School of Education
Professor Tom Lowrie
Director, Research Institute Professional Practice Learning & Education (RIPPLE)
Dip Teach, BEd, MEd Woll, PhD Newca.
Professor Tom Lowrie
Bio
Professor Tom Lowrie is the Director of the Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education (RIPPLE) at Charles Sturt University.
Research
Tom’s recent research investigates the extent to which young children use spatial reasoning and visual imagery to solve mathematics problems.
List of research grants
2009-11: Mathematics in the digital age: Reframing learning opportunities for disadvantaged Indigenous and rural students (DP0987253). Australian Research Council Discovery Grant.
$170 000.
2008-11: Improving numeracy outcomes and mathematics capability: Understanding young students’ interpretation of graphics (DP0880751). Australian Research Council Discovery Grant. $300 000.
2004-07: How primary school students become code breakers of information graphics in mathematics. (DP0453366). Australian Research Council Discovery Grant. $233 000.
2002-04: Project on home, school and community partnerships to support children’s numeracy. Department of Education, Science and Training. $285 000.
2002-03: Project to investigate improving literacy and numeracy outcomes of distance education students in the early years of schooling (1 of 6 chief investigators). Department of Education, Science and Training. $320 000.
Professional Engagement
- Director, Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education (RIPPLE)
- American Educational Research Association (AERA)
- Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers (AAMT)
- Australian Association of Research in Education (AARE)
- Australian Coaching Council (ACC)
- The Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME)
- Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
Publications
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