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Description

Workshop 1: Playing with Place Value (45 minuites)

Participants will be introduced to the 'Playing With Place Value' Yearly Menu Planner and book that was developed by Dr Paul Swan and David Dunstan.

Place Value if one of the important big ideas in mathematics to understand well. In this hands on workshop, we will play with a variety of materials that will develop a better understanding for the aspects of place value and the difference between an additive and multiplicative place value task.

Participants will recieve a copyof the Playing with Place Value book.

AITSL Standards: 2.1, 3.2, 6.4

Workshop 2: Check the Clues - Cooperative Group Problem Solving Cards for Mathematics (45 minuites)

A hands-on, 45 minuite familiarisation workshop, will enable teachers to use this cooperative learning teaching strategy. The tasks are all linked to the Australian Curriculum and provide teachers with the language used, what may be done prior to and after using the activities, and comes with the answers too.

Participants will recieve a copy of Check the Clues or Check the Clues 2.

AITSL Standards: 2.1, 3.3, 6.4

Target Audience: Years 1-8