The Eighth International Literacy & Education Research Network Conference on

SPETSES, GREECE
4-8 July 2001

Jenni Way
Lecturer, School of Education & Early Childhood Studies, University of Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Children + Internet + Mathematics = NRICH

Abstract

The NRICH Project arose out the need to provide resources and support for pupils with high interest and ability in mathematics. The internet offered the facilities for interaction and communication between the 'providers' and the 'users' of the enrichment material. The 'providers' are a dedicated team of educators, mathematicians, computer scientists and support staff based at Cambridge University. The main 'users' are young people ranging in age from five to nineteen years and their teachers, from all over the world. This presentation outlines the rapid development of the NRICH Online Maths Club (http://nrich.maths.org) and highlights some of the special features that have contributed to its success It also presents some unexpected outcomes from the website's operation and the exciting future prospects that have emerged.

Bionote

Jenni Way is currently a lecturer in mathematics education at the University of Western Sydney. She was part of the development team for the NRICH Project 1998-2001, in particular the Primary website, and remains a consultant to the project.

Presentation Type
30 min.Paper / 60 min. Workshop

Presentation Equipment and Other Requests
If there is internet connected computer suite available, this session could be done as a 60 minute workshop instead of a 30 min paper presentation.
Data projector if possible

Speaking Date/Time Restrictions

Country
Australia