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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | Teachers Creating Impact |
Subtitle of host publication | Conference Proceedings: 55th Annual Conference La Trobe University, Bundoora |
Editors | Gail FitzSimons |
Place of Publication | Melbourne Vic Australia |
Publisher | The Mathematical Association of Victoria (MAV) |
Pages | 91-96 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781876949624 |
Publication status | Published - 2018 |
Event | Mathematical Association of Victoria Annual Conference 2018: Teachers Creating Impact - La Trobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Australia Duration: 6 Dec 2018 → 7 Dec 2018 Conference number: 55th https://www.mav.vic.edu.au/conference-home-2018.html |
Conference
Conference | Mathematical Association of Victoria Annual Conference 2018 |
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Abbreviated title | MAV18 |
Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Melbourne |
Period | 6/12/18 → 7/12/18 |
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Keywords
- Mathematics education
- Challenging tasks
- Differentiation
- Primary education
- Primary mathematics