An article for teachers which discusses the differences between ratio and proportion, and invites readers to contribute their own thoughts.
Liz Woodham describes a project with four primary/first schools in the East of England, focusing on rich mathematical tasks and funded by the NCETM.
NRICH website full of rich tasks and guidance. We want teachers to use what we have to offer having a real sense of what we mean by rich tasks and what that might imply about classroom practice.
What are rich tasks and contexts and why do they matter?
In this article for teachers, Alan Parr looks at ways that mathematics teaching and learning can start from the useful and interesting things can we do with the subject, including modelling scientific enquiry.
John Mason describes the thinking behind this month's tasks.
This article describes the scope for practical exploration of tessellations both in and out of the classroom. It seems a golden opportunity to link art with maths, allowing the creative side of your children to take over.
In this article for teachers, Bernard gives an example of taking an initial activity and getting questions going that lead to other explorations.
How can teachers stimulate and engage highly able mathematicians in school
How and why should we identify Exceptionally Mathematically Able children? What do they say and do that leads us to know that they are exceptional?
This article introduces the idea of generic proof for younger children and illustrates how one example can offer a proof of a general result through unpacking its underlying structure.
The first of two articles for teachers explaining how to include talk in maths presentations.
The second of two articles explaining how to include talk in maths presentations.
Written for teachers, this article describes four basic approaches children use in understanding fractions as equal parts of a whole.
This second article in the series refers to research about levels of development of spatial thinking and the possible influence of instruction.
This is the first article in a series which aim to provide some insight into the way spatial thinking develops in children, and draw on a range of reported research. The focus of this article is the work of Piaget and Inhelder.
This article looks at levels of geometric thinking and the types of activities required to develop this thinking.
How can we as teachers begin to introduce 3D ideas to young children? Where do they start? How can we lay the foundations for a later enthusiasm for working in three dimensions?
This article, the first in a series, discusses mathematical-logical intelligence as described by Howard Gardner.