Professor WONG Ka Ming Patrick
Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction
B.A. (HKU), Dip.Ed. (CUHK), M.A.(Ed.) (CUHK)
Tel.: 2609-6962
Fax: 2603-6724
E-mail: kmwong@cuhk.edu.hk

Formerly university teaching assistant, secondary school mathematics teacher (cum careers master), assistant lecturer at the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, CUHK, and assistant professor at the Department of Curriculum Studies, HKU. Founding editor of EduMath, an official publication of the Hong Kong Association for Mathematics Education. Courses taught include Mathematical Literacy and Understanding, The Teaching of Algebra, Subject Curriculum and Teaching (Mathematics), A Major Subject in Curriculum and Teaching (Primary Mathematics), Theories of Mathematics Learning, and Studies in Mathematics Curriculum.

Cognitive issues in the teaching and learning of mathematics, school mathematics curriculum, social interactions and discourse in the mathematics classroom, conceptions of mathematics, human problem solving, knowledge acquisition, and the nature of expertise.

  1. Wong, K.M. (1994). Can mathematical rules and procedures be taught without conceptual understanding? Journal of Primary Education, 5(1), 33-41.

  2. Wong, K.M. (1995). Mathematical proofs and everyday arguments. In M.K. Siu (Ed.), Retrospect and outlook on mathematics education in Hong Kong: On the occasion of the retirement of Dr. Leung Kam Tim (pp. 167-187). Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. [Publication in Chinese]

  3. Law, L.C., & Wong, K.M. (1995). Implications and problems of constructivism for instructional design. Education Journal, 23(2), 73-104.

  4. Law, L.C., & Wong, K.M.P. (1996). Expertise und Instructional Design. In H. Gruber, & A. Ziegler (Eds.), Expertiseforschung: Theoretische und methodische Grundlagen (pp. 115-147). Opladen, Germany: Westdeutscher Verlag. [Publication in German; article title in English: Expertise and instructional design; book title in English: Research on expertise: Theoretical and methodological foundations.]

  5. Wong, K.M.P. (1997). Do real-world situations necessarily constitute "authentic" mathematical tasks in the mathematics classroom? Curriculum Forum, 6(2), 1-15.

  6. Wong, N.Y., & Wong, K.M. (1997). Mathematics curriculum standards in ten regions. Mathmedia, 21(2), 28-44. [Publication in Chinese]

  7. Zheng, Y., & Wong, K.M. (1997). A critical challenge to traditional theories of instructional design: A prelimary analysis of the implications of constructivism for instruction. Education Journal, 25(2), 81-97. [Publication in Chinese]

  8. Fung, C.I., Siu, M.K., Wong, K.M., & Wong, N.Y. (1998). A dialogue on the teaching of complex numbers and beyond. Mathematics Teaching, 164, 26-31.

  9. Lam, C.C., Wong, N.Y., & Wong, K.M.P. (1999). Students' conception of mathematics learning: A Hong Kong study. Curriculum and Teaching, 14(2), 27-48.

  10. 10. Wong, N.Y., Marton, F., Wong, K.M., & Lam, C.C. (2002). The lived space of mathematics learning. Journal of Mathematical Behavior, 21(1), 25-47.


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