Marcus Witt's Outputs (13)

Personality‐sensitive pedagogies: A study of small group interactive behaviours among 9‐ to 10‐year‐olds (2024)
Journal Article

AbstractThe learning and social development benefits associated with pupils collaborating in small groups have been well documented over recent decades; however, research exploring personality as a mediating factor in small group learning is sparse.... Read More about Personality‐sensitive pedagogies: A study of small group interactive behaviours among 9‐ to 10‐year‐olds.

Teacher training in England: Exploring trainee teachers' perspectives on their professional identity formation (2024)
Book Chapter

This chapter outlines research conducted by Karan Vickers-Hulse (KVH) as part of an educational professional doctorate; Marcus Witt (MW) was one of her supervisory team. Participants were from two initial teacher education (ITE) routes (School Direct... Read More about Teacher training in England: Exploring trainee teachers' perspectives on their professional identity formation.

Maximising accessibility of feedback in HEI whilst working within work allocation constraints (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

As stated in your call for contributions, "Within an inclusive, competence-based model of education, the integration of assessment to support the student's progression and the use of feedback to enable reflection, is key to providing a space for grow... Read More about Maximising accessibility of feedback in HEI whilst working within work allocation constraints.

The adoption of a pre-teach approach for HE ITE  (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This work focusses on pre-service teacher learning of curriculum subject knowledge content.

The National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics (NCETM) has trialled a pre-teaching approach to address mathematical subject knowledge an... Read More about The adoption of a pre-teach approach for HE ITE .

‘I wasn't worried because I wasn't being judged’: The development of pre-service teacher professional capital, pedagogical instinct and discretionary judgement during an overseas teaching placement (2022)
Journal Article

Assertions that experiences of teaching abroad encourage professional growth for pre-service teachers (PSTs) are discussed, with reference to reflections from 20 PSTs from a British university after a volunteer teaching placement in South Africa (SA)... Read More about ‘I wasn't worried because I wasn't being judged’: The development of pre-service teacher professional capital, pedagogical instinct and discretionary judgement during an overseas teaching placement.

Mastery and Depth in Primary Mathematics Enriching Children's Mathematical Thinking (2022)
Book

The UK National Curriculum is clear about the importance of reasoning and problem-solving in mathematics. Mastery and Depth in Primary Mathematics aims to support trainee and established teachers to embed mathematical thinking into their lessons. The... Read More about Mastery and Depth in Primary Mathematics Enriching Children's Mathematical Thinking.

Primary Mathematics for Trainee Teachers (2014)
Book

This book is part of the 'Learning Matters' series published by Sage. Dr Witt is the editor of the book and writer of 3 of the 11 chapters. The book is aimed to help trainee primary school teachers develop the subject and pedagogical knowledge they n... Read More about Primary Mathematics for Trainee Teachers.

What does it take to make a primary maths teacher? Two trainee teachers’ successful mathematical journeys (2013)
Journal Article

The impact of mathematics anxiety on primary school children's working memory (2012)
Journal Article

While there is little doubt that there is a connection between mathematics anxiety and poor mathematical performance, the direction and nature of this connection is less clear. Some researchers (e.g., Ma & Xu, 2004) have contended that poor mathemati... Read More about The impact of mathematics anxiety on primary school children's working memory.

Mathematics and transition (2011)
Book Chapter

School based working memory training: Preliminary finding of improvement in children's mathematical performance (2011)
Journal Article

Working memory is a complex cognitive system responsible for the concurrent storage and processing of information. Given that a complex cognitive task like mental arithmetic clearly places demands on working memory (e.g., in remembering partial resul... Read More about School based working memory training: Preliminary finding of improvement in children's mathematical performance.

Cognition in children's mathematical processing: Bringing psychology to the classroom (2010)
Journal Article

Primary teacher trainees’ anxieties about mathematics and the role of training providers: The results of the first two years of a longitudinal study (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution