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Mathematics Research Group

Mathematics Education

Academics in this area study post-16 mathematics education and motivation of maths learners.

  • Professor Chris Saker teaches both university mathematics and pre-university mathematics, and he supervises undergraduate students’ projects in maths education. He is a long-standing important member of the Advanced Mathematics Support Programme, a government-funded initiative aiming to increase participation in Core Maths, AS/A level Mathematics and Further Mathematics. He conducts research with a team including Dr Alexei Vernitski, Professor Berthold Lausen and Alexander Partner studying the benefits of these level 3 maths qualifications.
  • Dr Alexei Vernitski’s teaching of mathematics is inspired by Jo Boaler's approach known as “mathematical mindsets”, which asserts that learning mathematics needs to be a liberating experience and to be based on whatever experience with shapes and patterns the learner has from their everyday life. Dr Vernitski with his collaborators across 3 departments of the University of Essex and a PhD student test the benefits of this approach to learning.

Researchers

Dr Jessica Claridge
Dr Jessica Claridge

Lecturer in Mathematics

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Professor Christopher Saker
Professor Christopher Saker

Professor of Mathematics Education

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Dr Alexei Vernitski
Dr Alexei Vernitski

Senior Lecturer in Mathematics

Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex

Research students

Dr Alex Partner
Dr Alex Partner

Research student

School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Essex

Mathematics research group
The Mathematics research group focuses on three key themes: analysis and mathematical physics; applied mathematics; and algebra, geometry, and discrete mathematics.
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