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Research Interests
Olivias research focuses mainly on preservice teachers conceptual understanding of mathematics and effective practices in mathematics learning support.
Teaching Interests
Olivia lectures on both the undergraduate and postgraduate mathematics teacher education programmes in UL. She lectures pure mathematics (number theory and group theory) and mathematics education modules.
Biography
Olivia originally trained as a physical education and mathematics teacher at UL, and taught at secondary school for a number of years before returning to full time education. She completed a higher diploma in pure mathematics at Maynooth University before returning to UL to complete her PhD in mathematics education. Olivia is a lecturer in mathematics education on the Physical Education and PME in Mathematics Teaching programmes. She is also director of the Mathematics Learning Centre in UL.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Investigating mathematics anxiety among mature students in service mathematics courses using the mathematics anxiety scale U.K.
Ryan, M., Fitzmaurice, O. & Johnson, P., 2025, In: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. 56, 1, p. - 25 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mathematics anxiety in undergraduate business studies students
McCullagh, O., Ryan, M. & Fitzmaurice, O., 1 Jun 2024, In: Teaching Mathematics and its Applications. 43, 2, p. 125-146 22 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mathematics teacher education’s missing component: developing pre-service teachers’ appreciation of the utility-value of mathematics
O’Meara, N. & Fitzmaurice, O., 2024, In: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. 55, 7, p. 1654-1680 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effective tutoring in mathematics learning support: the student perspective
Fitzmaurice, O. & Mac an Bhaird, C., 2023, In: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. 54, 3, p. 416-432 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mathematical Modelling as a Stimulus for Curriculum and Instructional Reform in Secondary School Mathematics
Goos, M., O'Meara, N., Johnson, P., Fitzmaurice, O. & Guerin, A., 18 Mar 2023, Mathematical Challenges for All. Springer Cham, p. 51 70 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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