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Calder, Nigel – Waikato Journal of Education, 2019
This article reports on a research project that examined the ways that 10-year-old students, who were using Scratch for coding, engaged with mathematical ideas. Interactive software is emerging that has cross-curricula implications and facilitates thinking in rich, problem-solving environments. Scratch, a free-to-use graphical programming…
Descriptors: Programming, Coding, Computer Software, Educational Technology
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Brough, Chris; Calder, Nigel – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2014
Chris Brough and Nigel Calder share two scenarios in which students co-constructed their curriculum through generating their own problem solving and mathematical investigations. This article is a valuable exploration of the benefits of teachers working in partnership with their students.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Mathematics Instruction, Student Centered Learning
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Calder, Nigel – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2010
"Scratch" is a media-rich digital environment that utilises a building block command structure to manipulate graphic, audio, and video aspects. It incorporates elements of Logo including "tinkerability" in the programming process. In "Scratch" students use geometric and measurement concepts such as coordinates, angle,…
Descriptors: Programming Languages, Problem Solving, Geometric Concepts, Mathematics Instruction
Brough, Chris; Calder, Nigel – Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia, 2012
This paper examines how mathematical understandings might emerge through student-centred inquiry. Data is drawn from a research project on student-centred curriculum integration (CI) that situated mathematics within authentic problem-solving contexts and involved students in collaboratively constructed curriculum. Participatory action research…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary School Students, Elementary School Mathematics, Mathematics Education