Senior Research Fellow

Australian Association of Teachers of Mathematics
Mathematical Association of Victoria
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia

B.Sc.,M.Ed.,Ph.D.(Melbourne)
Post Grad Dip. Maths Education (Deakin)

Shallow Teaching Syndrome in Year 8 Mathematics in Australian Schools

1 BOOKS
Vincent, J., Edwards, A., Tynan, D. & Stillman, G. (2008). MathsWorld 8 for Queensland. Melbourne: Macmillan.
Vincent, J., Edwards, A., Tynan, D. & Stillman, G. (2008). MathsWorld 9 for Queensland. Melbourne: Macmillan.
Vincent, J., Edwards, A., Tynan, D. & Stillman, G. (2008). MathsWorld 10 for Queensland. Melbourne: Macmillan.
Vincent, J., Price, E., Tynan, D., Caruso, N., Romeril, G.(2006). MathsWorld 10. Melbourne: Macmillan.
Vincent, J., Price, E., Tynan, D., Caruso, N., Romeril, G. (2007). MathsWorld 10 Teacher Edition. Melbourne: Macmillan.
Vincent, J., Price, E., Tynan, D., Caruso, N., Romeril, G., Stillman, G., Brown, J. (2006). MathsWorld 9. Melbourne: Macmillan.
Vincent, J., Price, E., Tynan, D., Caruso, N., Romeril, G., Stillman, G., Brown, J. (2007). MathsWorld 9 Teacher Edition. Melbourne: Macmillan.
Vincent, J., Price, E., Tynan, D., Caruso, N., McNamara, A., Stillman, G., & Brown, J. (2005). MathsWorld 8. Melbourne: Macmillan.
Vincent, J., Price, E., Tynan, D., Caruso, N., McNamara, A., Stillman, G., & Brown, J. (2006). MathsWorld 8 Teacher Edition. Melbourne: Macmillan.
Vincent, J., Price, E., Tynan, D., Caruso, N., McNamara, A., Stillman, G., & Brown, J. (2005). MathsWorld 7. Melbourne: Macmillan.
Vincent, J., Price, E., Tynan, D., Caruso, N., McNamara, A., Stillman, G., & Brown, J. (2006). MathsWorld 7 Teacher Edition. Melbourne: Macmillan.
Books published by the Mathematical Association of Victoria
Vincent, J. (2008). Shrine to University: A geometry journey along St. Kilda Road and Swanston Street (3rd ed.)
Kealy, A., & Vincent, J. (2003). Investigative Projects in Engineering: Technologies in Geomatic Engineering: The mathematics behind the global positioning systems.
Vincent, J. (1999).Computer Enriched Mathematics for Years 7 and 8 (Parts 1 and 2)
Vincent, J. (1999). Exploring 2-dimensional space: Cabri Geometry II for Years 9-12

2 BOOK CHAPTERS
Vincent, J. (2005). Interactive geometry software and mechanical linkages: Scaffolding students’ deductive reasoning. Chapter in W. J. Masalski & P. C. Elliott (Eds.), Technology-supported mathematics learning environments: 67th Yearbook of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Reston, VA: NCTM.
3 JOURNAL ARTICLES
Vincent, J. (2008). The mathematics of sundials. Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 22(1), 11–23.
Vincent, J. & Stacey, K. (2008). Do mathematics textbooks cultivate shallow teaching? Applying the TIMSS Video Study criteria to Australian eighth-grade mathematics textbooks. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 1, 82-107.
Vincent, J., & Vincent, C. (2004). Japanese Temple Geometry. Australian Senior Mathematics Journal, 18 (1), 8-20.

4 CONFERENCE PAPERS (REFEREED)
Stacey, K. & Vincent, J. (2008). Modes of reasoning in explanations in Year 8 textbooks. In Merrilyn Goos, Ray Brown, Katie Makar (Eds.) Proceedings of the 31st annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Vol. 2 pp. 445 – 482. Brisbane: MERGA.
Vincent, J. & Stacey, K. (2007).Procedural complexity and mathematical solving processes in Year 8 mathematics textbook questions. In J. Watson & K. Beswick (Eds.) Mathematics: Essential Research, Essential Practice. Annual Conference of Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. Hobart: MERGA.
Vincent, J. (2003). Federation Square and Storey Hall: Pinwheels, kites and darts. In B. Clarke, A. Bishop, R. Cameron, H. Forgasz & W. T. Seah (Eds.), Making Mathematicians, Proceedings of the 40th Conference of the Mathematical Association of Victoria (pp. 232-241). Brunswick, Australia: MAV.
Vincent, J. (2003). A technological environment for promoting mathematical reasoning: A dynamic approach to geometric proof. In A. McDougall, J. Murnane, C. Stacey & C. Dowling (Eds.), ICT and the Teacher of the Future: Selected papers from the International Federation for Information Processing Working Groups 3.1 and 3.3 Working Conference (pp. 123-126). Sydney: Austral

Shallow Teaching Syndrome in Year 8 Mathematics in Australian Schools

Series Editor and Chapter Author for Macmillan Education Australia's new MathsWorld series of textbooks and teacher editions for Years 7 - 10 for Victoria

The series of textbooks has been adapted for Queensland.
Teacher editions for each year level are to be published later in 2008.