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Book Chapter
English, Lyn D. & Watters, James J. (2009) Mathematical modelling in the early school years. In Sriraman, Bharath, Freiman, V., & Lirette-Pitre, N. (Eds.) Interdisciplinarity, Creativity, and Learning. Information Age Publishing, pp. 177-197.
Harrison, Matthew & Watters, James J. (2004) Vertical timetabling in Year 4 mathematics: Teachers' perceptions and reflections on practice. In McWilliam, Erica, Danby, Sue, & Knight, John (Eds.) Performing educational research : theories, methods and practices. Post Pressed, Flaxton, Qld., pp. 151-169.
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1,667Diezmann, Carmel M., Thornton, Carol A., & Watters, James J. (2003) Addressing the needs of exceptional students through problem solving. In Lester, F. & Charles, R. (Eds.) Teaching mathematics through problem solving : prekindergarten-grade 6. National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, Reston, VA, pp. 169-182.
Watters, James J. & Diezmann, Carmel M. (1997) Optimising activities to meet the needs of young children gifted in mathematics and science. In Rillero, Peter & Allison, Jeanette (Eds.) Creative Childhood Experiences in Mathematics and Science. Projects, Activity Series, and Centers for Early Childhood. ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics, and Environmental Education, Columbus, Ohio, pp. 143-170.
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1,659Journal Article
Ireland, Joseph E., Watters, James J., Brownlee, Joanne M., & Lupton, Mandy (2011) Elementary teacher’s conceptions of inquiry teaching : messages for teacher development. Journal of Science Teacher Education. (In Press)
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61Alshatti, Safenaz, Watters, James J., & Kidman, Gillian C. (2011) Enhancing the teaching of family and consumer sciences : the role of graphic organisers. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences Education, 28(2), pp. 14-35.
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58Watters, James Joseph (2010) Career decision making among gifted students : the mediation of teachers. Gifted Child Quarterly, 54(3), pp. 222-238.
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1Hudson, Peter B., Hudson, Sue M., Lewis, Karen, & Watters, James J. (2010) Embedding gifted education in preservice teacher education : a collaborative school-university approach. Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 19(2), pp. 5-15.
Watters, James J. & Diezmann, Carmel M. (2007) Multimedia resources to bridge the praxis gap : modelling practice in elementary science education. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 18(3), pp. 349-375.
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1Watters, Dianne J. & Watters, James J. (2007) Approaches to learning by students in the biological sciences : implications for teaching. International Journal of Science Education, 29(1), pp. 19-43.
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10Watters, Dianne J. & Watters, James J. (2006) Student understanding of pH: "I don't know what the log actually is, I only know where the button is on my calculator". Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 34(4), pp. 278-284.
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4Watters, James J., Leung, Kin Ping, & Ginns, Ian S. (2006) Enhancing Teachers' Incorporation of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) into Classroom Teaching: A Professional Development Strategy. Asia-Pacific Cybereducation Journal, 2(1).
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428English, Lyn D., Fox, Jillian L., & Watters, James J. (2005) Problem Posing and Solving with Mathematical Modeling. Teaching Children Mathematics, 12(3), pp. 156-163.
English, Lyn D. & Watters, James J. (2005) Mathematical modeling in the early school years. Mathematics Education Research Journal, 16(3), pp. 59-80.
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683Watters, James J. (2004) In pursuit of excellence in science. Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 13(2), pp. 41-53.
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420Diezmann, Carmel M. & Watters, James J. (2004) Does an outcome-based curriculum provide opportunities for gifted students? Reflections on the new Queensland science curriculum. Curriculum and Teaching, 19(1), pp. 27-43.
Peers, Cheryl E., Diezmann, Carmel M., & Watters, James J. (2003) Supports and concerns for teacher professional growth during the implementation of a science curriculum innovation. Research in Science Education, 33(1), pp. 89-110.
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10Watters, James J. & Diezmann, Carmel M. (2003) The gifted student in science: Fulfilling potential. Australian Science Teachers Journal, 49(3), pp. 46-53.
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2,555Diezmann, Carmel M. & Watters, James J. (2002) The importance of challenging tasks for mathematically gifted students. Gifted and Talented International, 17(2), pp. 76-84.
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721Watters, James J., Diezmann, Carmel M., Grieshaber, Susan J., & Davis, Julie M. (2001) Enhancing science education for young children: A contemporary initiative. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 26(2), pp. 1-7.
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1,476Ginns, Ian S., Heirdsfield, Ann M., Atweh, Bill, & Watters, James J. (2001) Beginning Teachers becoming Professionals through Action Research. Educational Action Research, 9(1), pp. 111-133.
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1,402Diezmann, Carmel M., Watters, James J., & Fox, Kathryn (2001) Early entry to school in Australia: Rhetoric, research and reality. Australasian Journal of Gifted Education, 10(2), pp. 5-18.
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3,103Diezmann, Carmel M. & Watters, James J. (2001) The collaboration of mathematically gifted students on challenging tasks. Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 25(1), pp. 7-31.
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4Watters, James J. & Ginns, Ian S. (2000) Developing motivation to teach elementary science: Effect of collaborative and authentic learning practices in preservice education. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 11(4), pp. 301-321.
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1,652Watters, James J. & Ginns, Ian S. (2000) Developing motivation to teach elementary science: Effect of collaborative and authentic learning practices in preservice education. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 11(4), pp. 301-321.
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500Diezmann, Carmel M. & Watters, James J. (2000) Catering for mathematically gifted elementary students: Learning from challenging tasks. Gifted Child Today, 23(4), pp. 14-19.
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1,927Diezmann, Carmel M. & Watters, James J. (2000) Challenging the Young Gifted Child in Science and Mathematics: An Enrichment Strategy. TalentEd, 18(1), pp. 2-8.
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207Diezmann, Carmel M. & Watters, James J. (2000) Identifying and supporting spatial intelligence in young children. Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood, 1(3), pp. 299-313.
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2,248Diezmann, Carmel M. & Watters, James J. (2000) An enrichment philosophy and strategy for empowering young gifted children to become autonomous learners. Gifted and Talented International, 15(1), pp. 6-18.
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1,231Ginns, Ian S. & Watters, James J. (1999) Beginning elementary school teachers and the effective teaching of science. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 10(4), pp. 287-313.
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1,910Ginns, Ian S. & Watters, James J. (1999) Beginning elementary school teachers and the effective teaching of science. Journal of Science Teacher Education, 10(4), pp. 287-313.
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421Hart, Gail, Bowden, John, & Watters, James J. (1999) Graduate Capabilities: A framework for assessing course quality. Higher Education in Europe, 24(2), pp. 301-308.
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831Holz, Connie, Diezmann, Carmel M., & Watters, James J. (1999) New Horizons - School-Based Change in Gifted Education. APEX: The New Zealand Journal of Gifted Education, 12(1), pp. 27-36.
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495Watters, James J. & Diezmann, Carmel M. (1998) "This is nothing like school": Discourse and the social environment as key components in learning science. Early Child Development and Care, 140(1), pp. 73-84.
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868Diezmann, Carmel M. & Watters, James J. (1997) Bright But Bored: Optimising the environment for gifted children. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 22(2), pp. 17-21.
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3,438Watters, James J. & Ginns, Ian S. (1996) An in-depth study of a teacher engaged in an innovative primary science trial professional development project. Research in Science Education, 27(1), pp. 51-69.
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80deLaat, Jenny & Watters, James J. (1995) Science teaching self-efficacy in a primary school: A case study. Research in Science Education, 25(4), pp. 453-464.
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13Watters, James J. & English, Lyn D. (1995) Children's application of simultaneous and successive processing in inductive and deductive reasoning problems : implications for developing scientific reasoning skills. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 32(7), pp. 699-714.
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1,306Ginns, Ian S. & Watters, James J. (1995) An analysis of scientific understandings of preservice elementary teacher education students. Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 32(2), pp. 205-222.
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Copping, Warren & Watters, James J. (2011) Re-engaging adolescent students in science : an experienced teachers' classroom. In Hudson, Peter B., Chandra, Vinesh, King, Donna T., & Lee, Kar-Tin (Eds.) Proceedings of the STEM in Education Conference 2010, Faculty of Education, Queensland university of Technology, Queensland university of Technology, Brisbane, Qld, pp. 1-16.
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52Ireland, Joseph E., Watters, James J., Brownlee, Joanne M., & Lupton, Mandy (2011) Teachers' conceptions of how to engage students through inquiry learning : foundations for STEM. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of STEM in Education 2010, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD.
Watters, James J. & Diezmann, Carmel M. (2011) The world of adolescence and the world of STEM : are they irrevocably separated? In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of STEM in Education 2010, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD.
Watters, James J. & Diezmann, Carmel M. (2008) In Pursuit of Excellence : A Policy Driven Systemic Initiative to Embed Gifted Education. In Proceedings of American Education Research Association Annual Meeting (AERA 2008), New York.
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103Watters, James J. (2007) Problem Based Learning in preservice elementary science teacher education: Hostile territory. In PBL Conference on Problem-Based Learning in Undergraduate and Professional Education, October 29-31, 2000, Birmingham, Alabama. (Unpublished)
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327Keys, Phillip M. & Watters, James J. (2006) Transforming Pre-Service Teacher Knowledge in Science Education Through Multimedia and ICT. In Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching (NARST), April 3-6, 2006, San Francicso. (Unpublished)
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432Sanderson, Don M. & Watters, James J. (2006) The corporatisation of higher education: A question of balance. In Debowski, Shelda (Ed.) Higher Education Research and Development Society of Australia Annual conference, 10-12 July 2006, Perth, Western Australia.
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593Leung, Kin Ping, Watters, James J., & Ginns, Ian S. (2005) Enhancing Teachers' Incorporation of ICT in Classroom Teaching. In 9th Annual Global Chinese Conference on Computers in Education, June 6–June 9 2005, Brigham Young University Hawaii USA. (Unpublished)
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3,297English, Lyn D. & Watters, James J. (2005) Mathematical Modelling with 9-year-olds. In Chick, Helen L. & Vincent, Jill L. (Eds.) 29th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, July 10-15, 2005, Melbourne, Australia.
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194Watters, James J. (2004) Engaging with Chemistry through Contexts. In Royal Australian Chemical Institute, Tertiary-Secondary Interface Conference, August 2004, Brisbane. (Unpublished)
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592Watters, James J., Rogers, Geoff, Gibson, Kay, Alagic, Mara, & Haack, Connie (2004) From Kansas to Queensland: Global learning in preservice elementary teacher education. In American Educational Research Association Annual meeting, April 2004, San Diego. (Unpublished)
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311Watters, James J., Rogers, Geoff, Gibson, Kay, Alagic, Mara, & Haack, Connie (2004) From Kansas to Queensland: Global learning in preservice elementary teacher education. In American Educational Research Association Annual meeting, April 2004, San Diego. (Unpublished)
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175Watters, James J., English, Lyn D., & Mahoney, Sue (2004) Mathematical Modeling in the Elementary School. In American Educational Research Association Annual meeting, April, San Diego. (Unpublished)
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593English, Lyn D. & Watters, James (2004) Mathematical Modelling with Young Learners. In Hoines, M & Fuglestad, A (Eds.) Proceedings of the 28th Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education - PME 28, 14-18 July 2004, Bergen, Norway.
Watters, James J. & Diezmann, Carmel M. (2004) Reforming Education: The pursuit of learning through authentic inquiry in mathematics, science and technology. In epiSTEME 1, An International Conference to Review Research on Science,Technology and Mathematics Education., December 13-17, 2004, International Centre, Dona Paula, Goa, India. (Unpublished)
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630Gibson, Kay, Watters, James J., Alagic, Mara, Rogers, Geoff, & Haack, Connie (2003) Global learning technology: Developing pre-service elementary teachers’ reflective practice through cross-cultural exchanges. In Ed-Media 2003 World Conference on Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications, June 23-28, Honolulu, Hawaii.
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472Rogers, Geoff, Watters, James J., Gibson, Kay, Alagic, Mara, & Haack, Connie (2003) Global perspectives of science education: Successes and challenges of a pilot project. In Australasian Science Education Research Association, 9-12 July 2003, Melbourne. (Unpublished)
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431Alagic, Mara, Gibson, Kay, Haack, Connie, Rogers, Geoffrey, & Watters, James (2003) Tailoring a Website to Meet the Needs of Global Learners. In Crawford,, Davis,, Price,, Weber,, & Wilis, (Eds.) Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education International Conference, March 24-29, Albuquerque, USA.
Gibson, Kay, Alagic, Mara, Haack, Connie, Watters, James J., & Rogers, Geoffrey A. (2003) Using Global Learning to Enhance the Preparation of Elementary Teachers in the Teaching of Mathematics and Science: What We Learned. In of the World Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education 14, 1433-1436, March 24th 29th, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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309Watters, James J. & Diezmann, Carmel M. (2003) Windows into a science classroom: Making science relevant through multimedia resourcing. In ICASE World Conference 2003 on Science and Technology Education, 7 - 10 April, Penang, Malaysia. (Unpublished)
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641Diezmann, Carmel M. & Watters, James J. (2002) Summing up the education of mathematically gifted students. In 25th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, July 7-10, 2002, Auckland.
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2,308Diezmann, Carmel M., Watters, James J., & English, Lyn D. (2002) Teacher behaviours that influence young children's reasoning. In Cockburn, A. D. & Nardi, E. (Eds.) 27th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, 2002, Norwich, UK.
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935Watters, James J. (2002) Use of On-Line Resources by Teachers Of Science: An Analysis of Socci Market Research Project Data. In ACEC 2002 - Australian Computers in Education Conference, 11-13 July 2002, Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania. (Unpublished)
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310Diezmann, Carmel M. & Watters, James J. (2002) A theoretical framework for multimedia resources: A case from science education. In Australian Association for Research in Education Conference, December 2002, Brisbane.
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600Diezmann, Carmel M., Watters, James J., & English, Lyn D. (2001) Difficulties confronting young children undertaking investigations. In 26th Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education, Utrecht, Holland.
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682Diezmann, Carmel M., Watters, James J., & English, Lyn D. (2001) Implementing mathematical investigations with young children. In 24th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, Sydney.
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7,776Watters, James J. & Ginns, Ian S. (2000) Inquiry science: Issues in the implementation of a community of learners. In Annual Meeting of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching, 28 April - 01 May 2000, New Orleans, LA. (Unpublished)
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266Watters, James J. (2000) Pitfalls in the development of generic attributes in undergraduate students. In Appleton, K., MacPherson, C., & Orr, D. (Eds.) Lifelong Learning Conference: Inaugural International Lifelong Learning Conference, Yeppoon., 16-19 July, Yeppoon, Central Queensland, Australia.
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214Watters, James J. & Ginns, Ian S. (1999) Development of a learning community in a science classroom. In Annual Meeting of the Australasian Science Education, 8 - 11 July 1999, Rotorua, NZ. (Unpublished)
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441Watters, James J. & Weeks, Patricia (1999) Professional Development of Part-Time or Casual Academic Staff in Universities: A Model for Empowerment. In Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, April 19-23, 1999, Montreal, Canada. (Unpublished)
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266Watters, James J. & Ginns, Ian S. (1999) Setting the environment for life-long learning: Collaborative and authentic learning practices in primary science teacher education. In International Research Network "PACT" Conference, January 1999, Chinese University of Hong Kong. (Unpublished)
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450Diezmann, Carmel M. & Watters, James J. (1998) Thinking by young children during argumentation: Use of evidence and logic. In Ling, Q.M. & Kam, H.W. (Eds.) Thinking processes: Going beyond the surface curriculum, Simon and Schuster (Singapore), Singapore, pp. 115-134.
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355Diezmann, Carmel M. & Watters, James J. (1996) The difficulties of a young gifted child: Lessons from history. In 6th National Conference of the Australian Association of Gifted and Talented, 17-20 April, 1996, Adelaide, South Australia. (Unpublished)
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902Watters, James J. & Ginns, Ian S. (1995) Origins of, and changes in preservice teachers' science teaching self efficacy. In Annual Meeting of National Association for Research in Science Teaching, April 22-25, 1995, San Francisco CA. (Unpublished)
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1,418Watters, James J. (1993) Cognitive style and scientific process skills in 10-year-old children. In Annual Conference of the Australasian Science Educators’ Research Association, July 1993. (Unpublished)
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Watters, James J., Christensen, Clare K., Ryan, Yoni, Weeks, Patricia, & Arcodia, Charles (1996) Petpar project: Part-time teachers improving the effectiveness of teaching and learning through participatory action research. (Unpublished)
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