• Task Centre Home Base
  This link was established to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the Mathematics Task Centre Project in July 2002. At this time over 2000 schools and institutions worldwide were involved in the project at some level. From this base it is intended that you can find all the information you will ever want to know about this professional development project and its support for a Working Mathematically curriculum - one in which students learn to work like a mathematician. If it leaves any Task Centre question unanswered for you, please contact me.

 

• Task Centre Project Navigation File
  Use this link to:
  • explore the project principles through Task 166, Sphinx
  • see the full list of files that you are about to enter
  • go directly to any files in the list that you want to revisit
  Any of these files will bring you back to this page.

 

• The Sphinx in Sweden
  The Task Centre Project has developed quite an international following. A small part of that is recorded in the Sphinx Problem above. An additional delightful link is to the Sphinx web site created by Sture Marklund, a Grade 4 teacher and grandfather from remote Sweden. Yes it is in Swedish, but well worth the visit. Sture's Sphinx Site. Sture comments:

  I've tried Sphinx in my class. They loved it! "Let's make a whole wall covered with Sphinx shapes", they asked.

  Sture's site is dedicated to Mattegömmor an intriguing word used by Swedish task centre teachers to mean a place where mathematics is hidden.

 

• Task Centre Professional Development.
  The project offers its own purpose-built professional development. It also contributes stories and experience to the Maths on the Move workshop library. Further, we can work with you to create a service that suits your needs.

• professional development to alter teachers' vision of what is possible
• teacher support and exchange of ideas across a web based network of member schools
• extensive use of calculators and structured materials
• learning built on children's ideas

• Explore Calculating Changes
  Use this link to find activities and more extensive details.

 

• Calculating Changes Professional Development
  The project offers its own purpose-built professional development. It also contributes stories and experience to the Maths on the Move workshop library. Further, we can work with you to create a service that suits your needs.

Lessons have been successfully trialed and are presented in the illustrative MCTP style. About one third of the lessons are supported by specially written, down loadable software. In addition lessons are supported by worksheets (with answers), game boards where relevant, and a 'living' Classroom Contributions section.

The search engine allows teachers to search for lessons by pedagogical feature, curriculum strand, content and year level.

The Working Mathematically process is a key feature of every lesson.

This is also a major principle of the Mathematics Task Centre Project. Consequently many of the lessons in Maths300 extend the hands-on tasks from the Task Centre Project and thereby provide a bank of extensive notes to support it.

Maths300 provides unique support for:

• teachers who are 'looking for something to do tomorrow'
• teachers who are exploring changes to their teaching style, for example, wanting to include more kinaesthetic (physical involvement based) learning
• faculties determined to focus on the Working Mathematically process
• the evolving Working Mathematically curriculum

Maths300 is a joint venture of Curriculum Corporation, Australia and The Task Centre Collective. Visit Maths300, log on as a Guest and explore the search engine and the two free lessons (which include software) in the Free Sample Tour link.
 

• Maths300 Professional Development.
  The project contributes stories and experience to the Maths on the Move workshop library. Further, we can work with you to create a service that suits your needs.

A unit in Point (or Rotational or Click) Symmetry has been developed which is 100% consistent with the pedagogy of problem solving tasks. The unit uses a set of colourful, two-sided foam tiles which is available from the MAV. The problem solving cards and a large amount of supporting documentation are freely available.

This is an interesting experiment in using the web. The way the cards are set up, they can be:

• used from the screen when student pairs have the materials in their hands.
• printed from the site, which, when done on a colour printer, produces an excellent result.

• Explore Point Symmetry