Len Sparrow
Impact in
- Statistics and Probability top 5%
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Education top 5%
- Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
- Teacher Education and Leadership Studies
- Education and Technology Integration
- Education Systems and Policy
Papers in
- Education 28
- Education and Technology Integration 9
- Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques 9
- Education Systems and Policy 7
- Online and Blended Learning 5
- Education Methods and Practices 3
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- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills 7
- Co-authors
- Chris Hurst (2 shared papers)B. Kissane (3 shared papers)Jan Herrington (9 shared papers)Anthony Herrington (7 shared papers)Alistair McIntosh (1 shared paper)Ron Oliver (3 shared papers)Melanie Smith (3 shared papers)Rhonda Oliver (3 shared papers)
- Journals
- Australasian Journal of Paramedicine (8 papers)International Journal of Innovation and Learning (1 paper)Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education (1 paper)Mathematics teacher education and development (3 papers)Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (1 paper)
- Partner nations
- AustraliaSwitzerland
In The Last Decade
Len Sparrow
26 papers receiving 197 citations
Peers
Comparison fields: 5 of 38
- Statistics and Probability 85
- Education 213
- Developmental and Educational Psychology 51
- Modeling and Simulation 18
- Applied Mathematics 35
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Co-authors
The 21 scholars most cited alongside Len Sparrow, linked wherever they have co-authored with each other. Click a name or a connecting line to browse the papers they share.
All Works
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| # | Work | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shaping the future of mathematics education: Proceedings of the 33rd annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia | 2010 | 97 |
| 2 | Situational effects of mathematics anxiety in pre-service teacher education | 2011 | 25 |
| 3 | 1998 | 13 | |
| 4 | Real and Relevant Mathematics: Is It Realistic in the Classroom? | 2008 | 10 |
| 5 | Investigating mathematics education using multimedia | 1997 | 9 |
| 6 | Starting Out in STEM: a study of young men and women in first year science, technology, engineering and mathematics courses | 2012 | 8 |
| 7 | Beyond written computation | 2004 | 8 |
| 8 | 2008 | 7 | |
| 9 | Effecting Affect: Developing a Positive Attitude to Primary Mathematics Learning. | 2010 | 6 |
| 10 | Game playing to develop mental computation: A case study | 2006 | 6 |
| 11 | Measuring mathematics anxiety: Paper 1 - developing a construct model | 2010 | 6 |
| 12 | 2010 | 5 | |
| 13 | Measuring mathematics anxiety: Paper 2 - Constructing and validating the measure | 2010 | 5 |
| 14 | Mathematics anxiety: Scaffolding a new construct model | 2011 | 4 |
| 15 | Enhancing transfer from interactive multimedia to real-world practice | 1997 | 4 |
| 16 | Anxiety, awareness, and action: mathematical knowledge for teaching | 2012 | 4 |
| 17 | Number sense and computation in the classroom | 1994 | 3 |
| 18 | Mathematics: It's Mine: Proceedings of the 22nd Biennial Conference of the Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers | 2009 | 3 |
| 19 | "You just have to take a bit of a risk sometimes": Breaking the 'Cycle of Tradition' in Primary Mathematics | 2013 | 2 |
| 20 | "You just have to take a bit of a risk sometimes": Breaking the 'cycle of tradition' in mathematics education | 2009 | 2 |
About Len Sparrow
Len Sparrow is a scholar working on Education, Statistics and Probability, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Developmental and Educational Psychology and Modeling and Simulation, having authored 34 papers that have together received 243 indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Education and Technology Integration (9 papers), Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques (9 papers), Education Systems and Policy (7 papers), Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills (7 papers), Online and Blended Learning (5 papers), Education, Achievement, and Giftedness (4 papers), Education Methods and Practices (3 papers) and Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods (3 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Statistics and Probability (85 citations), Education (213 citations), Developmental and Educational Psychology (51 citations), Modeling and Simulation (18 citations) and Applied Mathematics (35 citations). Len Sparrow has collaborated with scholars based in Australia and Switzerland. Frequent co-authors include Chris Hurst, B. Kissane, Jan Herrington, Anthony Herrington, Alistair McIntosh, Ron Oliver, Melanie Smith, Rhonda Oliver, Frances Quinn and John Kenny. Their work appears in journals such as Australasian Journal of Paramedicine, International Journal of Innovation and Learning, Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, Mathematics teacher education and development and Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia.
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