Ollie LovellOne of the most powerful lessons that’s emerging out of my current Masters project on multiplicative thinking is on the…
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In late 2013 I set myself a challenge of getting conversational in Mandarin Chinese in one year. One of the…
Continue ReadingWHY CAN’T THEY REMEMBER THIS FROM LAST YEAR??? Help students remember key information: Spaced Repetition Software (SRS).
This post is one of a series detailing my current mathematics lesson rhythm and routine. This one outlines how I…
Continue ReadingA Problem Solving Spell!
I’m super excited about sharing this ‘Problem Solving Spell’. I modelled it on the problem solving template outlined in Charles &…
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In the quest to make a circle’s diameter:circumference ratio a little more tangible to my VCAL students I thought of a…
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Today whilst observing a fellow maths teacher at my school, I saw her use some Auslan (one form of sign…
Continue Reading‘The Points System’: One approach to differentiation
When I was in school I remember that I found nothing more boring than the instruction to ‘do questions number…
Continue ReadingTeacher Blogger chat at MAV Conference 2015
At MAV Con the other day I sent out a tweet to catch up with other teacher bloggers: …
Continue ReadingMAV Conference 2015 Highlights
Selected notes and titbits from this year’s MAV conference 🙂 Matt Skoss Hungarian sorting dance Can use this for decimal…
Continue ReadingLessons from Myanmar: Cartesian co-ordinates and Fruit Salad
Edit: Desmos has now come out with an interactive activity that introduces coordinate planes in the manner outlined below. Check…
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