I know I haven’t blogged for ages. Sometimes it’s a bit daunting doing a proper post with loads of resources etc. So I’m just going to jot some thoughts down. 1. Craftsmanship Videos I’m a bit obsessed with videos like this at the moment. There’s so much wonderful about them, but I’ve come to have… Read More »
I thought I would use a similar format to my ATM Don Steward takeaways. These are just some quick thoughts. They’re by no means things I’ve thought about for a great deal. My first session was Peter Mattock’s session on averages. It was great, although in sessions like this I worry I talk too much.… Read More »
I’m trying a new kind of post. I went to the ATM/MA Don Steward presentation on Saturday. It was excellent, and if you get a chance to see Don speak, go. Don has uploaded his slides here. Rather than the daunting task of writing a full follow-up, I thought I’d just write my thoughts down… Read More »
This isn’t a review. I’m about halfway through Craig’s book, so I can’t offer a judgement as to if the book is good or not. This is simply a suggestion: everyone should read this book, and everyone should read it ASAP. The book chronicles Craig’s mathematics teaching journey, from being the king of tarsia, to… Read More »
I’ve been thinking about meta-task recently. That is, the point of doing something. I recently created the task below for my year 10 class. On the surface this seems OK to me. It isn’t just lots of the same thing, questions increase in difficulty and type by row (whilst still allowing a little bit of… Read More »
But I ran out of blocks. How many more blocks do I need? Another…
I said I’d post a few thoughts on Planboard when I got the chance, and I’d used it for a while, so here they are. Firstly, it completely suits the way my brain works. When I’m planning lessons, little bits of pieces of ideas will pop into my head at random times. Planboard is really good… Read More »
How often do we challenge students to unpack something as dense as this? From Collin’s Shanghai Maths Book – year 5
We all know the new maths GCSE is harder, but it’s interesting to look at HOW they are harder. There is some new content, but not particularly a massive amount (although I think the functions content will be harder for many pupils than it looks). The reason most people are pointing to the new GCSE being… Read More »
How many students would know what to do here, or would be brave enough to go with their gut/ spot the pattern?