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Supporting your child with primary mathematics
Maintaining your child’s engagement and supporting their mathematics and numeracy learning during this extended period of…
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Teaching maths in challenging times: Keep calm and remain critical!
What happens to teaching during the coronavirus pandemic? How can we set meaningful mathematics tasks for…
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Mathematics education in Australia: New decade, new opportunities?
What do we need to do to change the direction of mathematics education in this new…
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Don’t bank on Dollarmites to teach financial literacy: here are our alternatives
Catherine Attard, Western Sydney University The recent royal commission into banking has revealed rampant wrongdoing by…
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Using mathematical inquiry to make mathematics meaningful
At the moment I’m involved in a project with the Sydney Metro (Transport for NSW), currently…
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More tips for teachers: Essential materials for every mathematics classroom
What concrete materials do you use in your maths classroom? Here’s a list of must-have resources…
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Beach Towels and Pencil Cases: Interesting, Inquiry-based Mathematical Investigations
Looking for some interesting, fun mathematical investigations to begin the school year? Trying to integrate across…
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Tips for Parents: Helping Your Child Succeed with Mathematics
It’s not good enough to say “I hate maths”! Find out how to help your child…
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Educational activities for the summer break to beat boredom and learning loss
It’s important to keep your kids occupied during the holidays, not just for your sanity, but…
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Teaching kids about maths using money can set them up for financial security
Shutterstock Catherine Attard, Western Sydney University As the world of finance becomes more complex, most of…
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Mathematics and the transition from primary to secondary schooling
As the end of the year looms, many students are preparing to transition from primary to…
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Technology in the classroom can improve primary mathematics
There’s much more to mathematics than computation, and that’s where more contemporary technologies can improve primary…
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Setting Your Child up for Success with Maths: Tips for Parents
Worried about your child’s progress with maths? Here’s a list of useful tips to help you…
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Australia’s Declining Maths Results: Who’s Responsible?
Once again, mathematics education is in the spotlight. The most recent TIMMS and PISA results highlight…
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Christmas Maths: Open ended investigations for Grades 4-6
In this Christmas themed post, I am including a range of open-ended investigations that are suitable…
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More Christmas Maths: Open-ended tasks and Investigations for the Early Years Classroom
The use of open-ended tasks and mathematical investigations provides opportunities for students to demonstrate their abilities…
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Engaging students with mathematics: Back to school tips
In Australia teachers are preparing to return to a new school year, and many would already…
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Christmas Maths Part 3: More open-ended tasks for Grades 3 – 6
In this final Christmas themed post, I am including a range of open-ended investigations that are…
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Why saying “I’m not good at maths” is just not good enough!
How many times have you heard people say “I’m not good at maths”? Perhaps you’ve said…
Engaging Maths 