Description:
Problem-based learning is a powerful alternative to drill-and practice or skills-based learning, especially within maths, but it can be difficult to source rich materials that engage an entire class.
The Creative Activities in Mathematics series provides a wealth of investigations and open-ended active learning activities, designed to engage students with mathematics and develop their problemsolving, collaboration and mathematical skills.
Book Three provides nine different class activities suitable for students in lower and middle secondary school (Years 7 to 10), along with teaching notes and staged lesson plans. Each activity is a whole-class investigation with open-ended answers that takes a particular scenario and develops it over four levels. This enables it to be used both at different year levels and with students of differing ability in the same class. All activities are firmly rooted in the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics and linked to the content descriptors of the Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, and Statistics and Probability strands.
Brief description: Charles Lovitt, a distinguished designer whose outstanding contributions to mathematics education are characterised by their combination of depth and breadth. His work on the design and development of innovative materials for teaching and professional development has had a profound impact on the teaching and learning of mathematics in Australia and beyond. Charles lives in Melbourne, Australia, but over his long career has worked with teachers around the world.