Making a physical pie chart in three ways

Finally… make a protractor to link fractions and angles

Start with a circle and give instructions for students to work out where some of the degree markings would be on a protractor. Demonstrate folding in half and recording 0 and 180. Ask students what they could do from here.

Remember to check out the recorded webinar on Connecting degrees, length and time in the Long Content Videos section for website members.

Formative assessment, developmental stages and starting the year well

The goal of formative assessment should always be to find out what each student NEEDS next, rather than focusing

When kids get stuck and never catch up

Recently I’ve been pondering findings from a major report into Australian schooling that kids who are struggling in maths by

Creating an extension box

Extension can be a tricky issue to deal with. While we can try to have extension questions for most in-class

Building risk taking and resilience

Setting the scene for risk-taking One of the most difficult problems to overcome when establishing a problem-based classroom is encouraging

Lost opportunity cost, the pendulum effect and why we need to rethink the idea of fidelity in maths education interventions

by Tierney Kennedy Why is it that so much of education research goes seemingly unnoticed or ignored by teachers (Joram

Finishing strong – making those last few weeks count

As term 4 is upon us many teachers are struggling with how to get everything done. Realistically, now is the

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 get started on developing an understanding of how pie charts work before you do any measuring of angles.

People Graph

Block graph

Receipt Roll Graph