Monthly Archives: August 2015
Could this dramatically improve some parts of mathematics education?
I love Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), in principle, I almost never use them. Intuitively them seem like a bad idea in contrast with Cued Response questions, and I cannot even begin to go into the theory behind MCQs here and now, … Continue reading
A history of maths
From Tes. Doesn’t it feel like mathematics was created and done the day before you were born? The school curriculum only covers the facts, concepts and processes of mathematics. It covers what is known, what has been discovered, what has … Continue reading
How to help every child understand ratio
From TES. Dividing a quantity unevenly is an abstract idea that most children struggle with. As the problems become more complex, people struggle all the more to see what to do, for example: Jack and Jill share £28 in the … Continue reading
A New Model of Teacher Development
Does it feel like teacher training is just… a bit all over the place? I’ve been interested in teacher training ever since I went though it. Discussing it is difficult, since there is so much absent from it, and everyone … Continue reading
...to the real. 