Raising Confidence with Problem Solving in the GCSE classroom PD event
I love the definition of problem solving given by Guy Claxton, ‘knowing what to do when you don’t know what to do’. It says it all.
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Where can maths take your students?
As maths teachers, we would love as many students as possible to study maths post-16, and we are undoubtedly more aware than most of the advantages that continuing to study maths would give students.
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Why Core Maths matters
Have you ever been asked by a student, “What am I doing this for?” or, “When am I ever going to use this in real life?”
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Core Maths Conference welcomes University Challenge’s Bobby Seagull
Does your school offer Core Maths? Is your school thinking about offering Core Maths? This conference is a great way to find out more with AMSP Core Maths team.
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New approach to teaching the Large Data Set
On 8 November, 14 teachers arrived at Sir William Ramsay School in Hazlemere, High Wycombe, to think about using the Large Data Sets to enhance their teaching of statistics.
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Captivating maths enrichment for Year 10s in the South
120 Year 10 students from schools across Sussex started the term with an enrichment day at Sussex University. They were a real credit to their schools with their impeccable behaviour and enthusiasm, enjoying a carousel of workshops.
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Can your C grade A level students be taught to solve problems?
In this recent CPD at Wheatley Park School in Oxford, we did our best to persuade local teachers that they can. There were three sessions where we looked at long, medium and short term strategies.
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Southampton success as Maths Conference returns
The city’s annual Maths Conference had a brilliant turnout from both teachers & students.
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How far can you go with Fibonacci?
I am fascinated by the Fibonacci sequence – something to do with it being recursive and the tendency for the common ratio between terms to become the golden ratio.
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