• Criterion validity of wearable monitors and smartphone applications to measure physical activity energy expenditure in adolescents 

  Adamakis, Manolis (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020-06-04)

  Purpose: This study examined the criterion validity of one research-based, one GPS and two consumer-based monitors, as well as six freeware Android apps (three pedometer- and three GPS-based apps) in a sample of healthy ...
• Trinity Walton Club: What is its potential for promoting interest in STEM? 

  Prendergast, Mark; Murphy, Colette; O'Neill, Arlene; Roche, Joseph (Lectito, 2018-05-01)

  Concerns are growing in many countries, including Ireland, regarding an inadequate number of graduates to meet workforce needs in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields. These graduate deficiencies ...
• Bridging the primary to secondary school mathematics divide: Teachers' perspectives 

  Prendergast, Mark; O'Meara, Niamh; O'Hara, Clare; Harbison, Lorraine; Cantley, Ian (Western Australian Institutes for Educational Research, 2019)

  The transition from primary to secondary school is regarded as one of the most difficult crossings in students’ educational careers. The move, which typically occurs between the ages of twelve and fourteen, can be particularly ...
• Developing a mathematics module for students with intellectual disability in higher education 

  Prendergast, Mark; Spassiani, Natasha A.; Roche, Joseph (Sciedu Press, 2017)

  Individuals with intellectual disability (ID) have largely been excluded from accessing all levels of education and participating in college life. Fortunately, academic institutions around the world are slowly beginning ...
• Measuring the mathematical problem solving and procedural skills of students in an Irish higher education institution – A pilot study 

  Faulkner, Fiona; Breen, Cormac; Prendergast, Mark; Carr, Michael (European Journal of Science and Mathematics Education, 2020)

  In 2010 the Irish second level mathematics curriculum underwent a period of significant change when a new mathematics curriculum was introduced. Some preliminary research has been carried out into the impact, if any, that ...

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