A series on the teaching of mathematics
8: Research in Progress
A conversation between
Jack Wrigley of the Institute of Education, London University
Richard Skemp
Lecturer in Psychology, Manchester University
Z. P. Dienes
Reader in Psychology, Adelaide University
All three speakers have qualifications in both mathematics and psychology, and school teaching experience-and all three are active in research into the teaching and learning processes. They talk about their work, contrast their approaches, and point to the many problems which have yet to be tackled.
1.. you have to have something to think about before you can start being reflective ...'