This past year I made a deliberate decision to change how I worked. Instead of thinking in terms of the sheer number of kids I could help, I decided to
Teachers often tell me how hard it is to get their students to understand subtraction. I’ve been reflecting on this a lot lately while writing my new Back to Front
These resources are for use with the Assessment course. Dowload student sample work for the experimental problem. Download student sample work for the moderation task.
Beneath you will find a great resource that can be used for many tasks from number, algebra and measurement. Instructions are downloadable, but tasks are also described beneath each image.
Extension can be a tricky issue to deal with. While we can try to have extension questions for most in-class tasks, at some point we may find this hard or
Setting the scene for risk-taking One of the most difficult problems to overcome when establishing a problem-based classroom is encouraging risk-taking behaviour on the part of the students. Unless students
by Tierney Kennedy Why is it that so much of education research goes seemingly unnoticed or ignored by teachers (Joram et. al, 2019)? Is that related to way educational policy
Enabling prompts or life lines are a fantastic way of helping students who are stuck to get started. They do not reduce the complexity of the question, but they do help kids
Pie charts are an awesome way of linking statistics, fractions and angles, however they can often be difficult for students to really understand. Here are a few simple ideas to
While it may sound counter-intuitive, the easiest way to learn to tell the time is to remove the minute hand altogether! Check out the video, try the task, and remember
Misconceptions in maths behave an awful lot like conspiracy theories Conspiracy theories exist to some extent in all societies and are seemingly at odds with what we think we know
Make ten is my all-time favourite maths game that kids of different levels can enjoy together. Here’s how to play along with some variations. How to play Make Ten Basics:
Dice are fantastic for simple mental maths exercises! Here are a few simple ideas for games that work to build fluency with operations from the Fluency Tasks members section of
The goal of formative assessment should always be to find out what each student NEEDS next, rather than focusing on identifying what they already know. When we truly know
We often hear that numeracy, like literacy, is everyone’s business. With that in mind, here are a few of my favourite ideas for opportunities to emphasise numeracy within specialist lessons.
Instructions: Please work through each section of this page prior to our course. You can do it in sections and submit each quiz whenever suits you. The quizzes are required
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Quick Links Course slide show High-School-diagnostic-by-concept Student samples for helping with interpretation Spread sheet for calculating effect size Year 7 Achievement Standard Parts Covered in these 59 lessons Covered: The
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While fluency is not the be all and end all of maths, having a bank of known facts and strategies that you can use efficiently, accurately, appropriate and flexibly is
>> Introducing conceptual change programs Let’s face it – nobody likes being wrong. Not kids, and not us. So, when maths becomes all about the right answers, that makes it
Please find a free hour-long PD video below on what works and does not work in intervention. It’s an important one, so make time to check it out. Remember to
