Creative Activities in Mathematics Book 2: Problem-based maths investigations for upper primary - Softcover

Holton, Derek; Symons, Duncan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1742862594 ISBN 13: 9781742862590

Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), 2015

Synopsis

Problem-based learning is a powerful alternative to drill-and practice or skills-based learning, especially within maths, but it can be difficult to source rich materials that engage an entire class.

The Creative Activities in Mathematics series provides a wealth of investigations and open-ended active learning activities, designed to engage students with mathematics and develop their problemsolving, collaboration and mathematical skills.

Book Two provides nine different class activities suitable for students in upper primary school (Years 4 to 7), along with teaching notes and staged lesson plans. Each activity is a whole-class investigation with open-ended answers that takes a particular scenario and develops it over four levels. This enables it to be used both at different year levels and with students of differing ability in the same class. All activities are firmly rooted in the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics and linked to the content descriptors of the Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability strands.

Edition details

• Publisher: Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER)
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1742862594
• ISBN 13: 9781742862590
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 28