Department of Statistics

Leigh Wood Publications

Published/accepted since 2000

A3 Books

Wood, L.N. & Petocz, P., (2003). Reading Statistics. Sydney:University of Technology, Sydney (320p)

B1 Book chapters

Wood, L.N. (2006). Communicating mathematics across culture and time. (Ed. Selin, H.) Encyclopaedia of History of Science, Technology and Medicine in Non-Western Cultures.  Boston:Springer.

Wood, L.N. (2004). University Mathematics Teaching and Learning. MERGA Review of Research in Australia 2000-2003, Flaxton: Post Pressed.

Wood, L.N., Viskic, D. & Petocz, P. (2003). Toys for Boys. In Burton, L. (Ed). Which Way: Social Justice in Mathematics Education?  Mathematics Education Series. Westport: Greenwood Publishing Group

Wood, L.N. (2001). Secondary-tertiary interface. (Ed. Holton, D.) ICMI Study on Teaching and Learning of Mathematics at University Level. Dordrect:Kluwer.

C1 Refereed journal articles

Petocz, P., Reid, A., Wood, L.N., Harding, A., Smith, G.H., Perrett, G., Mather, G., Houston, K., Engelbrect, J., & Hillel, J. (accepted August 2006). Conceptions of mathematics and its uses International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education

Carmody, G. & Wood, L.N. (accepted November 2005). Bridging the gap for first year students with the use of peer tutoring. Adults Learning Mathematics.

Reid, A., Wood, L.N., Petocz, P., & Smith, G.H. (2005). Intention, Approach and Outcome: University Mathematics Students’ Conceptions of Learning Mathematics. International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education.3, 567-586.

D’Souza, S.M.  & Wood, L.N. (2003). Rationale for establishing collaborative learning methods in first year mathematics learning. NZ J Math, 32,S,47-56.

Reid, A., Petocz, P. Smith, G.H. Wood, L.N., & Dortins, E. (2003) Mathematics students’ conception of mathematics. NZ J Math, 32,S,163-172.

D’Souza, S.M. & Wood, L.N. (2003) Secondary students’ resistance towards computer technology in mathematics learning. MCE, 37, 3 284-295.

Perrett, G., Wood, L.N. & Smith, G.H. (2002). Advanced Mathematical Discourse: A Case Study. Literacy and Numeracy Studies. 12, 1, 63-76.

Petocz, P. & Wood, L.N. (2001). The whole picture – videos and mathematics learning. Australian Senior Mathematics Journal 15, 1, 40-55.

Wood, L.N. & Smith, G.H. (2001). Survey of the use of flexible assessment. Quaestiones Mathematicae, Suppl. 1, 73-82.

Smith, G.H. & Wood, L.N. (2001). Motivating Engineering students to study mathematics.  Quaestiones Mathematicae, Suppl. 1, 47-56.

Smith, G.H. & Wood, L.N. (2000). Assessment of learning in university mathematics. Int.J. Math.Educ.Sc.Technol.31, 1, 125-132.

E1 Refereed conference papers

Godfrey, S., Carmody, G. & Wood, L.N. (2006). Diagnostic tests in a first year mathematics subject. Uniserve Science. 24-30. http://science.uniserve.edu.au/pubs/procs/2006/carmody.pdf

Wood, L. N., Smith, G. H., Mather, G., Harding, A., Engelbrecht, J., Houston, K., Perrett, G., Hillel, J., Petocz, P. & Reid, A. (2006). Student voices: implications for teaching mathematics. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics at the undergraduate level, Istanbul, Turkey. John Wiley and Sons.

Houston, S.K., Wood, L.N., Engelbrect, J., Harding, A., Kagesten, O., Holton, D., & Barton, W., (2006). Professional development of mathematics academics. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics at the undergraduate level, Istanbul, Turkey. John Wiley and Sons.

Wood, L.N. & Reid, A. (2006). Conversations with graduates:  reflections on learning mathematics. Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics at the undergraduate level, Istanbul, Turkey. John Wiley and Sons. 

Wood, L.N. & Kaczynski, D. (2005). University students in USA and Australia: anticipation and reflection on the transition to work. RWL4, Sydney

Petocz, P., Smith, G. H., Wood, L. N. and Reid, A. (2004). On becoming a mathematician: an international perspective for future professionals in the mathematical sciences. Proceedings of International Congress on Mathematics Education, ICME10, Copenhagen, July 4-11. Online at http://www.icme-organisers.dk/tsg28/ 

D'Souza, S M & Wood, L N (2004).  The need for higher education reform - problems faced with assessing collaborative team based work, The Future of Mathematics Education, International Conference: The Future of Mathematics Education, ICME 2004, Ciechocnek, Poland , pp. 24-28

Wood, L.N., Mather, G., Kirkup, L. & Logan, P. (2003). Cross-disciplinary teaching of mathematics. Delta:03 Communications. Queenstown, November, 282-287.

D’Souza, S.M. & Wood, L.N. (2003). Tertiary students’ views of group work in first year. Proceedings AARE. http://www.aare.edu.au/03pap/dso03154.pdf

Wood, L.N. & Petocz, P. (2003). Transition to professional work. Uniserve Science, Sydney, October, 72-77. http://science.uniserve.edu.au/pubs/procs/wshop8/

Kirkup, L., Wood, L.N., Mather, G & Logan, P. (2003). Are you being serviced? Promoting quality service teaching. Uniserve Science, Sydney, October, 37-42. http://science.uniserve.edu.au/pubs/procs/wshop8/

D’Souza, S.M. & Wood, L.N. (2003). Secondary students’ perceptions of instructional approaches: Implications for mathematics learning. In L. Bragg, C. Campbell, G. Herbert, & J. Mousely (Eds.), Mathematics Education Research: Innovation, Networking, Opportunity. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of MERGA In., Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, 286-293

D’Souza, S.M. & Wood, L.N. (2003). Designing assessment using the MATH taxonomy. In L. Bragg, C. Campbell, G. Herbert, & J. Mousely (Eds.), Mathematics Education Research: Innovation, Networking, Opportunity. Proceedings of the 26th Annual Conference of MERGA Inc., Deakin University, Geelong, Australia, 294-301

Kirkup, L., Wood, L.N., Mather, G. & Logan, P. (2003). Teaching mathematics and physics for engineers: reflections from the chalkface. EMAC 2003 Proceedings 97-102.

Wood, L.N., Mather, G., Logan, P. & Kirkup, L., (2003). Teaching mathematics and physics to engineers: reflections from the back row. EMAC 2003 Proceedings. 295-300

Wood, L.N. & D’Souza, S.M (2003). Too much of a good thing. EMAC 2003 Proceedings. 301-306.

Wood, L.N. (2002). Bridging and support services for engineering students. Proceedings of EMAC2002. Brisbane. 241-245.

D’Souza, S.M. & Wood, L.N. (2002). Using CSCL methods in secondary mathematics.  In B. Barton, K.C. Irwin, M. Pfannkuch, & M.O.J. Thomas (Eds.), Mathematics Education in the South Pacific:Proceedings of  the 25th Annual Conference of MERGA Auckland, July 244-251.

Wood, L.N. & Petocz, P. (2002). Reading statistics. Flexible Learning in Science. Uniserve Science, Sydney, April, 69-74. http://science.uniserve.edu.au/pubs/procs/wshop7/

Wood, L. & Smith, G. H. (2002). Students’ perceptions of difficulty in mathematical tasks.  (Ed. Michael Boezi). 2nd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics, Crete, July. John Wiley and Sons. www.math.uoc.gr/~ictm2/Proceedings/ICTM2

Coutis, P. & Wood, L.N. (2002). Teaching statistics and academic language in culturally diverse classrooms. (Ed. Michael Boezi). 2nd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics, Crete, July. John Wiley and Sons. www.math.uoc.gr/~ictm2/Proceedings/ICTM2

Wood, L., Smith, G. H., Petocz, P. and Reid, A. (2002). Correlations between students’ performance in assessment and categories of a taxonomy. (Ed. Michael Boezi). 2nd International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics, Crete, July. John Wiley and Sons. www.math.uoc.gr/~ictm2/Proceedings/ICTM2

Wood, L. & Smith, G. H. (2002). History in applied undergraduate mathematics. (Ed. George Joseph). Proceedings of the International Seminar and Colloquium on 1500 Years of Aryabhateeyam, 181- 186. Trivandrum, India, January. Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad.

D’Souza, S.M. & Wood, L.N. (2001). Investigating the Effects of Using Spreadsheets in a Collaborative Learning Environment. Proceedings of ATCM 2001, 361-370.

Wood, L.N. & Smith, G.H. (2001). Assessment in Linear Algebra. ICMI Study on the Future of the Teaching and Learning of Algebra, Melbourne. 663-667

Smith, G.H. &Wood, L.N. (2000). A first year calculus course for engineering students. Proceedings of EMAC2000.  Melbourne. 255-258.

DVD/video

Wood, L.N., Petocz, P. & Smith, G.H. (2000). Terror, tragedy and vibrations.  UTS:Changefocus. (30 mins).

Other publications

Wood, L.N. (2000). Patterns in nature. National Parks Journal.44, 4, 6-7 http://www.npansw.org.au/web/journal/200008/Augfractals.htm

Pre -2000 selected articles

C1 Journal articles

Ball, G., Stephenson, B., Smith, G.H., Wood, L.N., Coupland, M. & Crawford, K. (1998). Creating a diversity of experiences for tertiary students, Int.J.Math.Educ.Sc.Technol, 29, 6, 827-841.

Smith, G.H., Wood, L.N., Crawford, K., Coupland, M. Ball, G. & Stephenson, B. (1996). Constructing mathematical examinations to assess a range of knowledge and skills, Int.J.Math.Educ.Sc.Technol, 27, 1, 65-77.

Other media

Smith, G.H., Wood, L.N., Cohen, G.L. & Nicorovici, N.A. (1999). Discrete Mathematics. A Mathematica notebook to teach topics in discrete mathematics. The files for MathSource item 0212-230, "Discrete Mathematics", are available at:
  http://www.mathsource.com/cgi-bin/msitem?0212-230

DVD/video

Wood, L.N. & Petocz, P. (1998).  Balancing the Equation—the  ideas of algebra. Sydney:Open Training and Education Network.  (25mins)

Wood L.N. & Petocz, P. (1996). The F-files—functions as models of reality.  Sydney: Open Training and Education Network.  (25mins)

Petocz, P. & Wood, L.N. (1993). Combinatorics—the art of counting.  Sydney: Open Training and Education Network.  (25mins)

Wood, L.N. & Petocz, P. (1992). Off on a tangent—the concepts of calculus.  Sydney: Open Training and Education Network.  (25mins)