Noughts and crosses on a draughts board

Some of the various mathematical ways in which the popular board game noughts and crosses can be played are discussed. Details of different types of variants of noughts and crosses along with instructions on the same are highlighted.

Simple noughts and crosses.

The development of a good winning strategy for Noughts and Crosses is a good exercise to give children in a mathematics class in schools to solve. The main challenge in the game lies is discovering the optimum way of playing or a perfect strategy for forcing a draw.

Is proof dead in the computer-age school curriculum?

The article questions the status of proof in mathematics. The article mentions that proof has always been the driving force in historical developments in mathematics. It mentions that proof has been for centuries the staple of mathematics and is used to prepare students for higher mathematical studies and to help them learn to handle the demands of daily life. It cites that changes in school curriculum in the last decades of the twentieth century has rendered proof-free mathematics.

Professional standards : maintaining a critical stance

The following article asks whether professional standards can provide a framework for practitioner inquiry and the renewal of the English teaching profession in Australia. This is in contradistinction to managerial pressures to impose standards for regulatory purposes. The article draws on research conducted for PRIME (Portfolio Research in Mathematics and English), a collaborative project involving members of the Victorian Association for the Teaching of English, the Australian Literacy Educators’ Association and the Mathematics Association of Victoria. PRIME was designed to explore the professional learning which English and Mathematics teachers experienced as they prepared portfolios within a standards framework. This article focuses on the experiences of one English teacher who participated in the project.

First of all I split the 24 : strategies for mental computation

Goals for mental computation are presented along with some ideas for teaching mental computation in the classroom. The understanding of number and the operations that come from developing mental computation strategies are useful for algebra and children should be encouraged to use more efficient and diverse mental strategies.

Teaching 3-D geometry - the multi representational way

Sonja Kalbitzer and Esther Loong provide an excellent range of activities that promote geometric thinking through the exploration of three-dimensional objects. They also provide some discussion on assessing the tasks and providing student feedback.

Promoting reasoning through the magic V task

Reasoning in mathematics plays a critical role in developing mathematical understandings. In this article, Bragg, Loong, Widjaja, Vale and Herbert explore an adaptation of the Magic V Task and how was used in several classrooms to promote and develop reasoning skills.

PROFESSOR E PROFESSOR DE MATEMÁTICA: DAS INFORMAÇÕES QUE SE TEM ACERCA da FORMAÇÃO QUE SE ESPERA

O presente artigo faz um levantamento da bibliografia disponível acerca da formação de professores em cursos de licenciatura, iniciando com um tratamento hermenêutico ao termo formação, passando pela atual situação dos docentes no estado de São Paulo. Caracteriza a constituição das instituições formadoras e levanta aspectos convergentes em relação ao tratamento do tema na literatura. Finalmente são feitas considerações específicas sobre a formação dos professores em cursos de Licenciatura em Matemática.

As várias vozes e seus regimes de verdade: um estudo sobre profissionalização (docente?)

Pós-graduação em Educação para a Ciência - FC

O uso do caleidoscópio no ensino de grupos de simetria e transformações geométricas

Pós-graduação em Educação Matemática - IGCE