Opening the Top Drawer to Reasoning Module 1

Same and different, and visualisation

Duration: 60 minutes

Year levels: 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, Foundation, Foundation, Foundation, Foundation, Foundation

Category: Angles, Angles, Angles, Angles, Angles, Counting, Counting, Counting, Counting, Counting, Geometry, Geometry, Geometry, Geometry, Geometry, Number, Number, Number, Number, Number, Shapes, Shapes, Shapes, Shapes, Shapes, Transformation, Transformation, Transformation, Transformation, Transformation

Proficiency standards: Reasoning, Reasoning, Reasoning, Reasoning, Reasoning

AITSL standards: 1.2 Understand how students learn, 1.2 Understand how students learn, 1.2 Understand how students learn, 1.2 Understand how students learn, 1.2 Understand how students learn, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.1 Content and teaching strategies of the teaching area, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 2.5 Literacy and numeracy strategies, 3.4 Select and use resources, 3.4 Select and use resources, 3.4 Select and use resources, 3.4 Select and use resources, 3.4 Select and use resources, 6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs, 6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs, 6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs, 6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs, 6.1 Identify and plan professional learning needs, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice, 6.2 Engage in professional learning and improve practice

Use: Groups of Teachers, Groups of Teachers, Groups of Teachers, Groups of Teachers, Groups of Teachers

Teaching practices: Engagement, Engagement, Engagement, Engagement, Engagement, Group Work, Group Work, Group Work, Group Work, Group Work, Planning, Planning, Planning, Planning, Planning, Sequencing, Sequencing, Sequencing, Sequencing, Sequencing, Student Learning, Student Learning, Student Learning, Student Learning, Student Learning

This module addresses two of the six big ideas of reasoning AAMT’s Top Drawer Teachers.

When students are comparing and contrasting in mathematics, what are they likely to be doing?

Visualisation is a powerful mechanism for learning mathematics; it may start with noticing and describing but it always involves imagination and prediction.