Ruth Forrester
Lecturer in Mathematics Education
- Moray House School of Education and Sport, IETL
- University of Edinburgh
Contact details
- Tel: +44 (0)131 651 6431
- Email: ruth.forrester@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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Moray House School of Education and Sport, CH 3.17
- City
- University of Edinburgh (Holyrood Campus)
- Post code
- EH8 8AQ
Background
After teaching for a number of years in school, I came to the university initially to work in the Edinburgh Centre for Mathematical Education. I now work part time in the School of Education (0.8fte) and part time in the School of Mathematics (0.2fte). I can confirm that 0.8+0.2>1!
Qualifications
MSc by Research (Education) University of Edinburgh (2007)
Diploma in Education (Dip Ed) University of Glasgow (1986)
PGCE (Mathematics and Economics) Jordanhill College of Education (1986)
MA (Hons) Mathematics (with Economics) University of Edinburgh (1985)
Undergraduate teaching
I teach on the following courses:
- Educational Studies 1b
- Primary Studies 1
- Mathematics in Primary Education
- Primary Studies 3
- Developing as a Mathematics Educator
- Problem Solving in Primary School Mathematics
- PGDE(Primary) - maths strand
- Educational Studies 4
Postgraduate teaching
- MSc TLT: Numeracy Learners and Learning
Research summary
- mathematical education
- beginning teachers' evolving beliefs about learning and teaching mathematics
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Mathematics
(9 pages)
Research output: › Chapter (peer-reviewed) (Published) -
The Assessment of Newly Qualified Teachers’ Beliefs about the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
(6 pages)
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Chapter (Published) -
Research update: Data Handling
(4 pages)
In:
Maths Coordinator's File, vol. 19, pp. 15-18
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Research update: Creativity
(4 pages)
In:
Maths Coordindator's File, vol. 20, pp. 22-25
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
'See, Maths is Magical!'
(2 pages)
In:
MSOR Connections, vol. 4, pp. 24-25
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Teaching Mental Calculation - How successfully are strategies being learned?
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Conference contribution (Published) -
Using the Soroban to Develop Strategies for Mental Computation.
Research output: › Commissioned report (Published) -
It is not calculators but how they are used
(22 pages)
Research output: › Chapter (Published) -
Praktisch Werken: Haal er Alles Uit! (Making the Most of It)
(6 pages)
In:
Euclides No 4, vol. 78, pp. 168-173
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Strategies for mental calculation
(6 pages)
In:
Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics, vol. 23, pp. 49-54
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published)