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If you registered for the conference you can access keynotes and session in rooms 1 to 10 here. 

For presentations for sessions in rooms 11 to 20 (if provided) see below:

Thursday 1 December 2022
Room 13 Session A - Creating investigations for VCE Mathematical Methods Units 1 & 2. Chris Ireson, James Mott

• MAVCON Creating Investigations for VCE Maths Methods.pptx
• String Graphs Part 1 Student.pdf
• String Graphs Part 1 Teacher.pdf
• String Graphs Unit Part 2 Student.pdf
• String Graphs Unit Part 2 Teacher.pdf
• StringGraphU_P3_Student.pdf
• StringGraphU_P3_Teacher.pdf
• Functions and Inverses Student.pdf
• Personal Poly StudV1.pdf
• Personal Poly StudV2.pdf
• Personal Poly StudV3.pdf
• Personal Polynomials Teacher Notes.pdf
• Making better boxes and barrels - Possible Responses.docx
• Making better boxes and barrels - Possible Responses.pdf
• Making better boxes and barrels.docx
• Mathematical Investigation Point of No Return.docx
• Point of No Return Solutions.pdf
• Investigation Product of Polynomials - Possible Responses.docx
• Investigation Product of Polynomials - Possible Responses.pdf
• Investigation Product of Polynomials.docx

Thursday 1 December 2022
Room 19 Session A - Effective, painless classroom teaching of secondary school algebra. Peter Collins

• How to teach Algebra 2022 - MAV.pptx

Thursday 1 December 2022
Room 14, Session D - Real trigonometry using real-time, real-world data. Enzo Vozzo

• 2022 Flight Calculations Methods 1234.xlsx
• 2022 Real Trigonometry Using Real Time Real World Data.pptx

Thursday 1 December 2022
Room 19, Session D - Leadership and mathematics: opportunities for our leaders of tomorrow, today. James Dann

• 2022 MAV - Student leadership in Mathematics.pptx

Friday 2 December 2022
Room 14 – Session E - Computational thinking in problem solving, and its application to mathematical investigation. Brian Lannen

• MAV 2022 Computational Thinking.pdf

Friday 2 December 2022
Room 19, Session G - Exploring infectious disease models with handshakes. Anthony Morphett

• SIR MAV 2022.xlsx

 

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Thursday 4 December 2019

A01 Mike Askew - Reasoning as a mathematical habit of mind

A04 Kate Smith Miles - Mythbusting Mathematics
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A05 Panel Discussion: Kylie Slaney, Sarah Buckley, Sebastian Sardina, Peter Goss and Neil Carmona-Vickery - What’s up with secondary school mathematics, and how can we improve it?

B01 Allason McNamara, Dean Lamson and Philip Swedosh - 2018 Specialist Mathematics Exam 1

B01 Allason McNamara, Dean Lamson and Philip Swedosh - 2018 Specialist Mathematics Exam 1

B17 Catherine Pearn and Max Stephens - Developing fractional and algebraic thinking in middle years

B20 Ellen Corovic - A handful of favourites: Explore a collection of context rich investigations

B24 Peter Fox - Maximum Fun with Calculus

B28 Brian Stokes - Using Mathematica as an Effective Tool

B-C06 Dianne Siemon - You don't need to differentiate everything - it's the Big Ideas that make a difference

C01 Allason McNamara and Mary Papp - 2018 Math Methods Examinations

C05 Bernard Kerrins - Making Maths Engaging for Students AND Teachers!

C06 Russell McCartney and Chris Terlich - Mathematically Rich Tasks in Primary Schools

C18 Renee Patel and Lauren Lamont - Number Talks in the Primary Classroom

C31 Doug Williams – Learning Fractions With Picture Puzzles

D-E03 Ellen Corovic and Aimee Fleming - Masterclass: Supporting leaders in their first years of leading

D-E07 Irina Lyublinskaya - Formative Assessment with Mobile Devices in Mathematics Classroom

E07 Wayne Semmens - Interesting Physics Applications for Methods & Specialist SACs - PPT

E07 Wayne Semmens - Interesting Physics Applications for Methods & Specialist SACs - Doc

E10 Kerri Smith - Developing Number Sense P-2

E20 Dianne Siemon - Exploring students’ mathematical reasoning through horizon problems

E34 Doug Williams – Learning Algebra With Picture Puzzles

Friday 6 December 2019

F01 Mike Askew - Big Ideas; Connecting within and across the mathematics curriculum
View Professor Askew's Keynote Presentation here

F02 Janette Bobis – Challenge and enjoyment: Getting the right balance in primary mathematics classrooms (Keynote)

F05 Greg Oates - Intuition and Cognitive Conflict: From “Oh-Oh” to Ah-Ha’

G02 Judy Gregg and Genovieve Grouios - The Proficiencies: The Action of Mathematics

G11 Heather Ernst - Connecting Probability

G32 Doug Williams – Algebra Through Geometry

G-H05 Irina Lyublinskaya - Formative Assessment with Mobile Devices in Mathematics Classroom

G-H06 Lee-Anne Pyke and Ellen Corovic - Learning mathematics through a spirit of inquiry

H03 Bernard Kerrins - Making Maths Engaging for Students AND Teachers!

H07 Wayne Semmens - Interesting Physics Applications for Methods & Specialist SACs - PPT

H07 Wayne Semmens - Interesting Physics Applications for Methods & Specialist SACs - Doc

H14 Renee Patel and Lauren Lamont - Number Talks in the Primary Classroom

I09 Helen Haralambous - Inquisitive, Inspiring Warm Ups

I13 Irina Lyublinskaya - Geometry + Technology = Proof

I14 Dianne Siemon - Exploring students’ mathematical reasoning through horizon problems

I21 Pam Hammond - Using the Context of the Olympic Games to enhance the learning of Mathematics: 1956 then and now, Flags for fractions, Tokyo Olympics

I22 Doug Williams – Luke’s fraction Game & a Practical Fraction Unit

I33 Carolyn Smales and Joel Townsend - Scaffolding Mathematical Reasoning for Junior Secondary

J01 Doug Williams – Connecting Mathematics through Rectangles & Squares

J21 Pam Hammond - Using the Context of the Olympic Games to enhance the learning of Mathematics: 1956 then and now, Flags for fractions, Tokyo Olympics

J22 Kerri Smith - Developing Number Sense P-2

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Dr Alan Finkel Keynote Presentation: The prerequisite for prosperity.

Robyn Jorgensen Keynote Presentation: Bringing about success in mathematics for students in the margins: What makes for good practice?

Lynne McClure Keynote Presentation: What goes around doesn’t always have to come around...

Eddie Woo Keynote Presentation: Principles of engaging mathematics teaching.

Eddie Woo Workshop Presentation: Mathematical playfulness.

Thursday 6 December 2018

A2 Bringing about success in mathematics for students in the margins: what makes for good practice - Robyn Jorgensen (Keynote)

A5 The challenges of teaching with challenging tasks - James Russo (Keynote)

B1 Maths Methods Examination - Allason McNamarra, Rod Watson Exam 1 and Exam 2

B11 For the love of Maths300 - Ellen Corovic, Jennifer Bowden

B12 Picture Puzzles - Doug Williams

B13 Inquiry based, student centred pedagogies can improve the mathematics learning of all students F-Y6 - Peter Sullivan

B14 Minimising teacher planning time while improving student outcomes - Bill Murray Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 (For transportable subject data that contains a full year of lesson plans please contact presenter billmurray9@hotmail.com)

B27 Developing UDFs, notes pages and widgets - Chris lreson, Len Bedier

B32 A look at networks and decision mathematics - Vicky Kennard

B35 STEM is hiding everywhere - Rodney Anderson

B-C9 Enrichment tasks for high performing students - Donna Callow, Jim Rizos

C1 2017 Specialist Mathematics Examinations - Allason McNamara, Philip Swedosh, Dean Lamson - Exam 1, Exam 2 Part 1 and Exam 2 Part 2

C6 Problem Solving in Primary Mathematics - John West

C7 Creating Impact with Wolfram I Alpha - Craig Bauling

C22 GeoGebra in the classroom- building conceptual understanding - Danijela Draskovic

C34 How to do intervention well - Tierney Kennedy                     (Further information)

C40 Worthwhile CAS calculator use in this year's second Methods exam - Kevin McMenamin

C42 Process over product: it's more than an equation - Lorraine Day, Derek Hurrell

D15 Numeracy learning specialists: buildling excellence in teaching and learning - Russell McCartney, Chris Terlich

D27 Fun and games in VCE maths - Rosalind Willsher, Sharon Darling                             (Further informaton - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

D38 Developing Further Maths SAC task - Kevin McMenamin

D-E1 Inspiring Further Maths Students: Recurison and Financial Maths

D-E3 Enrichment tasks for high performing students - Donna Callow, Jim Rizos

E2 A critical analysis of the use of effect sizes to judge impact - George Lilley, Marcel Van Otterdyk

E3 Maths, Magic and more - Stephen Hanlon

E7 Minimising teacher planning time while improving student outcomes - Bill Murray Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 (For transportable subject data that contains a full year of lesson plans please contact presenter billmurray9@hotmail.com)

E10 UDFs and widgets in VCE Specialist Mathematics - Chris Ireson

E11 Teach Excel-ent maths - Robert Money, John Widmer

E22 Resolve: Maths by Inquiry engaging classroom resources - Helen Haralambous

E36 Making the connection: teaching big ideas and metacognition for examinations - Patricia Hosking

E39 Implementing evidence-informed feedback processes in mathematics to improve students' learning - Tanya Vaughan

Friday 7 December 2018 

F6 Principles of Engaging Mathematics Teaching - Eddie Woo

G2 Cross curricular middle school mathematics - Jennifer Kain, Andrea Demosthenous

G13 The art of enrichment - Narcisa Corcaci

G15 Why play mathematical games in primary mathematics? - James Russo, Toby Russo

G21 Design thinking in maths classes - Heather Boschert, Jan Mann, Ming Gao Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

G35 Developing UDFs, notes pages and widgets - Chris Ireson, Len Bedier

G36 Inquiry based, student centred pedagogies can improve the mathematics learning of all students Y7 - Y11 - Peter Sullivan

G38 Teaching coding without technology? Yes I can! - Samantha Bothe

H3 Maths, magic and more - Stephen Hanlon

H10 For the love of Maths300 - Ellen Corovic, Jennifere Bowden

H19 Design thinking in maths classes - Heather Boschert, Jan Mann, Ming Gao Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4

H25 GeoGebra in the classroom - building conceptual understanding - Danijela Draskovic

H29 A look at networks and decision mathematics - Vicky Kennard

H35 How to do intervention well - Tierney Kennedy                 (Further information)

H39 Using games to engage students in maths - Helen Haralambous

H41 Fascinating, captivating and absorbing learners - Doug Williams

I1 Delivering excellence in financial literacy - Damian Nicholson

I5 Problem Solving in Primary Mathematics - John West

I6 Learning fractions with Picture Puzzles - Doug Williams

I10 UDFs and widgets in VCE Specialist Mathematics - Chris Ireson

I12 Teach Excel-ent Maths - Robert Money, John Widmer

I17 Flipping the maths classroom EAL learners - Bernadette Mercieca

I29 Worthwhile CAS calculator use in this year's second Methods exam - Kevin McMenamin

J1 Further Maths exams: using the CAS calculator efficiently and effectively - Kevin McMenamin

J4 Get your hands on hand-on tasks - Doug Williams

J9 Embedding Maths 300 in Secondary Programs - Helen Haralambous, Danijela Draskovic

J17 Algorithmic thinking across primary years - Jennifer Bowden, Judy Gregg

J23 Fun and games in VCE maths - Rosalind Willsher, Sharon Darling                      (Further Information Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5)

J31 A cricital analysis of the use of effect sizes to judge impact - George Lilley, Marcel Van Otterdyk

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Keynote Presentations

Some of our keynote speakers have agreed to have their presentations available for download, if their name is highlighted below, click on the link to go to their presentation:

Associate Professor Susie Groves * Please note this is not Susie's presentation but the references she referred to in her talk	Deakin University
Emeritus Professor Stephen R Clarke B.Sc (Hons), Dip.Ed., M.A., PhD. 400-metre-standard-running-track landscape 400-metre-standard-running-track gambling stats gambling stats-page 1 cropped gambling stats-page 1 www.priomha.jpg www.priomha.pdf Pages from 108 BAILEY & CLARKE 2004 Market inefficiencies in player head to head betting on 2003 World Cup Cricket running track Powerpoint Presentation	Swinburne University
Professor Peter Sullivan	Monash University
Dr Sue Gunningham	Private Education Consultant
Tom Reardon	Fitch High School (Retired), USA
Professor Martin Westwell	Flinders University, South Australia
Dr Lynette Airey	CSIRO
Dr Leicha Bragg	Deakin University
Damian Howison	St Mary MacKillop College
George Booker This also relates to George's article in the conference proceedings.	Griffith University, Queensland
Professor Dr Barbel Barzel	University of Education, Freiburg, Germany
Gabrielle West Part 1 Part 2 Notes	NT Department of Education & Training (NT DET)
Dr Michael Evans & Janine McIntosh	Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute (AMSI)

Other Presentations for download:

B10 and H5 Improving the Development of Mathematical Vocabulary

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Using Mathematics Extension Materials in the Upper Primary/Lower Secondary School
Ian Bull

Understanding Fractions: What Happens Between Kindergarten And The Army?
Karim Noura

Counterexamples in probability and statistics
John Kermond

Smarter Statistics 013 Don019t Go Down With The Titanic
Andrew Stewart

Practical reflections on teaching senior secondary Mathematics in Victoria and the People019s Republic of China
Holden Lu

A Revaluation of Newman019s Error Analysis
Allan Leslie White

Mathematics in Surveying: Motivating and Challenging Students Through Practical Applications of Mathematics
Mary Barnes

Students019 transition between contexts of mathematical practices in Ghana
Ernest Kofi Davis, Wee Tiong Seah & Alan J. Bishop

Fibonacci and Proportions
Tina Fitzpatrick, Diane Itter, Christopher Lenard, Terry Mills and Lex Milne

Use of Cartoons and Comics to Teach Algebra in Mathematics Classrooms
Tin Lam Toh

Reciprocal Teaching in Mathematics
Yvonne Reilly, Jodie Parsons and Elizabeth Bortolot

Developing mathematical language 013 key to conceptual development
Brian Tweed

Grouping and strategies for Differentiation of the Mathematics Curriculum
Sue Ditchfield

Reasoning And Communication In The Mathematics Classroom 013 Some 018What019 Strategies
Berinderjeet Kaur

Year 9 Enriched
Rennae Miszkurka and Lisa Saffin

Mental Computation in the Primary classroom
Angela Rogers

Mind Your Language: Speaking In and About the Mathematics Classroom
David Clarke

Paper Geometry Vs Orange Geometry 013 Comparative Geometry on the Plane and the Sphere
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Getting SMART About Assessment for Learning
Beth Price, Kaye Stacey, Vicki Steinle, Helen Chick, Eugene Gvozdenko

Small Group Tutoring Leading to Student Peer Teaching
Tracey Snape

Increasing Levels of Technology Usage in the Mathematics Department at Ormiston College
Ian Thomson

Suddenly, We Had Engaged Middle Years Students! How Did That Happen?
Gaye Williams, Brenda Menzel & Brad Sheridan

Real Numbers
David Leigh-Lancaster

Using Progression Points for Diagnostic (Formative) Assessment: Chance
John Gough

Mathematics - Of Primary Importance. Is it?
Douglas Williams

Using Problem Solving to Engage Students in Their Study of Linear Equations
Russell James

Why Some Groups Work and Some Do Not
Gaye Williams

Algebraic Thinking: generalising number and geometry to express patterns and properties succinctly
George Booker

The Mixer-upper-er: A systematic way to group students
Peter Cox

Towards a 1-to-4 model for mentoring mathematics learners in South African schools
Willy Mwakapenda & Joseph Dhlamini

Land Surveying For GM1&2 and FM3&4
Rob Daniel

 

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Angela Kotsiras – Maths Peer Tutoring Program at Ivanhoe Girl’s Grammar School

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Ann Downton (Keynote) – Linking Multiplication and Division in Helpful and Enjoyable Ways for Children

Anne Lawrence (Keynote) – Students Making the Connections Between Algebra and Word Problems

Debra Leong – So What Do Engineers Do? (Connecting Mathematics to Engineering)

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A Leaky Tank - calculus problem.pdf

Geoff Phillips – Two Terrific Technologies

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Gloria Stillman (Keynote) – Connected Mathematics Through Mathematical Modelling and Applications

Irit Peled (Keynote) – Who’s The Boss? The Roles of Mathematics and Reality in Problem Solving

Jennifer Way (Keynote) – Chance Connections

Jill Brown (Keynote) – Structuring Mathematical Thinking in the Primary Years

Judy Anderson (Keynote) – Identifying Problem Solving in School Mathematics: Students’ and Teachers’ Perspectives

Kim Beswick (Keynote) – Improving Middle School Student’s Proportional Reasoning

Konrad Krainer (Keynote) – Innovations in Mathematics, Science and Technology Teaching

Mel-LaTrobe-MAV-Krainer-2008-12-05.pdf.ppt

Mark O’Brien – Applications: Using Learned Concepts in Non-Routine Contexts

Mark O’Brien – Cooperative Learning in the Maths Classroom

Mark O’Brien – Are We Still Investigating Mathematics?

Sharon London – HOTmaths – Let Me Count the Ways

 

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