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The array representation and primary children's understanding and reasoning in multiplication (2009)
Journal Article
Barmby, P., Harries, T., Higgins, S., & Suggate, J. (2009). The array representation and primary children's understanding and reasoning in multiplication. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 70(3), 217-241. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10649-008-9145-1

We examine whether the array representation can support children’s understanding and reasoning in multiplication. To begin, we define what we mean by understanding and reasoning. We adopt a ‘representational-reasoning’ model of understanding, where u... Read More about The array representation and primary children's understanding and reasoning in multiplication.

Representing multiplication. (2008)
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Harries, A., & Barmby, P. (2008). Representing multiplication. Mathematics teaching, 206, 37-41

Entering a brave new world? An assessment of third sector readiness to tender for the delivery of public services in the United Kingdom (2008)
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Chapman, T., Brown, J., & Crow, R. (2008). Entering a brave new world? An assessment of third sector readiness to tender for the delivery of public services in the United Kingdom. Policy Studies, 29(1), 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442870701847998

The British government's intention to marshal the significant resource of the third sector to meet its social objectives has recently become an issue of significant political salience. Political enthusiasm for the third sector is based on the assumpt... Read More about Entering a brave new world? An assessment of third sector readiness to tender for the delivery of public services in the United Kingdom.

Representing and Understanding Multiplication (2007)
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Harries, A., & Barmby, P. (2007). Representing and Understanding Multiplication. Research in Mathematics Education, 9(1), 33-46. https://doi.org/10.1080/14794800008520169

In this paper, we examine the importance of representations, in particular with respect to the understanding of multiplication by primary school pupils. We first of all look at the theoretical background to representations in mathematics. In particul... Read More about Representing and Understanding Multiplication.

They think they have God on their side': the impact of public sector attitudes on the development of social enterprise (2007)
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Chapman, T., Crow, R., & Brown, J. (2007). They think they have God on their side': the impact of public sector attitudes on the development of social enterprise. Social Enterprise Journal, 3(1), 78-89. https://doi.org/10.1108/17508610780000723

Purpose: To study the reasons why UK social enterprises are not yet fulfilling their potential due to the lack of support and trust on the part of key decision makers. Design/methodology/approach: The study was based in Tees Valley, the southernmost... Read More about They think they have God on their side': the impact of public sector attitudes on the development of social enterprise.

Exploring links across representations of numbers with young children (2006)
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Harries, A., & Suggate, J. (2006). Exploring links across representations of numbers with young children. The international journal for technology in mathematics education, 13(2), 53-64

Numbers can be represented in a variety of ways – through pictures, diagrams, symbols. Each representation highlights different features of the number and the number system. This study aims to explore pupil understanding of number both within and acr... Read More about Exploring links across representations of numbers with young children.

Making sense of realistic word problems: portraying working class 'failure' on a division with remainder problem (2005)
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Cooper, B., & Harries, A. (2005). Making sense of realistic word problems: portraying working class 'failure' on a division with remainder problem. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 28(2), 147-169. https://doi.org/10.1080/01406720500256228

Children of 10–11 years of age were interviewed while undertaking a range of mathematic problems, most of which embedded mathematical operations in textually represented realistic settings. One problem, concerning a lift moving people in the morning... Read More about Making sense of realistic word problems: portraying working class 'failure' on a division with remainder problem.

Children's Responses to Contrasting 'Realistic' Mathematics Problems: Just How Realistic Are Children Ready To Be? (2002)
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Cooper, B., & Harries, A. (2002). Children's Responses to Contrasting 'Realistic' Mathematics Problems: Just How Realistic Are Children Ready To Be?. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 49(1), 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1023/a%3A1016013332659

In recent years there has been an increasing emphasis within the world of mathematics education on realistic problem solving. At the same time research has shown that children typically remain apparently unwilling or unable to introduce realistic con... Read More about Children's Responses to Contrasting 'Realistic' Mathematics Problems: Just How Realistic Are Children Ready To Be?.

Domestic Energy Conservation in a Cold Climate (1996)
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Chapman, T. (1996). Domestic Energy Conservation in a Cold Climate. Policy Studies, 17(4), 299-314. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442879608423715

In 1992 the British Government made a commitment at the Rio Conference to reduce CO2 emissions to the levels recorded for 1990 by the year 2000. This represents about a 6% cut of around 15 million tonnes a year. This objective is unlikely to be met.... Read More about Domestic Energy Conservation in a Cold Climate.