Dr Christine (Chris) Reading
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of The Professions, School of Education
Qualifications
BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, DipEd, DipCompSci, BA, BComm (NE), MACCE
Contact
| Email: | creading@une.edu.au |
| Room: | SiMERR - FEHPS (E7) |
| Phone: | 02 6773 5060 (or +61 2 6773 5060 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 4291 |
Chris is a member of the Mathematics/Science/Information Technology/PDHPE Teaching and Research Group (TRG). Within this group, she specializes in information technology.
Chris is Associate Director of the SiMERR National Centre for Research (ICT Education).
Affiliations
- Australian Council for Computers in Education
- International Statistical Institute
Research interests
Developmental growth of student’s understanding of statistics; embedding information and communication technology in learning; organisation of information and communication technology in schools; and teaching computing studies to secondary students.
Publications
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Parkes, M., Reading, C. and Reid, J. A. 2001, 'Mapping New Terrirories: ICT Integration Across the Bachelor of Education Program', in Watson, D. & Anderson, J. (Eds.) Networking the Learner: Computers in Education (pp. 715-721). Dordrecht, The Netherands: KluwerAcademic Publishers.
Parkes, M., Reading, C., and Reid, J. 2001, ‘Broadening ICT Horizons: Navigation of Expanded Text’, paper accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 8th International learning Conference, Greece, July 4 - 8.
Reading, C. 2001, ‘Understanding Data Collection’ paper accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 24th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Utrecht, The Netherlands, July 12-17.
Reading, C. and Parkes, M. 2001, ‘Many Voices Becoming One: Developing an Online Community’ paper accepted for publication in the Proceedings of the 8th International learning Conference, Greece, July 4 - 8.
Reading, C. and Shaughnessy, M. 2000, ‘Student Perceptions of Variation in a Sampling Situation’, in Nakahara T. & Koyama M., (Eds), Proceedings of the 24th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, July, Vol 4, Hiroshima, Japan, pp. 89 — 96.
Reading, C. 1999, ‘Understanding Data Tabulation and Representation’, in Zaslavsky, O. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 23rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education , July, Vol 4, Haifa, Israel, pp. 97 — 104.
Reading, C. 1998, ‘Reactions to Data: Students’ Understanding of Data Interpretation’, in Pereira-Mendoza, L., Kea, L., Kee, T. and Wong, W-K (Eds), Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Teaching Statistics, Singapore, 21 - 26 June, Vol. 3, pp. 1427 - 1433.
Frid, S., Redden, T. and Reading, C., 1998, ‘Exploring Avenues of Reflective Practice with Pre-Service Mathematics Teachers’, in Kanes, C., Goos, M. and Warren, E. (Eds), Teaching Mathematics in New Times, Proceedings of the Twenty First Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Incorporated, Gold Coast, 5 - 8 July, Vol. 1, pp. 201 - 208.
Reading, C. and Pegg, J. 1996, ‘Exploring Understanding of Data Reduction’, in Gutierrez, A. (Ed.), Proceedings of the 20th International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, July, Vol. 4, Valencia, Spain, pp. 187 - 195.
Reading, C. and Pegg, J. 1995, ‘An exploration of students’ statistical thinking using the SOLO Taxonomy’, in Directions: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. The Proceedings of the 1995 Annual Conference of the Australian Association for Research in Education, November, p. 14, Hobart, published electronically.
Unpublished Papers Presented at Conferences
Reid, J., Reading, C. and Parkes, M. 2001, ‘Changing knowledges / changing gear: educational cross dressing’, paper presented at the Change and Education Research Group Conference Changing Identities, Changing Knowledges, UTS Kuring-gai, February 16-17.
Daniels, D. and Reading, C. 1999, ‘Reactions of students to the use of educational technology as an aid to learning in the classroom’, paper presented at the Challenge of Change in Education Research Forum, 5 - 6 Feb, Sydney.
Shaushnessy, J., Watson, J., Moritz, J. and Reading, C. 1999, ‘School Mathematics Students’ Acknowledgement of Statistical Variation’, paper presented for the NCTM Research Procession Symposium: There’s More to Life than Centers, at the 77th Annual NCTM Conference, San Franciso, CA.
Daniels, D. and Reading, C. 1998, ‘Active Learning in Science Education; the Roles Played by Cross-Curricula Integration and Educational Technology’, paper presented at the 15th Annual Conference of the Hong Kong Educational Research Association, 21 - 22 Nov, Hong Kong.
Frid, S., Reading, C. and Redden, T. 1997, ‘Assisting Pre-Service Teachers in Becoming Reflective Practitioners’, paper presented at the Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference, 30 Nov - 4 Dec, Brisbane, QLD.
Book Chapters
Reading, C. and Shaugnessy, M. 2004, 'Reasoning about Variation' in D. Ben-Zvi & Garfield, J. (Eds), The Challenge of Developing Statistical Literacy, Reasoning, and Thinking ( pp. 201-226). Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Adademic Publishers.
Redden, E., Frid, S. and Reading, C. 1998. ‘Are teachers born or made? Critical reflection for professional growth’, in Maxwell, T. (Ed.), The Context of Teaching, Kardoor Press, Armidale, NSW, pp. 325 - 350.
Reading C. and Pegg, J. 1995, ‘Descriptive and Inferential Statistics’, in Grimson, L. and Pegg, J. (Eds), Teaching Secondary Mathematics: Theory and Practice, Harcourt and Brace, Sydney, pp. 140-164.
Research Reports and Monographs
Reading, C. 1998. Keeping Pace with Information Technology, UNE, Armidale, NSW, pp. 50. ISBN 1 86389 500 0