AAMT e-news

for the Australian mathematics education community

15 August 2016

Presentations for ATSIMA conference

Offers to present at the conference of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Mathematics Alliance are due 26 August (conference will be held 30 October – 2 November 2016). Presentations that specifically explore the range of issues around quality teaching and learning in mathematics education for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander learners are encouraged.

For more information, go to http://atsimanational.ning.com/submissons

reSolve: Maths by Inquiry update

The first reSolve: Mathematics by Inquiry newsletter from the Australian Academy of Science is now available. Trialing of Years 5–8 lesson sequences has commenced with a great deal of interest shown. To find out how you can be involved or to subscribe to the newsletter, go to https://www.science.org.au/news-and-events/newsletters/resolve-newsletter.

National Literacy and Numeracy Week

29 August 29 – 4 September 2016

Find a variety of activities to do with your classes, including Who won it?, Which Way? and Thinkers are Winners.

Go to www.literacyandnumeracy.gov.au/numeracy-activities

[webinar] Teaching Maths Through Problem Solving: Facilitating Student Reasoning

Tuesday 16 August 2016, 4.30 pm EST

Presenter: Louise Hodgson

This session will focus on teacher actions, which promote problem solving and reasoning in early years classrooms.

www.aamt.edu.au/Communities/Webinars/Teaching-Maths-Through-Problem-Solving-Facilitating-Student-Reasoning

[webinar] Building culture and capacity to enact the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics

Wednesday 24 August 2016, 4.30 pm EST

Presenter: Rob Proffitt-White

The right pedagogies: Implementing curriculum intent requires a repertoire of pedagogies

This workshop will focus heavily on: valuing teacher voice and building a supportive and trusting culture for all; enacting the growth mindset in all classrooms; and designing protocols and routines to support coaching/mentoring and reflecting.

www.aamt.edu.au/Communities/Webinars/Archive/Building-culture-and-capacity-to-enact-the-Australian-Curriculum-Mathematics

[featured resource] More Good Questions: Great Way to Differentiate Secondary Mathematics Instruction

Marian Small, Amy Lin

Differentiated instruction in the secondary mathematics classroom can be a challenge. The authors use two simple but effective strategies that teachers can use across all mathematics content: open questions and parallel tasks.
There are almost 300 questions and tasks that teachers can use immediately, adapt, or use as models, supported with scaffolding and consolidating questions.

#NCT1074 $47.50 * AAMT members: $38.00 *

www.aamt.edu.au/Webshop/Entire-catalogue/More-Good-Questions