The symposium, the culmination of five years of data gathering and analysis from our leading team of researchers, gave over 100 participants an insight into how mathematical modelling could be incorporated most successfully into secondary classrooms.
The symposium was hosted by the Enablers research team led by Professor Vince Geiger from ILSTE — Australian Catholic University. The keynote presentation from Professor Mogens Niss — a world leader in mathematical modelling — was a highlight of the program. “We were very fortunate that Professor Niss was able to Zoom in to us from Denmark to share the wealth of his mathematical modelling expertise with Queensland teachers,” Professor Geiger said. “He is a world leader in mathematical modelling — his insights into the origins and development of this crucial approach to mathematics and his international perspective is enlightening.” In addition, five Queensland maths teachers shared their insights into how mathematical modelling had been implemented in their classrooms. “Over the last four years, our team has worked closely with teachers and their students identifying those factors that contribute to successful mathematical modelling. “We are hoping, that by sharing our findings with teachers and curriculum leaders, the outcomes of our research will have a positive impact for 21st century learning”, Professor Geiger said. Symposium attendees learned more about successful approaches to questioning that enable students’ modelling development, effective scaffolding, creating ideal conditions for effective modelling and approaches to designing modelling tasks. |
The PowerPoint presentations for the introductory session, keynote address and breakout sessions are now available for download.
Please click on the links below. |
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