2008 Summer School for Teachers

 

The Brain and Mathematics – Professor John Geake

John Geake is Research Collaborator with the Centre for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Brain, University of Oxford . http://www.brookes.ac.uk/schools/education/staffinfo/geake.html

Geake, J. (2006) “The neurological basis of intelligence: A contrast with 'brain-based' education” including “Popular nonsense about the brain”. http://cs3.brookes.ac.uk/schools/education/rescon/Geake-BERA2005.pdf

Engaging Students in Mathematics – Professor Doug Clarke

Doug Clarke is Professor of Mathematics Education at the Australian Catholic University (Vic).

http://dlibrary.acu.edu.au/maths_educ/dougclarke/professionalsummarydougclarke.htm

What Works Best in Teaching – Professor John Hattie

John Hattie – Teaching, Learning, and Development, Faculty of Education, University of Auckland

Director of Visible Learning Laboratories – http://www.asttle.com/

Director of asTTle – http://www.tki.org.nz/r/asttle/

What is the Nature of Evidence that Makes a Difference to Learning?

http://www.acer.edu.au/documents/RC2005_HattieSlides.pdf

http://www.teacherstoolbox.co.uk/T_effect_sizes.html

Teachers Make a Difference What is the research evidence? http://www.acer.edu.au/documents/RC2003_Hattie_TeachersMakeADifference.pdf

SOLO (Structure of Observed Learning Outcomes) Model – Prof John Pegg

John Pegg is Professor in Mathematics and Education, UNE  and Director, National Centre of Science, Information and Communication Technology (SiMERR), http://www.une.edu.au/simerr/

http://www.une.edu.au/ehps/staff/jpegg.php

Fundamental Cycles in Learning Algebra: An Analysis http://extranet.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/DSME/icmi-algebra/FromParticipants/IndividualPresentations/PeggTallICMIAlg.pdf

ÆSOP, "An Exceptional Schooling Outcomes Project" – Prof John Pegg

http://www.une.edu.au/simerr/projects/aesop2.html

http://www.postpressed.com.au/index.html?aesop/index.html

PISA 2006 & TIMSS – Dr Sue Thompson

PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) surveys students aged about 15 years and assesses their preparedness for adult life. http://www.acer.edu.au/ozpisa/whatis.html

TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study) collects educational achievement data at Year 4 and Year 8 to provide information about trends in performance over time. http://www.acer.edu.au/timss/index.html

Neuroscience – Professor Martin Westwell

Director of the Flinders Centre for Science Education in the 21st Century.

Presentation on “What is maths education for?” at the MASA Conference April 2008 - http://www.masa.on.net/masaconference.htm

Opportunities for learning mathematics via the Internet – Barry Kissane

http://wwwstaff.murdoch.edu.au/~kissane/pd/internetmaths.htm

Modelling Strategic Use of ICT in Mathematics Learning – Matt Skoss

Web 2.0 tools to encourage student publishing of content (rather than being consumers of content):

·        YouTube (online video sharing) www.youtube.com

·        Zamzar (convert you tube to file) www.zamzar.com

·        Ning (social networking) www.ning.com

·        Wikis (collaborative spaces) www.wikispaces.com, www.pbwiki.com

·        Flickr (photo sharing) www.flickr.com

·        Del.icio.us (online receptacle for your weblinks) del. icio.us/matt.skoss

·        Scratch (a modern version of Logo, backed by a Web 2.0 community) scratch.mit.edu

Online interactive tools such as:

·        Elluminate (shared whiteboard with video, audio, desktop sharing) www.elluminate.com

·        Thinkature (online real time collaboration) thinkature.com/

·        General Electric's ImaginationCubed (shared whiteboard) www.imaginationcubed.com/LaunchPage

·        Curriculum Corporation's Photo Album Builder photoalbum.thelearningfederation.edu.au/

Interactive java-based applets:

·        National Laboratory of Virtual Manipulatives www.nlvm.usu.edu

·        Shodor's interactive resources www.shodor.org/interactivate/

Other Internet Resources

Mindreader – http://www.cyberglass.biz/

Problem solving - http://www.questacon.edu.au/html/puzzles.html

Games – http://www.mathxtc.com/index.html

Riddles – http://brainden.com/index.htm

Gapminder

Gapminder – the next generation of graphs – http://www.gapminder.org/

TED talks – TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. http://www.ted.com/

Learning Objects

Scootle – http://www.scootle.edu.au/ – provides sophisticated browse, search and filter technologies to find interactive learning objects, images, audio files and movie clips from The Le@rning Federation – http://www.thelearningfederation.edu.au/

Mathematical Thinking – Professor Kaye Stacey

http://staff.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/~kayecs/

The themes of the RITEMATHS project are to use real problems (R) and information technology (IT) to enhance (E) students' engagement with and achievement in mathematics (MATHS). http://extranet.edfac.unimelb.edu.au/DSME/RITEMATHS/

The Mathematics of Juggling and other Paradoxes – Dr Burkard Polster

http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/~bpolster/

http://www.maths.monash.edu.au/~bpolster/armidale.html

Other Resources

'Plus' magazine (http://plus.maths.org) is part of the Millennium Mathematics Project, which also includes the NRICH (http://nrich.maths.org/) and MOTIVATE (http://motivate.maths.org/) sites.