Only a few goodies this week, mostly because I’ve been neglecting Twitter in favour of enjoying the second week of my Easter holidays; normal service resuming next week! @MrChalal01 ~ Link to “What can we learn from Dylan Wiliam and AfL” via Pragmatic Reform. A great blog post looking at what happens when educational research gets …
PIck of Twitter 11/04/15 Read More »
Got a whole fortnight’s worth of stuff to fit into this post as Easter holidays mean I’ve had a little break from frequent Twitter checking! Here are my picks from the last two weeks: Visual representations (@mrbuckton4maths)A couple of really really nice visual representations for relative frequency and fraction multiplication. I love how the relative …
Pick of Twitter 04/04/2015 Read More »
Following my trawl through the xkcd archives to find my favourite comics for A Level, I thought I may as well post some that may be relevant for KS3 and GCSE. There are plenty of funny graphs and pie charts (great for the last five minutes of a lesson), and a few topic-related strips. This post contains a …
xkcd Percentages comics Read More »
If you haven’t heard of xkcd (click now and lose three hours), it’s a webcomic run by Randall Monroe focusing on maths, science and computing. Although some of his comics (mostly the coding ones) go over my head, the maths-based ones are hilarious, and some are great for sharing in lessons – with the caveat that some …
xkcd comics for A Level Read More »
Predictably, lots of the blog posts I’ve read this week have been about the third Maths Conference last Saturday. Having said that, it’s great to read other people’s perspectives and get an idea of what went on in all the workshops I didn’t attend. Here’s a few I’ve enjoyed: @BodliUK ~ 3 Techniques You Should Know, Mastery …
Pick of Twitter 21/03/15 Read More »
Just a quickie tonight to share the love for a few maths puzzle booklets I’ve found kicking around on the Internet. I’m not sure where they’ve come from originally, but here are the links: Maths Practice Puzzles : Fractions and DecimalsIncludes: Equivalent fractions Comparing and ordering fractions LCD and simplifying fractions Addition and subtraction (like …
Maths puzzles galore! Read More »
Just a quick post to say I’ve just found an excellent site for quick starters and practice – Flash Maths is chock full of Flash applications for generating questions on loads of different topics. A five-minute poke-around unearthed these little gems: Equation Roulette: Generates linear equations up to old NC level 7. The buttons at the top …