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SESSION C: Thursday, 2pm-3pm (cont.)
C16 NEW TI - CAS TOOLS FOR NETWORKS IN
VCE GENERAL MATHS
keen to share your ideas, this session offers practical strategies
ready for immediate classroom use.
Subtheme: Innovation and inspiration
Key takeaways:
Michael Llewellyn and Ben Chenoweth, Donvale Christian
College
(Year 9 to Year 12)
1. Targeted strategies to bridge gaps and build Readiness
We have developed programs for the TI-Nspire CAS
calculator to support students with the Networks topic in
VCE General Maths Unit 4. These programs allow students
to engage with the deeper thinking questions without getting
bogged down in tedious calculations. While they do not
remove the need for understanding, they allow students to
get to the interpretation stage in less time.
We will demonstrate the use of these programs and share
teaching strategies that were successful with our classes in
presenting this material, along with other hints and tips for
teaching Networks in VCE General Maths.
Key takeaways:
1. Strategies for teaching Networks in VCE General Maths.
2. Helpful programs for the TI-CAS Calculator.
Remember:
Please bring a TI CAS Calculator, or have the software
installed on your computer.
C17 UNLOCKING MATHEMATICAL
THINKING: BUILDING METHODS READINESS
USING CAS TECHNOLOGY
Subtheme: Pedagogy and curriculum
Jotishma Singh, Nazareth College, Shelley Pendlebury,
John Paul College
(Year 9 to Year 12)
Are you looking to prepare your students for the challenges
of Maths Methods Units 3 and 4? This engaging workshop
focuses on strengthening key skills from Year 10 and Units
1 and 2 through strategic teaching approaches and task
design that develop algebraic fluency, function sense, and
graphing insight. We’ll explore how rich tasks, visual thinking,
and investigations can promote deeper understanding and
mathematical reasoning. CAS technology will be utilized
to support exploration, with an emphasis on pedagogy that
fosters confidence, curiosity, and capability. Whether you’re
refining your current practice, seeking fresh inspiration, or
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2. Engaging pedagogy that promotes deep mathematical
thinking
3. Confident use of CAS to support, not substitute, thinking
Remember:
TI Nspire CAS calculator.
C18 IMPLEMENTING PSEUDOCODE AND
ALGORITHMS IN PYTHON ON COMPUTER
AND CAS
Subtheme: Pedagogy and curriculum
Enzo Vozzo, Mentone Grammar
(Year 9 to Year 12)
The introduction of Pseudocode in the new Mathematical
Methods and Specialist Mathematics Study Design indicates
that algorithms and coding are beginning to be seen as
important. This presentation introduces the three key
elements of algorithm design: sequencing, decision-making
and repetition. These elements will be implemented using
the popular open-source computer language Python on a
computer and on the new CAS TI Nspire CX II calculator,
which has Python built into it. Delegates will have the choice
of coding a variety of simple algorithms to calculate the value
of pi (using the bisection method), generate Pythagorean
triples and primes, run simulations and define (create your
own) mathematical functions such as factorials, sine and
square roots. Python also handles complex numbers, with the
ability to calculate Euler’s identity in a single line of code! No
experience of coding or Python is required.
Key takeaways:
1. Introduction to pseudocode and algorithm design:
sequencing, decision-making and repetition.
2. Introduction to the popular open-source computer
language Python.
3. Choice of writing code to calculate the value of pi,
generate Pythagorean triples, primes, run simulations, and
define functions such as sine and square roots in terms of
elementary arithmetic.
