Rate My Professor Heather Lonsdale

Dr. Lonsdale's contributions to teaching excellence have been recognized with the Faculty of Science and Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award in 2018, where she was the winner, and a commendation in the 2022 awards. She has secured teaching and learning grants, including one for 'Evaluating Student Work: Developing Effective Feedback Rubrics' in the School of Mathematics and Statistics. Her scholarly work includes presentations and publications on mathematics pedagogy, such as 'Oral Assessment in Science and Mathematics Education' (Proceedings of the Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education, 2015), 'Perception vs Reality: Using Tutorial Videos to Aid Tutor Training' with Deborah King (ICME-13 Education Course, 2016), and 'Developing Problem-Solving Skills through Oral Assessment' (Delta Conference). She has contributed to conference proceedings on formulating effective questions for problem-solving (Delta 2017) and diverse assessments (FYiMaths 2018). Dr. Lonsdale has held leadership roles including Deputy Chair of the Swan Delta Conference 2019 and Western Australia representative on the Australian Mathematical Society Standing Committee on Mathematics Education. Her efforts have notably improved success rates in challenging introductory mathematics units at Curtin University through targeted pedagogical innovations.