Academic Staff

Dr. Mok, Ida A.C.

Personal Particulars

B.Sc., Cert.Ed., Adv.Dip.Ed., M.Ed. (H.K.); Ph.D. (Lond.)
Associate Professor & Associate Dean (Local Engagement)
Division of Science, Mathematics and Computing

Contacts
Emails: iacmok@hku.hk
Tel: (852) 2859 2536
Fax: (852) 2858 5649
Room 405, Runme Shaw Building, The University of Hong Kong

Teaching Areas

• Mathematics education
• Quantitative literacy

Research Interests

• Mathematics education;
• Learning and teaching of mathematics;
• Mathematics teacher education;
• Research in mathematics classrooms;
• Learning Tasks;
• Pedagogy of variations;
• Qualitative research.

Research Projects

• "The Hong Kong Component of the Trends in Mathematics and Science Study 2011", Co-investigator
  Principal investigator: Professor Frederick Leung
  Funded by EDB HK$ 5,767,110 01-08-2009 31-04-2013
• "Researching mathematics learning task events in the school experience of mathematics student teachers", principal investigator, funded by Small Project Funding Programme, The University of Hong Kong.
• "Comparison of the Learners' Perspectives of Mathematics Lessons between Australia and Hong Kong", principal Investigator, funded by Seed Funding Programme for Basic Research, The University of Hong Kong.
• The Learner's Perspective Project
  http://extranet.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/DSME/lps/
  

Publications

• Mok, I.A.C. (2010). Students’ algebra sense via their understanding of the distributive law. Pedagogies: An International Journal, Vol. 5, No. 3, July–September, 251–263
• Mok, I.A.C. (2010). Comparison of learning task lesson events between Australian and Shanghai lessons. In Y. Shimizu, B. Kaur, R. Huang & D. J. Clarke (Eds.), Mathematical tasks in classrooms around the world. 119–145. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers B.V.
• Mok, I.A.C. (2009). In search of an exemplary mathematics lesson in Hong Kong: An algebra lesson on factorization of polynomials. ZDM Mathematics Education. DOI 10.1007/s11858-009-0166-8.
• Mok, I.A.C. (2009). Learning of algebra: Inspiration from students’ understanding of the distributive law. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Association for Mathematics Education.
• Mok, I.A.C. , Cai, J., & Fung, A.T.F. (2008). Missing learning opportunities in classroom instruction: Evidence from an analysis of a well-structured lesson on comparing fractions. The Mathematics Educator, Vol. 11, No.1/2, 111-126.
• Clarke, D., Mesiti, C., O’Keefe, C., Xu, L. H., Jablonka, E., , Mok, I.A.C., & Shimizu, Y. (2007). Addressing the challenge of legitimate international comparisons of classroom practice. International Journal of Educational Research 46, 280–293.
• Mok, I.A.C. (2006). Shedding Light on the East Asian Learner Paradox: Reconstructing Student-centredness in a Shanghai Classroom. Asia Pacific Journal of Education, 26(2), 131-142.
• Mok, I.A.C. (2006). Teacher-dominating lessons in Shanghai - An insiders' story. In Clarke, D., Keitel, C. and Shimizu, Y. (eds.) Mathematics Classrooms in 12 Countries: The Insiders' Perspective. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers B.V.
• Clarke, D., Emanuelsson, J., Jablonka, E., and Mok, I.A.C. (Eds.) (2006). Making Connections: Comparing Mathematics Classrooms Around the World. Sense Publishers B.V.
• Clarke,D., Emanuelsson, J., Jablonka, E. and Mok, I.A.C. (2006). Chapter 1: The Learner's Perspective Study and International Comparisons of Classroom Practice. In Clarke, D., Emanuelsson, J., Jablonka, E., and Mok, I.A.C. (eds.) Making Connections: Comparing Mathematics Classrooms Around the World. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers B.V.
• Mok, I.A.C. & Lopez-Real, F. (2006). A tale of two cities: A comparison of six teachers in Hong Kong and Shanghai. In Clarke, D., Keitel, C. and Shimizu, Y. (eds.) Mathematics Classrooms in 12 Countries: The Insiders' Perspective. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers B.V.
• Huang, R., Mok, I.A.C. & Leung, F.K.S. (2006) Repetition or Variation - "Practice" in the mathematics classrooms in China. In Clarke, D., Keitel, C. and Shimizu, Y. (eds.) Mathematics Classrooms in 12 Countries: The Insiders' Perspective. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers B.V.
• Mok, I.A.C. & Kaur, B. (2006). Learning Tasks. In Clarke, D., Emanuelsson, J., Jablonka, E., and Mok, I.A.C. (eds.) Making Connections: Comparing Mathematics Classrooms Around the World. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers B.V.
• Runesson, U. & Mok, I. A.C. (2005). The teaching of fractions: A comparative study of a Swedish and a Hong Kong classroom. Nordic Studies in Mathematics Education, 10(2), October 2005. pp.1-15
• Chiu, M.M., Wong, N.Y., Lam, C.C., Wong K.M., Leung, F.K.S. & Mok, I.A.C. (2005). Architectures of Mathematics Beliefs: Individual and school-level differences among Hong Kong primary 6 students. Educational Research Journal, 20(1), pp. 27-55.
• Mok, I.A.C. & Morris, P. (2001). The Metamorphosis of the 'Virtuoso': Pedagogic patterns in Hong Kong primary mathematics classrooms. Teaching and Teacher Education: An International Journal of Research and Studies, 17(4), 455-468.
• Mok, I.A.C., & Johnson, D.C. (2000). Reasoning algebraically with IT: A cognitive perspective”. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 12(3), 286-302.

Invited, Features or Plenary Presentations

• Invited Lecture: 從算術到代數：漫漫學習之路, 香港數學教育學會2008年度週年會員大會, 2009年1月17日
• Co-Chairs: Mok, I.A.C. & Brousseau, G. Topic Study Group 24, Research on Classroom Practice. In The 11th International Congress on Mathematics Education ICME-11, 6-13 July 2008, Monterrey, Mexico.
• Invited Seminar at National Institute of Education, Singapore: “Shedding Light on the East Asian Learner Paradox: Examples from a Shanghai Classroom”. March 4, 2008.
• Invited Plenary in the Second International Conference for Open-ended Questions and Pedagogy: “The development of open-ended problems and its teaching in Hong Kong”. Shanghai, 27-29 November, 2003.

Presentations and Workshops

• ICCR Lunchtime Research Seminar: “In search of an exemplary mathematics lesson in Hong Kong: An algebra lesson on factorization of polynomials.” International Centre for Classroom Research (ICCR), Melbourne Graduate School of Education in the Faculty of Education at the University of Melbourne, June 26, 2008.
• Invited Workshop for Association of Mathematics Educators: “Secondary Students’ Understanding of the Distributive Property”. Supported by the Department of Mathematics and Science, Singapore Polytechnic, March 5, 2008.

Contribution to the Division, the Faculty and the University

• Course coordinator, M.Ed. Mathematics Education
  
• Chairperson, Committee for Faculty 20th Anniversary

Professional Societies Membership/Services

• Vice-president, Hong Kong Association for Mathematics Education, 1997-1998
• Life member, Hong Kong Association of Science and Mathematics Education

Teaching Experiences

• Supervision of Postgraduate Research Students (PhD, MPhil, EdD)
• M.Ed. Modules:
  Research on Teaching and Learning of Mathematics
  Pedagogical frameworks for mathematics, science and related subjects
• PGDE Module: Mathematics Major
  PGDE Elective: Teaching of Mathematics (Key-stage 3)
• B.Ed. Modules: Analysis, Algebra
• Common Core Course:Quantitative Literacy in Science, Technology and Society
• Division-based Primary Discipline Course:
  Methodological issues in educational research: experiences from international and local projects

Books and Research Reports

• Mok, I.A.C. (2009). Learning of algebra: Inspiration from students’ understanding of the distributive law. Hong Kong: Hong Kong Association for Mathematics Education.
• Morris P.J.T.F., Mok, I.A.C., Chik P.P.M., Ko.P.Y., Kwan T.Y.L., Lo M.L., Marton F.I., Ng F.P., Pang M.F., and Runesson U., (2000). Final Report: Language Teaching in TOC Classrooms, a Research Project commissioned by the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research, Hong Kong Government.
• Mok I.A.C., Chik P.P.M. Ko, P.Y., Kwan T.Y.L., Lo, M.L., Marton F.I., Ng F.P. and Pang, M.F., (2000). CD ROM, “Being Good at Language Teaching” and accompanying booklet. Hong Kong, 2000.
• Wong, N.Y., Lam, C.C., Wong, K.M., Leung, F.K.S., Mok, I.A.C., (1999). An analysis of the views of various sectors on the mathematics curriculum: Final report.
• Leung, K.T., Mok, I.A.C. and Suen, S.N. (1992). Polynomials and Equations, Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

International Collaborations

• Ida Ah Chee Mok (Chief), Guy Brousseau (Advisor), Ma. Guadalupe Cabañas, Ricardo Cantoral-Uriza, Hélia Oliveira, João Pedro da Ponte, Filippo Spagnolo (Eds.) (2009). Selected Papers of The ICME 11 Topic Study Group 24: Research on classroom practice. A monograph for Topic Study Group 24, ICME 11, July 6 – 13, 2008, Monterrey, Mexico. QUADERNI DI RICERCA IN DIDATTICA (Scienze Matematiche) of G.R.I.M. Supplemento n. 4 al N.19- PALERMO 2009. 2009. ISSN 1592-4424. Available at http://math.unipa.it/~grim/quaderno19_suppl_4.htm
• The Learner's Perspective Project
  http://extranet.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/DSME/lps/
  The Learner’s Perspective Study examines the patterns of participation in competently-taught eighth grade mathematics classrooms in sixteen countries in a more integrated and comprehensive fashion than has been attempted in previous international studies. The aim of the research is to document not just the obvious social events that might be recorded on a videotape, but also the participants’ construal of those events, including their memories, feelings, and the mathematical and social meanings and practices which arose as a consequence of those events.
• Co-Chairs: Mok, I.A.C. & Brousseau, G. Topic Study Group 24, Research on Classroom Practice. In The 11th International Congress on Mathematics Education ICME-11, 6-13 July 2008, Monterrey, Mexico.

Completed Projects

• "Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) 2007", Co-Investigator
  Principal Investigator: Professor Frederick Leung
  Funded by EDB, HK$ 3,784,876 01-11-2006 01-04-2009
• “Quality Classroom Practice in Mathematics: An International Collaborative Study of the Eighth Grade”, co-investigator; led by PI, Dr. F.K.S.Leung, RGC CERG funded, 01.10.2002-30.09.2005.
• “An Exploratory Study on Primary Four Students’ Appreciation of Shape and Space”, principal investigator, Sik Sik Yuen Research Education Fund, Feb - Dec 2002.
• “Using IT in Learning and Teaching of Primary Mathematics”, co-investigator; led by PI, Mr. Arthur Man-Sang Lee, Education Department funded, Dec., 2001 – 31 March, 2002.
• “The Chinese Pedagogy of Mathematics Education: An Inquiry into its Characteristics through International Comparisons.”, co-investigator; led by PI, Dr. F.K.S.Leung, RGC CERG. funded, 01.9.2000-31.08.2002.
• "To develop training materials to help teachers to cater for diverse learning needs of their pupils", co-investigator, led by PI, Dr.M.L. Lo. ED funded, 1.03.2000-31.8.2000.
• "Learning and Teaching English in Primary Schools - The Pupils' Perspective", principal investigator, CRCG funded, 1999-2000.
• "Comparative Study on the Mathematics Curricula of Major Asian and Western Countries"; co-investigator; led by PI, Dr. F.K.S.Leung, E.D. funded, 1998-1999.
• "Analysis of the Various Sectors on Their Views on the Mathematics Curriculum"; co-investigator; led by PI, Dr. N.Y. Wong. E.D. funded, 1998-1999.
• "Language Teaching in TOC classroom"; co-investigator since 1998 and PI since August 2000; led by PI, Prof. P. Morris, SCOLAR funded, 1998-2001. (The project was first led by PI, Prof. Paul Morris, Dr. I. Ida Mok was the PI from August 2000 onwards.)
• "Feedback and Assessment in Hong Kong Primary Schools"; co-investigator, led by PI, Prof. P. Morris, E.D. funded, 1997-1998.
• "Changing Hong Kong’s Primary Schools: An Evaluation of the Target Oriented Curriculum (TOC)"; co-investigator; led by PI, Prof. P. Morris, R.G.C. & E.D. funded, 1996-1998.
• "Developing Algebraic Thinking in a Technology-based Classroom: Functions and Graphs"; principal investigator, CRCG funded, 1997-1999. Principal investigator.

Professional/Community Services including consultancies

1. Member, The Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence Steering Committee, 2005-2006.
2. Member, Assessment Working Group of the Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence 2005-2006, 2010-2011.
3. Chairman, Assessment Panel on the Mathematics Education Key Learning Area, Chief Executive's Award for Teaching Excellence 2005-2006, 2010-2011.
4. Member, CE Mathematics Subject Committee, Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority.
5. Member, A-level Applied Mathematics Subject Committee, Hong Kong Examination and Assessment Authority

The HKU Scholars Hub

http://hub.hku.hk/rp/rp00939