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Download full textLinsell, Chris; Holmes, Marilyn; Sullivan, Peter – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2016
This paper examines the learning by students who were participating in a project designed to promote persistence while working on mathematical tasks. We examined their learning of mathematics concepts and learning about the processes of engaging in mathematical tasks. There were substantial increases in students' knowledge of angles and also…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Task Analysis, Mathematics Activities, Science Projects
Direct linkClarke, 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
Sullivan, Peter; Mornane, Angela – Mathematics Education Research Journal, 2014
This is the report of an investigation in partnership with a team of junior secondary classroom teachers of the potential of posing more challenging tasks to their students. A range of data sources are used to represent the experience of teachers and students in a unit of work that incorporated a range of challenging tasks. Students learned the…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Problem Solving, Mathematics Activities, Student Reaction
Peer reviewedWhite, Paul; Sullivan, Peter; Warren, Elizabeth; Quinlan, Cyril – Australian Mathematics Teacher, 2000
Discusses the advantages of teaching with open-ended tasks and compares students' responses to open-ended, closed-area, and perimeter tasks. (ASK)
Descriptors: Area, Grade 7, Mathematics Activities, Mathematics Instruction
