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Dr Christine Ormond

Honorary Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Email: c.ormond@ecu.edu.au

Christine is an Honorary Senior Lecturer for the School of Education.

Professional associations

  • 2004 - Mathematics Association of Western Australia
  • 2004 - Association of Australian Mathematics Teachers
  • 1994 - Mathematics Education Research Group Australasia

Awards and recognition

University and national teaching awards

  • 2012 - ECU Vice-Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

Research interests

  • Mathematics education (early algebra misconceptions)
  • Mathematics education (primary to secondary (transition) maths pedagogy)
  • Teacher education

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, James Cook University, 2000.
  • Graduate Certificate of Education, James Cook University, 2000.
  • Bachelor of Arts (Degree with Honours), The University of Melbourne, 1979.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

  • Ormond, C. (2021). Teaching classroom mathematics: Linking two pedagogical models for promoting student engagement and conceptual connections. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 46(4), 35-62. https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2021v46n4.3.

Journal Articles

  • Ormond, C. (2016). Scaffolding the mathematical “connections”: A new approach to preparing teachers for the teaching of lower secondary algebra. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 41(6), 122-164. https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2016v41n6.8.

Journal Articles

  • Ormond, C. (2012). Developing “algebraic thinking”: two key ways to establish some early algebraic ideas in primary classrooms.. Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 17(4), 13-19.
  • Ormond, C. (2012). Balancing detailed comprehensiveness with a big vision: A suggested conceptual framework for teacher education courses. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 37(5), 36-64. https://doi.org/10.14221/ajte.2012v37n5.7.

Journal Articles

Research Projects

  • An Early Support Program for Mathematics and Science Teachers: Professional Mentoring for Re-training Teachers, Department of Education and Training WA, Scholarship, 2009 ‑ 2011, $57,420.

Research Student Supervision

No data available

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The teaching and learning of word problems in beginning algebra: A nigerian (Lagos state) study
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Effectiveness of teacher professional learning: Enhancing the teaching of fractions in primary schools.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Teaching for students' confident transition from number to algebra

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Master of Education, The effects of numeracy high-stakes testing on mathematics teachers' pedagogy: West Australian case study
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Factors affecting the selection of novels for study in Western Australian secondary English classrooms: Understanding teacher choices.

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Early Career Teachers' Experiences with Assessment for Learning in Western Australian Secondary Schools
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