1. This Mathematics Education professional development endeavours to:
Enlighten- about content that is important, trust your own thinking
Emancipate- you control the learning about mathematics and reading that it is not static, there is more than one way to learn and learning makes sense
Empower- create interesting, energetic learning environments

2. Mathematical Concepts through Language Experiences
Measurement:
Mathematical Concepts through Language Experiences
Rosemary Irons
Queensland University of Technology
Brisbane, Australia or 2 2

4. What is measurement?

5. Measurement involves finding and reporting the amount of an attribute that is present in an object or event.
Length (height, width, depth, distance, etc.)
Mass
Capacity
Time
Angle
Temperature
Area
Volume

6. Length (height, width, depth, distance, etc.)
Mass
Capacity
Time
Angle
Temperature
These attributes are generally measured with a tool and have distinct, but often related units associated with each.
L kg cm m ° hr

7. Area
Volume
These attributes are generally measured using a rule (formula) and reported using a variation of some units already introduced.
cm2 m3

8. Concept – what is length?
Remember that a concept involves the image that you possess of the idea.

9. Skill – how do we measure length?
The skill involves the ability to use the tools and work with the various units.

10. Australian Curriculum: Mathematics Foundation Content Descriptors
Measurement and Geometry Strand
Comparison
Use direct and indirect comparison to decide which is longer, heavier and holds more and explain reasoning in everyday language

11. Australian Curriculum: Mathematics Year 1 Content Descriptors
Measurement and Geometry Strand
Length and Capacity
Measure length and capacity using uniform informal units and compare measures explaining reasoning in everyday language

12. Compare the area of regular and irregular shapes directly
Australian Curriculum: Mathematics
Year 2 Content Descriptors
Measurement and Geometry Strand
Metric units
Measure and compare length and capacity using uniform informal and familiar metric units and measure mass using balance scales with familiar metric units
Area
Compare the area of regular and irregular shapes directly

13. What steps do we follow to develop measurement concepts?
Child’s Language
Materials Language
Mathematical Language
Symbols

14. tall short deep thick narrow thin long wide
Child's language
tall short deep thick narrow thin long wide

15. Child's language
The everyday language that involves measurement mathematical ideas
The Clown’s New Clothes