Ann Lesage
PhD
Associate Professor
Faculty of Education
Contact information
Education Building Downtown Oshawa
11 Simcoe Street North
Oshawa, ON
905.721.8668
Ann LeSage - Teaching elementary school mathematics
Research areas include exploring the interconnectedness of teaching and learning mathematics from preschool through teacher professional development, including affect and cognition. Current projects include research on pre-service teachers' mathematical knowledge and teaching efficacy; mobile apps as tools to support and elicit Kindergarten children's understanding of numeracy; and video podcasts.Bio
Dr. LeSage’s research areas explore the inter-connectedness of teaching and learning mathematics from preschool through teacher professional development, including affect and cognition. Current projects include research on pre-service teachers’ mathematical knowledge and teaching efficacy; mobile apps as tools to support and elicit Kindergarten children’s understanding of numeracy; and video podcasts as a tool to support flipped classrooms.
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Courses taught
Bachelor of Arts (ESTD)
- Developing Numeracy - AEDT3170
Bachelor of Education
- Mathematical Thinking and Doing - EDUC1308
Master of Education
- Research Methods in Education - EDUC5002G
Research and expertise
- Affect and cognition in mathematics
- Children’s literature and mathematics
- Elementary mathematics education
- Pre-service teacher education
- Video podcasts and teacher development
- LeSage, A., & Ruttenberg-Rozen, R. (July 2020). “More Gooder”: children evaluate early numeracy apps. The 14th International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME). Shanghai, China.
- LeSage, A., Kay, R., Tepylo, D. & Allen, R. (Nov. 2019). Designing video podcasts to support at-risk university mathematics students. 12th Annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (iCERi). Seville, Spain.
- LeSage, A., Kay, R. & Tepylo, D. (Nov. 2019). A flipped classroom approach to support at-risk university mathematics students: Shifting the focus to pedagogy. 12th Annual International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation (iCERi). Seville, Spain.
- LeSage, A. (2013). Web-based Video Clips: A supplemental resource for supporting pre-service elementary mathematics teachers. In Martinovic, D., Freiman, V., & Karadag, Z. (Eds.), Visual Mathematics and Cyberlearning. Series: Mathematics Education in a Digital Era, Vol. 1. p.187-207. Springer. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-2321-4_8.
- LeSage, A. (June 2013). Don’t count on the quality of children’s counting books. Paper presented at the 57th International Council on Education for Teaching (ICET) World Assembly. Bangkok, Thailand.
- LeSage, A. (2012). Adapting math instruction to support prospective elementary teachers. Interactive Technology and Smart Education (ITSE). 9(1), 16-32. https://doi.org/10.1108/17415651211228077
- LeSage, A. (July 2011). So much to do, so little time: Supporting elementary pre-service teachers’ sense of rational numbers. Paper presented at The International Association for Development of the Information Society e-Learning Conference (IADIS). Rome, Italy. [Awarded Best Practical Paper]
- Kay, R. H., & LeSage, A. (2009). Examining the benefits and challenges of using audience response systems: A review of the literature. Computers and Education. 53(3), 819-827.
- LeSage, A. (January 2009). Students at-risk: What can they tell us about teaching and learning mathematics? Paper presented at the International Congress for School Effectiveness and Improvement (ICSEI). Vancouver, British Columbia.
- Ross, J.A., Hogoboam-Gray, A., McDougall, D., & LeSage, A. (2003). A Survey Measuring Elementary Teachers’ Implementation of Standards-based Mathematics Teaching. Journal for Research in Mathematics Education. 34 (4), 344-363. https://www.jstor.org/stable/30034787?origin=JSTOR-pdf&seq=1