Additional resources

Appendices

Below are clickable links to all appendices from this resource, sorted by each domain. A table of all appendices is also available on pages 29-30 of the Mathematics Online Interview: Growth Point Activity Companion - Geometry.

Properties of Shape

Growth Point 3: Sorting shapes, Appendix 1

Growth Point 4: Exploring sides, Appendix 1

Growth Point 4: Fitting shapes together, Appendix 1

Visualisation and Orientation

Growth Point 1: Cooperative shapes, Appendix 2

Growth Point 1: Make a picture, Appendix 3

Growth Point 2: Create that shape, Appendix 4

Growth Point 3: Tangram challenge, Appendix 5

Further Reading


Catholic Education Melbourne (CEM) 2020, ‘Insight Assessment Platform user guide’, CEM, East Melbourne.

Clements, D & Sharma, J 2000, ‘Young children’s ideas about geometric shapes’, Teaching Children Mathematics, 8 (8), 482–8.

Hourigan, M & Leavy, A 2015, ‘What’s a real 2D shape? Designing appropriate geometric instruction’, Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 20 (1), 24–9.

Mathematics Teaching and Learning Research Centre & Catholic Education Melbourne 2009, ‘Space, transformation and geometric reasoning workshop activities’, Contemporary Teaching and Learning of Mathematics, Australian Catholic University, East Melbourne.

Cambridge Mathematics 2020, ‘Spatial skills’, Espresso 27, 30 January, accessed 20 October 2022, www.cambridgemaths.org/espresso/view/spatial-skills.

References


Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA) 2018, Australian Curriculum: Mathematics, ACARA, Sydney, accessed 24 October 2022, www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/mathematics.

Catholic Education Melbourne (CEM) 2021, Key Ideas for Conceptual Development in Mathematics, 2nd edition, CEM, East Melbourne, accessed 24 October 2022, www.macs.vic.edu.au/CatholicEducationMelbourne/media/Documentation/Documents/Key-Ideas-in-Maths.pdf.

Department of Education and Training (DET) 2019,‘Mathematics Online Interview and Fractions and Decimal Online Interview’, DET, East Melbourne, accessed 20 October 2022, www.education.vic.gov.au/school/teachers/teachingresources/discipline/maths/assessment/Pages/mathsassess.aspx.

Livy, S, Bobis, J, Downton, A, Hughes, S, McCormick, M, Russo, J & Sullivan, P 2019, ‘Exploring spatial reasoning in the early years: Effective pedagogical approaches’, Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 24 (2), 26–32.

Melbourne Archdiocese Catholic Schools (MACS) 2021, ‘Mathematics Online Interview (MOI)’, MACS, East Melbourne, accessed 20 October 2022, https://cevn.cecv.catholic.edu.au/Melb/Learning-Teaching/Curriculum/Mathematics.

Mulligan, J & Mitchelmore, M 2016a, Pattern and Structure Mathematics Awareness Program: Book 1 (Foundation and Year 1), ACER Press, Melbourne.

Mulligan, J & Mitchelmore, M 2016b, Pattern and Structure Mathematics Awareness Program: Book 2 (Years 1 and 2), ACER Press, Melbourne.

Mulligan, J, Prescott, A & Mitchelmore, M 2003, ‘Taking a closer look at young student’s visual imagery’, Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom 8 (4), 23–27.