Conference paper
The Deeply Engrained Behaviourist Assessment Ideologies Constraining School Mathematics
Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.123-130
Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 45th (Newcastle, Australia, 02-Jul-2023 - 06-Jul-2023)
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
2023
Abstract
Behaviourism proposes successful learning to be dependent on the performance of conditioned behaviours that are distinctly observable and objectively measurable. Over the past 100 years, various behaviourist concepts have been superseded by sociocultural and cognitive learning theories, but the entwined areas of assessment in mathematics education have not received the same focus. Outdated beliefs and unquestioned norms surrounding behaviourist assessment ideologies continue to dominate schools’ decision-making around mathematics education. This paper includes the theoretical foundations for a PhD that aims to surface the tension of what is said to be valued in mathematics as “success” and what is systematically labelled as “success”.
Details
- Title
- The Deeply Engrained Behaviourist Assessment Ideologies Constraining School Mathematics
- Authors
- Rebecca Burtenshaw (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 45th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.123-130
- Conference details
- Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA), 45th (Newcastle, Australia, 02-Jul-2023 - 06-Jul-2023)
- Publisher
- Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
- Date published
- 2023
- Copyright note
- 2023 Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc. Reproduced here with the permission in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education and Tertiary Access; Graduate Research School
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99971187502621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
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