Browsing Faculty of Design and Creative Technologies (Te Ara Auaha) by Author "Murphy, P"

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A comparison of teacher and lecturer perspectives on the transition from secondary to tertiary mathematics education

Hong, Y; Kerr, S; Klymchuk, S; McHardy, J; Murphy, P; Spencer, S; Thomas, M; Watson, P (Taylor & Francis, 2009)

The transition from school to tertiary study of mathematics comes under increasing scrutiny in research. This article reports on some findings from a project analysing the transition from secondary to tertiary education ...
Evaluating the Impact of Puzzle-based Learning on Creativity, Engagement and Intuition of STEM Tertiary Students

Klymchuk, S; Evans, T; Murphy, P; Novak, J; Stephens, J; Thomas, M (Australasian Association for Engineering Education (AAEE), 2020)

CONTEXT In recent years, some universities in Australia, Europe and the USA, have introduced formal academic courses or seminars for their first-year STEM students based on a Puzzle-Based Learning (PzBL) pedagogical ...
Non-routine Mathematical Problem-Solving: Creativity, Engagement, and Intuition of STEM Tertiary Students

Evans, T; Klymchuk, S; Murphy, P; Novak, J; Stephens, J; Thomas, M (2021)

This study set out to evaluate an intervention that introduced a period of non-routine problem-solving into tertiary STEM lectures at four tertiary institutions in New Zealand for 683 students. The aim was twofold: to ...