Dr Jodie Miller
Senior Lecturer
School of Education
+61 7 336 56521
Researcher biography
Jodie Miller is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at the University of Queensland. Her research area is in the field of mathematics education, in particular, the teaching and learning actions that assist young students to engage with early algebraic thinking (patterning, functions, generalisations). Her work is underpinned by the notion that to engage in mathematics deeply, students must have an understanding of the underlying structures and patterns that define mathematics. The majority of Miller's work has been conducted with students that are at risk of marginalisation (e.g., Indigenous students, students with English as a second language, and students from low socio-economic backgrounds).
Publications
Book
Warren, Elizabeth and Miller, Jodie Mathematics at the Margins. Singapore: Springer, 2016. doi:10.1007/978-981-10-0703-3
Book Chapters
Larkin, Kevin and Miller, Jodie (2020). Digital technologies and numeracy—synergy or discord?. In Amy MacDonald, Lena Danaia and Steve Murphy (Ed.), STEM education across the learning continuum: early childhood to senior secondary (pp. 137-154) Singapore: Springer . doi:10.1007/978-981-15-2821-7_8
Hunter, Jodie, Miller, Jodie, Choy, Ban Heng and Hunter, Roberta (2020). Innovative and powerful pedagogical practices in mathematics education. In Jennifer Way, Catherine Attard , Judy Anderson, Janette Bobis, Heather McMaster and Katherin Cartwright (Ed.), Research in mathematics education in Australasia 2016–2019 (pp. 293-318) Singapore: Springer . doi:10.1007/978-981-15-4269-5_12
Miller, Jodie, Warren, Elizabeth and Armour, Danielle (2018). Mathematical discourse practices when engaging in pattern generalisation: Considering semiotic systems in young Indigenous Australian students. In Roberta Hunter, Marta Civil, Beth Herbel-Eisenmann, Núria Planas and David Wagner (Ed.), Mathematical discourse that breaks barriers and creates space for marginalized learners (pp. 213-234) Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
Miller, Jodie, Warren, Elizabeth and Armour, Danielle (2018). Mathematical Discourse When Engaging in Pattern Generalisation : Considering Semiotic Systems in Young Indigenous Australian Students. In Mathematical Discourse that Breaks Barriers and Creates Space for Marginalized Learners (pp. 213-234) Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers. doi:10.1163/9789004378735_011
Geiger, Vince, Calder, Nigel, Tan, Hazel, Loong, Esther, Miller, Jodie and Larkin, Kevin (2016). Transformations of teaching and learning through digital technologies. In Research in Mathematics Education in Australasia 2012-2015 (pp. 255-280) Singapore: Springer . doi:10.1007/978-981-10-1419-2_13
Journal Articles
Miller, Jodie and Armour, Danielle (2019) Supporting successful outcomes in mathematics for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students: a systematic review. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, . doi:10.1080/1359866x.2019.1698711
Miller, Jodie (2019) STEM education in the primary years to support mathematical thinking: using coding to identify mathematical structures and patterns. ZDM, 51 6: 915-927. doi:10.1007/s11858-019-01096-y
Miller, Jodie, Warren, Elizabeth and Armour, Danielle (2019) Examining changes in young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island students and their beginning primary school teachers’ engagement in the teaching and learning of mathematics. ZDM, 52 3: 557-569.doi:10.1007/s11858-019-01077-1
Armour, Danielle, Warren, Elizabeth and Miller, Jodie (2016) Working together: Strategies that support cross-cultural engagement of Indigenous teacher assistants working in Indigenous contexts. Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 44 5: 421-435. doi:10.1080/1359866X.2015.1127324
Warren, Elizabeth and Miller, Jodie (2015) Supporting English second-language learners in disadvantaged contexts: learning approaches that promote success in mathematics. International Journal of Early Years Education, 23 2: 192-208. doi:10.1080/09669760.2014.969200
Warren, Elizabeth, Harris, Katherine and Miller, Jodie (2014) Supporting young ESL students from disadvantaged contexts in their engagement with mathematics: Teachers' pedagogical challenges. International Journal of Pedagogies & Learning, 9 1: 10-25. doi:10.1080/18334105.2014.11082016
Miller, Jodie and Warren, Elizabeth (2014) Exploring ESL students’ understanding of mathematics in the early years: factors that make a difference. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 26 4: 791-810. doi:10.1007/s13394-014-0121-z
Warren, Elizabeth and Miller, Jodie (2013) Enriching the Professional Learning of Early Years Teachers in Disadvantaged Contexts: The Impact of Quality Resources and Quality Professional Learning. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 38 7: 91-111. doi:10.14221/ajte.2013v38n7.6
Warren, Elizabeth, Miller, Jodie and Cooper, Thomas J. (2013) Exploring Young Students' Functional Thinking. PNA - Revista De Investigacion En Didactica De La Matematica, 7 2: 75-84.
Warren, Elizabeth and Miller, Jodie (2013) Young Australian Indigenous students' effective engagement in mathematics: The role of language, patterns, and structure. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 25 1: 151-171. doi:10.1007/s13394-013-0068-5
Warren, Elizabeth, Miller, Jodie and Cooper, Thomas (2012) Repeating patterns: Strategies to assist young students to generalise the mathematical structure. Australasian Journal of Early Childhood, 37 3: 111-120.
Warren, Elizabeth and Miller, Jodie (2010) Exploring four year old Indigenous students' ability to pattern. International Research in Early Childhood Education, 1 2: 42-56.
Conference Papers
Shay, Marnee and Miller, Jodie (2019). Doing things right way: dimensions of excellence in Indigenous education in Queensland secondary schools. In: Australian Association for Research in Education, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, (). 1-5 December 2019.
Fielding-Wells, Jill, Geiger, Vince, Miller, Jodie, Bruder, Regina, Roder, Ulrike and Ratnayake, Iresha (2019). Designing challenging online mathematical tasks for initial teacher education: motivational considerations. In: Mellony Graven, Hamsa Venkat, Anthony A. Essien and Pamela Vale, Proceedings of the 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 2). 43rd Annual Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME 43), Pretoria, South Africa, (240-247). 7-11 July 2019.
Hunter, Jodie and Miller, Jodie (2018). Using a Contextual Pāsifika Patterning Task to Support Generalisation. In: Making waves, opening spaces: Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. 41st Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia: Making waves, opening spaces , Auckland, New Zealand, (408-415). 1-5 July 2018.
Miller, Jodie and Larkin, Kevin (2017). Using coding to promote mathematical thinking with Year 2 students: alignment with the Australian curriculum. In: A. Downton, S. Livy and J. Hall, 40 years on: we are still learning! Proceedings of the 40th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. 40 years on: we are still learning!, Monash University, VIC, Clayton Campus, (381-388). 2-6 July 2017.
Hunter, Jodie and Miller, Jodie (2017). Using cultural tasks to develop growing pattern generalisations for young culturally diverse students. In: Novotna, J. and Moraova, H., 14th Biennial International Symposium on Elementary Mathematics Teaching (SEMT), Prague, Czech Republic, (215-225). 20-25 August 2017.
Miller, Jodie (2016). Young Indigenous students en route to generalising growing patterns. In: B. White, M. Chinnappan and S. Trenholm, Opening up Mathematics Education Research: Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. 39th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA39), Adelaide SA Australia, (471-478). 2-7 July 2016.
Miller, Jodie and Warren, Elizabeth (2015). Young Australian Indigenous students generalising growing patterns: a case study of teacher/student semiotic interactions. In: K. Beswick, T. Muir and J. Wells, Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education. Proceedings of the 39th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, (257-264). July 2015.
Miller, Jodie (2015). Young Indigenous students’ engagement with growing pattern tasks: a semiotic perspective. In: M. Marshman, V. Geiger and A. Bennison, Mathematics education in the margins: proceedings of the 38th annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. Mathematics education in the margins, Sunshine Coast University, (421-428). July 2015.
Miller, Jodie (2014). Young Australian Indigenous students’ growing pattern generalisations: The role of gesture when generalising. In: Judy Anderson, Michael Cavanagh and Anne Prescott , Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. Curriculum in focus: Research Guided Practice: 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Adelaide, SA Australia, (461-468). July 2014.
Miller, Jodie and Warren, Elizabeth (2012). Exploration into cultural aspects of mathematic generalisation: Young Indigenous students. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of Mathematics Education. 12th International Conference of Mathematics Education, South Korea, (). 2012.
Miller, Jodie and Warren, Elizabeth (2012). An exploration into growing patterns with young Australian Indigenous students. In: Mathematics Education: Expanding Horizons: Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia: Mathematics Education: Expanding Horizons, Singapore, (505-512). July 2012.
Warren, Elizabeth, Miller, Jodie and Cooper, Thomas J. (2011). Exploring young children's functional thinking. In: Ubuz, B., 35th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME), Ankara, Turkey, (329-336). 10-15 July 2011.
Warren, Elizabeth , Miller, Jodie and Cooper, Thomas (2011). An exploration of young students’ ability to generalise function tasks. In: Mathematics: Traditions and [new] practices: 34th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Research Group of Australasia. 34th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Research Group of Australasia, Alice Springs, NT Australia, (752-759). July 2011.
Warren, Elizabeth and Miller, Jodie (2010). Indigenous children's ability to pattern as they enter kindergarten/pre-prep settings: An exploratory study. In: 33rd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia. 33rd Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Fremantle, WA Australia, (594-601). 3-7 July 2010.
Research Report
Marnee Shay, Amelia Radke and Jodie Miller (2019) Indigenous Evaluation Strategy (Policy Submission) Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland