Dr Claudia Orellana-Farias
Lecturer
School of Education
Areas of expertise: secondary education; mathematics education; science education
Phone: (03) 9953 3323
Email: claudia.orellana-farias@acu.edu.au
Dr Claudia Orellana is a Lecturer in the School of Education at the ACU Melbourne Campus, teaching within initial teacher education courses. She has experience as an educator of mathematics and science within a secondary school context and has been involved in research projects focused on mathematics education. Her research interests revolve around the use of digital technologies in mathematics education and her PhD explored the use of Computer Algebra System (CAS) devices in senior secondary mathematics classrooms.
Select publications
- Barkatsas, T. & Orellana, C. (2019). Secondary students' mathematics education goal orientations. In D. Siemon, T. Barkatsas, & R. Seah (Eds.), Researching and using learning progressions (trajectories) in mathematics education (pp. 220-231). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publications.
- Barkatsas, T. & Orellana, C. (2019). Investigating mathematics students' motivations and perceptions. In D. Siemon, T. Barkatsas, & R. Seah (Eds.), Researching and using learning progressions (trajectories) in mathematics education (pp. 205-220). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publications.
- Barkatsas T., Gialamas, V., & Orellana, C. (2016). Secondary students' attitudes towards learning mathematics with computer algebra systems (CAS). In T. Barkatsas & A. Bertram (Eds.), Global Learning in the 21st Century (pp. 121-137). Rotterdam, Netherlands: Sense Publishers
- Orellana, C. & Barkatsas, T. (2018). Investigating mathematics students' motivational beliefs and perceptions: An exploratory study. In J. Hunter, P. Perger, & L. Darragh (Eds.), Proceedings of the 41st annual conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (pp. 615-622). Auckland, NZ: MERGA.
- Orellana, C. & Barkatsas T. (2017). The influence of teacher perceptions and teaching approaches on senior secondary mathematics students' use of CAS calculators. In B. Kaur, W.K. Ho, T.L. Toh, & B.H. Choy (Eds.). Proceedings of the 41st conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 3, pp. 345-352). Singapore: PME.
- Orellana, C., & Barkatsas, T. (2015). Potential factors influencing senior secondary students' use of CAS calculators in mathematics. In K. Beswick, T. Muir, & J. Wells (Eds.), Proceedings of the 39th annual conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (Vol. 3, pp. 337-344). Hobart, Australia: PME.
- Barkatsas, T., & Orellana, C. (2015). Factors influencing senior secondary students' use of CAS calculators. Paper presented at ECER 2015: Education and Transition - Contributions from Educational Research Conference, Budapest, Hungary. Retrieved from http://www.eera-ecer.de/ecer-programmes/pdf/print/conference/20/contribution/34321/
Projects
- 2014-2018, Australian Mathematics and Science Partnership Program, Siemon, D., Reframing Mathematical Futures II: Building a Learning and Teaching Resource to Enhance Mathematical Reasoning in Years 7-$1,341,460
Appointments
- Appointments:
- Teaching Associate, Faculty of Education, Monash University, 2017-2021
- Project Manager, School of Education, RMIT University, 2017-2018
- Affiliations:
- International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME)
Editorial roles
- Editor of the Proceedings of the 54th Annual Conference of the Mathematical Association of Victoria, 2017
