year: 2006
    Event name: PME 30 Prague 2006: 30th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
    Conference Publication: Proceedings of the 30th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education
    Volume: 2
    Page numbers: 2-393 - 2-400
    Publisher: Charles University in Prague(Prague)
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Computer Software Products

  • Mathematics Developmental Continuum P-10
    Year: 2006
    Version:: 1
    Publisher: Department of Education and Training(Melbourne)
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    Author(s):

Audio Visual Recordings

    Publications in 2005

    Reports

    • Working Out What Works (WOWW) Training and Resource Manual: A teacher professional development program designed to support teachers to improve literacy and numeracy outcomes for students with learning difficulties
      Year: 2005
      Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Research(Camberwell)
      Authors:

    Publications in 2004

    Conference Publications/Papers

    • Why You Have to Probe to Discover What Year 8 Students Really Think About Fractions
      Year: 2004
      Event name: MERGA 27: the 27th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
      Conference Publication: Mathematics Education for the Third Millennium, Towards 2010: Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
      Volume: 2
      Page numbers: 430-437
      Publisher: MERGA(Sydney)
      Author(s):

    Publications in 2003

    Conference Publications/Papers

    • Probing Whole Number Dominance With Fractions
      Year: 2003
      Event name: MERINO: Mathematics Education Research: Innovation, Networking, Opportunity
      Conference Publication: Mathematics Education Research Group: Innovation, Networking, Opportunity: Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia
      Volume: 2
      Page numbers: 650-657
      Publisher: Deakin University Press(Melbourne)
      Author(s):

    Publications in 2002

    Conference Publications/Papers

    • Assessing rational number knowledge in the middle years of schooling


      Year: 2002
      Event name: Nineteenth Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc.
      Conference Publication: Mathematics - Making Waves. Proceedings of the Nineteenth Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc.
      Page numbers: 170-179
      Publisher: Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers(Adelaide)
      Author(s):
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