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Visual Fractions - A Fraction Modeling Tutorial Squashy Boxes* Here's another versatile (and often overlooked) resource. Squashy Boxes enable children to quickly generate 'random' numbers. They are a simple but effective tool for practising a range of rapid recall and mental calculation strategies. Squashy Boxes are easy to make, 'pack flat', have hundreds of uses and are easy for children to manipulate; children can also store them in their own drawers or book bags. This downloadable pdf file* includes templates for six Squashy Boxes (plus a blank template) together with extensive teacher notes and ideas for maths activities for both Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2 children. Make up the boxes as follows: 1.Print out the template onto thin card. 2.Protect with tacky-back plastic, if you wish. 3.Fold along all of the vertical lines 4.Fold into a cuboid shape and glue the final blank column (tab) behind the first. The resulting cuboid, if held gently, can be turned to show four different faces – each with a different arrangement of single digit numbers.
Math undefined MacBeth's Opinion ...a small shelf in a small bookstore "We take strong ground when we appeal to the beauty and truth of mathematics." "It is a great thing to be brought into the presence of a law, of a whole system of laws, that exist without our concurrence--that two straight lines cannot enclose a space is a fact that we can perceive, state and act upon but cannot in any wise alter, should give to children the sense of limitation which is wholesome for all of us, and inspire that sursum corda which we should hear in all natural law." "...Mathematics are extremely easy to examine upon, and so long as education is regulated by examinations so long shall we have teaching, directed not to awaken the sense of awe in contemplating a self existing science, but rather to secure exactness and ingenuity in the treatment of problems." (all from pp. 230-233, A Philosophy of Ed. by Charlotte Mason) Book with pattern blocks included! Fun! Algebra in story form. Number history. Addition Wrap-ups
The Land of Venn - Geometric Defense Math Worksheets Land - Tons of Printable Math Worksheets From All Grade Levels theconversation New research has found some teachers mark boys' primary (elementary) school maths tests more favourably than girls, impacting girls' uptake of advanced mathematics and science subjects in high school. Entrance rates into maths and science degrees at university level can also be traced back to the impacts of teachers' gender bias in primary school. Higher levels of mathematics and science education have been linked to greater employment opportunities and higher earnings, meaning a primary teacher’s attitude towards maths can have a serious impact on a child’s future success. Teachers assume boys are better at maths The researchers followed nearly 3000 students from 6th grade to the end of high school. As a measure of teacher bias, they compared school 6th grade test marks given by teachers who knew the students' sex, with external test marks for the same students, but with no identifying characteristics provided. Maths test anxiety and maths anxiety Maths anxiety cycle in the classroom
NRich Maths Teachers Primary Pupils Secondary Students Events and PD "It gave me some good ideas to use in the classroom and ... a link that I can get all of the activities from." Book NRICH Bespoke PDBook Forthcoming EventsBook our Hands-on Roadshow Your Solutions Our Top 3 Free iPad Apps for Maths - TeacherRocks.co.uk During a recent conversation on Twitter with @MichaelT1979, we were asked to recommend our top free apps for English and Maths for students to download and use over the summer. We use these apps every week and they make fantastic free additions to your iPad app portfolio. We would recommend that you also check out Part 1 of this mini series – Our Top 3 Free iPad Apps for English Our Top 3 Free iPad Apps for Maths Presented in no particular order: Splash Math by StudyPad, Inc. Splash Math is a wonderful little Maths app that covers a whole range of topics including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, geometry, fractions, time and even money. Children are encouraged, once they have completed all the maths challenges that their level, to go beyond and practice the next grade level. A web version of the app is also available. Splash Math is available for free from the iTunes store for both iPhone and iPad. My Times Tables by WhoMadeThis Numbers Game! Numbers Game! Numbers Game!