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Mathematical knowledge for teaching probem solving: lessons from lesson study (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Foster, C., Wake, G., & Swan, M. (2014). Mathematical knowledge for teaching probem solving: lessons from lesson study.

Although the importance of mathematical problem solving is now widely recognised, relatively little attention has been given to the conceptualisation of mathematical processes such as representing, analysing, interpreting and communicating. The const... Read More about Mathematical knowledge for teaching probem solving: lessons from lesson study.

‘Can’t you just tell us the rule?’: teaching procedures relationally (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Foster, C. (2014). ‘Can’t you just tell us the rule?’: teaching procedures relationally.

It is now almost 40 years since Skemp’s (1976) seminal division of understanding into ‘instrumental’ and ‘relational’ categories, yet the current political direction of mathematics education in the UK is decidedly towards the traditional teaching of... Read More about ‘Can’t you just tell us the rule?’: teaching procedures relationally.

The role of sample pupil responses in problem-solving lessons: perspectives from a design researcher and two teachers (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Evans, S., Mullins, N., & Waring, L. (2014). The role of sample pupil responses in problem-solving lessons: perspectives from a design researcher and two teachers.

The benefits of learning mathematics by comparing, reflecting on and discussing multiple approaches to a problem are well-known (Silver, 2005). However, teachers using non-routine problem-solving tasks designed to encourage multiple approaches face c... Read More about The role of sample pupil responses in problem-solving lessons: perspectives from a design researcher and two teachers.

Variability of behaviour in electricity load profile clustering: who does things at the same time each day? (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Dent, I., Craig, T., Aickelin, U., & Rodden, T. (2014). Variability of behaviour in electricity load profile clustering: who does things at the same time each day?. In P. Perner (Ed.), Advances in data mining: applications and theoretical aspects: 14th Industrial Conference, ICDM 2014, St. Petersburg, Russia, July 16-20, 2014: proceedings (70–84). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08976-8_6

UK electricity market changes provide opportunities to alter households' electricity usage patterns for the benefit of the overall electricity network. Work on clustering similar households has concentrated on daily load profiles and the variability... Read More about Variability of behaviour in electricity load profile clustering: who does things at the same time each day?.

The relevance of mathematics: The case of functional mathematics for vocational students (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Dalby, D. (2014). The relevance of mathematics: The case of functional mathematics for vocational students.

This study of recent school-leavers in Further Education explores students’ opinions of relevance and how these are influenced by their experiences of different mathematics curricula in school and college. These vocational students are taught mathema... Read More about The relevance of mathematics: The case of functional mathematics for vocational students.

Computational study for workforce scheduling and routing problems (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Castillo-Salazar, J. A., Landa-Silva, D., & Qu, R. (2014). Computational study for workforce scheduling and routing problems.

We present a computational study on 112 instances of the Workforce Scheduling and Routing Problem (WSRP). This problem has applications in many service provider industries where employees visit customers to perform activities. Given their similarity,... Read More about Computational study for workforce scheduling and routing problems.

A data driven approach to mapping urban neighbourhoods (2014)
Conference Proceeding
Brindley, P., Goulding, J., & Wilson, M. L. (2014). A data driven approach to mapping urban neighbourhoods.

Neighbourhoods have been described by the UK Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government as the “building blocks of public service society”. Despite this, difficulties in data collection combined with the concept’s subjective nature have... Read More about A data driven approach to mapping urban neighbourhoods.