Getting into an Investigational Approach

It began in Devon in 2008. The Maths Team was keen to raise the profile of mathematics investigations and further promote mathematical thinking and problem solving in primary classes. Liz was invited to Devon to launch ‘Enriching Mathematics’ with a group of 25 teachers.

This is the second part of an article describing the ‘Enriching Mathematics’ project in Devon in 2008-9. The participating teachers describe NRICH activities they have tried with their learners.

Bernard Bagnall describes how to get more out of some favourite NRICH investigations.

Good questioning techniques have long being regarded as a fundamental tool of effective teachers. This article for teachers looks at different categories of questions that can promote mathematical thinking.

All types of mathematical problems serve a useful purpose in mathematics teaching, but different types of problem will achieve different learning objectives. In generalmore open-ended problems have greater potential.