Proceedings of The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education (2015)

• Editorial

  Alexandra Yeung

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Keynote Presentations (Abstract)

• Sharing and transforming our way of understanding the world

  Caroline Baillie

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• Using evidence to drive, validate and reward innovation in teaching and learning

  Tina Overton

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• Revolution of multi-sensory science education approaches for students who are blind

  Cary Supalo

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• Transformative steam education for the 21st century

  Peter Taylor

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Plenary Presentation (Abstract)

• Scientists and mathematicians in the workforce – building our future

  Roslyn Prinsley

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Abstracts

• Implementing the threshold learning outcomes for agriculture at university

  Tina Acuna, Jo-Anne Kelder, Glenn McDonald, Amanda J Able

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• Group communication in an active learning environment

  Suzanne Ahern, Alexandra Yeung

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• A contextualised, online, introductory physics course

  Elizabeth Jane Angstmann, Wan Ng

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• Data driven decision making in chemistry first year subjects

  Simon B Bedford, Jennifer Heath

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• By staff and for staff: building, sustaining and empowering a community of practice in teaching and learning for all university staff

  Suzanne Boniface, Rhian Salmon, Sue Cherrington, Marcus Harvey, Anne Macaskill, Stephen Marshall, Diane Ormsby, Sydney Shep, Beth Smith, Rohini Biradovolu, Stuart Brock, Michael Dudding, Jonathan Flutey, Kevin Gould, Tony Hooper, Jan Stewart, Jo Walton, Richard Norman

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• Reciprocal peer teaching for problem-solving teams in a senior-year science course

  Michael Braun, Jurgen Schulte, Yvonne C. Davila

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• The “how” of learning in labs: Physical vs virtual vs remote labs

  Damien J. Carter, Euan D. Lindsay, Anthony D. Lucey, Mauro Mocerino, David F. Treagust, Marjan G. Zadnik

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• Disseminating scholarship of teaching and learning: Using grass roots networking to share research and influence teaching practice

  Joann Cattlin, Deborah King

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• Blended not flipped (with apologies to James Bond)

  Ian F. Clark, Paul Corcoran, Patrick James, Gunner Keppel, Deb Moulton, Tom Raimondo

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• Are undergraduates' expectations mirrored by graduates' realisations and employers' demands?

  Roger Collinson, Kevin Fergusson, Adrian Wong

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• An undergraduate chemistry student view of critical thinking

  Stephen Danczak, Christopher Thompson, Tina Overton

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• Supporting first year learning of scientific writing skills with a flipped embedded academic integrity module

  Yvonne C. Davila, Neela Griffiths, Andrea Leigh

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• Characterizing Victorian universities’ informal stem education programs

  Efrat Eilam, Kirsten Sadler, Fiachra Barry, Stephen Bigger

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• A novel method to lecture and to provide assessment feedback to mathematics students

  Lilia Ferrario, Linda Stals, Steve Roberts

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• Development and application of specific online videos to engage and improve understanding of laboratory classes

  Anthea L. Fudge

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• First year physics at Newcastle: A longitudinal study

  John Furst, John L. Holdsworth, Michael Gladys, Paul Dastoor, Bruce V. King

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• Implementing student centred learning in a traditional tertiary environment

  Fleur Gabriel, Julien Ugon, Jo-ann M. Larkins

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• Student responses to delivery modes in a large first year mathematics unit

  Chris Gordon, Carolyn Kennett

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• Video Assignments in Mathematics

  Christophe Haynes

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• Attitudes toward forensic science: a disconnect between expectations and reality

  Rhiannan Horton, Daniel Southam, Tamsin Kelly, Claire Lenehan, Chris Lennard, Simon Lewis

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• Reconceptualising mathematics and science teacher education programs

  David Hoxley, Michelle Livett, Cristina Varsavsky

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• Maintaining the PACE

  Theo Hughes, Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway, Eric Thrane

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• Designing and benchmarking degrees with the Science TLOs

  Elizabeth D Johnson, Susan M Jones

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• iPASS: ONLINE collaborative peer-assisted study support

  Efpraxia Kartsonaki, Chantal Bailey, Gwen Angela Lawrie

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• I have totally flipped—finally!

  R. Nazim Khan

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• Evaluation and use of an online data acquisition and content platform for delivery of physiology practicals and tutorials

  Dane King, Isabel Arnaiz, Clare Gordon-Thomson, Sharon M. Herkes, Nicholas Randal

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• Facing the challenges of undergraduate mathematics education: findings from the FYiMaths project

  Deborah King, Joann Cattlin

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• Distilling tertiary pedagogical content knowledge to support a new generation of academics

  Gwendolyn A. Lawrie, Madeleine Schultz

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• Scaling down to scale up: Results from implementing 1st year astronomy in a new physics and astronomy collaborative environment (PACE)

  Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway, Michael Fitzgerald

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• Exploring the effectiveness of a novel teaching approach for information and academic literacies in a first year engineering unit

  Mariette LeRoux, Fiona Jones, Nicholas Tse, Daniel McGill, Azadeh Safari, Sudipt Chakraborty

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• A metacognitive activity to enhance student understanding of complexity of a threshold concept in biology

  Lesley J. Lluka, Mark T. Williams, Prasad Chunduri, Jan H. F. Meyer

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• They may not like it, but it is good for them!

  Pam L. Megaw, Monika Zimanyi, Kathryn Meldrum

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• Transfer of first year mathematical learning in stem disciplinary university assessment

  Yoshitaka Nakakoji, Rachel Wilson, Leon Poladian

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• Factors affecting student motivation for STEM study

  Barbara C. Panther, Jennifer Mosse, Christine Bottrell

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• Development of mathematical pathways for VET students to articulate to related higher education courses

  Irene Penesis, Sue Kilpatrick, Robin Barnes, John Roddick, Bernardo León de la Barra, Shaun Belward, Karl Sammut

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• Using journal articles to build and assess communication skills in undergraduate mathematics

  Leon Poladian, Collin Zheng

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• Student attitudes and approaches to learning Chemistry: What influences academic success?

  Simon M. Pyke, Chantelle Porter-Dabrowski, Natalie M. Williamson

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• The maths problem ca. 2015: Reflections and directions from Life Sciences

  Rosanne Quinnell, Rachel Thompson, Nikola Markovina, Rebecca LeBard

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• A project-based, authentic classroom experience for environmental sciences

  Chris Rawson, Lisa Kirkendale

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• Will this improve my teaching? Academics mentoring female students in STEM

  Jackie Reid, Erica Smith, Nansiri Iamsuk, Jennifer Miller, Janelle Wilkes, Therese McGuren

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• That’s not how I interpret it! Supporting stem academics as they develop and apply a shared meaning of quantitative skills

  Jackie Reid, Janelle Wilkes

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• Reconceptualising and evaluating the academic role in the sciences

  Pauline Ross, Hamish Coates, Philip Poronnik

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• Exploring Graduate Employability for Monash Science

  Mahbub Sarkar, Tina Overton, Chris Thompson, Gerry Rayner

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• Transforming assessment practice: Evidencing and benchmarking student learning outcomes in Chemistry

  Siegbert Schmid, Simon Bedford, Adam Bridgeman, Glennys O’Brien, Ian M. Jamie, Gwendolyn Lawrie, Samuel Priest, Simon Pyke, Madeleine Schultz, Daniel Southam

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• Organization and implementation of student-centred active learning in science at secondary and university levels: the Qatari experience

  Venkat R. Vishnumolakala, Katherine L. Bradley, Sheila Qureshi, Daniel Southam, Mauro Mocerino, David F. Treagust

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• Having issues with the real world? Why not try the virtual?

  Nirmani Wijenayake, Louise Lutze-Mann

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• Mathematical pathways for students articulating to Business degrees

  Debbie Wills, Sue Kilpatrick, Robin Barnes, Colette Rhoding, Steve Allen, Maureen Hague, B. Jones, Christopher McGimpsey

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• Analytical model for students’ learning with multiple representations

  Mihye Won, David F. Treagust, Heojeong Yoon

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• Investigating student preferences of online lecture recordings and lecture attendance in a large first year psychology course

  Alexandra Yeung, Sadhana Raju, Manjula D. Sharma

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• Invigorating science practicals using an inquiry orientated pedagogical tool

  Alexandra Yeung, Manjula D. Sharma, Scott H. Kable, Louise Sutherland, Evan Hefer

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• Catering for the masses

  Monika Zimanyi, Pam L. Megaw, Kathryn Meldrum

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Non-refereed Papers

• Using an iterative process to transform a theoretical unit

  Johannes Herrmann

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Refereed Papers

• Using the island to teach statistics through data investigations: A pilot project in Australian secondary schools

  James Baglin, Minh Huynh

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• The development and evaluation of an individualised learning tool for mathematics students with intellectual disability: IMPELS

  Agbon Stephen Enoma, John Malone

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• Teachers’ attitudes/professional standards and mathematics teaching efficacy beliefs regarding students with intellectual disability

  Agbon Stephen Enoma, John Malone

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• Students’ demographics and behaviour in a series of Australian massive open online courses (MOOCS)

  Paul J. Francis

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• Mathematics: A good predictor for success in a health science degree

  Gregory Hine, Ryan Anderton, Christopher Joyce

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• Persistent gender gaps in first-year physics assessment questions

  David J. Low, Kate F. Wilson

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• Smart girls know how to use a screwdriver

  Kate F. Wilson, David J. Low

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Ideas Exchange

• Sharing experiences of computer aided assessment underpinned by computer algebra: Who uses what

  Greg Gamble, Grant Keady

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• Criterion-based assessment of statistical reasoning, thinking and literacy – early stages

  Sharon Gunn, Helen MacGillivray, Anthony Morphett, Jacqueline Reid

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• Curriculum enrichment for calculus: Mentoring and professional learning in senior secondary mathematics

  Christina Lang Lee, Christine Ormond

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• Oral assessment in science and mathematics: how, what, and why?

  Heather Lonsdale, Anthony Morphett, Leon Poladian

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• Which came first? – The facts or the concepts

  Susan Miller

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• Learning outside the classroom

  Ruben Phillips, Mark Marron, Tim Rankin

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• Opening Real Science: Engaging primary teacher education students with science and mathematics

  Kathy Stewart, David McKinnon

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