Open-Ended Maths Activities Revised Edition

Open-Ended Maths Activities discusses the features of ‘good’ mathematical questions. It provides practical advice on how teachers can create their own open-ended and problem-solving questions, and use them effectively in the classroom.

Features

• includes over 80 pages of ‘good’ questions for teachers to use in the classroom
• organises questions into content areas (Number and Algebra, Measurement and Geometry, Statistics and Probability)
• indicates the suggested age level of students for each question
• is written by a well-established expert in the field of teaching and learning mathematics, and an experienced author with a primary teaching background.

Open-Ended Maths Activities is an Oxford Teacher Reference title. The Oxford Teacher Reference series supports educators with high-quality professional resources to help deliver the best educational outcomes in primary and secondary mathematics. Led by research and written by experts in the field, this suite of stand-alone teacher reference titles offers comprehensive support across all areas of mathematics.

Oxford Teacher Reference titles are fully aligned with the Australian Curriculum: Mathematics and are supported by complimentary digital resources available online through Oxford Owl.

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Preface
• Part One: The Importance of Questioning
• What are ’good‘ questions?
• How to create ’good‘ questions
• Using ’good‘ questions in your classroom
• An example of a ’good‘ question
• Part Two: Using ’Good‘ Questions as Part of Richer Assessment
• Part Three: ’Good‘ Questions to Use in Maths Lessons
• Number and Algebra
• Measurement and Geometry
• Statistics and Probability
• Isometric Grid Paper