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Wright, Suzie; Watson, Jane; Fitzallen, Noleine – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2019
This article reports on a pilot study that used concrete materials and TinkerPlots to support a Year 4 student's understanding of the big ideas of variation and expectation when investigating a random chance experiment using spinners.
Descriptors: Intuition, Mathematics Skills, Mathematics Instruction, Pilot Projects
Fitzallen, Noleine; Watson, Jane; Wright, Suzie – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2017
When working within a meaningful context quite young students are capable of working with sophisticated data. Year 3 students investigate thermal insulation and the transfer of heat in a STEM inquiry, developing skills in measuring temperature by conducting a statistical investigation, and using a stylised graph to interpret their data.
Descriptors: Grade 2, Elementary School Students, Graphs, Data Interpretation
Muir, Tracey; Watson, Jane – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2017
This article provides examples of teachable moments that are based on mathematical teaching episodes that the authors have either taught or observed, followed by discussions on how teachers might respond to these moments. It is hoped that this article may act as a stimulus for collaborative professional conversations as to whether or not teachable…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Teaching Methods, Educational Opportunities, Teaching Conditions
English, Lyn; Watson, Jane – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2016
Statistical literacy is a vital component of numeracy. Students need to learn to critically evaluate and interpret statistical information if they are to become informed citizens. This article examines a Year 5 unit of work that uses the data collection and analysis cycle within a sustainability context.
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Statistics, Data, Data Interpretation
Watson, Jane – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2015
Using statistical literacy skills to determine appropriate scales to be used on graphs is an essential part of numeracy. Using several meaningful contexts, this article explains very clearly when it is appropriate and inappropriate to begin the scale of a graph at zero.
Descriptors: Statistics, Numeracy, Graphs, Scaling
Watson, Jane; English, Lyn – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2013
Jane Watson and Lyn English use a chance activity exploring expectation and variation with coin tossing to highlight the importance of understanding the part-whole relationship embodied in percentage and its power to measure and compare for different wholes, in this case different sample sizes. The purpose of this article is to raise awareness of…
Descriptors: Numbers, Probability, Mathematical Concepts, Mathematics Instruction
Brown, Natalie; Watson, Jane; Wright, Suzie; Skalicky, Jane – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2011
Measurement is one of the key areas of study in mathematics and features prominently in the "Australian Curriculum: Mathematics" (ACARA, 2010). In this set of investigations requiring students to estimate indirectly the height of a tree they are encouraged to use the "power of mathematical reasoning" and "apply their…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Measurement Techniques, Middle School Teachers, Foreign Countries