?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Rich+Learning+Tasks.+The+Mathematics+Education+into+the+21st+Century+Project+Working+Group+No.+6+-+2007+Conference&rft.creator=Flewelling%2C+Garry&rft.creator=Kepner%2C+Henry&rft.creator=Ewing%2C+Bronwyn+F.&rft.subject=Mathematics+education&rft.subject=language+of+mathematics&rft.subject=mathematics+teaching+and+learning&rft.subject=maths+in+the+wild&rft.subject=primary+mathematics&rft.subject=rich+learning+tasks&rft.subject=secondary+mathematics&rft.subject=sense+making+game&rft.subject=tertiary+mathematics&rft.description=History+of+Working+Group+This+is+the+5th+meeting+of+the+Rich+Learning+Task+working+group.+Previous+meetings%3A+Australia+(Palm+Cove%2C+Queensland)+2001%3B+Italy+(Terrasini%2C+Palermo%2C+Sicily)+2002%3B+Czech+Republic+(Brno)+2003%3B+Malaysia+(Johor+Baru)+2005+Introducing+the+Two+Learning+Games+and+Rich+Learning+Tasks+(From+Gary's+paper.)+The+classroom+can+be+thought+of+as+an+arena+in+which+'the+learning+game'+is+played.+At+first+glance%2C+there+would+appear+to+be+myriad+variations+of+this+game.+When+stripped+to+their+essentials%2C+however%2C+the+number+of+learning+games+reduces+to+two.+I+label+one%2C+'the+knowledge+game'%2C+the+other%2C+'the+sense-making+game'.+These+two+learning+games+are+quite+different+in+character+and+purpose.+They+make+different+demands+on+the+players.+They+are+governed+by+different+rules.+They+have+different+goals.+They+foster+and+reinforce+different+dispositions%2C+habits%2C+and+beliefs+in+the+players.+(Of+course%2C+there+are+knowledge+and+sense-making+components+in+both+games.+However%2C+knowledge+is+acquired+and+used+very+differently+in+the+two+games+and+the+purpose%2C+nature%2C+quality%2C+and+quantity+of+the+sense-making+is+also+very+different+in+the+two+games.)+In+addition%2C+the+habits%2C+and+dispositions+fostered+by+one+game+act+as+impediments+to+playing+the+other+game.+I+then+go+on+to+say%2C+Played+well%2C+both+learning+games+can+prepare+players+for+success+in+school.+However%2C+only+the+sense-making+game+prepares+players+for+life+beyond+the+classroom.+Unfortunately%2C+the+knowledge+game+is+the+learning+game+played+most+frequently%2C+in+most+classrooms.+Rich+Learning+Tasks+require+and+foster+the+playing+of+the+Sense-Making+Game.&rft.date=2007-09&rft.type=Other+Contribution&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F14356%2F1%2F14356.pdf&rft.rights=free_to_read&rft.relation=Flewelling%2C+Garry%2C+Kepner%2C+Henry%2C+%26+Ewing%2C+Bronwyn+F.+(2007)+Rich+Learning+Tasks.+The+Mathematics+Education+into+the+21st+Century+Project+Working+Group+No.+6+-+2007+Conference.&rft.id_number=https%3A%2F%2Feprints.qut.edu.au%2F14356%2F&rft.rights=Copyright+2007+(The+authors)&rft.rights=All+Rights+Reserved.+No+part+of+this+publication+may+be+reproduced%2C+stored+in+a+retrieval+system%2C+or+transmitted+in+any+form+or+by+any+means%2C+electronic%2C+mechanical%2C+photocopying%2C+recording+or+otherwise%2C+without+the+prior+permission+of+the+copyright+holder.&rft.identifier=Faculty+of+Education