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Professor Martin Westwell uses mathematics learning as an example to illustrate why it is important to focus on the 'big why' of learning. When we take the mathematics specific words out of the mathematics proficiencies we see the 'big why' of learning as distilled in the Adding it up report which underpins the Australian Curriculum and talks about five strands for being an effective learner.