Professor Richard Noss

  • Qualifications and position:
    • PhD
    • Professor of Mathematics Education
    • Co-director of London Knowledge Lab
  • Faculty:
    • Faculty of Children and Learning
  • Department:
    • Culture, Communications and Media
  • Centre:
    • London Knowledge Lab
  • Summary:
    • Richard Noss is Professor of Mathematics Education at the Institute of Education, University of London, and co-director of the London Knowledge Lab. He is Director (Technology Enhanced Learning) of the Teaching and Learning Research Programme. In 2003, he co-founded the Kaleidoscope network of excellence, and was deputy scientific manager until the end of 2005.

      Richard was editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning until 2005 and is now an editor of this and eight other journals. Richard has directed some 20 research projects, funded by EU, the national research councils, and commercial funders. He holds a PhD in mathematics education from King's College, University of London, and a Masters degree in pure mathematics from the University of Sussex. He was elected a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications in 2008.
  • Teaching:
    • Richard's teaching consists of doctoral and masters level teaching in mathematics education and technology enhanced learning. I am a course tutor for the MA Mathematics Education (Digital Technologies) and give occasional lectures on other courses in the fields of TEL and mathematics learning.
  • Research Projects:
    • PI, MiGen: Intelligent Support for Mathematical Generalisation. (ESRC/EPSRC: £1.5 million)

      Recently completed:

      Co-director: Techno-Mathematical Literacies in the Workplace. ESRC 2003-7. (£400000). Teaching and Learning Research Programme.

      Co-PI: Workplace Personalised Learning Environments for the Development of Employees' Technical Communicative Skills (Development grant, EPSRC/ESRC-TLRP). 2006-7. (£48k)

      Co-PI: Enhancing and Assessing Complex Reasoning through Models and Modeling: NSF/ESRC UK-US collaborative research. 2007. (£18k)
  • Postgraduate Research:
      • Yishay Mor: A design approach to construction and collaboration: the case of number sequences
      • Shin Wha Cha: Reconnecting Geometry and Algebra in a Dynamic Geometry Environment.
      • Alison Clark-Wilson: Developing practices of individual mathematics teachers using mathematically rich technological tools
      • Kevin Walker: Digital design for learning trails
      • Ross Purves: Exploring conceptual parallels between music and mathematics education using digital technology (joint)
      • Yogesh Sanmukhia: Reconceptualising mechanics knowledge with Interactive Physics
      • I have supervised 14 successful doctoral dissertations in the field of mathematics education and digital technologies. Visit the LKL website for more details.
  • Professional Activities:
    • Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications.
      Programme Committee: Artificial Intelligence and Education conference (2009)
      Editor-in-chief: International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning 1999-2005 and now Executive editor.
      Editorial board: Teaching Mathematics and Its Applications. 2000-
      Editorial board: International Journal of Science and Mathematics Education. 2001-
      International Editorial Board: Informatics in Education. 2003-
      Editorial Board: International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education 2006-
      Series Editor : Technology Enhanced Learning. Sense Publishers.
  • Conferences/presentations:
    • Keynote symposium: Designing for connectivity, 17th. ICMI Study Group, Hanoi, 2006
      Keynote: International Federation of Information Processing (WG 3.1/3/5): Northeastern University of Boston, 2007
      Keynote: 13th International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling and its Applications. Indiana University, 2007
      Keynote: 5th, Mediterranean Conference on Mathematics Education; University of Rhodes, 2007
      Opening Keynote address at the Asian Technology and Mathematics Conference, Bangkok: December 2008)
  • Languages Spoken:
    • French (intermediate)
Professor Richard Noss

Contact details

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  • Address:
  • Culture, Communications and Media
    Institute of Education
    University of London
    23-26 Emerald Street
    London WC1N 3QS

  • Office Location:
  • Level 2
    23-29 Emerald Street, WC1N 3QS

Publications

  • Kaput, J., Noss, R. and Hoyles, C. (2008) 'Developing New Notations for a Learnable Mathematics in the Computational Era' English, L, Handbook of International Research in Mathematics Education, 2nd edition. London: Lawrence Erlbaum.
  • Noss, R., Hoyles C., Mavrikis M., Geraniou E., Gutierrez-Santos, S. & Pearce D. (2009) 'Broadening the sense of 'dynamic': a microworld to support students' mathematical generalisation', Zentralblatt für Didaktik der Mathematik (International Journal on Mathematics Education) 41 (4), 493-503.
  • Bakker, A., Kent, P., Noss, R. and Hoyles, C. (2009) 'Alternative Representations of Statistical Measures in Computer Tools to Promote Communication between Employees in Automotive Manufacturing in Technology', Innovations in Statistics Education 3 (2), 1- 31.
  • Bottino, R. M., Artigue, M., Noss, R.  (2009) 'Building European Collaboration in Technology-Enhanced Learning in Mathematics' Balacheff, N., Ludvigsen, S., de Jong, T., Lazonder, A. & Barnes, S, Technology-Enhanced Learning: Principles and Products. Springer: Netherlands.
  • Confrey, J., Hoyles, C., Jones, D., Kahn, K., Maloney, A., Nguyen, K. H., Noss, R. and Pratt, D. (2009) 'Designing software for mathematical engagement through modelling in Mathematics Education and Technology - Rethinking the Terrain' Hoyles, C., and Lagrange, J. B, The 17th ICMI Study. Springer: New York.
  • Pratt, D. & Noss R. (2010) 'Designing for Mathematical Abstraction', International Journal of Computers for Mathematical Learning: Volume 15 Issue 2, 81-97.
  • Noss, R., and Hoyles, C. (2010) 'Modeling to address Techno-Mathematical Literacies in Work' Lesh, R., Galbraith, P. L., Haines, C. R. and Hurford, A. (eds.) , Modeling students' mathematical modeling competencies. Springer: New York.
  • Bakker, A., Kent, P., Hoyles, C. & Noss, R. (2011) 'Designing for communication at work: A case for technology-enhanced boundary objects', International Journal of Educational Research 50, 26 - 32.
  • Kent, P., Bakker, A., Hoyles, C., & Noss, R (2011) 'Measurement in the workplace: The case of process improvement in manufacturing industry', ZDM International Journal of Mathematics Education 43(5), 747 – 758.
  • Mavrikis M, Gutierrez-Santos S. Geraniou E. & Noss R (in review) 'Design Requirements and Validation Metrics for Adaptive Exploratory Learning Environments', CCI Journal