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2011 Postgraduate student conference.
ABSTRACTS CAN BE SUBMITTED UNTIL TUESDAY OCTOBER 11
This conference is open to students at Honours, Masters and Doctoral level.
The date of the conference is Friday November 11.
Registration and afternoon tea is at 3:30 pm with the conference starting at 4:00. The conference will conclude at 9 pm.
The conference will be hosted at the University of Technology, Sydney Kuring-gai Campus-(see link for location). Entry is via the main entrance. Parking is free.
A poster or presentation may be given. The presentations will go for 20 minutes which includes discussion.
The cost of the conference is $20 which covers participation and dinner.
PAYMENT METHOD
The preferred method of payment is via direct debit.
The bank details for this are:
Account name: NSW IeR Incorporated
BSB: 082-778
Account number: 46-553-2963
VERY IMPORTANT!!
Please make sure when you fill in the banking details that in the box ‘To account description’ that you write your name. Without this we will not know who has made the payment.
If you choose to pay on the evening only cash can be accepted.
This event is proudly sponsored by UTS
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2011 Annual Harold Wyndham Memorial Lecture
with
Professor Jo-Anne Reid
Associate Dean, Teacher Education
Charles Sturt University
“Making a difference? Curriculum in its place”
Friday, 22 July 2011
6:00 — 7:00 pm (afteroon tea at 5:30)
Gleeson Auditorium
Australian Catholic University
Strathfield Campus
25a Barker Road, Strathfield
See attached flier for more details
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NSW IER FORUM ON NUMERACY
Friday, 6 May, 2011
Speaker 1: Peter Gould
Title: Draw me a picture: Teaching students to represent their reasoning
Speaker 2: Anne Prescott
Title: Awareness of pattern and structure in mathematics
Time: 4.30pm-6.30pm Friday, 6 May, 2011
Venue: Building EB 3.33, Parramatta Campus (South), University of Western Sydney
Please reply to CHEN Xiafang on xiafang.chen@uws.edu.au
Draw me a picture: Teaching students to represent their reasoning
'Draw a picture' is a standard problem solving strategy and something we often tell students to do. Yet not all drawings are equally useful. This presentation will look at what can be done to help students develop representational fluency to support their reasoning. Examples will be drawn from how children represent fractions, area and multiplication.
Awareness of pattern and structure in mathematics
Some students go through their entire schooling without learning any real mathematics because they do not abstract ideas in a way that promotes mathematical thinking. Over the past decade it has become evident that an awareness of both pattern and structure is critical for mathematical development by young students, and that such connections are important for algebraic thinking. When the focus in class is on exploring patterns in numerical and spatial situations there has been a consequent improvement in the way the students developed their mathematical knowledge and reasoning skills.
