Julie Clark and Kathy BradyThe purpose of this roundtable is to describe a proposed research project and to seek advice, ideas, and suggestions from participants. The project will address two main questions. Firstly, how do mathematical strategies used in traditional school contexts compare with strategies used in real-world contexts? Research continues to highlight the lack of connections that students make between mathematics used in school and in everyday life. The National Council for Teachers of Mathematics emphasise the importance of students being able to use mathematics in varying situations (2000). In this study students will be presented with basic mathematics tasks in different contexts. For example, they will be asked how much change they would get from $5 for something that cost 65 cents. Next, they will be asked to answer a similar question presented traditionally: 500 ? 65. The second research question associated with this project is: What perceptions do teachers have of students? mathematical strategies? Fennema and Franke (1992) indicate that it is important for teachers to understand students? mathematical thinking and to have good knowledge of various instructional approaches. Teachers will be interviewed concerning their perceptions of students? mathematics learning. During the interviews they will watch DVD excerpts of students solving problems and be asked to make comments on the strategies used.