20250730 MAV25 synopsis - Flipbook - Page 71
3. Where other resources to help student exam preparation
can be freely obtained.
B32 SURPRISING OCCURRENCES OF E AND
PROGRAMMING USING TI-NSPIRE
Remember:
Subtheme: Pedagogy and curriculum
Bring your ClassPad.
Raymond Rozen, Yeshivah College, Shane Dempsey, The
Hamilton and Alexandra College
(Year 11 to Year 12)
B31 VCE VM: NUMERACY THAT MATTERS:
MAKING SENSE OF THE REAL-WORLD
Subtheme: Pedagogy and curriculum
Dilan Abeyaratne, Taylors Lakes Secondary College
(Year 11 to Year 12)
VCE VM Numeracy That Matters: Making Sense of the Real
World explores how applied, real-world numeracy empowers
students to build confidence, independence, and purpose in
their mathematical thinking. VCE VM Numeracy supports
students in using mathematics as a tool for decision-making,
problem-solving and navigating everyday challenges. This
session highlights how meaningful, relevant numeracy
activities helps seeing maths as useful, understandable, and
connected to their goals in work, life, and the community.
1. Numeracy builds confidence: Students thrive when maths
is relevant — VCE VM Numeracy promotes confidence by
connecting learning to real-life contexts.
2. Applied learning leads to success: Practical tasks like
budgeting, planning and data interpretation help students
understand how maths is used in everyday life and work.
3. Thriving = engagement + purpose: Students engage
more deeply with mathematics when they see its value in
their personal goals, future employment, and community
involvement.
The sequence 0,1,2,9,44,265 ... captures a captivating
pattern that intertwines concepts from several classical
mathematical problems and is one of the many surprising
occurrences of e that will be presented in this session.
The sequence serves as a rich context for engaging with
pseudocode and programming. In this session attendees
will explore this interesting sequence and other simulations
and learn how to write a TI-Nspire function and a program
to generate this and related simulations. Attendees are
encouraged to bring a TI-Nspire CAS calculator or a laptop
with TI-Nspire CAS software.
Key takeaways:
1. Occurrences of e.
2. Interesting sequences.
3. Programming using TI-Nspire.
Remember:
No software or devices required. We will demonstrate AI tools
in action, but no downloads are needed to benefit from the
session. All examples will be accessible via browser-based
tools and aligned to Australian curriculum standards. Suitable
for teachers with any level of tech confidence.
Key takeaways:
1. Participants will engage with practical examples, classroom
strategies, and link VCE VM outcomes to deliver high quality
learning experiences, and true engagement.
THE MATHEMATICAL
ASSOCIATION OF VICTORIA
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