Prof Gilah Leder - Researcher Profile

Biography

Gilah Leder is an Adjunct Professor at Monash University and Professor Emerita at La Trobe University.

She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, a Past President and life member of the Mathematics Research Group of Australasia and a Past President of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education.

She is the recipient of the 2009 Felix Klein medal.

 

Publications

Books

Leder, G.C., Forgasz, H. (eds), 2008, ZDM - The International Journal on Mathematics Education, Springer, Germany.

Leder, G., Forgasz, H. (eds), 2007, Stepping Stones for the 21st Century. Australasian Mathematics Education Research, Sense Publishers, The Netherlands.

Book Chapters

Leder, G., 2012, Looking for gold: Catering for mathematically gifted students within and beyond ZDM, in Towards Equity in Mathematics Education. Gender, Culture, and Diversity, eds Helen Forgasz and Ferdinand Rivera, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 389-406.

Leder, G.C., 2012, Taking stock: From here to the future, in Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2008-2011, eds Bob Perry, Tom Lowrie, Tracy Logan, Amy MacDonald, Jane Greenlees, Sense, The Netherlands, pp. 345-364.

Leder, G.C., Forgasz, H.J., 2012, The gendering of mathematics: Views from the street and from Facebook, in Mathematickunterricht im Kontext von Realitat, Kultur und Lehrerprofessionalitat. Festschrift fur Gabriele Kaiser, eds Werner Blum, Rita Borromeo Ferri, Katja Maass, Springer, Germany, pp. 166-175.

Forgasz, H.J., Leder, G.C., 2011, Equity and quality of mathematics education: Research and media portrayals, in Mapping Equity and Quality in Mathematics Education, eds Bill Atweh, Mellony Graven, Walter Secada, Paola Valero, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 205-221.

Leder, G.C., 2010, Commentary 1 on feminist pedagogy and mathematics, in Theories of Mathematics Education, eds Bharath Sriraman and Lyn English, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 447-454.

Leder, G.C., Forgasz, H.J., 2010, Gender and high achievers in mathematics. Who and what counts?, in International Perspectives on Gender and Mathematics Education, eds Helen J. Forgasz, Joanne Rossi Becker, Kyeong-Hwa Lee, Olog Bjorg Steinthorsdottir, IAP, USA, pp. 315-339.

Leder, G.C., 2010, Sex-related differences in mathematics. An overview, in Mathematics Education. Major Themes in Education. Volume IV. The Contexts of Mathematics Education, eds Alan J. Bishop, Routledge, UK, pp. 297-301.

Leder, G.C., Forgasz, H.J., 2010, Single-sex classes in a coeducational high school. Highlighting parents' perspectives, in Mathematics Education. Major Themes in Education. Volume III. Mathematics learners and learning, eds Alan J. Bishop, Routledge, UK, pp. 129-147.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G., 2008, Beliefs about mathematics and mathematics teaching, in The International Handbook of Mathematics Teacher Education. Vol 1. Knowledge and Beliefs in Mathematics Teaching and Teaching Development, eds Peter Sullivan and Terry Wood, Sense Publishers, Netherlands, pp. 173-192.

Leder, G.C., Forgasz, H.J., 2006, Affect and mathematics education, in Handbook of Research on the Psychology of Mathematics Education, eds Angel Gutierrez and Paolo Boero, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam The Netherlands, pp. 403-427.

Forgasz, H.J., Leder, G.C., Thomas, J., 2003, Mathematics participation, achievement, and attitudes: What's new in Australia?, in Which way social justice in mathematics education?, eds Leone Burton, Praeger Publishers, Westport USA, pp. 241-260.

Leder, G.C., Forgasz, H., 2002, Measuring mathematical beliefs and their impact on the learning of mathematics: A new approach, in Mathematics Education Library / Beliefs: A Hidden Variable in Mathematics Education?, eds AJ Bishop, Kluwer Academic Publishers., The Netherlands, pp. 95-113.

Landvogt, J., Leder, G., Forgasz, H., 2002, Sugar, spice and puppy dog tails: gendered perceptions of talent and high achievement, in The Gifted Enigma A Collection of Articles, Hawker Brownlow Education, Cheltenham Vic Australia, pp. 403-431.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G.C., 2001, "A+ for girls, B for boys": Changing perspectives on gender equity and mathematics, in Sociocultural Research on Mathematics Education, eds Bill Atweh, Helen Forgasz and Ben Nebres, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Mahwah NJ USA, pp. 347-366.

Lynch, J., Leder, G., Forgasz, H., 2001, Mathematics: A dilemma for feminists, in Transforming the Disciplines A Women's Studies Primer, eds Elizabeth L MacNabb,Mary Jane Cherry,Susan L Popham,Rene Perri Prys, The Haworth Press. Inc, Binghampton NY USA, pp. 185-192.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G.C., Lynch, J., 2001, The social context and women's learning of mathematics, in Changing the Faces of Mathematics, eds Walter Secada, Judith Jacobs, Joanne Rossi Becker and Gloria Gilmer, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Reston VA USA, pp. 141-150.

Brew, C., Pearn, C., Leder, G., Bishop, A.J.L., 1998, Big fish resizing themselves in the school pond: why do girls under-rate their ability?, in Social justice and mathematics education, Int Organisation of Women & Mathematics Educ, Berlin, pp. 69-82.

Journal Articles

Leder, G., 2011, Mathematics taught me Einstein's old cocktail of inspiration and perspiration: Mathematically talented teenagers as adults, Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education [E], vol 11, issue 1, Routledge, United States, pp. 29-38.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G., 2011, Mathematics, computers in mathematics, and gender: Public perceptions in context, PNA [E], vol 6, issue 1, Universidad de Granada * Grupo de Investigacion Didactica de la Matematica, Spain, pp. 29-39.

Leder, G.C., 2010, Book Review of Challenging Mathematics In and Beyond the Classroom. The 16th ICMI Study, by Edward J Barbeau and Peter J Taylor (eds), ZDM Mathematics Education [P], vol 42, Springer, Berlin, pp. 267-269.

Leder, G.C., Forgasz, H.J., 2010, I liked it till Pythagoras: the public's views of mathematics, New Zealand Mathematics Magazine [P], vol 47, issue 1, Auckland Mathematical Association (Inc), New Zealand, pp. 7-18.

Leder, G., Forgasz, H., 2008, In Memoriam - Vale Leone Burton (1936-2007), ICMI Bulletin, Universite Laval, Quebec Canada, pp. 71-73.

Leder, G., Forgasz, H., 2008, Mathematics education: new perspectives on gender, ZDM Mathematics Education, vol 40, Springer, Germany, pp. 513-518.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G., 2006, Academic life: monitoring work patterns and daily activities, The Australian Educational Researcher, vol 33, issue 1, Australian Association for Research in Education, Inc., Coldstream Vic Australia, pp. 1-22.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G.C., 2006, Work patterns and stressors of experienced and novice mathematics teachers, The Australian Mathematics Teacher, vol 62, issue 3, Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc., Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 36-40.

Leder, G.C., Forgasz, H.J., 2004, Australian and international mature students: the daily challenges, Higher Education Research & Development, vol 23, issue 2, Carfax Publishing Ltd, http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/07294360.asp, pp. 183-198.

Forgasz, H.J., Leder, G.C., Kloosterman, P., 2004, New perspectives on the gender stereotyping of mathematics, Mathematical Thinking and Learning, vol 6, issue 4, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., New Jersey USA, pp. 389-420.

Cox, P.J., Leder, G., Forgasz, H.J., 2004, Victorian Certificate of Education: mathematics, science and gender, Australian Journal of Education, vol 48, issue 1, Australian Council for Educational Research, Australia, pp. 27-46.

Barkatsas, A., Forgasz, H., Leder, G., 2002, The stereotyping of mathematics:gender and cultural factors, Themes in Education [P], vol 3, issue 2, Leader Books S.A, Greece, pp. 199-215.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G.C., 2001, The Victorian Certificate of Education - a gendered affair?, Australian Educational Researcher, vol 28, issue 2, Australian Association for Research in Education, Australia, pp. 53-66.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G., Gardner, P.L., 1999, The Fennema-Sherman Mathematics as a Male Domain Scale re-examined, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education, vol 30, issue 3,, National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Reston VA USA, pp. 342-348.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G., Barkatsas, A., 1998, Mathematics: for boys? for girls?, Vinculum [P], vol 35, issue 3, The Mathematical Association of Victoria, Brunswick, Vic Australia.

Conference Proceedings

Leder, G.C., Forgasz, H.J., 2012, K2 Make it Count students' views of mathematics, Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2-6 July 2012, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc. 2012, Australia, pp. 425-436.

Leder, G.C., 2012, Mathematics for all? The case for and against national testing, The 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education, 8-15 July 2012, ICME, Korea, pp. 522-542.

Forgasz, H.J., Leder, G.C., Gomez-Chacon, I.M., 2012, Young pedestrians' gendering of mathematics: Australia and Spain, Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2-6 July 2012, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc. 2012, Australia, pp. 298-306.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G., Tan, H., 2011, Facebook and gendered views of ICT, Proceedings of the Global Learn Asia Pacific 2011 conference, 28 March - 1 April 2011, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1718-1727.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G., Tan, H., 2011, The gendering of mathematics among facebook users in English speaking countries, Proceedings of the Thirty-Third Annual Conference of the North American Chapter of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 20-23 October 2011, University of Nevada, Reno, USA, pp. 207-214.

Leder, G., Forgasz, H., 2011, The public's views on gender and the learing of mathematics: Does age matter?, Proceedings of the AAMT-MERGA Conference, 3-7 July 2011, The Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers Inc., Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 446-454.

Forgasz, H.J., Leder, G.C., 2010, Gender and high achievers in mathematics: who and what counts?, AERA Annual Meeting 2010, 30 April - 4 May 2010, AERA, USA, p. 333.

Leder, G.C., Forgasz, H.J., 2010, I liked it till Pythagoras: The public's views of mathematics, Proceedings of the 33rd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 3-7 July 2010, MERGA Inc., Fremantle, Australia, pp. 328-335.

Forgasz, H.J., Leder, G.C., 2010, Mathematics, computers in mathematics, and gender: Public perceptions in context, Proceedings of the 34th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 18-23 July 2010, PME, Brazil, pp. 361-368.

Leder, G.C., Forgasz, H., 2009, Publishing in mathematics education: A matter of gender?, Crossing Divides. Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 5-9 July 2009, MERGA, Palmerston North, New Zealand, pp. 315-322.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G., Taylor, C.A., 2008, Research versus the media: Mixed or single-gender settings?, AARE 2007, 25-29 November 2007, AARE, Coldstream Vic Australia, pp. 1-5.

Leder, G.C., Forgasz, H.J., Taylor, P.J., 2006, Mathematics, gender, and large scale data: new directions or more of the same?, Mathematics in the Centre: Proceedings of the 30th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 16 July 2006 to 21 July 2006, International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Prague Czech Republic, pp. 33-40.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G.C., 2006, Work patterns of experienced and novice mathematics teachers, Education Research in the Public Interest. American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting 2006, 7 April 2006 to 11 April 2006, AERA, Washington USA, p. 1.

Forgasz, H.J., Leder, G.C., 2005, Mathematics teachers: a study of life inside school and beyond, Proceedings of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc., 7July 2005 to 9 July 2005, MERGA Inc., Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 361-368.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G., 2004, Gathering evidence on what evidence academics (Faculty) do, AERA 2004 Annual Meeting Program, 12/04/04 to 16/04/04, AERA, http://convention.allacademic.com/aera2004/schedule.html, p. 1.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G., 2003, Academics: how do they spend their time?, Educational Research, Risks, and Dilemmas, 29/11/2003 to 03/12/2003, Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), http://www.are2003.org.nz, pp. 1-16.

Vale, C., Leder, G., Forgasz, H., 2003, RF2: Equity, mathematics learning and technology, Proceedings of the 2003 joint meeting of PME and PMENA, 13-18 July 2003, International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Hawaii, pp. 137-138.

Barkatsas, A., Forgasz, H., Leder, G., 2001, The gender stereotyping of Mathematics: Cultural dimensions, Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc., 30 June - 4 July 2001, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc., Turramurra NSW Australia, pp. 74-81.

Forgasz, H., Leder, G., Barkatsas, A., 1999, Of course I cant ['t'] do mathematics: ethnicity and the stereotyping of mathematics, Making the Difference: Proceedings of the Twenty-second Annual Conference of The Mathematics Educational Research Group of Australasisa Incorporated, 4 July 199 to 7 July 1999, The Mathematics Educational Research Group of Australasia, Sydney NSW Australia, pp. 200-206.

Leder, G., Pearn, C., Brew, C., Bishop, A.J.L., 1997, I'd like to be really good at mathematics, Mathematics: creating the future, Melbourne, July, AAMT, Adelaide SA Australia, pp. 178-185.

Bishop, A.J.L., Leder, G., Brew, C., Pearn, C., 1997, Researching cultural issues with NESB Secondary mathematics students: "In my country it is more difficult", People in Mathematics Education, Rotorua, NZ 7 - 11 July 1997, Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasa, Waikato New Zealand, pp. 96-102.

Rowley, G., Brew, C., Leder, G., 1997, The impact of self-selection on patterns of gender differences in mathematics achievement, 1997 Conference Papers from the Annual Conference of the Australian Assoc for Research in Education. http://www.swin.edu.au/aare/97pap/, Brisbane 30/11 - 4/12/ 1997, AARE, Melbourne: http://www.swin.edu.au/aare/97pap/, pp. 1-8.

Other

Leder, G., Forgasz, H., 2002, Two new instruments to probe attitudes about gender and mathematics, La Trobe University, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 1-29.

Grants

Title:

Exploiting Cultural Diversity in the Mathematics Classroom.

Investigators:

Bishop, A, Leder, G

Funding:

(1994 - 1998). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Title:

Research evaluation of 'Make It Count'.

Investigators:

Forgasz, H, Leder, G

Funding:

(2010 - 2014). Australian Association of Mathematics Teachers.

Title:

The effects of using non-traditional assessment methods in senior secondary school mathematics.

Investigators:

Rowley, G, Bishop, A, Leder, G

Funding:

(1995 - 1999). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Title:

Learning Mathematics in a Social Context.

Investigators:

Leder, G

Funding:

(1994 - 1998). Australian Research Council (ARC).