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Direct linkCheeseman, Jill; Clarke, Doug; Roche, Anne; Walker, Nadia – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2016
Introducing challenging tasks in such a way that makes them accessible, rather than daunting, to students is a challenge for teachers. Solving challenging tasks involves students having to grapple with the problem. The role of the teacher is to motivate and clarify the problem rather than showing students how to solve the problem.
Descriptors: Teacher Role, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Mathematics
Download full textSullivan, Peter; Clarke, Doug; Cheeseman, Jill; Mornane, Angela; Roche, Anne; Sawatzki, Carly; Walker, Nadia – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2014
As part of a project exploring various aspects of teachers' choice and use of challenging mathematics tasks, we sought some responses from students on their preferences for the difficulty of tasks on which they might work and also on the ways of working. Despite the common finding that teachers are reluctant to pose challenges to their students…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Preferences, Mathematics Activities, Difficulty Level
Clarke, Doug; Roche, Anne; Cheeseman, Jill; Sullivan, Peter – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2014
The Encouraging Persistence Maintaining Challenge (EMPC) Project has been working with secondary teachers in Melbourne as they seek to build persistence in students, during work on challenging mathematics tasks. The authors have developed sequences of tasks in various topic areas for Years 7 and 8, which require students to connect different…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Problem Solving, Educational Strategies, Mathematics Activities
