RESEARCH TOOLS USING MULLINS LIBRARY

1. Determine your focus.

• My focus will be teaching mathematics

2. Include 5 different sources.

• Journal Article Citation: Goos, M. (2016). Teaching mathematics: Challenges and
opportunities in teaching mathematics. Australian Mathematics Teacher, 72(4), 34-38.
• These and Dissertation Citation: Cardoso, A. (2014). Mathematics teaching assistants'
reflections on their first year teaching
• Books: Cornelius, M. (1982). Teaching mathematics. London;New York;: Croom Helm.
• Video: Teaching mathematics collection (2013). Kanopy.
• Reference: Mathematics, teaching of (2004).

3. Criteria: (All must be related to your UAConnect major.)

Journal Article
• Journal: Australian Mathematics Teacher
• Author: Merrilyn Goos,
• Year: 2016
• Brief Summary: This article was written by Merrilyn Goos who was asked to
speak at a conference about challenges and opportunities in teaching mathematics.
She came up with five questions to draw the participants into conversation during
the conference and then wrote this article about it afterwards. During the
conference she presented a question to the audience that they would discuss it
then she left them with another question that she hoped would point educators
towards opportunities and directions for the next 50 years. The first question she
asked was “Who is qualified to teach mathematics to children and young people?”
The author says in her article that out of all her five questions this one is the most
important. The second question was “Is mathematics teaching an attractive and
viable career?” The third question the audience was to discuss was “What counts
as effective mathematics teaching?” The fourth question was “Who gets to learn
mathematics?” The last and finally question was “How do we shape public
perceptions of mathematics?”
Theses and Dissertation
• Name of dissertation: Mathematics teaching assistants' reflections on their first-
year teaching
• Author: Alexandre Cardoso
 • Year: 2014
• Brief Summary: This dissertation was about the critical role that Mathematics
teaching assistants play when instructing undergraduate mathematics students. It
states that there is an extensive amount of literature that addresses teaching and
learning of mathematics but very little that discusses MTA’s teaching of
mathematics. The point of this study was to better understand how first year
teaching MTA’s express mathematical knowledge. They found 21 participates
from 5 distinct MKT categories for their study. The participant had only four
previous teaching experiences at the college level, which made them perfect for
this study. The participates wrote weekly reflections that they then coded and
analyzed to conclude their study.
Book
• Name of book: Teaching mathematics
• Author: Michael Cornelius
• Year: 1982
• One sentence on what the book is about: This book is a collection of 10 papers
that try to provide teachers at all levels with different ideas on many different
aspects of teaching mathematics.
Video
• Name of video: Teaching Mathematics Collection
• Author: Debbie Diller, Chris Confer, and Marco Ramirez.
• Year: 2013
• Provide name of the Genre: Not Sure, cannot find a genre on Mullins Library
page or on the Kanopy page it directs me.
Reference
• Provide name of reference: Teaching of Mathematics
• Author and publisher: Steven R. Williams & Elsevier Science & Technology
• Year: 2004
• One sentence on what the reference is about: The reference I found is about
actions that specifically intend to promote learning of mathematics in a formal
classroom setting.