Constantia Hadjidemetriou, PhD

Research Associate 2002-2004

Main research interests
Mathematics UK National Curriculum; pupils' graphical errors, misconceptions and prototypes; teachers' pedagogical content knowledge in relation to their pupils' learning.

Main activities
Worked as a Research Assistant (ITAM project) and a Teaching Assistant for the module of 'Planning of Research'.

Papers
Hadjidemetriou, C. and Williams, J. S.:(in press), Using rasch models to reveal contours of teachers' knowledge, Journal of Applied Measurement.

Hadjidemetriou, C. and Williams, J. S.:2004, Using rasch models to identify limitations in teacher knowledge, American Education Research Association.

Williams, J.S., Ryan, J., Hadjidemetriou, C., Misailidou, C., and Afantiti-Lamprianou, T.: 2004, Credible tools for formative assessment: Measurement AND qualitative research needed for practice, American Education Research Association.

Hadjidemetriou, C. & Williams, J. S. 2003. Case studies of teacher development: a socio-cultural perspective. British Educational Research Association Student Symposium.

Hadjidemetriou, C. and Williams, J. S.: 2003, Teachers' Theories and Strategies in Practice of Classroom Argumentation, Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics , Vol. 23(1), p.25-30

Hadjidemetriou, C. and Williams, J. S.: 2002, Teachers’ Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Graphs, from a Cognitivist to a Situated Perspective. Proceedings of the 26th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.

Hadjidemetriou, C. and Williams, J. S.: 2002, Children's' Graphical Conceptions, Research in Mathematics Education, Vol. 4, p.69-87

Hadjidemetriou, C. and Williams J. S.: 2001, Evaluating Teachers' Knowledge in Relation to their childrens' Learning, Proceedings of the British Society for Research into the Learning of Mathematics, Vol. 21(1), p.7-12

Hadjidemetriou, C. and Williams J. S.: 2001, Children's Graphical Conceptions: Assessment of Learning for Teaching. Proceedings of the 25th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 3, 89-96.

Hadjidemetriou, C. & Williams, J. S. 2000. Assessing graphical literacy in year 10 Mathematics pupils. British Educational Research Association Student Symposium.

Williams, J.S., Ryan, J.T. and Hadjidemetriou, C.:1999, Item bias in mational tests: Gender and Language factors. Paper presented at the British Educational Research Association (BERA) Conference.