A couple of cool themes in this week's TOT

The three articles linked to in T1 are all about ‘goal free problems'. This is an approach to instruction (and perhaps a gateway to improved problem solving) that's supported by Cognitive Load Theory. T1 shares the approach of 3 different teachers to utilise goal free problems in their classrooms.

Note: For a little on my own exploration of goal free problems, see parts 2 and 3 of my discussion with John Sweller here.

T2 and T3 are both about improving your use of worked examples in the classroom, and both of these have provided me with some ideas of new things to try in terms of how I approach my own example-problem pairs : )

T4 is an interesting ‘would you rather?'

T5 is a detailed and fascinating look into what it takes to make a quality booklet for teaching fro (and a link to a booklet directory too)

T6 and T7 take up the third theme in this week's posts, approaches to helping middle years students improve their fluency with times tables, addition, subtraction, etc. These two resources are well worth checking out.

T8 is the first time I've shared ‘Maths Gems'. If you like TOT for the maths that it includes, I'd recommend signing up to Maths Gems too.

T9 and T10 are more great resources for teaching maths.

And I'll let the remaining takeaways speak for themsevles.

Enjoy!

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Thoughts on goal free problems, via @BenRogersEdu, @mathsmrgordon and @kellyoshea

Considering different approaches to presenting worked examples, via @mpershan

Using worked examples to reduce cognitive load in physics, via @BenRogersEdu

Would you rather: A good explanation and no retrieval, or poor explanation and good retrieval, via @effortfuleduktr

Creating and using booklets for teaching + a directory, via @Mr_Raichura

A report on the impact of ‘Numeracy Ninjas' on students' numerical fluency, via @maths_master

Numerical Acumen, a competition and resource for supporting fluency

Maths Gems, via @mathsjem

Activities on quadrilaterals, via @nomad_penguin

Several thousand high quality maths questions, Phillip Exeter Academy, ht Jim Spithill

Is your leadership DRIPping? (Data rich, information poor), via @curriculumblog

Physics teaching resources (videos, notes, etc) designed for the Victorian (Aus) curriculum

Anecdotal evidence that playing the sound of conversation in class promotes conversation, via @hpstorian

How to be wise: A new study with implications for the classroom, via @d_a_robson

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