Fabian is a student at Techical Univerity (TU) Dortmand in Germany where he is studying for a Bachelor's degree in mathematics and electrical engineering. Fabian will spend Term 3 of 2024 at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) as an intern. He will be researching the Mathomat and Constructor templates with Professor Tisdell as academic supervisor, and with input from John Lawton as a PhD student.
John is the owner of the Mathomat business, and has extensive experience in teacher professional development involving Mathomat and OLM materials. He has been involved with many respected teachers and academics over the years, resulting in the teaching resource publications for Mathomat that are available for sale in our online store or in some cases as free downloads in MAC.
John's interest in classroom teaching has led him into PhD research at Deakin University where he is investigating the conceptualisation of angle in geometry teaching. Working initially with 40 mathematics teachers in a survey on the handling of this topic, along with an understanding of the literature, he has built up a baseline of knowledge of angle teaching practice. This is the platform for an experimental lesson sequence for angle teaching that he is currently implementing in partnership with case study teachers across a year level range from three to eight. This classroom teaching, and subsequent student assessment, seeks to create an understanding of how enhancement of angle teaching can influence mathematics teaching practice, and will form the basis for his thesis.
John is interested in exploring new areas that will allow him to continue to grow his mathematics education research and teaching practice.
John's recent paper mapping teacher's concept image and definition of angle can be accessed from the academic papers section of mathomat.com.au. John plans to present this at ICME15 in 2024.
Recently, John's engagement with leading educators has involved Professor Chris Tisdell and Mathomat product design. Chris became involved with Mathomat as academic advisor in 2021. This has so far resulted in Chris and John applying for a patent for the new TGT (Tisdell's Geometry Tool) in Mathomat. One of four Mathomat related patents that John is involved in. John and Chris are planning to present a paper at ICME15 that explores the use of the TGT by mathematics teachers for fostering mathematics thinking by students. The paper can be accessed from the academic papers section of mathomat.com.au.
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