Are you thinking of getting started with using rich tasks in your secondary school mathematics classroom? Perhaps you are new to teaching, or perhaps you have taught successfully for many years using traditional methods? In this collection of materials we provide material which is ideal for teachers who are starting to explore teaching using rich mathematical tasks, regardless of prior
background.
We believe that there are many wonderful educational benefits of using rich tasks, so we have collected together material which makes getting started as easy as possible,
There are some articles of general guidance, specially selected tasks with very clear teacher guidance notes and collections of problems which are useful as a supplement to traditional teaching.
We believe that there are many wonderful educational benefits of using rich tasks, so we have collected together material which makes getting started as easy as possible,
There are some articles of general guidance, specially selected tasks with very clear teacher guidance notes and collections of problems which are useful as a supplement to traditional teaching.
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Teachers' guide to getting started
This gives a standard set of questions and tips for running rich
tasks in the classroom.
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Weekly challenges
The NRICH Stage 5 weekly challenges are shorter problems aimed at Post-16 students or enthusiastic younger students. There are 52 of them.
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Teachers using NRICH 2
Kirsti Ashworth, an NRICH Teacher Fellow, talks about her experiences of using rich tasks.
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Using rich tasks for the first time
The teachers involved in the Engaging Mathematics Project wanted to embed rich tasks from the NRICH website into their curriculum for all KS3 and KS4 students. In this article, the teachers share the issues they needed to consider and what they are doing to address them.
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Getting started with solving rich tasks
Need some help getting started with solving and thinking about rich tasks? Read on for some friendly advice.