Professor Michael Glencross

Professor of Mathematics

Professor Michael Glencross, BSc, BSc(Hons), BEd, MPhil, DPhil, PGCE, has been involved extensively in education and research. He has taught mathematics and statistics at high school, college and university, including a number of MBA programmes, as well as having supervised and externally examined postgraduate research students at master’s and doctoral levels. Michael’s areas of interest and expertise are in the fields of mathematics education, statistics education, and research methodology and design. He is also a research consultant with specific interests in the objective analysis of rating scale items and time series analysis. He is a Professor Emeritus of the Walter Sisulu University for Technology & Science, where he was Professor and Head of the Department of Mathematics & Science Education and Director of the Research Resource Centre, for his contribution to education and research.

Lectures in Mathematics and Statistics

Research interests:

Objective analysis of rating scale items; students learning styles.

Current research projects:

A survey of undergraduate learning styles; analysis of rating scale items.

Contact Details:

Email: m.glencross@staugustine.ac.za
Telephone: 011 380 9066

Publications: (since 2000)

Refereed journals

Howie, SJ, Hughes, C, Glencross, MJ Marsh, TA, Alummoottil, JM, Schafer, M & Deliwe, MCC (2000) Middle school students’ performance in mathematics in the third international mathematics and science study: South African realities. Studies in Educational Evaluation, 26, 61-78.

Mathews, M, Glencross, MJ & Kentane, LH (2000) Conceptual integration of some basic concepts in Physics and Chemistry among Science Foundation Year students. South African Journal of Higher Education, 14(1), 160-165.

Glencross, MJ, Mji, A, Kulubya, MM, Njisane, RM, Dabula, NP & Qwele, BN (2001) Critical variables that influence students to study tertiary mathematics: using a pilot study to empower novice researchers. South African Journal of Higher Education, 14(1), 130-134.

Mji, A & Glencross, MJ (2001) The role of a research resource centre in the training of social science researchers. South African Journal of Higher Education, 15(2), 178-184.

Glencross, MJ (2006) Preferred learning styles of business students: A South African perspective. The Journal of Independent Teaching and Learning, 1, 45-54.

International Conferences

Glencross, MJ & Mji, A (2000) The role of a research resource centre in the training of social science researchers. Proceedings of the IASE Round Table Conference on Training Researchers in the Use of Statistics, Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tokyo, Japan, 7-11 August 2000.

Mji, A & Glencross, MJ (2002) Statistical consulting in a South African university: Using a Research Resource Centre to empower social science researchers. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Teaching Statistics, Cape Town,7-12 July 2002, CD ROM.

Glencross, MJ (2009) Rating scale analysis. Proceedings of the UK Stata Users Group Meeting, 10-11 September 2009. http://www.stata.com/meeting/uk09/abstracts.html

Local Conferences

Glencross, MJ, Kulubya, MM, Mji, A, Njisane, RM, Dabula, NP, Qwele, BN (2000) Critical variables that influence first year students in the Eastern Cape to study mathematics. Proceedings of the 8^th Annual Conference of the Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics and Science Education, University of Port Elizabeth, 19-22 January 2000, 146-151.

Unpublished Report

Glencross, MJ, Mji, M, Kulubya, MM, Njisane, RM, Dabula, NP & Qwele, BN (2000) Critical variables influencing students’ decisions to study tertiary mathematics: Final Report. Umtata: University of Transkei.

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Reviewer and member of the Editorial Advisory Board of The Journal of Independent Teaching and Learning.