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An outline of 'Everyday Maths', a project run by Bristol University, working with parents of Year 3/4 children.
Lynne McClure gives an overview of the ACME report 'Raising the bar: developing able young mathematicians', published in December 2012.
An article that reminds us about the value and importance of communication in the mathematics classroom.
Avril Crack describes how she went about planning and setting up a Maths trail for pupils in Bedfordshire.
This professional development activity is designed to help you assess your embedding of rich tasks into the curriculum through peer observation
Jenny Murray writes about the sessions she leads in schools for parents to work alongside children on mathematical problems, puzzles and games.
Two video clips of classes organised into groups to work on Counting Cogs.
Many NRICH tasks have been designed with group work in mind. Read about Jo Boaler's research on the benefits of collaborative work and watch a clip of a teacher working in this way.
Jenny Piggott reflects on the event held to mark her retirement from the directorship of NRICH, but also on problem solving itself.
An article describing what LTHC tasks are, and why we think they're a good idea.
Here we look back at the year with NRICH and suggest mathematical summer holiday activities for students, parents and teachers.
Alf and Tracy explain how the Kingsfield School maths department use common tasks to encourage all students to think mathematically about key areas in the curriculum.
A video clip of Jo Boaler talking about Complex Instruction.
Ideas to support mathematics teachers who are committed to nurturing confident, resourceful and enthusiastic learners.
This article, the first in a series, discusses mathematical-logical intelligence as described by Howard Gardner.
Marion Bond suggests that we try to imagine mathematical knowledge as a broad crazy paving rather than a path of stepping stones. There is no one right place to start and there is no one right route. . . .
The second in a series, this article looks at the possible opportunities for children who operate from different intelligences to be involved in "typical" maths problems.
Here we describe the essence of a 'rich' mathematical task
This fascinating article delves into the world of talk in the classroom and explains how an understanding of talking can really improve the learning of mathematics.
In this article, Jennifer Piggott talks about just a few of the problems with problems that make them such a rich source of mathematics and approaches to learning mathematics.
This article takes a closer look at some of the toys and games that can enhance a child's mathematical learning.
Helen Joyce interviews the neuropsychologist Brian Butterworth whose research has shown that we are all born with a "built-in" sense of cardinal number.
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. . . .
In this article for teachers, Elizabeth Carruthers and Maulfry Worthington explore the differences between 'recording mathematics' and 'representing mathematical thinking'.
Marion Bond recommends that children should be allowed to use 'apparatus', so that they can physically handle the numbers involved in their calculations, for longer, or across a wider ability band,. . . .