The challenges of teaching with challenging tasks: developing prompts

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    Abstract

    Teaching with challenging tasks in the early and middle years of primary school can support the development of student reasoning and unleash critical and creative mathematical thinking; however, teaching with challenging tasks can be challenging. Some issues that might arise for teachers when considering teaching with such tasks are: How do you develop (and use) appropriate enabling and extending prompts to support and extend all learners? How should you structure lessons involving challenging tasks? How do you introduce challenging tasks without creating classroom management issues? Although all of these questions are important and warrant examination, the focus of the current paper is on unpacking enabling and extending prompts. The author draws on his firsthand experience of teaching challenging tasks to students in Foundation to Year 4 to explore this issue.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationTeachers Creating Impact
    Subtitle of host publicationConference Proceedings: 55th Annual Conference La Trobe University, Bundoora
    EditorsGail FitzSimons
    Place of PublicationMelbourne Vic Australia
    PublisherThe Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV)
    Pages91-96
    Number of pages6
    ISBN (Print)9781876949624
    Publication statusPublished - 2018
    EventMathematical Association of Victoria Annual Conference 2018: Teachers Creating Impact - La Trobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Australia
    Duration: 6 Dec 20187 Dec 2018
    Conference number: 55th
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    Conference

    ConferenceMathematical Association of Victoria Annual Conference 2018
    Abbreviated titleMAV18
    Country/TerritoryAustralia
    CityMelbourne
    Period6/12/187/12/18
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    Keywords

    • Mathematics education
    • Challenging tasks
    • Differentiation
    • Primary education
    • Primary mathematics

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