Developing a community of problem solvers : Learning worth bottling
- Authors: Warn, Craig , Lynch, Gavin , Falkenberg, Brian , Rogers, Pauline
- Date: 2007
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Vinculum Vol. 44, no. 2 (2007), p. 9-11
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- Description: The ability to problem solve is a life skill that many of us employ in varied situations in our daily life. Many schools endeavor to provide students with opportunities to develop this skill. Red Cliffs East Primary School and Red Cliffs Secondary College are working together on an Australian School Innovation in Science, Technology and Mathematics (ASISTM - a federal Government initiative) project called Learning Worth Bottling. The project is providing learning experiences for middle years (Years 5-8) students that require them to draw on their mathematical knowledge and understandings, to solve problems that occur in the local fruit and wine industry. The location for the problem solving and learning is Deakin Estate Winery. This article will provide an outline of the project and what has been achieved so far.
Where is the rate in the rule?
- Authors: Herbert, Elizabeth
- Date: 2008
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Australian Senior Mathematics Journal Vol. 22, no. 2 (2008), p. 28-26
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- Description: The article reports on additional data collected during interviews for a project investigating the different ways rate may be experience by pre-calculus students. It evaluates the participants' understanding in a specific rate context. Insights into perceptions of rate in several different representations were provided by detailed analysis of the video record of each participant's interview. The article also presents the Victorian Essential Learning Standards (VELS) expectations with respect to the concept of rate.
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Building STEM in Schools: An Australian Cross-case Analysis
- Authors: Falloon, Garry , Stevenson, Michael , Beswick, Kim , Fraser, Sharon , Geiger, Vincent
- Date: 2021
- Type: Text , Journal article
- Relation: Educational Technology Vol. 24, no. 4 (2021), p. 110-122
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- Description: The Principals as STEM Leaders (PASL) project was an Australian Government-funded national research and professional learning programme for principals, aimed at building STEM leadership capacity. The project involved cluster-based delivery of six learning modules and generation of case studies outlining schools' different approaches to STEM education and STEM leadership. This article analyses factors contributing to the development of four contrasting schools' STEM profiles, identifying the unique approaches and leadership strategies each adopted in designing STEM curriculum for meeting the learning needs of their diverse students. It positions these schools' endeavours within the broader PASL professional learning programme, adding to the limited body of empirical work detailing different approaches schools take to the