Bell, I don’t know many of the presenters, but Peter Sullivan is the big cheese in Australian mathematics curriculum development and is an enthusiastic advocate for “inquiry learning” in mathematics. Given this site (education business) has the imprimatur of Prof. Sullivan, I’d assume the rest will also be excitedly promoting the teaching of mathematics without much in the way of teaching the mathematics. And I can hazard another guess, that these presenters and this symposium will be welcomed by schools and school leaders as resources for helping make mathematics “fun” and “contextual” and almost certainly what kids need to become 21st Century learners.
Kind of amazing how inquiry learning folk have picked up and run with the term “cognitive load” without missing a beat, or suffering the slightest shame.
Thanks, JJ. There is no question that, for better or worse, things like exercise sheets and tests will be more and more produced by, or at least with the massive assistance of, AI. People I trust use AI extensively for intellectual grunge work. I doubt that in general the use will be with such care or oversight. Then again, if the comparison is Cambridge and Jacaranda and Nelson, even AI slop may be an improvement.
At ResearchEd Conferenxe yesterday this conferenxe was shown to participants as a key example of buzz word grifters making money out of unsuspecting primary teachers by using the word AI
Multiplicative thinking is a standard thing, and makes sense, and is very far from rocket science. And, yes, CLT is really starting to get up my nose. It ain’t that deep, and certainly not deep enough to warrant this fetishising.
My memory is the thing costs $240. Cheaper than the Swedish clown but still a lot for a few video shows.
I know about *additive thinking*. And I sort of know about “commutative reasoning”.
Marty:
Is it thinking square or thinking cubed [like a talking shop I once knew called Intelligence Squared]?
How much does the Swedish clown cost?
And I noticed that MultipliThinking was doing 15 video shows – in a series?
Also I saw there was a minuscule i not a majuscule I so the intelligence is being modified by its artificiality [subliminated/submitted to it] rather than being an equal.
[A tip for those who want to know how to spell minuscule – remember there is a minus at the beginning not a mini or little – thinking of the MINI tripped me up for years if not decades].
Multiplicative thinking is capturing the sense of a problem/calculation/scenario in terms of ratios or fractions or proportions or, well, multiplication, rather than addition/counting. It’s an obvious “well, duh” thing, but so many kids leave primary school with no proper conception of multiplication, with no sense of multiplication beyond “repeated addition”, that it is a thing.
As for the Swedish clown, last we looked, it was just short of $2000.
Are these taken seriously? (I have no idea)
These symposia or these people?
Bell, I don’t know many of the presenters, but Peter Sullivan is the big cheese in Australian mathematics curriculum development and is an enthusiastic advocate for “inquiry learning” in mathematics. Given this site (education business) has the imprimatur of Prof. Sullivan, I’d assume the rest will also be excitedly promoting the teaching of mathematics without much in the way of teaching the mathematics. And I can hazard another guess, that these presenters and this symposium will be welcomed by schools and school leaders as resources for helping make mathematics “fun” and “contextual” and almost certainly what kids need to become 21st Century learners.
Kind of amazing how inquiry learning folk have picked up and run with the term “cognitive load” without missing a beat, or suffering the slightest shame.
Indeed.
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Thanks Marty – having this symposium listed is helpful – I can quickly identify who not to listen to if I see their names elsewhere.
Thanks, JJ. There is no question that, for better or worse, things like exercise sheets and tests will be more and more produced by, or at least with the massive assistance of, AI. People I trust use AI extensively for intellectual grunge work. I doubt that in general the use will be with such care or oversight. Then again, if the comparison is Cambridge and Jacaranda and Nelson, even AI slop may be an improvement.
Or is it *grunt* work, Marty?
Yeah, maybe “grunt work” was better. But “grunge” also works.
I thought so Marty!
Had some thoughts about the Seattle school and the late Kurt Cobain.
And getting into the weeds/shadows.
I’m old. Grunge was something for me long before Cobain.
At ResearchEd Conferenxe yesterday this conferenxe was shown to participants as a key example of buzz word grifters making money out of unsuspecting primary teachers by using the word AI
Thanks, CG. Yes, one of the people who attended RSEd noted it and gave me the link.
“Buzzword grifters” is my new favourite phrase. A perfect description.
What is “Multipicative thinking”? That’s a new one. “Cognitive load” is becoming cliche – and annoying. For how many $s are they flogging this?
Well, technically, it’s “multpicative thinking”.
Multiplicative thinking is a standard thing, and makes sense, and is very far from rocket science. And, yes, CLT is really starting to get up my nose. It ain’t that deep, and certainly not deep enough to warrant this fetishising.
My memory is the thing costs $240. Cheaper than the Swedish clown but still a lot for a few video shows.
Anonymouskouri:
I know about *additive thinking*. And I sort of know about “commutative reasoning”.
Marty:
Is it thinking square or thinking cubed [like a talking shop I once knew called Intelligence Squared]?
How much does the Swedish clown cost?
And I noticed that MultipliThinking was doing 15 video shows – in a series?
Also I saw there was a minuscule i not a majuscule I so the intelligence is being modified by its artificiality [subliminated/submitted to it] rather than being an equal.
[A tip for those who want to know how to spell minuscule – remember there is a minus at the beginning not a mini or little – thinking of the MINI tripped me up for years if not decades].
Hi Adelaide.
Multiplicative thinking is capturing the sense of a problem/calculation/scenario in terms of ratios or fractions or proportions or, well, multiplication, rather than addition/counting. It’s an obvious “well, duh” thing, but so many kids leave primary school with no proper conception of multiplication, with no sense of multiplication beyond “repeated addition”, that it is a thing.
As for the Swedish clown, last we looked, it was just short of $2000.