Conference 2004 - Loughborough

The ATM’s 2004 Easter Conference was held at the University of Loughborough in April 2004.

ATM has been involved in the business of the professional development of mathematics educators for over fifty years.

Conference Theme

The theme for the conference this year was 'Mathematics is not a spectator sport...'

Keynote Speakers

Opening Session - Peter Lacey

Take your marks! Get set! Go!

I associate Loughborough with sporting excellence and their record in producing good athletes. Should we focus on developing good mathematicians? Are ‘personal bests’ the real measures of achievement? Would a mathematicians' curriculum be more appropriate than a mathematics curriculum?

This opening session drew on personal views and classroom evidence that suggest and exemplify the achievement of ‘personal bests’ in mathematics.

<< Peter Lacey’s Address to the ATM Conference 2004 can be downloaded here

Closing Session - Johnston Anderson

Mathematics Is Not a Spectator Sport - Theory and Practice

Special Mathematical Event - Liz Meenan

‘The Yellow Brick Road’ of Patterns

Using the conference theme ‘mathematics is not a spectator sport’ we used paper shapes made from A-size paper to construct a large pattern frieze or road. The patterns were then brought together to make an eye catching mathematically interesting ‘road’ of patterns to journey along throughout the conference.

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