We are looking forward to Tom’s live presentation from the UK at our Virtual Maths Conference on Monday 28 March 2022. Here is a video to wet your appetite! A Problem with Rectangles – Numberphile Joining Tom for our virtual conference is this all-star Australian line up of mathematics […]
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International Olympiad 2021 The #ioi2021 kicked off on Saturday 19 June. The International Olympiad in Informatics is one of several international science Olympiads held annually around the world. Exceptional high school students from various countries compete in the prestigious algorithmic competition to sharpen their informatics skills—such as problem analysis, design of algorithms and data […]
Are you a regional school? Check out our newest edition to the Have Sum Fun family! MAWA are hosting a brand-new competition this year! For too many years, regional schools have been unable to compete in a Have Sum Fun face-to-face competition. We want to change that, but recognise coordinating a localised competition for schools […]
Tom Love – MAWA Student Activities Coordinator and Paula McMahon – MAWA Executive Officer, hit the road last week to kick off MAWA’s Outreach Program in the Great Southern. Together they met face-to-face with representatives of nine schools, spoke to a Year 11 Specialist Mathematics class, spoke with staff at six of the […]
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Tuesday 29 June 2021 (via Zoom) Thursday 1 July 2021 at MAWA 12 Cobbler Place, Mirrabooka. These evenings are for any parents and students who wish to: Understand the content of each WAMPSP course The location and cost of each course – including opportunities for online classes The level of commitment for students […]
ACARA Curriculum Review for Mathematics Below is the link to the ACARA Curriculum Review for Mathematics. https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/cons…/mathematics/ ACARA Media Release MAWA is hosting a series of AC: Mathematics Feedback Meetings so that we can collate your input into the review. Please click this link to view the available times. https://mawainc.org.au/events/ […]
Developing expertise for teaching Mathematics: Multiplicative thinking (MT) An intervention project designed to assess and improve outcomes in Multiplicative Thinking (MT) for Primary and Middle School students Did you know that: Children who do not develop the ability to think multiplicatively find it difficult to move beyond primary school mathematics? 73% of curriculum content descriptors […]
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By 2030, Australian workers will spend double the amount of time solving problems and 77% more time using science and mathematics skills. Whether you’re a student, parent or educator, STEM skills will give you an understanding of how the world works and the potential to use and develop technologies that we use every day. […]
