Archive for the ‘Student learning’ Category

Surd Animations

Friday, August 8th, 2008

In this activity students where given a Keynote presentation. This presentation contained slides that displayed the correct working out to simplifying a surd. These slides were then re-arranged into a random order. Students were required to re-order the slides into the correct sequence. They then had to Export their new presentation ...

Student self assessment

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

This activity was designed to allow students to reflect on their preparation and homewrork. The following images are samples of students responses: Student homework plans Student equipment survey responses and reflections

Collaborating with the forum

Tuesday, May 13th, 2008

In this conversation  students were asked to view a youtube clip and answer a selection of questions ranging from lower order:  1. How are x-rays produced, 2.What is ‘x-ray’ short for? to higher order thinking: 9. Do you think x-rays pass through bone or flesh more easily? .The students decided ...

Understanding student learning

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

From my time lecturing maths education students at La Trobe University I was able to reflect on my current teaching practice and build around this to create a unit of work that best exemplifies my teaching approach. This can be viewed at http://mathsatcoburgshs.blogspot.com/ .