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iMaths and the Essential Learnings
iMaths is the ONLY whole school numeracy program written for the Essential Learnings.
The engaging iMaths investigations ask students to plan, question, apply their understanding, use technologies and reflect within real-life mathematical contexts.
iMaths comprehensively addresses both dimensions of the Essential Learnings:
• knowledge and understanding – developed through the topics
• ways of working – applied and practised through iMaths investigations
| The iMaths program for each year level… |
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Student Book
• 12 investigations
• all topics required to complete the chosen investigations
• Challenges and iPuzzles
• Data and Tear–out pages
• weblinks |
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Tracker Book
• an assessment page for each topic
• a readiness test
• a student assessment profile |
Teacher Resource Book
• teacher notes for each investigation
• images of all the all downloadable Data, Tear–out and BLM pages required to complete investigations and topics
• an A–E rubric for each investigation
• answers to the Student Book topics
• answers to the Tracker Book assessment items
• answers to the readiness test
• an iPlanner disc to enable teachers to electronically plan their teaching year |
| Essential Learnings |
iMaths comprehensively addresses both dimensions of the new Essential Learnings:
• Knowledge and Understanding – developed through iMaths Topics
• Ways of Working – applied and practised through iMaths Investigations. |
| Maths investigations |
• A team of practising teachers have written twelve well-constructed maths investigations for each year level.
• These engaging investigations ask students to plan, question, reflect, apply their understanding and use technologies within real-life mathematical contexts.
• iMaths provides opportunites to cover multiple Key Learning Areas in the one investigation. |
| Easy-to-plan |
iMaths iPlanner is an electronic planning tool with an easy-to-use drag and drop feature that enables teachers to:
• electronically map their teaching year to ensure all Essential Learnings are covered
• construct a flexible teaching plan that suits the interests and abilities of their class
• save time and effort. |
| Easy-to-assess |
The iMaths assessment program provides comprehensive information about each student to enable your staff to make informed teacher judgments:
• iMaths Tracker Books provide an assessment item for each topic in the Student Book. This presents a clear picture of student knowledge and understanding – perfect for parent–teacher interviews.
• A well-designed A–E rubric for each investigation makes assessing knowledge and understanding, thinking and reasoning, communicating and reflecting an easy process. |
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