2024

Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460, Ní Shé, Caitríona ORCID: 0000-0002-6592-0276 and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2024) Role of example generation in implicit and explicit conjecturing tasks. In: INDRUM 2024, 10-14 June 2024, Barcelona, Spain. ISBN 2707-2819

2023

O'Sullivan, Brendan ORCID: 0000-0002-9025-6813, Breen, Sinéad and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2023) An analysis of Irish mathematics textbook tasks in the context of curriculum change. Irish Educational Studies . ISSN 0332-3315

2021

Hyland, Diarmuid ORCID: 0000-0003-3787-5153, O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290, Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460, Nolan, Brien ORCID: 0000-0002-9356-6833 and van Kampen, Paul (2021) The design of an algebra concept inventory. In: MEI 7, 15-16 October 2021, Dublin, Ireland.

O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 and Breen, Sinéad (2021) Students’ views on transition to university: The role of mathematical tasks. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 21 . pp. 29-43. ISSN 1492-6156

O’Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 and Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460 (2021) Students’ views on transition to university: the role of mathematical tasks. Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education, 21 . pp. 29-43. ISSN 1942-4051

2020

Aysel, Tugba, O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 and Breen, Sinéad (2020) Students’ Attitudes to Mathematics Learning and Assessment in Turkey and Ireland. International Journal of Educational Studies in Mathematics, 7 (1). pp. 26-38. ISSN 2148-5984

2019

Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460 and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2019) Dilemmas experienced in lecturing undergraduate Calculus. In: Seventh Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 7), 11-12 Oct 2019, Dublin, Ireland.

Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460, Ní Shé, Caitríona ORCID: 0000-0002-6592-0276 and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2019) Conjecturing tasks for undergraduate calculus students. In: CERME 11, 6-10 Feb 2019, Utrecht, Netherlands.

Twohill, Aisling ORCID: 0000-0003-1156-9983, Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460, Venkat, Hamsa ORCID: 0000-0002-6453-1623, Roberts, Nicky ORCID: 0000-0002-1910-0162 and Lampen, Erna ORCID: 0000-0003-4376-9242 (2019) Working Group Report: Task Design for Early Algebra. In: 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 43), 7-12 July 2019, Pretoria, South Africa.

2018

Breen, Sinéad and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2018) Designing mathematical thinking tasks. PRIMUS, 29 (1). pp. 9-20. ISSN 1051-1970

Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460, Meehan, Maria ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-8790, O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 and Rowland, Tim ORCID: 0000-0002-1955-5036 (2018) An analysis of university mathematics teaching using the knowledge quartet. In: INDRUM 2018, 5-7 April 2018, Agder, Norway.

2017

O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290, Breen, Sinéad and Meehan, Maria ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-8790 (2017) Decision points in mathematics lectures. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 55 (6). pp. 650-659. ISSN 1470-3297

Breen, Sinéad, Larson, Niclas ORCID: 0000-0002-2909-7817, O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 and Pettersson, Kerstin ORCID: 0000-0002-4576-8422 (2017) A study of students’ concept images of inverse functions in Ireland and Sweden. Nordic Studies in Mathematics Educaiton (NOMAD), 22 (4). pp. 85-102. ISSN 2002-4061

2016

Breen, Sinéad and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2016) Threshold concepts and undergraduate mathematics teaching. PRIMUS, 26 (9). pp. 837-847. ISSN 1051-1970

Breen, Sinéad, O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 and Pfeiffer, Kirsten (2016) Students’ views of example generation tasks tasks. Teaching Mathematics and its Applications: An International Journal of the IMA, 35 (1). pp. 27-40. ISSN 0268-3679

O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290, Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460 and Jaworski, Barbara (2016) The development of a function concept inventory. International Journal of Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education, 2 . pp. 279-296. ISSN 2198-9745

2015

Ní Shé, Caitríona ORCID: 0000-0002-6592-0276, Breen, Sinéad, Brennan, Conor ORCID: 0000-0002-0405-3869, Doheny, Frank, Lawless, Fiona, Mac an Bhaird, Ciarán ORCID: 0000-0003-2863-3398, McLoone, Seamus, Ní Fhloinn, Eabhnat ORCID: 0000-0002-3840-2115, Nolan, Brien C. ORCID: 0000-0002-9356-6833 and O'Shea, Ann (2015) Identifying problematic mathematical topics and concepts for first year students. In: CETL-MSOR 2015, 8-9 Sept 2015, Greenwich, GB.

Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460 and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2015) Transition through mathematical tasks. In: BSRLM Day Conference, 28 Feb 2015, Dublin.

Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460, Larson, Niclas ORCID: 0000-0002-2909-7817, O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 and Pettersson, Kerstin ORCID: 0000-0002-4576-8422 (2015) Students’ Concept Images of Inverse Functions. In: CERME 9, 4-8 Feb 2015, Prague, Czech Republic. ISBN 978-80-7290-844-8

2013

Breen, Sinéad, McCluskey, Aisling, Meehan, Maria ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-8790, O'Donovan, Julie and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2013) A year of engaging with the discipline of noticing: five mathematics lecturers’ reflections. Teaching in Higher Education, 19 (3). pp. 289-300. ISSN 1356-2517

Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460, O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 and Pfeiffer, Kirsten (2013) The use of unfamiliar tasks in first year Calculus coursed to aid the transition from school to university mathematics. In: CERME 8, 6-10 February 2013, Antalya, Turkey. ISBN 978-9-754293-159

2012

Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460 and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2012) A consideration of familiarity in Irish mathematics examinations. In: BSRLM Day Conference, 9 Jun 2012, Sussex, England.

Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460, O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 and Pfeiffer, Kirsten (2012) “The backwards ones?” - Undergraduate students’ reactions and approaches to example generation exercises. In: BSRLM Day Conference, 3 Mar 2012, Manchester, England.

2011

Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460, McCluskey, Aisling, Meehan, Maria ORCID: 0000-0001-8970-8790, O'Donovan, Julie and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2011) Reflection on practice, in practice: the discipline of noticing. In: BSRLM: Day Conference held at Oxford University, 19 Nov 2011, Oxford.

Corcoran, Dolores, O’Reilly, Maurice, Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460, Dooley, Thérèse ORCID: 0000-0002-5671-4075 and Ryan, Miriam (2011) The application of lesson study across mathematics and mathematics education departments in an Irish third-level institution. In: BSRLM: Day Conference held at the Institute of Education, 11 Mar 2011, London.

Aysel, Tugba, O’Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 and Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460 (2011) A classification of questions from Irish and Turkish high-stakes examinations. In: BSRLM: Day Conference held at the Institute of Education, 11 Mar 2011, London.

Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460 and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2011) The use of mathematical tasks to develop mathematical thinking skills in undergraduate calculus courses – a pilot study. In: BSRLM: Day Conference held at the Institute of Education, 11 Mar 2011, London.

2010

Breen, Sinéad ORCID: 0000-0001-7215-0460, Cleary, Joan and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2010) Measuring Students’ Persistence on Unfamiliar Mathematical Tasks. In: BSRLM Day Conference, November 2010, Newcastle, England.

Cleary, Joan, Breen, Sinéad and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2010) Mathematical literacy and self-efficacy of first year third level students. MSOR Connections, 10 (2). pp. 41-44. ISSN 1473-4869

Breen, Sinéad and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2010) Mathematical thinking and task design. Irish Mathematical Society Bulletin, 66 (1). pp. 39-49. ISSN 0791-5578

2009

Breen, Sinéad, Cleary, Joan and O'Shea, Ann (2009) An investigation of the mathematical literacy of first year third-level students in the Republic of Ireland. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 40 (2). pp. 229-246. ISSN 1464-5211

Breen, Sinéad, Cleary, Joan and O'Shea, Ann ORCID: 0000-0001-8504-2290 (2009) An investigation of the mathematical literacy of first year Third level students in the Republic of Ireland. International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science & Technology, 40 (2). pp. 229-246. ISSN 0020-739X

1999

Breen, Sinéad (1999) Exponentially-improved asymptotics of single and multidimensional integrals. PhD thesis, Dublin City University.