Toolkit - Rich tasks in Mathematics and Statistics

Focus on Fluency and Understanding: Keep an eye on how students are developing their procedural fluency and conceptual understanding, and adjust tasks as needed to support their learning journey. 

We recently had our Manaiakalani Toolkit session with Donna Yates (link), and it was a real eye-opener! It gave us a chance to chat about the new Mathematics and Statistics curriculum and how rich tasks fit into the different phases. Those slides really grabbed our attention, especially in the context of our PR1ME curriculum. Rich tasks are a fab way to stretch our learners in a particular maths lesson. Back when I first started teaching, I used rich tasks, and I noticed our students took a bit longer to finish them. But I'm super keen to get them back into using these rich tasks again.

One of my big takeaways is figuring out how we can boost both procedural fluency and conceptual understanding with our learners. These tasks are perfect for developing those skills.

Next steps for my maths inquiry:

Integrate Rich Tasks: Start weaving rich tasks into our regular PR1ME lessons to give students a chance to explore concepts more deeply and develop their problem-solving skills.