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E17 NETWORKS BY MAFFSGURU AND
NELSON VICMATHS
This is a commercial presentation
Sub-category: Mathematical content and concepts
Darren Smyth, Camberwell Girls Grammar School,
Robert Yen, Nelson Cengage
Y11 - Y12
Darren and Robert share their teaching strategies for this
General Maths topic using questions from this year’s VCE
exam. They will present practical ideas, what not to do,
calculator shortcuts and exam hacks. What types of exam
questions do VCAA ask and what errors do students make?
Join us for some useful discussion.
Key takeaways:
1. Teaching strategies for Networks using questions from this
year’s VCE exam.
2. Practical ideas, what not to do, calculator shortcuts and
exam hacks.
3. Identify what types of exam questions VCAA asks and
what errors students make?
E18 EFFECTIVE, PAINLESS CLASSROOM
TEACHING OF SECONDARY SCHOOL
ALGEBRA
Sub-category: Mathematical content and concepts
Peter Collins, Parkdale Secondary College
Y7 - Y10
Algebra is seen as a difficult and stressful topic by too many
students and too many staff. This should NOT be the case.
It should be seen as a time-saving, and maths knowledge
facilitating, set of interrelated skills, grounded in reality; not a
list of increasingly abstract unconnected dot points.
The presenter will outline a pedagogy and related strategies
for teaching algebra. It is one that he has used when either
introducing algebra to students unfamiliar with the skill, or
reintroducing it to students who have seen it before but
‘don’t get it’, or shown to staff panicking about what they are
supposed to do.
teachers, or teachers teaching outside their method, or
teachers after new ideas. It is delivered by a very experienced
teacher and presenter.
Key takeaways:
1. Learn a logical, practical approach to the teaching
of algebra whether at introductory level or later year
consolidation.
2. See algebra as a useful and straightforward constituent for
students of all abilities, of any maths course
E19 BRINGING SAMPLING
DISTRIBUTIONS AND HYPOTHESIS
TESTING TO LIFE WITH TI-NSPIRE
Sub-category: Digital technologies
Frank Moya
Y11 – Y12
Participants will explore how the dynamic features of
TI-Nspire technology can make sampling distributions and
hypothesis testing more accessible, visual, and conceptually
meaningful.
Through simulation and dynamic visualisation, the session
highlights key ideas underpinning the central limit theorem
and builds students’ understanding of variability, sampling
distributions of the sample mean, and statistical inference including intuitive ways to visualise p-values and hypothesis
tests.
Participants will leave with practical strategies and activities
that can be readily adapted for VCE Specialist Maths or IB
Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation.
Key takeaways:
1. Digital Technologies– Digital tools, AI, CAS, Desmos,
GeoGebra, computational thinking, LMS platforms, and
technology-enhanced pedagogy.
Remember:
Please bring a TI-Nspire CXII CAS handheld or software with
the latest operating system.
This session is aimed at maths teachers who are not confident
with the teaching of algebra. This may mean inexperienced
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