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Merrilyn Goos is affiliated with the University of Limerick in Ireland. Their research primarily falls within the field of Social Sciences, with significant contributions to Education, as well as subfields like Statistics and Probability, Developmental and Educational Psychology, Computer Science Applications, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology.

The main topics of their work encompass Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques, Teacher Education and Leadership Studies, Statistics Education and Methodologies, Teaching and Learning Programming, Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods, Career Development and Diversity, and Education, Achievement, and Giftedness.

Goos has published research in various peer-reviewed venues, frequently contributing to the journal ZDM. Other regular publication outlets include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), the Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education, Irish Educational Studies, and Frontiers in Psychology.

The following are some recent papers authored or co-authored by Merrilyn Goos:

  • "Mathematics and interdisciplinary STEM education: recent developments and future directions" (2023, ZDM)
  • "Designing a national blended learning program for "out-of-field" mathematics teacher professional development" (2020, ZDM)
  • "Utilising a research-informed instructional design approach to develop an online resource to support teacher professional learning on embedding numeracy across the curriculum" (2020, ZDM)
  • "An Investigation of University Students and Professionals' Professional STEM Identity Status" (2020, Journal of Science Education and Technology)
  • "Fascinating or dull? Female students' attitudes towards STEM subjects and careers" (2022, Frontiers in Psychology)

Among Goos's frequent co-authors are Niamh O'Meara, Regina Kelly, Kathy O'Sullivan, Ken W. Li, and Marie-Françoise Roy. Collaborative work with these researchers reflects multidisciplinary engagement in education and STEM fields.

In addition to journal articles, Merrilyn Goos has contributed to academic book literature. Notably, they authored The Learning and Development of Mathematics Teacher Educators published in 2021 by Springer International Publishing.

Best Publications

  • Learning Mathematics in a Classroom Community of Inquiry

    Merrilyn Goos

  • Socially mediated metacognition: creating collaborative zones of proximal development in small group problem solving

    Merrilyn Goos;Peter Galbraith;Peter David Renshaw

  • The Role of Mathematics in interdisciplinary STEM education

    Katja Maass;Vince Geiger;Marta Romero Ariza;Merrilyn Goos

  • Perspectives on technology mediated learning in secondary school mathematics classrooms

    Merrilyn Goos;Peter Galbraith;Peter David Renshaw;Vince Geiger

  • A sociocultural analysis of the development of pre-service and beginning teachers’ pedagogical identities as users of technology

    Merrilyn Goos

  • Do It This Way! Metacognitive Strategies in Collaborative Mathematical Problem Solving.

    Merrilyn Goos;Peter Galbraith

  • A rich interpretation of numeracy for the 21st century: a survey of the state of the field

    Vince Stephen Geiger;Merrilyn Goos;Helen Jara Forgasz

  • Reshaping teacher and student roles in technology-enriched classrooms

    Merrilyn Goos;Peter Galbraith;Peter Renshaw;Vince Geiger

  • ICME international survey on teachers working and learning through collaboration: June 2016

    Ornella Robutti;Annalisa Cusi;Alison Clark-Wilson;Barbara Jaworski

  • Surveying the Technology Landscape: Teachers' Use of Technology in Secondary Mathematics Classrooms

    Merrilyn Goos;Anne Bennison

  • Developing a communal identity as beginning teachers of mathematics: Emergence of an online community of practice

    Merrilyn E. Goos;Anne Bennison

  • Learning to Teach Mathematics with Technology: A Survey of Professional Development Needs, Experiences and Impacts

    Anne Bennison;Merrilyn Goos

  • Understanding metacognitive failure

    Merrilyn Goos

  • Establishing a community of practice in a secondary mathematics classroom

    Merrilyn Goos;Peter Galbraith;Peter Renshaw

  • Teaching Secondary School Mathematics: Research and Practice for the 21st Century

    Merrilyn Goos;Gloria Stillman;Colleen M Vale

  • Transforming Professional Practice in Numeracy Teaching

    Merrilyn Goos;Vincent Geiger;Shelley Dole

  • School Leaders as Participants in Teachers' Professional Development: The Impact on Teachers' and School Leaders' Professional Growth.

    Annette Hilton;Geoff Hilton;Shelley Dole;Merrilyn Goos

  • A money problem: A source of insight into problem solving action

    Merrilyn Goos;Peter Galbraith;Peter Renshaw

  • Productive Pedagogies: A redefined methodology for analysing quality teacher practice

    Martin Mills;Merrilyn Goos;Amanda Keddie;Eileen Honan

  • CAS-Enabled Technologies as "Agents Provocateurs" in Teaching and Learning Mathematical Modelling in Secondary School Classrooms

    Vince Geiger;Rhonda Muriel Faragher;Merrilyn Goos

  • Learning mathematics in a classroom community of inquiry: examples from a secondary mathematics classroom

    Merrilyn Goos

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter Renshaw
Peter Renshaw University of Queensland
Peter Adams
Peter Adams Carnegie Mellon University
Martin Mills
Martin Mills University College London
Ottmar V. Lipp
Ottmar V. Lipp Curtin University
Michael P. Jennings
Michael P. Jennings Griffith University

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