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FULL A08 AI AND THE MATHEMATICS
CURRICULUM (YEARS 5-12)
and Leadership and ACER to support students’ emotional
regulation and the impact it can have on learning.
Subtheme: Curriculum
Key takeaways:
Max Stephens, Faculty of Education, The University of
Melbourne, Rachael Whitney-Smith, ACARA
(Year 5 to Year 12)
1. Re-framed ideas regarding a growth mindset.
The session will identify areas of intersection between AI
and mathematics and will help teachers of Mathematics
understand how AI works and show that what students learn
in mathematics underpins AI and provides a foundation
for appreciating the strengths and limitations of AI. Facial
recognition, robotics, and autonomous vehicles provide new
contexts to apply mathematical content. The way in which
we determine position and location and navigate spaces
using GPS and other geolocation processes (such as those
used by drones and automated delivery services), and new
ways of creating, generating, representing, augmenting,
and distorting images, require sound geometric skills and
spatial reasoning to work within and move between different
dimensions. Students also apply mathematics when making
ethical decisions concerning data, recognising intentional and
accidental errors or distortions, and to think critically about
the output of AI systems, especially predictive algorithms.
Key takeaways: 1. Helping teachers of mathematics in both
the primary and secondary years appreciate the connections
between AI and the mathematics students are learning.
2. Identifying key areas where AI and mathematics
interconnect.
3. Showing how mathematics is essential for fostering and
understanding and critical disposition towards AI.
A09 GROWTH MINDSET – IT’S WHAT YOU
DO WITH IT THAT COUNTS
Subtheme: Wellbeing
Emma Moore, The Victorian Academy of Teaching
and Leadership, Ben Allen, The Victorian Academy of
Teaching and Leadership
(Year 3 to Year 8)
In this session, we will define and describe a growth mindset
- what it is and what it isn’t -using classroom examples. Two
areas in research where a growth mindset is important are
motivation and maths anxiety. In this session, we will look
at a mathematical activity from a student’s perspective
and use resources developed by the Academy of Teaching
2. Resources to support emotional regulation (in mathematics
but easily adapted to all areas).
A10 POWERFUL MATHS ROUTINES FOR ALL
LEARNERS
Subtheme: Pedagogy
Michaela Epstein, Maths Teacher Circles
(F to Year 12)
Wish you could get your students thinking deeply about
maths in every lesson? In this session, you’ll learn about two
powerful maths routines that are specially designed to unlock
new ideas, insights, and reasoning about mathematics. Both
routines are suitable for P-12 classrooms and can be easily
adapted to be used across curriculum topics. You’ll also
explore strategies and techniques for facilitating routines
that you can then use to help your students articulate their
thinking, form connections, and learn more maths than would
be possible if working alone from a textbook or worksheet.
Key takeaways:
You’ll learn about;
1. A different view on ‘routines’ in the maths classroom.
2. Two powerful routines you can use with all students and
across topics.
3. Five strategies you can use to get the most out of any
maths routine.
CANCELLED A11 PUBLISHING YOUR STORIES
OF PRACTICE IN PRIME NUMBER AND
VINCULUM
Subtheme: Pedagogy
Aylie Davidson, Deakin University, Justine Sakurai,
Deakin University/The University of Melbourne
(F to Year 12)
Have you considered publishing your stories of practice?
Aylie and Justine, the Editors of MAV’s Prime Number
THE MATHEMATICAL
ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA
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