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Prof P Biccard

Associate Professor | College of Education
School of Teacher Education | Department: Curriculum and Instructional Studies

Tel: 012 429 6634
Email: biccap@unisa.ac.za

  • PhD
  • MEd
  • BPrimEd
  • BEd(Hons)

  • CSP4801
  • HREDU82

Research interest:

  • Mathematics education
  • Mathematics teacher development
  • Curriculum development
  • Teaching Practice

  • Mathematics education
  • Mathematics teacher professional development
  • Distance education
  • Online learning

Books and Chapters:

  • Biccard, P. (2019). Sensemaking in model-eliciting activities. What can we learn from other domains? To appear in: H. Wessels, G.A. Stillman, G. Kaiser & E. Lampen (Eds). International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling: Mathematical Modelling Education and Sense Making.

  •  Evans, R., & Biccard, P. 2019 (Eds.) Practical Guidelines for Novice Teachers. Cape Town: JUTA.

  • Biccard, P. & Wessels, D.C.J. 2017. Six principles to assess modelling abilities of students working in groups. In G. Stillman, W. Blum, & G. Kaiser (eds). Mathematical Modelling and Applications: crossing and researching boundaries in Mathematics Education (pp.589-599). Dordrecht: Springer. Biccard, P. & Wessels, D.C.J. 2017. Six principles to assess modelling abilities of students working in groups. In G. Stillman, W. Blum, & G. Kaiser (eds). Mathematical Modelling and Applications: crossing and researching boundaries in Mathematics Education (pp.589-599). Dordrecht: Springer.

  • Biccard, P. & Wessels, D.C.J. 2011. Documenting the development of modelling competencies of grade 7 mathematics students. In G. Kaiser, W. Blum, R. Borromeo Ferri & G. Stillman (Eds). Trends in Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling. Dortrecht: Springer Science and Business Media. 375-383.

  • Biccard, P. (2019). Sensemaking in model-eliciting activities. What can we learn from other domains? To appear in: H. Wessels, G.A. Stillman, G. Kaiser & E. Lampen (Eds). International Perspectives on the Teaching and Learning of Mathematical Modelling: Mathematical Modelling Education and Sense Making.

  • Evans, R., & Biccard, P. 2019 (Eds.) Practical Guidelines for Novice Teachers. Cape Town: JUTA.

  • Biccard, P. & Wessels, D.C.J. 2017. Six principles to assess modelling abilities of students working in groups. In G. Stillman, W. Blum, & G. Kaiser (eds). Mathematical Modelling and Applications: crossing and researching boundaries in Mathematics Education (pp.589-599). Dordrecht: Springer.

Accredited Journals (past 5 years):

  • Biccard, P. (2021). Productive struggle in mathematics. For the Learning of Mathematics, 41(1), 39-41

  • Biccard, P. 2020. The development of noticing in primary school mathematics teachers. The Independent Journal of Teaching and Learning, 15(2).

  • Biccard, P. 2020. Distance-education Student Teachers’ Views of Teaching Mathematics Problem Solving While on Teaching Practice. African Journal for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, doi.org/10.1080/18117295.2020.1812837

  • Biccard, P. 2019. The professional development of primary school mathematics teachers through a design - based research methodology. Pythagoras, 40(1), a515. https://doi.org/10.4102/ pythagoras.v40i1.515.

  • Biccard, P. 2018 Understanding mathematical sense-making through learner choices: the role of model-eliciting activities. Pythagoras

  • Biccard, P. 2018. Primary school mathematics teacher reflection through a modelling-based professional development programme, Africa Education Review, 15(2), 49-64 DOI: 10.1080/18146627.2016.1241672

  •  Biccard, P. 2017. Mathematical modelling competencies of lower achieving grade 7 learners. Journal of Educational Studies. 16(1): 218-235.

  • Biccard, P. & Wessels, D.C.J. 2017. Developing mathematisation practices in primary mathematics teaching through didactisation-based teacher development. African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 21(1), 61-73.

  • Biccard, P. & Wessels, D.C.J. 2011. Development of affective modelling competencies in primary school learners. In Pythagoras, 32(1). doi: 10.4102/pythagoras.v32i1.20

  • Biccard, P. & Wessels, D.C.J. 2015. Student mathematical activity as a springboard to developing teacher didactisation practices. In Pythagoras, 36(2). doi:10.4102/pythagoras.v36i2.294

  • Biccard, P. 2018 Understanding mathematical sense-making through learner choices: the role of model-eliciting activities. Pythagoras

  • Biccard, P. 2018. Primary school mathematics teacher reflection through a modelling-based professional development programme, Africa Education Review, 15(2), 49-64 DOI: 10.1080/18146627.2016.1241672

  •  Biccard, P. 2017. Mathematical modelling competencies of lower achieving grade 7 learners. Journal of Educational Studies. 16(1): 218-235.

  •  Biccard, P. & Wessels, D.C.J. 2017. Developing mathematisation practices in primary mathematics teaching through didactisation-based teacher development. African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 21(1), 61-73.

International papers presented:

  • Biccard, P. 2017. Sensemaking in model-eliciting activities: what can we learn from other domains?  Plenary address at the International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling and Applications held from 23-28 July 2017 hosted by Stellenbosch University.

  • Biccard, P. & Wessels, D.C.J. 2015. Using the six instructional design principles for assessing modelling capabilities of students in mathematics classrooms. Paper presented at the 17th International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling and Applications (ICTMA) held in Nottingham, UK from 19 to 24 July 2015.

  • Biccard, P. 2017. Sensemaking in model-eliciting activities: what can we learn from other domains?  Plenary address at the International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling and Applications held from 23-28 July 2017 hosted by Stellenbosch University.

  • Biccard, P. & Wessels, D.C.J. 2011. Problem-centred teaching and modelling as bridges to the 21st century in primary school mathematics classrooms. In A. Rogerson, & L. Paditz (Eds.), The Mathematics Education into the 21st Century Project. Turning Dreams into Reality: Transformations and Paradigm Shifts in Mathematics Education. Proceedings of the 11th International Conference. http://directorymathsed.net/download/. Grahamstown: Rhodes University.

  • Biccard, P. & Wessels. 2009. Documenting the development of modelling competencies of Grade 7 mathematics student.Paper presented at the 14th International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling and Applications (ICTMA 14) held at the University of Hamburg, Hamburg: Germany. 27 July 2009 to 31 July 2009

National

  •  Biccard, P. 2019. Learners’ written explanations of their methods for arranging decimal numbers and common fractions. Paper accepted to be presented at the 23rd Annual National Association for Mathematics Education in South Africa (AMESA) held at University of Kwazulu Natal. 2-5 July 2019.

  • Paulsen, R., Huntley, B & Biccard, P. 2016. Designing a distance mathematics education programme in a digital era. Paper presented at the conference of the Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association - SAMSA2016 November 21 - 24, 2016, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

  • Biccard, P. 2018. Teacher non-productive support vs learner productive struggle in mathematics. Paper to be presented at the NSTF Discussion Forum: STEM education at school – policy and research, to be held 6-8 August 2018 at the Protea Lodge, Rhodesfield, South Africa.

  • Biccard, P. 2018. Modelling in African contexts. Paper presented at the 24th Annual National Association for Mathematics Education in South Africa (AMESA) held at University of the Free State, Bloemfontein: South Africa. 25 June to 30 June 2018.

  • Biccard, P. 2016. Modelling in South Africa primary school classrooms. Paper presented at the 22nd Annual National Association for Mathematics Education in South Africa (AMESA) held at Tshwane University of Technology, Mbombela Campus. Mbombela: South Africa. 27 June 2016 to 1 July 2016.

  •  Paulsen, R., Huntley, B & Biccard, P. 2016. Designing a distance mathematics education programme in a digital era. Paper presented at the conference of the Southern Africa Mathematical Sciences Association - SAMSA2016 November 21 - 24, 2016, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

  • Engaged Scholarship: Teaching for robust understanding in intermediate phase mathematics.