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 About the Authors

Contents of this page
	Development Team
	Acknowledgments
	Authors' Address
	About the authors
	Feedback

This photo shows teacher education students using the resource to learn about children's mathematical thinking. Kaye Stacey (front left) is talking to tutor Ron Welsh and a student, while Dianne Chambers and Gary Asp help students in the background. Vicki Steinle is pictured as the interviewer in the Case Studies.

The Development Team

Acknowledgments

Material incorporated into this project was initiated with a grant from the University of Melbourne Teaching & Learning (Multimedia & Educational Technology) Committee in 1997 and further developed with a grant from the Faculty of Education in 1999.

Much of the material in the resource is derived from a research project funded by a grant from the Australian Research Council to Professor Kaye Stacey and Professor Liz Sonenberg Improving learning outcomes in numeracy: Building rich descriptions of children's thinking into a computer-based curriculum delivery system. Vicki Steinle's PhD analysis of data obtained by the project has been invaluable.

Authors' Address

Department of Science and Mathematics Education
University of Melbourne
Victoria 3010
AUSTRALIA

About the Authors

Vicki Steinle

Dr Vicki Steinle is a lecturer in mathematics education at the University of Melbourne. Her doctoral work examined how students interpret decimal numeration and how their interpretations change over time. She traced the thinking of over 3000 students, some of them for three years, to examine how
students' ideas change. Much of the research data in this resource is related to this study.

Kaye Stacey

Kaye Stacey is Foundation Professor of Mathematics Education at the University of Melbourne. She works as a researcher and teacher educator, in undergraduate and postgraduate courses training teachers for both primary and secondary schools. She has written many practically-oriented books and articles for teachers as well as many research articles. Kaye's research interests centre on mathematical problem solving, the mathematics curriculum, and children's mathematical thinking. Kaye has always been passionate about mathematics and encouraging mathematical thinking and exploration in schools. Her doctorate from the University of Oxford is in number theory.

Dianne Chambers

Dr Dianne Chambers is a Senior Lecturer in Computer Education at the University of Melbourne and Associate Dean for Information Technology in the Faculty of Education. She is interested in all aspects of learning and teaching with information and communications technology in schools and also for tertiary education. Dianne is editor of two multimedia products, and runs highly successful problem-based courses for graduate and undergraduate students on teaching with multimedia and information and communications technology.

Vicki, Dianne and Kaye have drawn on the talents of an enthusiastic team of students at the University of Melbourne, many of whom are now making a great contribution to teaching in schools. Thank you all for your content and technical contributions.

Feedback

We would appreciate your feedback on this resource. Please tell us what you find useful, which parts could be improved, and what we need to add. Please e-mail: Dianne Chambers at d.chambers@unimelb.edu.au, or Vicki Steinle at v.steinle@unimelb.edu.au or Kaye Stacey at k.stacey@unimelb.edu.au