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Key takeaways:
Remember:
1. Understand how gaps in times tables knowledge can affect
secondary students’ confidence, fluency and access to more
advanced mathematics.
Laptops with Internet and CAS software.
2. Explore why multiplicative fluency can be difficult to
rebuild, particularly for older students who may have
experienced repeated difficulty or anxiety.
A35 QUEENSLAND HAD GRAPHICS
CALCULATORS NOW? USING TI-NSPIRE IN
MATHEMATICAL INVESTIGATIONS
3. Consider practical, age-appropriate strategies for
supporting secondary students to strengthen recall,
reduce cognitive load and engage more confidently with
mathematics.
This is a commercial presentation
A34 GET AI READY? TRANSFORMING
VCE MATHEMATICS WITH AI AND CAS
Sub-category: Digital technologies
Sanjeev Meston, Strathcona Girls Grammar
Y9 - Y12
AI is rapidly reshaping education — but how can mathematics
teachers use AI meaningfully, ethically, and effectively
in the VCE classroom? This highly practical and futurefocused session explores how AI tools, combined with
CAS technology, can enhance conceptual understanding,
strengthen application skills, generate differentiated learning
tasks, and dramatically improve teacher productivity.
Designed specifically for VCE Mathematical Methods and
Specialist Mathematics teachers, this session will showcase
authentic classroom examples, AI-supported resource
creation, investigation tasks, assessment preparation,
worked solutions, feedback generation, and strategies for
helping students think mathematically rather than simply ‘get
answers.’ Participants will experience practical demonstrations
of how AI and CAS can work together to deepen student
reasoning, support problem-solving, and activate students’
mathematical hearts, hands, and minds. This is a must-attend
session for teachers wanting to confidently prepare students
— and themselves — for the evolving future of mathematics
education in 2027 and beyond.
Key takeaways:
1. Practical ways to integrate AI into VCE teaching and
effective ways to combine AI tools with CAS technology to
support deeper learning.
2. Strategies for using AI to enhance conceptual
understanding and mathematical reasoning.
Sub-category: Digital technologies
Evan McGarrity, Coomera Anglican College - TI T3
Instructor
Y9 - Y12
Most schools in Queensland now use the TI-Nspire CX
II calculator across Years 9–12 to support mathematical
investigations, modelling, data analysis, and report writing.
Participants will gain practical insights into key TI-Nspire
features, including graphing, data collection and analysis,
matrices, spreadsheet functionality, and applications
of calculus in mathematical investigations. Through
classroom examples and assessment tasks, the session will
demonstrate how technology can enhance student reasoning,
communication, and exploration of complex mathematical
concepts. A particular focus will be placed on Queensland’s
signature internal assessment, the Problem-Solving and
Modelling Task (PSMT), where students use technology
to investigate real-world situations, develop mathematical
models, and communicate their findings in a formal report.
Attendees will leave with practical strategies and classroomready examples for integrating TI-Nspire technology into
mathematical investigations and fostering meaningful
mathematical inquiry from Years 9–12.
Key takeaways:
1. How to use technology to support problem solving and
modelling tasks
2. How to use Assessment as Learning in mathematics (How
you can use assessment items to boost student learning).
3. Tricks using the TI software to develop a solution to a
problem.
Remember:
The presentation focuses on TI-Nspire skills. Having the
TI-Nspire software downloaded could assist but isn’t essential.
A handheld calculator is fine and most examples could also be
modelled on a Casio calculator.
3. Examples of AI-generated investigations, application tasks,
revision resources, and differentiated learning materials.
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