Margaret Marshman
Senior Lecturer
Mathematics and Physics Education
University of Sunshine Coast
Australia
Biography
"Dr Margaret Marshman is the Program Coordinator for Bachelor of Education Secondary/Bachelor of Arts (new double degrees) and the Bachelor of Education Secondary/Bachelor of Science. Dr Marshman worked as a physicist in a hospital, in laser physics and magnetic resonance imaging before becoming a secondary teacher and mathematics Head of Department on the Gold Coast. She is involved in teacher education in the graduate diploma and undergraduate programs and has been involved in the professional development of practitioners in the masters program. Dr Marshman supervises doctoral students in Mathematics Education and Science Education. She is particularly interested in how students formulate and solve mathematical and scientific problems and also publishes in other areas of collaborative learning, middle schooling and mathematics and science education."
Research Interest
Mathematics education, science education, problem formulation and solution, mathematical investigations, collaborative learning, mathematical beliefs, attitudes, affect and learning
Publications
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Marshman M, Woolcott G, Dole S. Engaging Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers in Creating Spatially-Based Problems in a 3D Virtual Environment: A CAVE2TM Experience. 40 years on: We are still learning!. 2017:365.
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Marshman M, Dunn PK, McDougall R, Wiegand A. A case study of the attitudes and preparedness of a group of secondary mathematics teachers towards statistics. Australian Senior Mathematics Journal. 2015;29(1):51.
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Marshman M, Porter G. Pre-Service Teachers' Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Implications for Teaching. Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. 2013.
