On a cold and breezy Sunday afternoon, with cup of tea in one hand and red pen in the other, I found myself marking a stack of Year 7 assessment papers. The students had generallyContinue reading
Category: My Blog Posts and Articles
Article: Over-reliance on Resources
As I write this article, there are over 22,000 secondary mathematics resources on TES. That does not include all the primary resources that would also be suitable for high-school students, or the multiple resources containedContinue reading
Article – Misconceptions: Dividing by Decimals
Consider the following that I took from a student’s book. Is this something you have seen before? What do you think the student’s reasoning is? What’s the Problem? Dividing would not be many students favouriteContinue reading
Article – Misconceptions: Solving Equations
Consider the following that I took from a student’s book. Is this something you have seen before? What do you think the student’s reasoning is? What’s the Problem? “Equations are easy sir”, says the YearContinue reading
Article – Misconception: Adding Fractions
Consider the following that I took from a student’s book. Is this something you have seen before? What do you think the student’s reasoning is? What’s the Problem? I have lost count of the numberContinue reading
Article – Misconception: Two Minuses make a Plus
Advert: Consider the following that I took from a student’s book. Is this something you have seen before? What do you think the student’s reasoning is? What’s the Problem? In my experience, if there isContinue reading
Article – A Level Maths
Advert: It’s that time of year again. Very soon, those of us who teach A Level will be faced with a class-full of Year 12 students, fresh from six weeks of lie-ins, trips abroad andContinue reading
Article – Homework in Maths
Advert: I’ll be honest – I hate marking. It is by far the least enjoyable part of my job. Give me a lesson on compound measures to prepare, a classroom to tidy, or even anContinue reading
Article – Flipping the Classroom
Advert: Trends and concepts come and go in all walks of life, but they are rarely more prevalent or transient than in the world of education. One such example that has gained a lot ofContinue reading
Article – Maths Blogs
Advert: Is there a way of introducing algebra that will not make my students groan? How can I bring some fun into the properties of quadrilaterals? How do I help students understand that two minusesContinue reading
Article – 3 Act Math
Advert: Here is an exam question from a recent Mechanics module paper: “A particle is moving in a straight line from O to P with a constant acceleration of 4ms-2. Its velocity at P is 48ms-1Continue reading
Article – Dotty Thinking (the video!)
This is a video to accompany my article for the TES Magazine (“Dotty Thinking”) that offers up a simple, fun idea to get students engaged and making meaningful data comparisons, including mean, median, mode, rangeContinue reading
Article – Dotty Thinking
Advert: Below you will find a certain number of dots. Have a very quick look at the dots above, then scroll down the page until you can’t see them any more Keep scrolling!!! KeepContinue reading