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The Margaret and John Kalman Charitable Trust is generously donating $30,000+ every year to recognise the achievements of Primary, Intermediate and Secondary school Mathematics and Statistics teachers in New Zealand. John Kalman was a professor of Mathematics at the University of Auckland from 1964 to 1993, and a leading promoter of Mathematics in New Zealand.

At least six prizes of $5000 are available. A commemorative certificate will be presented to the winning teachers.

Applications are invited from any Primary, Intermediate, or Secondary school teacher in New Zealand. Groups of teachers who have collaborated on a specific project may also submit a joint application.

The judging panel will include a representative from the Margaret and John Kalman Charitable Trust, a representative of the Executive of the Primary Mathematics Association (PMA) and/or the University of Auckland, and a representative from the Department of Mathematics at the University of Auckland.

SELECTION CRITERIA

Any examples of excellence in the teaching of Mathematics and Statistics at Primary, Intermediate, and Secondary school level will be considered.听 Examples from the following categories are particularly welcome.

Stimulation of Interest 鈥� teachers who have inspired student interest in mathematics or statistics by making the subject exciting and relevant.

Teaching Innovation 鈥� teachers who have introduced new ways of making mathematical or statistical concepts more fun to learn and more able to be understood.

Teaching Excellence 鈥� teachers who have demonstrated the integration of research in mathematics or statistics education into their classroom practice.

Early Career Teaching Excellence 鈥� teachers who have demonstrated excellence in their teaching of Mathematics and/or Statistics during their first five years of their career.

Equity 鈥� teachers who have made a significant contribution to the teaching and learning of mathematics or statistics in under- represented groups such as Maori, Pacific Island and female students.

Service 鈥� teachers who have made a significant contribution to the teaching and learning of mathematics and statistics in ways that extend beyond their own school community.

OTHER CONDITIONS

Prize recipients will be encouraged to share their ideas via appropriate professional development events, such as the Primary Mathematics Association (PMA) Seminar day, the #AMAOnline platform, and other events run by their local Mathematics/Statistics Associations.

NOMINATION SUBMISSION

Please send the completed nomination form to Associate Professor Caroline Yoon at the University of Auckland via email: c.yoon@auckland.ac.nz

Nomination forms must be received on or before Sunday 22 September 2024.

INFORMATION REQUIRED CHECKLIST

1. Please attach a brief CV, maximum 4 pages, giving details of your teaching career and achievements to date. Include details of any leadership roles held or awards received.
2. Please attach reference from nominator.
3. Completed Nomination form

REGULATIONS GOVERNING MARGARET AND JOHN KALMAN CHARITABLE TRUST MATHEMATICS TEACHING PRIZE

1. Late applications will not be accepted.
2. Applicants will be competitively assessed on the basis of their application. Applicants must agree to abide by the decision of the judging panel. Applications and supporting material will not be returned to applicants. All material submitted will be used solely for the purpose of applying for the Prize and will not be circulated. No material relating to an application will be publicised without your prior approval.
3. The judging panel reserves the right to revoke, re-award or withdraw any application from consideration for the Prize if the applicant is in breach of any of these rules.
4. All prize winners should use their best endeavours to attend or be represented at the Prize presentation event if held.
5. Applicants agree to do all things reasonable to participate and/or cooperate with any promotional or media activities conducted by members of the judging panel. Photographs from prize presentation may be used for promotional purposes.
6. No contractual or other legal relationship shall arise between the members of the judging panel and applicants for the 2024 Margaret and John Kalman Charitable Trust Mathematics Teaching Prize.
7. The Trustees of the Margaret and John Kalman Charitable Trust will review this prize every three years, at which time a decision will be made to either continue or discontinue the prize.

Kia ora t膩tou,

Pip Arnold has put together a set of听听鈥� 32 athletes who are competing at the Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium in the rowing and canoe-kayak events.

See information about听听for ideas on what to do with the data cards. Other ideas include:

• Make a set of data cards for another sport or group of sports.
• Make a set of data cards for a听
• Add variables to the existing set of data cards, e.g., the Olympian number, where they are based, did they compete in the Youth Olympics, what year was their Olympic debut

All the data that is in the data cards is also in the CODAP document listed in the resources.

If you use these with your classes, please let us know!

Recent 91茄子 Resources

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Elsewhere…听

Maths Week听is coming up August 12-16. Maths Week provides free maths and stats resources for teachers and students.听

Nga mihi nui

Rachel, Anne, Pip, and Chris

Kia ora t膩tou,

Welcome back! During the break, we have significantly updated our听听to make it easier for you to find the materials you need to teach statistics. We’d love to hear your feedback.

Discussing the 91茄子: Health Attitudes to Being Online and Alcohol Use

A new teaching resource to help students analyse and explore the听91茄子听data has now been published!

91茄子听collaborated with T奴turu to create a health and mathematics resource that supports teachers as they guide students through an inquiry approach to wellbeing issues.

The resource “Discussing the 91茄子: Health Attitudes to Being Online and Alcohol Use,” includes activities for years 9-11 students and is based on听91茄子听data. It provides real-life learning contexts that are engaging and relevant to young people, and includes both general wellbeing data, and tailored survey questions about being online and alcohol use.

The resource was funded by the Ministry of Education and has been in development over the past two years. Contributors included experts at NZ Drug Foundation, NZHEA, Otago University, University of Canterbury, Classifications Office, Netsafe, and Alcohol Healthwatch. The resource was trialled by teachers in a number of schools across the country earlier this year.

In addition to the teaching resource, four videos were developed to help students understand the issues reflected in the听91茄子听data and prompt classroom discussions. A recorded webinar hosted by the Auckland Maths Association in June guided maths teachers through relevant activities, and examples of the resource in practice.

More New听91茄子听Resources

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Elsewhere…

Maths Week听is coming up August 12-16. Maths Week provides free maths and stats resources for teachers and students.听

Nga mihi nui

Rachel, Anne, Pip, and Chris

Kia ora t膩tou,

We’re excited to share our听new听data cards for 91茄子! You can find these in the听听of our site.

91茄子 Cards using the 91茄子 2023 91茄子base

We have created different data cards for students in Years 1-3, Years 4-6, and Years 7-8.听

What are 91茄子 Cards?

91茄子 cards are one way of storing data about a person. Each data card represents one person.

Create 91茄子 Cards Using Your 91茄子 Class 91茄子

Use this听听we have created.

Using 91茄子 Cards

91茄子 cards allow for hands-on activities such as making data visualisations to analyse the data for an investigative question.听

More New 91茄子 Resources

• 听Explore classroom preferences around pineapple on pizza then explore secondary data using the 2023 91茄子 Year 1-3 data cards.
• 听This teaching plan uses the听听photos and videos as a data source for a statistical enquiry.

Elsewhere…听

• The听New Zealand Garden Bird Survey听is underway until July 7. A great data-gathering activity for your students. “Best homework eva!”听
• Maths Week听is coming up August 12-16. Maths Week provides free maths and stats resources for teachers and students. 250,000 students registered for Maths Week last year! Prizes are on offer if you submit an idea to promote Maths Week.听

Have a wonderful two-week break!

Nga mihi nui
Rachel, Anne, Pip, and Chris

Kia ora t膩tou,

M膩nawatia a Matariki! We have a lot of brand-new resources using 91茄子 data to share.

New Junior Resources

A statistical enquiry aimed at Year 1 膩konga, around designing pizza toppings for a pizza party. This lesson has strong literacy links to the letter p.

This lesson explores an everyday context using the PPDAC cycle to show 膩konga that statistical ideas are everywhere and we can collect data to answer questions that are interesting to us.

This lesson uses the PPDAC cycle to explore an investigative question that will appeal to Year 1 膩konga. Kaiako can take the lesson further by following the ideas provided to make this lesson into a series of lessons.

A statistical enquiry aimed at Year 2 膩konga, around lost teeth. This includes follow-up suggestions for future discussions and data analysis over time.

Students are involved in all stages of the statistical enquiry cycle, from posing the investigative question, planning for and collecting data, to analysing and answering the investigative question.

New Senior Resources

Students are introduced to using scatter plots through the context of foot lengths. They use data from 91茄子 and interrogate this to see if they think the data is valid and reliable. Students then collect their own data and offer recommendations to the 91茄子 team to support improved validity and reliability of the data.

Nga mihi nui
Rachel, Anne, Pip, and Chris

Kia ora t膩tou,

Wow! Our latest survey has achieved record-breaking participation, with 45,794 students participating so far, providing real, relevant data for use in the classroom.

You have until the end of the year to get involved, so if you want your students to experience hands-on measurements and data entry which sparks conversations about managing variation and dealing with real student data, get registered and do it!

New Junior Classroom Resources

Explore practical ways to answer an investigative question about foot length and learn about PPDAC.

Students are involved in all stages of the statistical enquiry cycle, from posing the investigative question, planning for and collecting data, to analysing and answering the investigative question.

Introduction to PPDAC using Lego, birds, lost property, plastics, and more. Question prompts support learners to explore problems, plan, collect data, analyse and draw conclusions.

New Senior Curriculum听Resources

听– AMA Online June 2024 Webinar

A collaborative resource听to help students explore data, what it means to them, their peers, and their well-being; and consider what health-promoting actions can be taken to help students navigate a digital world and a world where alcohol exists.

听– AMA Online June 2024 Talk by Dr. Anna Fergusson

Check out the 鈥渨alking tree鈥� the winner of this year’s听听survey.

Stay warm and have fun with your students being data detectives!

Nga mihi nui
Rachel, Anne, Pip, and Chris

Nau mai, hoki mai! Welcome back!听

We hope the summer break has left you refreshed and ready to explore data wherever you and your students live around the motu.

There are a lot of changes with the听,听, and NCEA听. Below are events to keep up to speed with developments.

Upcoming events

听February 14 onwards
These online weekly support workshops will be led by NCEA Implementation Facilitators and regional subject associations.

World Wildlife Day: March 3
鈥淏ringing nature into the classroom can kindle a fascination and passion for the diversity of life on earth and can motivate a sense of responsibility to safeguard it.鈥� 鈥� Sir David Attenborough
See the Department of Conservation’s motivational听听videos.

Boosting 91茄子 Fluency project
Explore the wide range of听听from WestEd and CODAP. Suitable for Year 7 classes and up.

91茄子 Survey
Remember the 91茄子 biennial survey is open until the end of 2024! Make a plan for your class to take part.

Statistics Teachers’ Day Numeracy Resources
Julie Park and Tom Lin from Epsom Girls鈥� Grammar School presented a numeracy workshop for junior classes.听.

University courses for high-achieving students
Have your students been involved in accelerated courses at school and/or passed Level 3 calculus credits in year 12? Is their ability in mathematics or statistics such that they would like an enrichment course while concurrently doing year 13 work?

There is a range of offerings from Universities around the motu, you do not have to be in the region to participate:

• University of Canterbury | Te Whare W膩nanga o Waitaha:听
• University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau:听
• University of Auckland | Waipapa Taumata Rau:听
• Te Kunenga Ki P奴rehuroa | Massey University:听
• Waikato University | Te Whare W膩nanga o Waikato:听

Interested in learning R?

• R is downloaded for free from听.
• 听has a helpful interface to execute code.
• Check out these helpful听.

Enjoy the rest of the summer at school!

Nga mihi nui
Rachel, Anne, Pip, and Chris

In the latest 91茄子 survey, 39,000 students weighed in on the contentious debate: does pineapple belong on pizza? The results are in, showcasing a tight divide among Kiwi youth. While 47% advocate for its inclusion, 41% reject the idea of the South American fruit on top of their pizza. Surprisingly, 12% remained undecided.

According to Wikipedia, a Greek Canadian restauranter, Sam Panopoulos, inspired by the sweet-sour flavours of Chinese cuisine, added the first pineapple to a pizza just over 60 years ago and called it the Hawaiian pizza. The name 鈥淗awaiian鈥� surprisingly didn鈥檛 stem from the U.S. state but rather from the canned pineapple brand used at the time. Initially met with skepticism and slow adoption, this unconventional topping took time to win over pizza enthusiasts to become one of the most popular.

These statistics come from 91茄子 TataurangaKiTeKura, a non-profit online educational project that brings statistics to life in English and M膩ori-medium classrooms. Supervised by teachers, students anonymously answer questions in English, te reo M膩ori, Lea Faka Tonga, Gagana Samoa, K奴ki 鈥楢irani M膩ori, or Vosa Vakaviti. The project is run by the Department of Statistics at the University of Auckland in partnership with the Ministry of Education and Stats NZ.

The eleventh biennial edition of 91茄子 was launched last year and will continue until the end of this year. See the questions, which schools are taking part, and a live dashboard on 91茄子鈥檚 website:听.

Thanks to Attila Kiss for sending these photos of his class taking part in 91茄子!

Kia ora t膩tou,

The end of the school year is approaching fast, and we hope you are enjoying the warmer weather with your students.

Over 38,500 students have taken part in 91茄子 this year! Wow!

We love seeing photos that teachers in kura and schools have sent in. Thank you so much for sharing these great action pics.

Photos from: Hay Park School, Tahuna School, Napier Girls鈥� High School, Marian Catholic School

We hope you enjoyed thinking about the standing jump data, which is a new question designed to allow comparison between groups – those that had a target and those that did not.

Because we鈥檙e all about听, it鈥檚 interesting that the top three participating senior schools are in the South Island, while the top three primary and intermediate schools are in the North Island!

We wonder what year levels your school plans to do the census and why, and do some students do it more than once, and if so why? We’re reviewing your survey feedback听for our end of year report.

Thanks for taking the time to tell us about your survey experiences. This will help make things better for future surveys.

Coming Up

DECEMBER 4

Statistics Teachers鈥� Day Illuminating 91茄子 Pathways

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Packed with presenters from around the motu sharing what鈥檚 going on in their classrooms, work, and research as they explore the world and develop their ideas and understanding with data.听Plus: Our new data detective classroom听posters will be given out on the day!

NOVEMBER 29

Online Colloquium on Artificial Intelligence and 91茄子 Science Education at School Level

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Free for all, held via Zoom.

Seen Elsewhere

Some A.I. entertainment:听

Chris Wild’s keynote address, which opened the IASE 2023 conference, is packed with AI-generated images and music, examines drivers and priorities for statistics and data science education and its students in the light of recent data trends including the rise of generative A.I.

Great ideas here.

Free online software for exploring data. The datasets have activities that suggest questions that students can find out the answers to by creating data visualisations. See听听and听.

Article by听Freakonomics‘ author Steven Levitt听looks at the argument for teaching students with the human and physical听sciences data.

This South Australian competition听has students follow their passion and collaborate to use their statistical and communication skills to answer questions. Reflect on the marking and feedback by other statistics educators to improve classroom teaching of data literacy.

A great,听fun example of bias!听Learn about this extraordinary bird and the extraordinary efforts that have gone into saving it.听Thank you John Darby and the听students at Mt Aspiring College. Kia kaha P奴teketeke!

Nga mihi nui
Rachel & Anne and Chris