Research Projects

Australian Research Council Grants                 Full Details (link to UTas Research site)

           

Australian Research Council Grants                   Full Details (link to UTAS Research site)

Years

Title

CIs

Yrs

Type

Value

91-2

 

Assessment of cognitive functioning in mathematical problem solving during adolescence. [AC9031914]

Collis & Watson

2

Large

$62,200

91

 

Concept development of common and decimal fractions, years 1-12. [C0005147]

Collis, Watson & Campbell

1

Small

$5,000

93-5

 

The cognitive bases of alternative frameworks in school science. [AC9231385]

Collis, Jones and Watson

3

Large

$101,233

93-5

 

Cognitive functioning in probability and statistics and its relationship to the school curriculum. [A79231392]

Watson & Collis

3

Large

$94,130

95-7

 

The assessment of higher order cognitive functioning during co-operative learning in probability and statistics. [A79532539]

Watson & Collis (1 year)

3

Large

$135,700

96

 

Profiling teachers of chance and data. [W0008375]

Watson

1

Small

$18,000

97

 

Longitudinal assessment of school students' statistical understanding. [W0009108]

Watson

1

Small

$15,000

98-00

 

The chance and data curriculum and the development of school students’ statistical understanding: 1993-2000 [A79800950]

Watson

3

Large

$133,621

99

 

Does help help?  An issue for collaborative group work in mathematics education. [W0010330]

Watson

1

Small

$15,145

00-2

 

The development of school students' understanding of statistical variation. [A00000716]

Watson

3

Large

$156,500

01-3

 

Assessing and improving the mental computation of school aged-students. [C00107187] + APAI

McIntosh, Watson, & Dole

3

SPIRT

$141,000

01

 

A Profile of Statistical Literacy for Determining Standards and Benchmarks. [W0011912]

Watson

1

IRGS

$17,500

02-4

 

Statistical Literacy for the Twenty First Century: A consolidated model of understanding for application to learning in context. [DP0208607]

Watson

3

Discovery

$150,000

05-7

 

Providing the Mathematical Foundation for an Innovative Australia within Reform Based Learning Environments. [LP0560543] + APAI

Watson, Beswick, & Brown

3

Linkage

$270,000

05

 

School students’ understanding of expectation and variation displayed in interviews based on dice, samples and the mean. [W0014364]

Watson

1

IRGS

$16,000

06-09

 

Longitudinal change for teachers and students in relation to professional learning in statistics education. [LP0669106] + 2 APAIs

Watson & Callingham

3

Linkage

$300,000

 

SUMMARY

 

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16       $1,631,029

 

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