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E:Mary.Kingston@dcu.ie

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E:Mary.Kingston@dcu.ie
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Dr Mary Kingston is an Assistant Professor in the School of STEM Education, Innovation and Global Studies, lecturing in the area of mathematics education. She has responsibility for teaching across a range of modules in the school relating to mathematics education.

Mary received her Bachelor of Education degree from St. Patrick’s College in 2012. In 2019, she completed the Master of Education programme in Dublin City University, specialising in mathematics education. Her PhD focused on the topic of young children’s probabilistic thinking and this study was supervised by Dr Aisling Twohill (DCU), Dr Siún Nic Mhuirí (DCU) and Professor Aisling Leavy (MIC). She developed frameworks of growth points that describe the development of probabilistic thinking in relation to the constructs of probability of an event, probability comparison and sample space. Mary is a member of the Centre for the Advancement STEM Teaching and Learning (CASTeL). Prior to joining DCU Institute of Education, Mary worked as a primary teacher in North Dublin.

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2022 Mary Kingston; Aisling Twohill (2022) 'Young children’s use of subjective thinking in response to probabilistic tasks'. Statistics Education Research Journal, 21 (3). [Link] https://doi.org/10.52041/serj.v21i3.8

Published Report

Year Publication
2023 Sandra O'Neill; Córa Gillic; Mary Kingston (2023) Pedagogical Strategies, Approaches and Methodologies to Support Numeracy in Early Childhood. Department of Education Government of Ireland, . https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7881705
2022 Butler, D., Giblin, F., & Kingston, M. (2022) Numeracy and digital learning: Use of digital technologies as tools for numeracy development. A review of the literature. Department of Education, . https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7881367

Conference Publication

Year Publication
2021 Kingston, M; Grimes, P. (2021) Proceedings of the Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8) MEI 8: Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8) [Link] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5573968
2021 Kingston, M., & Twohill, A. (2021) Young children's identifications of the most and least likely outcomes of experiments . In: Kingston, M., & Grimes, P eds. Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8) Dublin City University, 15/10/2021- 16/10/2021 [Link] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5601169
2021 Harbison, L., Kingston, M., & Miller, S. (2021) Teachers' use of mathematical picturebooks to engage children in the upper primary years in mathematics . In: Kingston, M., & Grimes, P eds. Eighth Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland (MEI 8) Dublin City University, 15/10/2021- 16/10/2021 [Link] https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5636433
2019 NicMhuirí, S., Farrell, T., Gillic, C., & Kingston, M. (2019) Seventh Conference on Research in Mathematics Education in Ireland Planning for teaching early mathematics: Negotiation of shared intentions

Conference Contribution

Year Publication
2024 Kingston, M.; Twohill, A.; & NicMhuirí, S. (2024) 10th Science and Maths Education Research Conference A Design-Based Research Approach to Developing, Evaluating and Modifying Learning Trajectories/Pathways Dublin City University, .
2024 Twohill, A.; NicMhuirí, S.; Ryan, M.; Kingston, M.; & Bourke, A. (2024) 10th Science and Maths Education Research Conference Primary student-teachers' dispositions toward mathematics and teaching Dublin City University, .
2024 Kingston, M.; Twohill, A.; NicMhuirí, S. (2024) British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics A methodological approach for designing learning trajectories/pathways United Kingdom, .
2022 Kingston, M., & Twohill, A. (2022) Educational Studies Association of Ireland (ESAI) Conference 2020 Affordances and constraints of developmental pathways as a framework for assessment Dublin, .
2021 Harbison, L., OReilly, M., Grimes, P., & Kingston, M. (2021) 45th Annual ATEE Conference Extending the agenda in primary mathematics pre-service teacher education: Preparing and equipping with competencies to lead University of Warsaw, .
2021 Kingston, M. (2021) DCU Postgraduate Unconference The establishment and refinement of frameworks of growth points for describing the development of young children Dublin City University, .
2020 Kingston, M. (2020) British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics The use of task-based one-to-one interviews to establish a framework of growth points that describe the development of young children’s probabilistic thinking Leeds, UK, .
2020 Kingston, M. (2020) Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS): Virtual SCoTENS Doctoral Roundtable The implications of a growth point approach for mathematics instruction and assessment Online Webinar, .
2019 Twohill, A., NicMhuirí, S., & Kingston, M. (2019) 43rd Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education Micro-ethnography of collaboration: Sharing perspectives and broadening lenses within a community of practice Pretoria, South Africa, .

Thesis

Year Publication
2019 Kingston, M. (2019) An exploration of the probabilistic thinking of young children in Senior Infants in an Irish primary school. Dublin City University: Dublin, Ireland: THES
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Professional Associations

Association Function From / To
British Society for Research in Mathematics Education (BSRLM) Member -
Teaching Council of Ireland Teaching Council -

Honors and Awards

Date Title Awarding Body
01/01/2019 Mark Morgan Award Dublin City University
01/01/2012 Fred Klotz Memorial Award St. Patrick's College
01/01/2012 St. Vincent de Paul Medal St. Patrick's College

Education

Start date Institution Qualification Subject
Dublin City University Master of Education
St. Patrick's College Bachelor of Education

Research Interests

Mary’s main research interests are in the areas of:
  • Young children’s probabilistic thinking prior to receiving formal probabilistic instruction
  • The development of young children’s mathematical thinking
  • Task-based group interviews as an assessment tool in the primary mathematics classroom
  • Storybooks as a tool for mathematics teaching and learning 
  • Pre-service teachers' views of mathematics teaching and learning

Research Projects

Title Role Description Start date End date
Maths4All Professional Learning Communities Team Member 01/01/2022 31/12/2023
Projects in Rich Mathematical Exploration (PRiME) Team Member 01/09/2020 31/05/2021
Integrating Children's Literature into Numeracy Education (InCLINE) Team Member 01/01/2020 31/12/2021
Maths4All Team Member 01/01/2020 31/12/2020
Mathematics Teaching Practices Toolkit Team Member 07/01/2019 20/12/2019

Teaching Interests

BEd1: ED1022: Mathematics Education
BEd1: ED1024: Teacher as a Reflective Practitioner
BEd2: ED2031: Mathematics Education
BEd2: ED2033: Teacher as a Reflective Practitioner
BEd4: ED4015: Research Project (Mathematics Education)
BEd1,2,3,4: School Placement Supervision
PMEP1,2: School Placement Supervision
Master of Education: Mathematics Education Specialism