The last time I managed to sit and blog was over a year ago – my reflective piece on not returning to the classroom in September 2020. Over a year on, and I’m still not back in the classroom, but I’ve been keeping busy! The majority of my time is taken up as a stay-at-home …
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IGCSE specific crossover resources IGCSE crossover questions booklet (@mrmanps) Using ‘Common Topics’ booklets on Edexcel Emporium (suggestion from @NookiedV) Making revision booklets using the last half of Foundation and first half of Higher papers to help with tier choice (suggestion from @Lucyjc1612) Graph transformations resources (post-2017) Past paper style questions (Maths Genie) Graph transformation problems …
#mathsTLP Round-up (22nd January) Read More »
Assessment feedback lessons This is a really interesting thread to read, and difficult to summarise – I highly recommend going back to the original discussion on Twitter and having a look through. Using a blend of example-problem pairs and backwards fading (Dave’s suggestion) Giving the tests back (blog post from MHO Maths) – I really …
#mathsTLP Round-up (8th January) Read More »
Real life graphs 2015 GCSE support resources (Edexcel) Filling flasks manipulative (Complete Maths) Standards A6: Interpreting distance-time graphs (Standards Unit) Matching graphs and scenarios (Nuffield Foundation) Desmos: Graphs of filling water containers (Sarah Dennison) Problem solving with averages Small data set average problems (Don Steward) Average and range tiles (MathsBot) Averages and range fill-the-blanks table …
#mathsTLP Round-up (2nd January) Read More »
A few different activities requiring learners to identify which average to use, or why particular averages can be misleading in some situations. I have a feeling that at least one of these isn’t an original question – please drop me a message if I’ve inadvertently plagiarised your resource!
Favourite new or ‘new-to-you’ resource of 2022 MathsPad booklets (nominated by @mathsjem) Self-explanation prompts (suggested by @karenshancock) Dr Austin Maths and Maths White Board (nominations from @mrmorleymaths) MathsBot algebra tiles (nominated by me) MathsBot prime factorisation tiles (nominated by @BrookeEHunter) Using learner generated examples (suggestion from @fractionfanatic) Recording the Teaching Together podcast (suggestion from @taylorda1) …
#mathsTLP Round-up (11th December) Read More »
General Christmas resources Plotting quadratics Christmas tree plot-a-picture (Dr Austin Maths) Question generator with Christmas emojis for variable names (Mathforge.org) The Reindeer Game (adaptation of the Pirate Game – taylorda01 via TES) Santa’s Reindeer – number properties and logic puzzle (msharman via TES) Christmas transformations (dave789 via TES) Christmas values / grid-type puzzle (suggestion from …
#mathstlp Round-up (4th December – Christmas resources) Read More »
Inverse functions and completing the square Question generator (Maths White Board) Solomon worksheets: Core 3, Functions C (via Physics and Maths Tutor) Writing own questions restricting domain to left/right of vertex point (suggestion from @cafemaths) Edexcel large data set Summary information sheet/guidance notes (Crash Maths) LDS familiarisation task (Tristanjones via TES) Fantastic Dropbox with all …
#mathstlp Round-up (27th November) Read More »
Calculator skills for Year 11 Using a Casio emulator on the board (suggestion from @BrookeEHunter) How-to guide for Casio FX83GTX and FX991EX (suggestion from @BrookeEHunter) Calculator recycling scheme (suggestion from @BrookeEHunter) Calculator words (Don Steward) Revision mat and blog post (Resourceaholic) Other calculator resources (Resourceaholic) Calculator use resources (Dr Austin Maths) Calculator workout (Transum) Walking …
#mathstlp Round-up (20th November) Read More »
Following on from last week’s MathsTLP, I dug out this task on differentiation from first principles – I designed this ages ago for an A Level taster session, but it works equally well to introduce differentiation when it comes up in the A Level syllabus. So we begin by looking at the gradient of a …
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