Articles from Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom (March 22, 2009)

Title	Author	Type	Words
Building an igloo: a rich source of mathematics for young children: Jane Knowles provides a wonderful example of a rich, open and authentic task through which her young students learned a great deal of mathematics.	Knowles, Jane		2283
Critical numeracy and abstraction: percentages: Paul White, Mike Mitchelmore, Sue Wilson and Rhonda Faragher describe an approach to teaching percent that puts contexts and application before abstract concepts and procedures.	White, Paul; Mitchelmore, Mike; Wilson, Sue; Faragher, Rhonda		2424
Editorial.	Beswick, Kim; Muir, Tracey	Editorial	538
Equivalence and equations in early years classrooms: Elizabeth Warren, Annette Mollinson and Kym Oestrich explain how young children can develop powerful understandings of equivalence and equations.	Warren, Elizabeth; Mollinson, Annette; Oestrich, Kym		2289
Learning how to represent mathematics on paper: Tamsin Meaney, Tony Trinick and Uenuku Fairhall present a staged process of encouraging students to represent their mathematics on paper.	Meaney, Tamsin; Trinick, Tony; Fairhall, Uenuku		2626
The visual side to numeracy students' sensemaking with graphics: Carmel Diezmann, Tom Lowrie, Lindy Sugars and Tracy Logan describe the roles and importance of graphics encountered in mathematics.	Diezmann, Carmel; Lowrie, Tom; Sugars, Lindy; Logan, Tracy		1732