Supporting Hong Kong ethnic minority learners’ multimodal mathematics learning through responsive teaching in technology-enhanced environments

Principal Investigator (begin in 2022). This study’s dual aims are: (1) to develop Hong Kong teachers’ expertise in supporting ethnic minority students’ mathematical learning in multimodal, technological learning environments, (2) to uncover ethnic minority students’ competences in mathematical activities in dynamic geometry environments through examining their multimodal discourse (e.g. words, gestures, and touchscreen dragging). Funded …

Conference Presentations and Conference Proceedings

Ahn, A., Brown, J., Coles, A., Le Roux, K., Mellone, M., Ng, O., Solares, A. (2021, July). Researching mathematics curriculum innovation in complex, changing, uncertain times. Working group paper presented at the 2021 Virtual Meeting of the IGPME.Yeung, W.L., Ng, O., So, H.-S.C., Kwo, C.-M.T. (2021, August). Affective dimensions of STEM education for gifted students: The case of …

Refereed Publications

Ng, O., Liang, B., & Leung, A. (accepted). Using first- and second-order models to characterise in-service teachers’ video-aided reflection on teaching and learning mathematics with 3D Pens. In A. Clark-Wilson, O. Robutti, & N. Sinclair (Eds.). The Mathematics Teacher in the Digital Era (2nd Edition). Springer: Cham, SwitzerlandNg, O., & Park, M. (in press). Using an enhanced …

Selected Invited Presentations

Ng, O. (2021, April-May). Transformative technologies or transformative pedagogies? Workshops on using technologies for conceptual mathematics teaching and learning. Invited workshop series for Hong Kong Association of Mathematics Education.Ng, O. (2021, January). Research and trends in mathematics teachers’ professional development. Invited presentation at Annual General Meeting of Hong Kong Association of Mathematics Education.Ng, O. (2021, January). Using videos to …

BMED 3091 — Contemporary Issues in Mathematics Education

Undergraduate course. This course surveys selectedcurrent topics and trends affecting mathematics education. Thiscourse aims to expand students’ horizon in frontier research andcontemporary issues in mathematics education. The goal of examining these contemporary topics is to empower students to become potential agents and leaders of curricular change in their future practice.

MAED 6163 – Researching Action in Mathematics Teaching

Graduate course. Offers an introduction to the theoretical aspects of mathematics teaching and learning in face of the challenge from the ever-changing mathematics curriculum. It will provide an overview of both cognitive and socio-psychological issues involved in both the teaching and the learning of mathematics. (Fall 2016-Present)

Bank Deposit Computer

Problem-based Digital Making Tasks Make a device that would display a student’s piggy bank balance after each deposit. Compare two offers:   The first offer is that the teacher gives her $3 today and $222 everyday thereafter.  The second offer is to give her $3 today; then each subsequent weekend (Saturday and Sunday), he gives her double the …

Prime and Composite Number Detector

Problem-based Digital Making Tasks Is 7081 a prime or composite number?  Make a prime or composite detector.   How CT may Support Mathematics Learning The use of conditionals and Boolean operators will come into play when checking whether a number is prime or composite. In particular, students will need to loop a function to check the divisibility of a …

Fibonacci Sequence Machine

Problem-based Digital Making Tasks To generate terms of Fibonacci Sequence and observe its parity.  How CT may Support Mathematics Learning Recursive repetition will support the generation of terms in the Fibonacci Sequence. Problem solving will be encountered with the first two entries of the Fibonacci Sequence being 1 and 1. Naming of two variables will …

Mathematical Problem Solving through Digital Making: Envisioning a Computationally Enhanced Mathematics Curriculum in Hong Kong’s Primary and Secondary Schools

Principal Investigator (2021-present). This study builds on the PI’s previously developed conception of “learning as Making” to envision a computationally enhanced mathematics curriculum. It will inform the “big picture” of how using computers might fundamentally change mathematical thinking, with an emphasis on mathematical problem solving (and more generally, STEM learning). Funded by the Research Grants …

An Exploratory Study of Primary Students’ Mathematical Problem Solving Processes during Digital Making Activities

Principal Investigator (2020-present). This study aims to explore students’ problem-solving processes, mathematical thinking, and any CT- and mathematics-related challenges that emerge during problem-based dM activities. Funded by Chinese University of Hong Kong Direct Grant ($39,300 HKD).  Publication: Ng, O., Cui, Z. (2020). Examining primary students’ mathematical problem-solving in a programming context: Toward a computationally enhanced …

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