Dindyal Jaguthsing

Name	Asst. Prof. Dindyal Jaguthsing PhD (Illinois State), MEd (Deakin), PGCE (MIE), BSc (Poona)
Location	Room 7-03-39
Contact	(65) 6790 3906
Email	jaguthsing.dindyal@nie.edu.sg

Teaching Areas

	Mathematics Education Modules (Primary and Secondary).
	Master of Education Module on Curriculum Studies in Mathematics
	In-service Module on Curriculum Studies

Research Interest

He has specific interest in the areas of geometry and proof, algebraic thinking, the mathematics curriculum, and the philosophy of mathematics. He is also generally interested in various aspects about the teaching and learning of mathematics.

Selected Publications

Dindyal, J. (2006). The Singaporean mathematics curriculum: Connections to TIMSS. In P. Grootenboer, R. Zevenbergen, & M. Chinnappan (Eds.), Proceedings of the 29th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 179-186). Adelaide, Australia: MERGA Inc.

Martin, T. S., McCrone, S. S., Wallace, M. L., & Dindyal, J. (2005). The interplay of teacher and student actions in the teaching and learning of geometric proof. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 60, 95-124. The Netherlands.

Dindyal, J. (2004). Algebraic thinking in geometry at high school level: Students’ use of variables and unknowns. In I. Putt, R. Faragher, & M. McLean (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Group of Australasia (Vol. 1, pp. 183-190), Townsville, Australia, 27-30 June 2004.

Dindyal, J. (2004). Constructivism in mathematics education: Its pedagogical implications. Journal of Education, 3(1), 9-29. Mauritius.

McCrone, S. S., Martin, T. S., Dindyal, J., & Wallace, M. L. (2002). An Investigation of Classroom Factors that Influence Proof Construction Ability. In D. S. Mewborn, P. Sztajn, D. Y. White, H. G. Weigel, R. L. Bryant, & K Nooney (Eds.), Proceedings of the twenty-fourth annual meeting of the North American chapter of the International Group (pp. 1701-1712) (Vol. 4). Columbus, OH: ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and environmental Education.