1. Improving The Way Students Think & Communicate Mathematically Through MovieMaker & Producer
Dr Chua Guat Kheng
Education Technology Officer
Technologies For Learning
Ministry of Education (Singapore)

2. To improve the way students think & communicate mathematically
Objective
To improve the way students think & communicate mathematically

3. Tools Used Wheel of Reasoning (Dr Richard Paul)
Habits of Mind (Dr Art Costa)
MovieMaker (Microsoft)
Producer (Microsoft)

4. Wheel of Reasoning (Dr Richard Paul)
Purpose
Questions
Data
Inference
Concepts
Assumptions
Implications
Point of
View
Guide students in the process of generating & analyzing
ideas

5. 16 Habits of The Mind (Dr Art Costa)
Persisting
Managing impulse
Listening to others with empathy
Thinking flexibly
Thinking about thinking
Striving for accuracy and precision
Questioning and posing problems
Applying past knowledge to new situations
Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
Gathering data through all senses
Creating, imagining, innovating
Responding with wonderment & awe
Taking responsible risks
Finding humor
Thinking inter-dependently
Learning continuously

6. Area of focus on Habits of Mind
. Thinking flexibly
Striving for accuracy and precision
Questioning and posing problems
Applying past knowledge to new situations
Thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
Thinking inter-dependently
Help students to explain the reasons and purposes for the actions taken by self and their partners.

7. Social Construction Of Mathematical Meaning
Mathematics learning is a social and cognitive activity (Brown)
Mathematical meaning and ideas can be constructed during negotiation.
Ideas can be shared, resolved, and realized in problem solving activity, resulting in shared understanding. (Hung, Chua)

8. Tools for Thinking Appropriating Shared Understanding Ideas Mediating
Mediating tools
Appropriating
Mediating
Shared Understanding
Ideas
Wheel of Reasoning &
Habits of Mind

9. Microsoft MovieMaker and Producer
The Lesson
Application of Congruency
to Real Life Situation
(3 minutes 44 seconds)
Worksheet

10. Microsoft MovieMaker and Producer
Learning objectives/outcomes
To apply the concept of congruency to analyze a situation in real-life.
To apply Richard Paul’s wheel of reasoning in the process of analyzing
To understand that mathematical models are simulation of real world processes and products

11. Feedback on MS Producer
In an inquiry-based lesson, it is not possible to fully predict the kind of questions the students will be asking.
This mode of learning enables the pupils to experience: - how mathematical ideas can be represented in real life, - how real life situation models a mathematical concept, - there are limitations in application of mathematics, & - how to think like a mathematicians.

12. Feedback on MS Producer
Use of IT:
Video: Real-life applications can be brought into the classroom. This allows for the scenario to be discussed in the classroom environment
Easy to use : Able to create and develop the lesson within a reasonable time. This prevents copyright issues, as the materials can be self-created.

13. Feedback on MS Producer
Use of IT:
Thinking: Feature of ppt and video appearing side by side enables teacher to provide information and questions related to the video ahead of time (predictable one) to guide the pupils in the thinking process.
Learn at own pace: Each group of pupils can discuss at their own pace. Time for teacher to go round to assist, clarify and questioning. The video can be paused for reflection, discussion, or repeated for review

14. Observations Expansion of vocabulary.
More conscious effort on the part of the students to use the appropriate terminologies especially when they are explaining their process of solving a problem.
Quality of responses have improved.
Ask more questions.

15. ~ Thank You ~