| MANSW | The Mathematical Association of New South Wales, Inc. Promoting Quality Mathematics Education for all. |
2008 Conference Presentation notes and PowerPoints
Download a copy of the session synopses here.
| Karen Ahearn | Primary K-6 | Yes, my students are using technology for graphs and it is great! |
| Karen Ahearn Georgina Havadjia |
Primary K-6 | Cut it up, spit it out and bring it back together! |
| Karen Ahearn Shannon O’Dwyer Georgina Havadjia |
Primary K-6 | I teach the syllabus! What’s the issue? |
| George Anderberg | Secondary 7-12 |  The case of
the diminishing M&Ms |
| George Anderberg | Primary 3-6 & Secondary 7-10 | Numerical Literacy and Problem Solving |
| Richard Andrew | Secondary 7-10 | Teaching Mathematics Conceptually |
| Richard Andrew | Secondary 7-12 | Investigating Mathematics with Graphics Calculators (General Mathematics mainly) |
| Richard Andrew | Secondary 7-12 | The Beginners Journey |
| Janine Angove | Primary 6 Secondary 7-10 | Working mathematically with HOTmaths |
| Cathy Attard Karen McDaid |
Primary 3-6 Secondary 7-8 | Tasks to Motivate and Engage During the Middle Years |
| Cherie
Baddock Rebecca Kurczewski |
Primary K-6 | Bot your classroom! |
| Kellie Baker | Primary 3-6 | Mathletics - The next generation in learning |
| Dawn Bartlett | Secondary 11-12 | Using Assignments with Students for Focus Studies |
| Dawn Bartlett | Secondary 7-12 | Using whiteboards to engage lower ability students |
| Ann Baxter Kate Baxter |
Primary K-6 | 123 meets ABC: Literacy Strategies to enhance Mathematics teaching and learning |
| Jennifer Bell | Primary K-6 Secondary 7-12 | Promoting Mathematics in Schools |
| Sahar Bokosmaty | Primary K-6 & Secondary 7-10 | Doing Math Just for the Fun of It! |
| Russell Brown | Secondary 11-12 | Getting Ready for Data in a Calculus Course! |
| Russell Brown | Secondary 11-12 | A Pedagogical Journey through Differential Calculus |
| Russell Brown | Secondary 11-12 | Simultaneous equations on a Graphing Calculator |
| James Burnett | Primary 3-6 | Developing the essential strategies of computation |
| Emma Campbell | Secondary 7-10 | Programming for Years 7-10 |
| Emma Campbell | Primary K-6 & Secondary 7-12 | MS Word |
| Anita Chin | Primary K-6 | Making the connection. Helping struggling students achieve in K-6 Mathematics |
| Anita Chin | Secondary 7-10 | Making the connection. Helping struggling students achieve in middle years |
| Tracey Clark | Secondary 11-12 |  Are you full
of hot air? Lung Capacity |
| Tony Collison | Primary K-6 | Maths Resource Studio |
| Nick Connolly | Primary 3-6 & Secondary 7-12 | Writing effective multiple-choice tests |
| Tobias Cooper | Secondary 7-12 |  Using
technology for inverse functions and modelling exponential growthTeaching notes |
| Tobias Cooper | Secondary 7-12 | Geometry Expressions:
Next generation dynamic geometry software |
| Tobias Cooper | Secondary 7-12 | The
Geometer's Sketchpad for beginners |
| Tobias Cooper | Secondary 7-12 | Functions
and Geometry with GeoGebra |
| Mary Coupland | Secondary 7-12 | Convergence, Currents, and Concrete: What mathematics do students of engineering need? |
| Geoff Dix | Secondary 7-12 | ICT teaching
and learning resources |
| Peter Fox | Secondary 7-12 | Thinking Mathematically |
| Peter Fox | Secondary 11-12 | InspirationsCubic TangentsFinding a LocusProving a Point |
| Kevin Fuller | Secondary 7-10 | Solving Equations Using Plastic Bottle Caps |
| Mark Graber Richard Korbosky |
Primary 3-6 & Secondary 7-10 | Have sum fun online |
| Mary Ann
Grant Damien Brown |
Secondary 7-12 | An overview
of using Smartboards in the classroom. |
| Mary Ann
Grant Damien Brown |
Secondary 7-12 | Developing
Interactive Activities for a Smartboard
(Session 2 Practical Hands On) |
| Jim Grant Ed Lewis |
Primary K-6 | ‘Maths-in-a-box’:
Creative numeracy contexts for the K-6 classroom |
| Jim Grant Ed Lewis |
Secondary 7-10 | ‘Maths-in-a-box’: Creative numeracy contexts for the 7-10 classroom |
| Tal Greengard | Secondary 7-12 | Creative Interactive Puzzles |
| Peter Hall | Secondary 7-10 | Investigations
in Number: Converting fractions to decimals Part 1 |
| Peter Hall | Secondary 7-10 | Investigations in Number: Converting decimals to fractions Part 2 |
| Tom Hardy | Secondary 10-12 | Motivating and Stimulating Students with Engineering Maths Applications |
| Anne Hastings | Secondary 7-12 | How does the brain learn Mathematics? |
| Kate Highfield | Early childhood, Primary K-2 | Mapping, measurement and robotics |
| Kate Highfield | Early childhood, Primary K-2 | Interactive Whiteboards, how to not become Incredibly bored... |
| Tracey Hughes-Butters | Primary 3-6 & Secondary 7-12 | How to really USE that interactive whiteboard in your room! |
| Tracey Hughes-Butters | Primary 3-6 & Secondary 7-12 | It’s simply Math-tastic!!! |
| Ian Iredale Peter Garside |
Secondary 7-12 | Sowing Seeds of Surveying |
| Marian Kemp | Secondary 11-12 | Using a graphics calculator at Stage 6: Data analysis |
| Marian Kemp Barrie Kissane | Secondary 11-12 | Using a graphics calculator at Stage 6: Differential calculus |
| Kuldip Khehra | Secondary 7-12 | How to make assignments different (literally) |
| Barrie
Kissane Marian Kemp |
Secondary 11-12 & Post Secondary | Using a graphics calculator at Stage 6: Trigonometric functions |
| Barry Kissane | Secondary 11-12 | Using a graphics calculator at Stage 6: Real functions |
| Richard Korbosky | Primary 3-6 & Secondary 7-8 | Pre- algebra and logical thinking |
| Richard Korbosky | Primary K-6 | An Introduction Session to Firsts Steps in Mathematics |
| Rod Krause | Primary 3-6 & Secondary 7-10 | Introducing
Algebra - Concrete to Abstract
thinking using interactive software.Activity Sheet |
| John Ley | Secondary 7-10 | Integrating Spreadsheets into mathematics using ICT4U |
| Sharon
London Nikky Vanderhout |
All teachers | FORUM
--The Pleasures of Mathematics TeachingWhy Maths should stay in the curriculum |
| Sharon
London Janine Angove |
Secondary 7-12 | Gathering Data for Reporting and Teaching with HOTmaths |
| Sharon London | Primary 6 & Secondary 7-10 | HOTmaths – Let me count the ways |
| Chris Longhurst | Secondary 7-12 | Music, Maths and the Calculator |
| Chris Longhurst | Secondary 7-12 | Visualization to enhance learning in Mathematics |
| John Mack | Secondary 11-12 Post Secondary | Minimum
Surface Area of a Pyramid |
| Peter Maher | Primary K-6 | Making Mentals Mighty |
| Peter Maher | Primary K-6 | Maths Games On The Go |
| Peter Maher | Primary K-6 | How to develop a K-6 problem solving program |
| Carol Mason | Primary K-6 & Secondary 7-8 | "Geometric
Greetings"? It's on the cards |
| Mark McKinnon | Secondary 7-12 | An outcomes
based markbook |
| Heather McMaster | Secondary 7-8 | Games that
Teach |
| Diane McPhail | Early childhood & Primary K-6 | Developing the critical measurement concepts |
| Catherine Mathews | Primary K-6 | Fractimals a
new name for an old concept (Fractions & Decimals) |
| Jim Milford | Secondary 7-12 | Visiting other mathematics departments |
| Rodney Miller | Secondary 7-12 | Anyone Can
Teach Extension 2 Maths |
| Mike
Mitchelmore Heather McMaster |
Secondary 7-8 | Working
Mathematically with Number |
| Brian Murray | Primary K-6 | The effective use of technology in the teaching of primary mathematics |
| Marilyn Murray | Primary 3-6 & Secondary 7-10 |
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| Morris Needleman | Secondary 7-12 & Post Secondary | Mathematics, multimedia, poker and probability |
| Mark O’Brien | Secondary 9-11 | Exploring
and Applying Reciprocal Functions (Inverse Proportion) www.otrnet.com.au/Presentations/presentations.html |
| Mark O’Brien | Secondary 8-10 | Cooperative
Learning in the Maths Classroomwww.otrnet.com.au/Presentations/presentations.html |
| Mark O’Brien | Secondary 8-10 | Focussing On
Learning in the Maths Classroom |
| Mark O’Brien | Secondary 8-12 | Are We Still
Investigating Mathematics?www.otrnet.com.au/Presentations/presentations.html |
| Kay O’Carroll | Early childhood & Primary K-2 | Rolling In the Dough - Box Cars Money Games |
| Kay O’Carroll | Early childhood & K-2 | Shuffling Into Maths with Box Cars K-2 Games |
| Kay O’Carroll | Early childhood & Primary K-6 | Shake Rattle and Roll out the Maths with Box Car Games |
| Kay O’Carroll | Primary 3-6 | I Spy The Pie - Box Cars Fraction Games |
| Michelle Ostberg | Secondary 7-10 | Working mathematically - one WA approach |
| Michelle Ostberg | Secondary 7-10 | These have worked for me |
| Kay Owens | Primary K-6 & Secondary 7-12 | The
importance of fuzzy mathematics |
| Michael Palme | Secondary 7-12 | Isometric
Sketching and Introducing Latitude & LongitudeLatitude and LongitudeGreat Circle DistancesTime CalculationsScrap of PaperTime difference questionsDifference in Latitude and LongitudeCrack the code |
| Stuart Palmer | Secondary 9-12 | Introducing Logarithms (with a bap!) |
| Stuart Palmer | Secondary 11-12 | Trigonometric Functions and Radians |
| Stuart Palmer | Secondary 7-12 | Dealing With Data in Stages 4, 5 and 6 |
| John Pegg | Secondary 7-10 | ÆSOP Project on Effective Mathematics Faculties: The findings |
| John Pegg Margaret Bigelow Peter Osland |
Secondary 7-10 | ÆSOP Project on Effective Mathematics Faculties: Implications for practice |
| Zdena Pethers | Primary 5-6 & Secondary 7-8 |
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| Anne Prescott | Secondary 11-12 | Student misconceptions about Projectile Motion |
| Simon Price Peter Hargraves |
Secondary 7-12 | HSC, UAC and
Schools based scaling of resultsHSC-UAI-07HSC_UAI-Scaling-2008Scaling Marks vs Multilinear Mapping Test Student |
| Jayme
Rafferty Nicola Dennis |
Primary 3-6 & Secondary 7-10 | Teaching Number for Understanding |
| Diane Read Carolyn McGinty |
Primary 3-6 & Secondary 7-10 | Supporting
an Interactive Classroom environment |
| Paul Rehill | Secondary 7-10 | Interactive
Maths Series Software Training Session |
| Chris Robertson | Secondary 7-12 | Mathematics through the Centre for Learning Innovation (CLI) |
| Robert
Rowland Lynette Schultz |
Secondary 11-12 | Thinking about Focus Studies |
| Robert
Rowland Lynette Schultz |
Secondary 11-12 | Data Analysis in the Mathematics Advanced Course |
| Theresa Shellshear | Early childhood; Primary K-6 | How will I calculate? - Mentally |
| Karen Skilling | Primary K-6 & Secondary 7-10 | Engagement In Mathematics in Middle Years |
| Duncan Smith | Primary K-6 | Mathletics - The next generation in learning |
| Gerry Sozio | Secondary 7-10 | Self
Directed Learning in Mathematics Self directed learning |
| Liz Spielman | Secondary 7-10 | Patty Paper Geometry proofs |
| Chris Stocks | Primary K-6 & Secondary 7-10 | Reach for the Stars |
| Jan Stone Kristen Tripett |
Primary 5-6 & Secondary 7-8 | Enlightenment through Growing Patterns |
| Salma Tahir Heather McMaster |
Secondary 7-10 | Multifaceted
Variable Approach to teach Algebra in junior secondary |
| Sue Thomson | Secondary 9-12 | Introducing
investments and loan repayments using recursion |
| Sue Thomson | Primary 5-6 and Secondary 7-10 | Using Casio 82A Plus scientific calculator Stages 3-5 |
| Sue Thomson | Secondary 7-12 | Games to
enhance learning Card Games 1Card Games 2Card Games 3 |
| Sue Thomson | Primary K-6 | CONSUMER AND FINANCIAL LITERACY |
| Sue Thomson | Secondary 7-10 | CONSUMER AND FINANCIAL LITERACY |
| Susan Turnbull | Primary K-6 | Establishing
a Maths Enrichment Program in a Primary SchoolSlides Notes |
| Allan Turton | Primary K-6 | Taking Tangrams Further |
| Allan Turton | Primary 5-6 & Secondary 7-10 | Picture This: Activities for Developing Visualisation Skills |
| Allan Turton | Primary K-6 & Secondary 7-8 | Flare Interactive Teaching Tools |
| Nikky Vanderhout | Secondary 7-10 | A Baby Boomer approach to teaching Gen Z Mathematics |
| Sandra Walker
Sharon Cooke |
Primary K-6 | Numeracy
Backpacks - School to Home Project-"Maths is Fun"Numeracy Backpack Project |
| Phil Walsh | Secondary 7-12 | Teaching Maths in a e-Learning World |
| Garry Webb Chris Thompson |
Secondary 11-12 | Use of multiple-choice items in Year 12 external examinations |
| Neville Weber | Secondary 11-12 | Data
Analysis |
| Allan White UWS trainee teachers |
Primary K-6 | |
| Allan White UWS trainee teachers |
Secondary 7-12 | The Mathematics Guide to the NSW Global Education Site |
| Ian Wong | Primary K-6 & Secondary 7-12 | Experience
Using the CensusAtSchool data |
| Ian Wong | Primary K-6 & Secondary 7-10 | CensusAtSchool: A Great Resource for Statistics and
Problem Solving |
| Sally Wynne Karen Skilling |
Primary K-2 | Working Mathematically in Stage One |
| Robert Yen | Secondary 7-10 | Solving
equations for students who can’t and New Century Maths 8 |
