Mathematics Teaching 192 - Sep 2005
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Cover Articles
Maths on a mat - Matt SkossBuy MT1920608 for £3
I don't know why you bother going to conferences. Research shows that if you don't use an idea before twelve days, you never will.
Phi Oh Phi Oh Phi - Jonny GriffithsBuy MT1923637 for £3
It had snowed heavily in the morning and although the college was not closed only two students turned up for the post lunch session. The lesson I had planned was out of the question.
Is research reaching the classroom - Alison Parish
Mathematical educational research appears, at times, to be at odds with what is happening in classrooms.
From the classroom
Ban the equals sign - Stephanie Prestage and Pat PerksBuy MT1920305 for £3
The mathematical worlds of arithmetic and of algebra have different ways of reading signs. If pupils stay in their first world of arithmetic reading the signs and symbols in the algebraic world becomes problematic.
Cardiau siarad – Talking cards - Helen Elis JonesBuy MT1921517 for £3
Teaching through the medium of Welsh or to promote the Welsh language is no different to teaching through the medium of English or in promoting any other language.
Essential ingredients - Shirley SidesBuy MT1921821 for £3
In my experience, if children have an overall idea of what mathematics is about, they will be more interested in gaining mathematical skills and will have a sense that the skills are actually useful for something.
Edible reflective symmetry - Paula MaidaBuy MT1923034 for £3
The activity described in this article involves an introduction to reflective symmetry through sorting and classifying (use of paper plates) tangible manipulation (folding paper cut-outs) and an abstract search for reflective symmetry.
On thinking - Alison Parish
I feel quite passionate about 'thinking', and indeed had a good discussion with my husband until quite late the other night, about what thinking is.
From Conference
Sending out an SOS - Mike AskewBuy MT1922223 for £3
As a researcher I've visited many numeracy lessons over the years. It's a real privilege to have teachers let you into their classrooms and many of the lessons that I've seen are exemplary.
14-19 Education skills - Barbara Ball
Getting inside children's thinking - Adella Osborne and Debbie StreatfieldBuy MT1923536 for £3
It is often easier for teachers to plan simple closed tasks in the classroom but this can often limit children's capabilities and restrict possibilities for deeper mathematical thinking.
Transformational Golf - Chris ClementsBuy MT1924041 for £3
My objectives were to practice a large number of transformations in a lesson in a fun, motivating environment.
Transformational Golf website by Keith Duncan referred to in this article
Research
Vygotsky and assessment for learning - Chris CarterBuy MT1920911 for £3
Afl is the new initiative that will be coming your way soon, if it has not already hit you! It is wrapped in a friendly pupil-centred language that is at odds with the harsh reality we have had to endure of late.
Revisiting Fractions - Edwina TheunissenBuy MT1924547 for £3
When my home-educated daughter, Louisa, was a child, we gave up fractions by mutual agreement.
Features
Why AS use of mathematics? - Su NicholsonBuy MT1921214 for £3
When free standing mathematics qualifications were first developed, I found their design immediately attractive and became involved and became involved in their pilot. This article explains what they are all about.
Mathematical games - Class 6, Marlborough Primary School
This article describes eight mathematical games successfully used in the named school and very interesting they are too.
Centre feature
BCME 6 Report and looking forward to 2006 - Karen Gladwin, ATM Conference team
"This was the best professional development event I have attended and I have returned refreshed and stimulated, buzzing with ideas for myself and the department."
Shorter bits
Self-awareness - Derek Ball
An email conversation
Regular features
Reflections - Colin Foster
Professional Officer's Update - Barbara Ball
Email responses to the Professional Officer's Update
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