#mathsTLP Round-up (8th January)

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 liked the suggested codes for self-assessment

Feeding forward – students construct and record strategies to help them reach the next grade or their target grade (suggestion from @rantodd)

Marking directly onto a spreadsheet followed by live or video solutions to the paper (suggestion from @karenshancock)

Construct silly mnemonics with class for “big picture” ideas (@peckmaths)

See section/chapter in Adam Boxer’s book Teaching Secondary Science (suggestion from @DrAustinMaths)

Using QLA to identify which questions to go through on a whole-class vs individual basis (suggestion from @MrsMathematica)

Springboard resources (all available via EMaths) – particularly Unit 13, Sections 3 and 4

Standards Unit N1: Ordering fractions and decimals (via Mr Barton Maths) and my easier adaptation

White Rose Maths resources (suggestion from @DoNotSteele – subscription required)

Go Teach Maths resources (suggestion from @MathsSecondary – subscription required)

Linear equation extras (Don Steward)

Solving linear equations with decimals (Interwoven Maths)

Linear equations including negatives (MathsPad – subscription required)

RULER ( Read, Underline, Layout, Evaluate, Review ) booklets (Tanner Maths)

Using AO2/AO3 questions from your exam board’s question bank (suggestion from BrookeEHunter)

MathsBot GCSE question generators – search “ratio” in the topic box (suggestion from @StudyMaths)

Ensure students are really confident with side ratio preservation and angle preservation in similar shapes before starting (suggestion from @MrMattock)

Fading SOHCAHTOA angles and sides examples (@MrsEVCartwright via TES)

Whole-class activity using similar triangles p17 (Project Maths: Introduction to Trigonometry)

Standards Unit C1 to support properties of quadratics and sketching (via Mr Barton Maths)

Can you find… cubic edition (Underground Maths)

Tricky graph sketching problems from Tom Bowler (via Dr Frost Maths)

Advanced Problem Solving module 11 – Sketching graphs (NRich)

Using STEP Foundation modules (suggestion from @nathanday314)

Solving linear equations from circle theorems (Interwoven Maths)

Solving further equations from circle theorems (Interwoven Maths)

Resources on MathsPad (suggestion from @taylorda01 – subscription)

10 Tick worksheet (suggestion from @hartmaths)