Take a photograph that can be used as a stimulus for a maths learning experience in measurement or geometry. Upload it and list 3 open ended questions you would pose to the children.
Image Source: Figure 1. Height measurement image. Retrieved from Pinterest. 2018 by Little lifelong learners.
1. Estimate your height and record your answer, afterwards, measure your height and compare your two answers?
2. Observing the image above is the bird taller than the mushroom? What is your reasoning behind your answer?
3. In pairs, estimate the unit of measurement you would use to measure the distance between the tree and the sun in the image?
The questions above are designed to support students in “measure, record, compare and estimate lengths in meters, centimetres and millimetres, (MA2-9MG)” (NESA, 2019). Open-ended questions provide an opportunity for students to explore the image and provide possible solutions (Sullvian and Warren, 2015). Students are encouraged to estimate measurements to allow critical thinking to be present and investigate the task on their own. Subsequently, students are required to measure, record and compare their answers. Students engagement with others will increase their interaction skills as well as share answers and learn from each other. In one of my classes, I was working as a teacher’s aide, I had to come up with different questions to ask students that were facing difficulties with measurements. One thing was highly beneficial is relating measurement to real-life experience (Pound and Lee, 2011) e.g. I asked a student to estimate the length of the table and write the answer down, then measure it with a tape measure and compare the two answers. This activity allowed the student to be hands-on and be able to investigate and critically think on how to estimate the length of the table.
References:
NSW, B. (2019). Mathematics K–10 :: Content. Syllabus.nesa.nsw.edu.au. Available at: https://syllabus.nesa.nsw.edu.au/mathematics/mathematics-k10/content/
Pinterest. (2018). Height measurement [image]. Retrieved from: http://www.littlelifelonglearners.com/2013/03/positional-language-activities.html/
Pound, L., & Lee, T. (2011). Teaching mathematics creatively (1st ed., Learning to teach in the primary school series). New York: Routledge.
Sullivan, P., Warren, E., White, P., Suwarsono, S. (1998). Different forms of mathematical questions for different purposes: Comparing student responses to similar closed and open-ended questions. Australian Catholic University. p.572. Retrieved from file:///Users/maraltoon/Downloads/Different_forms_of_mathematical_questions_for_diff.pdf
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