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Maths With Attitude
Maths With Attitude is designed to help teachers of Years 3-10 create:
happy, healthy, cheerful, productive, inspiring classrooms
in which students learn to work like a mathematician.
They offer a real alternative to text-based mathematics learning. They support the objectives of any official curriculum document with a Working Mathematically component.
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One of 16 kits available from Years 3-10
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MWA in Brief
In each Maths With Attitude kit
- Hands-on tasks
- Whole class investigations
- Integrated software
- Skill development in context
are drawn together in a detailed week by week schedule that:
- supports all strands of the curriculum
- dovetails with textbook use
- encourages inclusion of the teacher's personal best practice.
Based on the attitude that all children can learn to work like a mathematician in best practice classrooms. MWA provides 25 weeks of hands-on, small group and whole class investigative curriculum for every year from Year 3 to Year 10.
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Upgrading to Maths With Attitude
If you have tasks in your school you may be able to upgrade to Maths With Attitude kits.
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Enhancing Maths With Attitude
If you already have Maths With Attitude kits you can get more from them by including additional Tasks and Maths300 lessons developed since the kits were completed. Click here to reveal these additional tasks and whole class investigations and the kits they complement.
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This year we have programmed a range of Tasks/Maths300 lessons across Years 7-10. The level of enthusiasm amongst staff and students is encouraging and we are appreciative of all of the work you have put into the Maths With Attitude kits - they are fantastic!! Thanks once again for all of your hard work - it is making maths relevant and meaningful to lots of students!!
...Michael Swanborough, Flinders Christian College
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Features of MWA Kits
- Kits are specific to year level and curriculum strand.
- Maths300 resources are included to illustrate how teachers have modelled the Working Mathematically process.
- Task Centre Project resources are included to offer students an invitation to apply the model for themselves.
- Each manual includes a week by week plan for integrating the tasks and lessons into a Working Mathematically curriculum.
- Trial schools have shown that a curriculum integrating both can lead to substantial success for students.
- Self-directed professional development is supported by the printed manual and the Lesson Plans on the CD-ROM.
- Convenient, compact and complete.
The photo shows the range of Maths With Attitude Kits available for Years 3 - 6.
There are a different 8 kits available for Years 7 - 10.
Click on the photo for a closer look.
Photos of each kit are included in the links below.
MWA is designed to integrate with your overall year's work. Like the slices of a pie the pieces may be shuffled to create your own balance within the whole. The Planners provide a clear idea of what will fit into a week, and how many weeks it would take to make good use of the resources in a kit.
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Examples
Years
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One teacher remarked:
This is brilliant. I have been trying to use a combination of tasks and whole class investigations, but I have always felt it was a bit piecemeal. Now I can organise a much better problem solving curriculum.
Kit Details
Each kit includes 20 tasks, software, teacher's manual and teacher's
CD-ROM. Kits are only available to members of Maths300. Updates to software or lessons plans are supplied through the Maths300 site. The CD-ROM contains appropriate lessons extracted from Maths300 so you can begin using your kit without any on-line issues. The manual includes a week by week planner.
Each kit provides extensive support for self-directed professional development. Many schools extend this learning further with the assistance of one of our consultants. Some choose the Working Mathematically Curriculum Pack as a starting point as it includes Maths300 membership, four MWA kits and a full day of professional development.
Primary Level
Click a title to see a list
of its tasks and lessons.
Years 3 & 4
Years 5 & 6
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Secondary Level
Click a title to see a list
of its tasks and lessons.
Years 7 & 8
Years 9 & 10
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Teacher Evaluations
- Changing Places, Tasmania (Years 3 & 4)
Comments from teachers in 18 schools that trialed Number & Computation.
- Wade High School, Griffith, NSW (Years 7 & 8)
This school used the Space & Logic kit as a four week unit to begin Year 7. Magic was the description offered by their HoD. Take a look at the photos of student displays and ponder the additional benefits of students being able to 'show their stuff' like this at the beginning of their high school career.
As part of a professional development day, teachers at Investigator College,
South Australia, have become excited about mapping their MWA kits into
curriculum across their Goolwa and Victor Harbour campuses.
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Price per kit
$429 (Members)
$924 (Non-members ... includes first year of Maths300 membership)
Notes
- Maths300 members please quote your membership number when ordering.
- If not currently a Maths300 member, your first kit must be purchased at Non-members' price. Additional kits are purchased at Members' Price.
- If you already have tasks in your school you may not need to purchase complete kits. You might only need to:
- Talk with Ina Koetsier, Distribution Manager, before ordering.
- Audit your tasks against the lists in the kits above.
- Purchase the missing tasks plus manuals and CDs.
Contact Ina on (03) 9726 8316 or inak@blackdouglas.com.au
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PDF files: MWA Summary ... MWA Promotional Flier
This is a discounted package designed to support an evolving Working Mathematically curriculum. This top of the line pack contains:
- 4 Maths With Attitude kits of your choice - each kit includes 20 tasks, extracts from Maths300 on CD-ROM and a manual with weekly planners.
- Points of View - tasks, manual & software for a visual/kinaesthetic 2D/3D unit
- Maths300 online membership for 1st year
- Class set of 3d Geoshapes™ for extended investigations in 3D space
- Professor Morris Poster Puzzles
- Professional Development - full day
Staff development is the essential component of this pack. The full day PD session is designed to encourage, enthuse and extend your teachers. They will learn to:
- use the Working Mathematically process as a scaffold for learning
- explore the iceberg of a task
- use the three lives of a task to develop a flexible, purposeful curriculum
and will begin mapping into your syllabus the 25+ weeks of investigative work offered through the resources.
The professional development fee and the Maths300 first year membership are discounted in this package. Therefore the package is only available with professional development and as the vehicle for becoming a Maths300 member. There may be additional costs for the consultants travel and accommodation.
Overall, a complete and economic collection of components, and clear and detailed structure to replan, resource and refresh your mathematics curriculum.
Price: $3564 (Non-members only ... includes first year of Maths300 membership)
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