Mathematics Teaching 207 - March 2008
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Features
A congruence challenge - Francis Lopez-RealBuy MT2071417 for £3
Francis Lopez-Real considers for different categories of shapes whether having equal areas and equal perimeters implies congruence.
Geometer's Sketchpad (GSP) files to accompany this article
Farewell coursework! - Loraine RigglesfordBuy MT2074243 for £3
Loraine Rigglesford laments the loss of coursework from GCSE mathematics and questions the process by which the decision was taken.
Centre feature
Learning about primes - Alec McEachran
Alec McEachran describes a teaching approach to prime numbers which does more than just define and list them.
From the classroom
Circle theorems against the clock - Matt DunbarBuy MT2070609 for £3
Matt Dunbar describes how a 12-pin circular geoboard can be used to introduce, explore and represent circle theorem geometry.
12-pin circular geoboard PDF to accompany this article
The city of mathematics - Adrian Watts and Class 4A
Adrian Watts and Class 4A spent a few months of last year developing some novel ideas, and finally the City of Mathematics is built!
Visualising combinations - Louise OrdmanBuy MT2073133 for £3
Louise Ordman works with her statistics students on combinations without resorting to telling them everything.
The Koch snowflake - Jerry Dwyer, Mike Keating and Sonya SherrodBuy MT2073334 for £3
Jerry Dwyer, Mike Keating and Sonya Sherrod describe an investigative lesson into the properties of the Koch snowflake.
Functioning with geometry and fractions - Derek Ball and Barbara Ball
Derek Ball and Barbara Ball describe the thinking that has arisen from looking at pictures of polygons within polygons.
A different way - Chris CarterBuy MT2073840 for £3
Chris Carter describes his school's attempt to devise an alternative curriculum for Year 9.
Research
Much ado about nothing - Rona CatterallBuy MT2070305 for £3
Rona Catterall describes her research into 5 to 11-year-olds' use of the language of zero.
Understanding students' understanding of functions - Recai Akkus, Brian Hand, and Jennifer SeymourBuy MT2071013 for £3
Recai Akkus, Brian Hand and Jennifer Seymour describe the insights they gained when working with students on multiple representations of functions.
Sum puzzles - Ian JonesBuy MT2071819 for £3
Ian Jones describes his recent work with Year 5 children on their understanding of the equals sign when solving problems.
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Thinking through, and by, visualising - Jennifer Piggott and Liz WoodhamBuy MT2072730 for £3
Jennifer Piggott and Liz Woodham highlight some of the visualising experiences they think are important for all learners.
Shorts
Learning through teaching - Jane Eades
I discovered yet another example of the appalling effect that poor maths teaching has on individuals.
More for the trisector - Paul Stephenson
Here is a device indispensable to those trisecting (acute) angles.
Pivot tables in seven minutes - Sidney Tyrrell
Pivot tables are fearsome to some and yet the answer to everything to others.
Regular features
Reflections - Karen Hancock
It's a busy life being a teacher - we all know that. So how often do you stop and have a moment's reflection?
Webwatch - Peter Hall
15 Correlation Street - Jonny Griffiths
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