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Laura has worked extensively as a teacher and mathematics consultant in primary schools in Hampshire. At Winchester, as part of her role as a member of the Mathematics team, Laura oversees the Preparing to Teach Arithmetic project. She has recently undertaken research on mastery of mathematics, the role of using specific mathematical language in developing mathematical understanding and on children's solutions to word problems. In 2021 she took on the role as Director of the Institute of Education.
Laura is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Areas of expertise
- Mathematics education in primary schools
- Rich mathematical tasks
- Effective use of resources to develop conceptual understanding
Publications
Publications
Clarke, L., (2021) “It’s not worthy trying to understand the problem, it doesn’t help”: An examination of children’s approaches to solving word problems. Marks, R. (Ed.) Proceedings of the British Society for Research into Learning Mathematics 41(2) June 2021
Clissold, C., Clarke, L., Eaton, S., Glithro, L., Jones, J., King, S., Macdonald, B., Moselely, C., Wrangles, P., Amanda Simpson (Series Editor) (2017) The Shanghai Maths Project (Teachers Guides Years 1 – 6). Collins: London
Conferences
2021 BSRLM Conference June
Clarke, L., “It’s not worthy trying to understand the problem, it doesn’t help”: An examination of children’s approaches to solving word problems
2018 TEAN Conference
Clarke, L., and Baldwin, L., Mastery in Mathematics and English – an exploration
2017 University of Winchester RQT Conference
Baldwin, L., and Clarke, L., Creativity in English and Mathematics – parallels and paradoxes
2017 BRSLM Conference June 2017
Clarke, L, Cochrane, R. de Bourcier, G., (2017) Putting mastery into practice, the issue of mathematical language, an appraisal from a range of perspectives
Clarke, L. (2017) Singapore bar models appear to be the answer, but what then was the question?
2015 UCET conference
Clarke, L., and Morse, C., Mathematics mastery and ITE