Conference paper
Projects, Puzzles and other Pedagogies: Working with Kids to Solve Local Problems
Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.489-496
Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MEGRA), 35th (Singapore, 02-Jul-2012–06-Jul-2012)
Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
2012
Abstract
Engaging and extending middle years students in mathematics is a continual challenge. One of the aims of the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics is to ensure that students are "confident, creative users and communicators of mathematics" (ACARA, 2011). Use of mathematical models and/or problems has been suggested as methods of achieving this aim, and mathematical investigations have been shown to improve student engagement. This paper looks to build on these ideas and combine them with the framework of Knowledge Producing Schools (KPS) (Bigum & Rowan, 2009) to determine whether, when students are working on a community based project of their choice, students become "confident, creative users and communicators of mathematics" (ACARA, 2011).
Details
- Title
- Projects, Puzzles and other Pedagogies: Working with Kids to Solve Local Problems
- Authors
- Margaret Marshman (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
- Contributors
- Jaguthsing Dindyal (Editor)Lu Pien Cheng (Editor)Swee Fong Ng (Editor)
- Publication details
- Proceedings of the 35th Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, pp.489-496
- Conference details
- Annual Conference of the Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MEGRA), 35th (Singapore, 02-Jul-2012–06-Jul-2012)
- Publisher
- Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA)
- Date published
- 2012
- Copyright note
- 2012 Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Inc. Reproduced here with the permission in accordance with the publisher's copyright policy.
- Organisation Unit
- School of Education - Legacy; School of Education and Tertiary Access
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449963502621
- Output Type
- Conference paper
- Research Statement
- false
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