Mathematics Teaching 195 - Mar 2006
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Features
Developing mathematical thinking - Graham Jones
Working with his daughter and her friend on a problem-solving task gave Graham the opportunity to reconsider how best he might help. Graham has published a more recent article with the same title in 'My Child' magazine.
Ideas for the classroom - Gill HatchBuy MT1950609 for £3
Gill Hatch (1937 – 2005) was a creative mathematician who had the gift of inventing activities that helped people to learn mathematics.
Quadratic functions to print on to card
Interacting with the geometry of the circle - Piggott and GilderdaleBuy MT1952730 for £3
Jennifer and Charlie describe a free interactive circular geoboard environment that can lead learners to pose mathematical questions.
Centre feature
The decimal number system and young children - John HarrisonBuy MT1952325 for £3
A 'decimal helical number line' has advantages over conventional number lines and number squares, according to John.
Suggested activities with NumDrum
Numdrum reviewed
From the classroom
Why would anyone want to do that? - Mike Askew
Two incidents cause Mike to ask whether learners appreciate what motivates mathematicians and the power of asking 'what if?'
The Hungarian hexagon - Jackie PalmerBuy MT1951922 for £3
Jackie reports on a League for the Exchange of Commonwealth Teachers (LECT) study visit to Budapest.
Modular arithmetic and Year 8 - Eligio Cerval-PeñaBuy MT1953435 for £3
Eligio describes what happened when he decided to teach university-level mathematics to Y8.
Clock Maths PDF slide show
Clock Maths support materials
What mathematics is really about - James RobinsonBuy MT1953941 for £3
James's view of mathematics: skills, tools and problems.
Group and individual work - Victoria WilliamsonBuy MT1954245 for £3
Victoria compares how her pupils responded to the same tasks when working individually and in small groups.
Research
Dynamic Gliding - Jeremy Burke, Sheara Cowen, Saínza Fernandez and Maria WesslénBuy MT1951214 for £3
The authors believe that glide reflections complete pupils' repertoire of geometric transformations.
Worksheet and GSP file to accompany this article
Habits of mind - Anne WatsonBuy MT1951515 for £3
Anne shares some ideas about mathematical habits that have become more and more powerful for her.
Imagery, spatial ability and problem solving - Heather McLeayBuy MT1953638 for £3
Heather describes a pilot study to investigate the extent to which learners use imagery in a variety of spatial problems.
Report
Friday 13th - Ruth TannerBuy MT1951618 for £3
Ruth describes what she sees on her first visit to BETT.
Shorts
Financial capability - Peter Pool
Peter questions what constitutes financial capability in the modern world.
The n kg chicken - Tony Cotton
My accidental parabola - Colin Foster
1955: 50 years on: more responses - Robin Stewart
Regular features
Reflections - Dick Tahta
3 Correlation Street - Jonny Griffiths
Jonny's election taxation formulae
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