Open to thinking: Research from the early 90s is still with me today
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PRESENTED BY Dr Margarita Breed
In this session, Margarita will take you back to the early 90s, when she first encountered the concept that effective questions in maths don't always have a single answer. Today, these are known as open-ended questions and are a key aspect of her teaching practice.
Margarita will highlight their main features and explain why open questions are crucial for learners from the early years through to the middle years of schooling. This session will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to source, design, and integrate these questions into your current teaching approach.
AboutĀ Dr Margarita Breed
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Margarita Breed is a numeracy consultant to schools across Victoria and South Australia. Her teaching career includes experience in primary classrooms, secondary mathematics, and teacher education at RMIT University. Her doctoral research focused on the development of multiplicative thinking, aiming to empower at-risk Middle Years students in numeracy. This research was part of the Scaffolding Numeracy in the Middle Years (SNMY) Research Project, an ARC Linkage collaboration with the Victorian and Tasmanian Departments of Education. Margarita has also contributed to the field as a co-author of the teacher text, Teaching Mathematics: Foundations to Middle Years. She is motivated by a love of problem-solving and a commitment to deep and meaningful student learning. Margarita is passionate about collaborating with teachers in schools and having deep conversations about effective practice to enhance student learning.
