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RESEARCH and EDUCATION ARTICLES
Our latest research involves working with exceptionally able students. You can read more about it here.
We often publish articles in other professional and research journals. Links to a number of these can be found below. In addition, this page contains research articles which focus on NRICH, not necessarily written by members of the team.
Title: "Mathematical problem
solving is boring": A study into the motivational impact of NRICH
problem solving materials within the primary classroom
Author: Jayne Callard
This is the written report of a school-based enquiry which formed
part of a Masters of Education at the University of Exeter,
2009.
- Link (Word document): "Mathematical problem solving is boring"
Title: On the emergence of
mathematical thought
Author: Steve Hewson
Published:Primary Mathematics (Summer
2008)
Title: Maths Trails
Authors: Jennifer Piggott, Liz Pumfrey and Graeme Brown
Published: Cambridge University Press, 2005, 2006, 2007,
2008
- Maths Trails - Generalising
- Maths Trails - Working Systematically
- Maths Trails - Visualising
- Maths Trails - Excel at Problem Solving
Title: The Nature of
Mathematics Enrichment
Authour: Jennifer Piggott
Published: Educate, IOE London. Vol 7, No 2. (2007)
Title:ENRICHing Mathematics:
Reflections On Building A Learning Community
Authors: Cathy Smith and Jennifer Piggott
Published: Philosophy of Mathematics Education Journal No. 22
(November 2007), http://www.people.exeter.ac.uk/PErnest/pome22/index.htm
Title: Spaces to discuss
mathematics: communities of practice on an online discussion
board
Authors: Jenni Back and Nick Pratt
Published: Paper presented at The 2nd Socio-cultural Theory in
Educational Research and Practice Conference: Theory, Identity and
Learning at Manchester University on 10th/11th September 07.
Title: Generating Curiosity
in Mathematics Learning
Author: Charlie Gilderdale
Published: Council of Boards of School Education in India
conference: Addressing Core
Issues in Science and Mathematics (April 2007)
- Link (Web Page): Generating Curiosity in Mathematics Learning
Author: Bernard Bagnall
Published: Primary
Mathematics Vol. 11, No. 1 (Spring 2007)
- Link (Web Page): Numbers Numbers Everywhere!
Title: eNRICH mathematics:
Project evaluation
Author: C Smith
October 2007
- Link (Word Document): Evaluation of enrichment programme in three areas of London
Title: Cultivating
Creativity
Author: Jennifer Piggott
Published: Mathematics Teaching Vol 202, 3-7,The Association
of Teachers of Mathematics
- Link (Word Document): Cultivating Creativity
- Link (Web Page): Cultivating Creativity
Title: What's
Inside/outside/under the Box?
Authors: Jenni Back and Liz Pumfrey
Published: Maths
Coordinator's File issue 19, published by pfp publishing
(2006).
- Link (Web Page): What's Inside/outside/under the box?
Title: Examining the role and nature of mediation (through
concept maps) that 'steps' pupils into problem solving
Authors: Project Team: Jennifer Piggott, Jennifer Green, Liz
Pumfrey
Interim report (2006)
- Link (Word Document): Concept maps
- Link (Web Page): Concept maps
Title: Enriching Data
Handling
Authors:Jenni Back and Liz Pumfrey
Published:Maths
Coordinator's File issue 19, published by pfp publishing
(2006).
- Link (Web Page): Enriching Data Handling
Title: Interacting with the
Geometry of the Circle
Authors: Jennifer Piggott and Charlie Gilderdale
Published: Mathematics
Teaching 195 (2006)
- Link (Web Page): Interacting with the Geometry of the Circle
Title: Opening
Out
Author:Bernard Bagnall
Published: Primary
Mathematics Vol. 10, No. 3 (Autumn 2006)
- Link (Web Page): Opening Out
Title: Maths
Trails
Authors:Jennifer Piggott and Liz Pumfrey
Published: Primary
Mathematics Vol. 10, No.2 (Summer 2006)
- Link (Web Page): Maths Trails
Title: Meet the Nim
Family
Author: Jennifer Piggott
Published: Teaching Thinking
and Creativity 19 (Spring 2006)
- Link (Web Page): Meet the Nim Family
Title: Pupils' Recording or
Pupils Recording?
Author:Bernard Bagnall and Liz Pumfrey
Published: Primary
Mathematics Vol. 10, No. 1 (Spring 2006)
- Link (Web Page): Pupils' Recording or Pupils Recording?
Title: An investigation into
the nature of mathematical enrichment: a case study of
implementation
Author: Jennifer Piggott
Published: Thesis - Institute of Education, London
(2005)
Title: Difficulties with
Division
Author: Jenni Back
Published: Primary
Mathematics Vol. 9, No. 3 (Autumn 2005)
- Link (Web Page): Difficulties with Division
Title: Primary
Proof?
Author: Jenni Back
Published: Primary
Mathematics Vol. 9, No. 2 (Summer 2005)
- Link (Web Page): Primary Proof?
Author: Wai Yi Feng
Presented at CamERA (Cambridge Educational Research Association) Conference, Cambridge, April 2005
- Link (Word Document): Conceptions of Enrichment
Title: Outside the Box -
exploring the links between maths, art and history .
Authors: Jenni Back and Liz Pumfrey
Published: Maths Coordinator's File issue 19, published by pfp
publishing (2005).
- Link (Web Page): Outside the box
Title: Aprendizaje
Colaborativo en el Contexto de Matematicas e Internet: La Esencia
Interactiva
Author: Charlie Gilderdale
Published: Usos Matematicos
de Internet , Spanish Ministry of Education (2005)
Title: Mathematics Enrichment: what is it and who is it for?
Author: J.S Piggott
Published: BERA annual conference in Manchester, September 2004
- Link (Word document): mathematics-enrichment-for-who.doc
- Link (PDF): mathematics-enrichment-for-who.pdf
- Link (Web Page): http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=5737
Title: Developing a framework
for mathematical thinking .
Author: J.S Piggott
Published: Conference Proceedings, 2004, "Critical Thinking"
University of the West Indies
- Link (Word document): a-framework-for-enrichment.doc
- Link (PDF): a-framework-for-enrichment.pdf
- Link (Web Page):http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=5741
Title: A problem is only a
problem when you can't do it
Authors: Jennifer Piggott and Jenni Back
Published: Primary Mathematics, Autumn 04, Mathematical
Association, Leicester
- Link (Word Document): A problem is only a problem when you can't do it
- Link (Web Page): A problem is only a problem when you can't do it
EuroMaths homepage: http://nrich.maths.org/euromaths
/
Title: Exploring the challenge
of online mediation
Authors: Jenni Back, Charlie Gilderdale and Jennifer Piggott
Published:
- Link (Word document): Paper-PME28.doc
- Presentation (PowerPoint): CamERA-presentation.ppt
- Link (Web Page):http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?obj_id=5744
Title: Enrichment at
NRICH
Authors: Jennifer Piggott and Jenni Back
Published: Primary Mathematics, Spring 04, Mathematical
Association, Leicester.
- Link (Word Document): Enrichment at NRICH
- Link (Web Page): Enrichment at NRICH
Title: Enriching
Patterns
Authors: Jennifer Piggott and Jenni Back
Published: Primary Mathematics, Summer 04, Mathematical
Association, Leicester
- Link (Word Document): Enriching Patterns
- Link (Web Page): Enriching Patterns
Title: What does it mean to
"Use the Interactive Whiteboard" in the daily numeracy
lesson?
Authors: Penny Knight, Jennie Pennant and Jennifer
Piggott
Published: Micromath, Vol 20, No 2. ATM
- Link (Word Document): Using the Interactive Whiteboard
- Link (Web Page): Using the Interactive Whiteboard
Title: Using non-standard
problems to challenge pre-conceptions: can they extend
knowledge?
Authors: Jenni Back, Jennifer Piggott and Liz Pumfrey.
Published:Conference Proceedings, 2003, International Symposium
Elementary Maths Teaching, Charles University,Prague.
- Link (Word document): CamERA-paper.doc
- Link (PDF): CamERA-paper.pdf
- Link (Web Page): http://nrich.maths.org/public/viewer.php?time=1184585198&obj_id=5743
Title: Assessing Promising
Mathematicians Using On-screen Technologies
Authors: Hughes S, Gilderdale C, Piggott J S
Published: Conference Proceedings CAL '03 '21st Century
Learning' (2003)
Title: Using non-standard
problems to challenge pre-conceptions and extend
knowledge
Authors: Back J, Pumfrey L, Piggott J
Published: Conference Proceedings SEMT (2003).
Title: Dramatic
Mathematics
Authors:Jenni Back and Tricia Lee
Published: Primary
Mathematics , Vol. 7, No. 3 (Autumn 2003)
- Link (Web Page): Dramatic Mathematics
Title: Dice, Routes and
Pathways
Authors: Jenni Back and Milan Trch
Published: Primary
Mathematics (Summer 2002)
- Link (Web Page): Dice, Routes and Pathways
Further information on teaching resources published by NRICH: books, CDs, posters and the Brain Buster Maths Boxes, can be found here .
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