Conference synopsis 20240805 - Flipbook - Page 90
SESSION F: Friday, 12.10pm-1.10pm (cont.)
CANCELLED F16 EXPLORING CREATIVE
GEOMETRY THROUGH DRAWING WITH
MATHOMAT
(COMMERCIAL PRESENTATION)
Subtheme: Pedagogy
John Lawton, Objective Learning Materials,
Michelle Du Toit, Atalia Academy, Christopher Tisdell,
University of NSW
(Year 5 to Year 8)
Mathomat is a creative drawing tool which encourages the
construction of mathematical knowledge through design.
John Lawton will give an overview of the Mathomat template
designs, including the new whiteboard and Mathomat Senior
templates. Online learning developments in the Mathomat
Activity Centre (MAC), as well as the new printed MAC
guides for students will be discussed. Professor Chris
Tisdell is academic advisor to Mathomat. Chris is exploring
Mathomat drawing ideas with an intern, Fabian Dat Tranh.
Chris reports (virtually) on their findings, including on their
focus on thinking mathematically through the concept of
geometrography (Lemoine, 1893). Michelle Du Toit uses
Mathomat extensively in her teaching and professional
development work. Michelle will present (virtually) her
recently published MAC guide. Participants may retain the
Mathomat templates and MAC guides used in the session,
for subsequent evaluation.
Key takeaways:
Subtheme: Curriculum
Scott Hamilton and Kristyn Cram,
Portland Primary School
(F to Year 8)
Too many teachers suffer from having access to too many
resources. It gets tempting to use one rich task after another
where despite our efforts, the content in the tasks don’t flow
and connect naturally. Scott and Kristyn will introduce you
to their process for developing sequences of challenging
tasks that fit with the High Impact Teaching Strategies and
maximise their potential for student learning growth. They
unpack an initial rich task to:
•
List potential foci for explicit teaching.
•
Anticipate student misconceptions and strategies for
teacher responses.
•
Plan differentiation using enabling and extending
prompts.
They then use this information to choose suitable challenging
tasks to develop sequences of learning that build from the
initial task and flow through one another to allow students
multiple exposures to essential content. Participants will see
how a sequence is put together by experiencing the tasks in a
successful sequence of learning.
1. Evaluation of the classroom potential of the Mathomat
templates, student materials and MAC guide from John
Lawton.
Key takeaways:
2. Understanding of the use of Mathomat with the concept of
geometrography to encourage mathematical thinking from
Chris Tisdell.
2. How we plan sequences of challenging tasks from an initial
rich task that cater to the High Impact Teaching Strategies.
3. Understanding of how to use the different design features
of Mathomat, by Michell Du Toit.
3. The importance of sequencing challenging tasks for
students to connect learning and strategies in different
contexts.
THE MATHEMATICAL
ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA
90
F17 PLANNING FOR SEQUENCES OF
CHALLENGING TASKS USING THE HITS
1. What a high-quality sequence of challenging tasks looks
like.
