Mary Kingston
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Mary Kingston is an Assistant Professor in the School of STEM Education, Innovation and Global Studies, lecturing in the area of mathematics education. She has responsibility for teaching across a range of modules in the school relating to mathematics education.
Mary received her Bachelor of Education degree from St. Patrick’s College in 2012. She recently completed the Master of Education programme in Dublin City University, specialising in mathematics education. She is currently undertaking a PhD focused on the topic of probability under the supervision of Dr Aisling Twohill (DCU), Dr Siún Nic Mhuirí (DCU) and Professor Merrilyn Goos (UL). She is aiming to establish a framework of growth points that describe the development of young children’s probabilistic thinking. Mary is a member of the Centre for the Advancement STEM Teaching and Learning (CASTeL). Prior to joining DCU Institute of Education, Mary worked as a primary teacher in North Dublin.
Mary received her Bachelor of Education degree from St. Patrick’s College in 2012. She recently completed the Master of Education programme in Dublin City University, specialising in mathematics education. She is currently undertaking a PhD focused on the topic of probability under the supervision of Dr Aisling Twohill (DCU), Dr Siún Nic Mhuirí (DCU) and Professor Merrilyn Goos (UL). She is aiming to establish a framework of growth points that describe the development of young children’s probabilistic thinking. Mary is a member of the Centre for the Advancement STEM Teaching and Learning (CASTeL). Prior to joining DCU Institute of Education, Mary worked as a primary teacher in North Dublin.
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mary Kingston; Aisling Twohill (2022) 'Young children’s use of subjective thinking in response to probabilistic tasks'. Statistics Education Research Journal, 21 (3). [Link] https://doi.org/10.52041/serj.v21i3.8 |
Published Report
Conference Publication
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Kingston, M; Grimes, P. (2021) Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8) MEI 8: Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8) [Link] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5573968 | |
| 2021 | Kingston, M., & Twohill, A. (2021) Young children's identifications of the most and least likely outcomes of experiments . In: Kingston, M., & Grimes, P eds. Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8) Dublin City University, 15/10/2021- 16/10/2021 [Link] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5601169 | |
| 2021 | Harbison, L., Kingston, M., & Miller, S. (2021) Teachers' use of mathematical picturebooks to engage children in the upper primary years in mathematics . In: Kingston, M., & Grimes, P eds. Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8) Dublin City University, 15/10/2021- 16/10/2021 [Link] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5636433 | |
| 2019 | NicMhuirí, S., Farrell, T., Gillic, C., & Kingston, M. (2019) Seventh Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland Planning for teaching early mathematics: Negotiation of shared intentions |
Conference Contribution
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Research Interests
Mary’s main research interests are in the areas of:
- Young children’s probabilistic thinking prior to receiving formal probabilistic instruction
- The development of young children’s mathematical thinking
- Task-based group interviews as an assessment tool in the primary mathematics classroom
- Storybooks as a tool for mathematics teaching and learning
- Pre-service teachers' views of mathematics teaching and learning
Research Projects
Teaching Interests
BEd1: ED1022: Mathematics Education
BEd1: ED1024: Teacher as a Reflective Practitioner
BEd2: ED2031: Mathematics Education
BEd2: ED2033: Teacher as a Reflective Practitioner
BEd4: ED4015: Research Project (Mathematics Education)
BEd1,2,3,4: School Placement Supervision
PMEP1,2: School Placement Supervision
Master of Education: Mathematics Education Specialism
BEd1: ED1024: Teacher as a Reflective Practitioner
BEd2: ED2031: Mathematics Education
BEd2: ED2033: Teacher as a Reflective Practitioner
BEd4: ED4015: Research Project (Mathematics Education)
BEd1,2,3,4: School Placement Supervision
PMEP1,2: School Placement Supervision
Master of Education: Mathematics Education Specialism