Recently added articles from Australian Mathematics Teacher:
E-coli and other problems.(mathematical modeling)
Dec 22, 2009; ... In applied mathematics particularly, we are interested in modelling real life situations; that is, we try to express some actual phenomenon mathematically, and then use our mathematics to determine future outcomes. It may be that we actually wish to change the future outcome. Our ...
Crossing the divide between teacher professionalism and national testing in middle school mathematics.(Report)
Dec 22, 2009; ... Teacher professionalism is a social construct which varies across time and place. In relation to the teaching of mathematics in the middle school, professionalism is a concept under siege; with the advent of national testing some teachers predict dire consequences for student learning. In ...
Letter to the editor.(Letter to the editor)
Dec 22, 2009; ... Dear Editor, I've read the article by Kaye Stacey and Jill Vincent on trapezium area in the last issue. It takes me back to my days of paper folding, drawing diagrams and "composing" the relevant related algebraic descriptions, with Grades 8 and 9 classes (and sometimes Grade ...
Errata.(Correction notice)
Dec 22, 2009 ... Apologies to readers and authors for the following errors: AMT 65(2) Finding the area of a trapezium: Theme and variations by Jill Vincent & Kaye Stacey: Figure 4 (p. 15) was incorrectly ...
Editorial.(Editorial)
Dec 22, 2009; ... I have always felt that teaching is a political act--not party-political, but an act that reflects one's personal view of society and the place of education in that society. In general terms, education seeks to initiate children of a society into the particular culture accepted by that ...